Through The Tulips Words of 'Wiz'dom

Last night I did something I haven’t done in a long time- I painted my fingernails (OPI Cajun Shrimp-Thanks Samantha). I keep my toes painted, but I rarely paint my nails because I have problem keeping the polish on for more than a day without chipping or peeling. I love OPI, but haven’t used any in years, so I thought I’d try it on my nails and if it stays on a few days without chipping or peeling, I’m going to pick up a few other colors and start painting my nails again.

I love the look of freshly painting nails, but one of my little quirks is that I can’t stand it once they start chipping or peeling, so I either have to repaint them right away, or remove the polish, which it usually ends up being the latter. Oh, and not that you asked, but it also bugs me to see other people with chipped or peeling polish. If you aren’t going to keep it looking nice, you shouldn’t be wearing it- at least that’s how “I” look at it.

What about you? Do you paint your nails, and how do you feel about chipped and peeling polish? Do you even care?

I’m so excited! I just got the best news via email from one of my friends back home. I really can’t discuss it because it’s personal to her situation, but I am SO proud of her. She was able to do something that I’d been praying she’d do for a long, long time, and I know this is one of the best decisions that she could have made for her life and for herself!

When my friends are happy, I celebrate their joys and am their biggest cheerleader. When they hurt, I cry along with them, even when they don’t know it.

I’m so excited that I didn’t even mind having to spend time on hold with call center services when I had questions regarding a new account I recently opened.

I think every friday should be “Good News Friday”- ahh forget that- there’s something GOOD about EVERY day!

What’s your good news for today?

Earlier today I decided that I would flip the cushions on the sofa and vacuum under them. I do that from time-to-time when I think about it, but today ended up being a little different.

Before flipping the cushions, I took them off the sofa and tossed them onto the floor, and could see that it had been quite some time since I thought about vacuuming under the seat cushions based on the dust and kitty hair that was accumulated in the crack. As I was making a mental note to myself, something caught my eye in the far left corner that wasn’t dust or kitty hair.

I stuck my finger in the little corner only to find a ring that I’d lost many months ago. As I have lost weight, my rings have become too large for me. I wear my engagment ring on my middle finger now, and most of my rings I’ve either stopped wearing, or replaced them with old rings that I couldn’t wear in the past. This ring, a simple gold filigree heart ring that I wore on my pinky, slipped off my finger one day, and I noticed it when I was in the bath. I had no idea when it had happened, or when I’d lost it, and figured it was gone forever.

I remember looking around the bed, under the bed, plus on and under the sofa, but when I didn’t find it, I figured I’d probably lost it while out shopping or something. There it was- where it had been all that time, just waiting for me to discover it.

Just goes to show, that I haven’t been vaccuming under the seat cushions on my sofa nearly often enough. Try it, you never know what lost treasures you may find, and remember- “Finders Keepers”.

I have to say, that in spite of the cramps I’m having, that my mood is much, much better than yesterday. Even though I find myself slightly irritated about nothing, my mood has improved so much. I can officially say I’ve taken my ‘grumpy pants’ off.

Marcel will be headed to work soon, and I have the afternoon to myself. I’d like to get a few things done, but I’m not sure how far I’ll come. I’ve spent some time curled up on the sofa, and am now starting to move around a little. I did have a discussion with Marcel about what AEDs are, and how having them in restaurants and other public facilities can be the difference between life and death in some instances. I don’t think until then, he’d really heard of them.

I’m also getting ready to turn on my new crock pot for the first time since I bought it last Thursday. I’ve been wanting to test it out, and found a really great black-bean salad recipe, so I have the beans soaking and will get them cooking within the next hour or so. I’ll be sharing the recipe on SimplyWizardress a little later on.

Right now, time to make a few phone calls.

I have my cranky-pants on today, which is why you haven’t really seen much out of me in terms of writing today. What I have found, is that there is a silver-lining to every dark cloud, and that Miss Crankypants is able to accomplish quite a bit when she is feeling cranky, so that’s a definite plus.

I had all the household things done so that I’d have the day to do what I wanted, and rather than goof off, I actually caught up on things that had been on my ‘to do’ list for a while.

Tomorrow is another day- I expect for it to be better than today- not that today was actually ‘bad’, because it wasn’t, but you know how it is, when your grumpy, things tend to be magnified. I blame the hormones and that oh-so-fun time of the month. I know, TMI (too much info), but it is what it is folks.

Alot is going on in my world.. fortunately not with me personally, but things that affect people I love. I hate seeing people I love and care for struggle and hurt. It’s a helpless feeling, but I do know that prayer changes things, and as all things- this too shall pass.

See y’all tomorrow.

In the meantime- tell me something good 🙂