The nails are gone! Plus a CU Freebie

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I hate it, but they had to go. For years I have always had acrylic nails and found them to be most satisfactory. But, living out here in the boonies it started to become too much of a hassle. When the week began to be scheduled around the trip to town to get the nails done then I realized that I was being too vain. Plus there was the fact that hubby insisted on coming in with me and he had to wait around for the hour or more that it took to get them done.

But, gosh they look UGLY! I know part of it is because of the damage done to them from the acrylic overlays. But, I also know they don’t really look much better without all that damage. My nails are very thin and very flexible even when no damage has been done to them and they peel and break down to the quick. This was always my rationale for getting those fake things.

I have consoled myself that I will get manicures at least every two weeks for a while until the worst grows out. But, of course that is defeating the purpose of getting the acrylics off. Plus, just how much can one do to these poor things before they start complaining. They already are sore from being broken down to the quick.

Oh, well, I am sure this is all exciting to you-LOL

I’ve been the little miss Susie home maker lately and have really discovered the joy of cooking, or perhaps I should say baking. Yesterday I made some pumpernickel bread and really loved how easy it was to do with my Kitchen Aid mixer and dough hook. Since last Fall, I have been picking up pumpernickel bread at the grocery store when I can find it. It has such rich taste and is more than just bread. So, I decided that I must be able to make my own since it is not always available at the store. But, looking through the online stores and at the recipes for pumpernickel bread I realized that it would be an expensive project due to the special flours and ingredients in the stuff. Then, I realized that I could get the mixes instead. So I searched online and found a store that sold bread mixes that also can be used without a bread maker. And voila! I got my pumpernickel bread mix.

Here is all that is left this morning. I sent half of the loaf home with the brother in law so we really were not that piggy.

pumpernickel bread

pumpernickel bread

It is smelling better today, the second day that it did yesterday when I took it out of the oven!

So today to make up for not posting for a while, I have a freebie for you. It is an overlay that I made out of some images I had in my vault. It’s Commercial Use OK.

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