A Little Pampering

Well it has been about 2 1/2 years since I had a professional manicure and about 1 1/2 years since I had a professional pedicure. I had decided a couple of weeks ago to get one today. I didn't want to get it before our trip to the Poconos since chlorine eats away nail polish, and I thought it would be nice to get it done before school started. I picked today since we're going to a party this afternoon with Paul's mom's side of the family (at his aunt's house south of Harrisburg). I got a manicure and had my toenails painted (not a full pedicure which saved me $13). I was starting to regret my decision when I saw the other ladies getting their calves and feet massaged. That's one of my favorite parts. Unfortunately the guy doing my manicure didn't put any lotion on my hands or massage them at all. That also is one of my favorite parts of a manicure! My fingernails haven't had nail polish on them for over a year so I'm actually adjusting to having red fingernails, LOL. I have painted my toenails ever since the weather was warm enough to wear sandals so red toenails doesn't look out of place to me.

I went while Nadia was napping. She was kind enough not to wake up until 6:50 the last two days (which meant she slept almost 12 hours). Yesterday that translated to a very short morning nap, but thankfully she slept from 8:50-10:20 this morning so she was asleep most of the time that I was out. I first went to a yard sale and bought her a pair of pjs for next summer (2T) for $1.50. There were MANY yard sales going on near our house, but I restrained myself from stopping at any others. It's funny because for the first 36 years of my life I never shopped at yard sales. Then I made a quick stop at the library before heading to get my nails done.

Yesterday 14 members of my family joined the 3 of us at our house for about 2 1/2 hours. I fed them lunch (ravioli, garlic bread, and blueberry crisp), gave my sisters and their hubbies tours of our house, and the kids enjoyed playing with Nadia's toys. Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to play Boggle. Hopefully we can at Christmas, which is the next time we'll all be together hopefully. They are planning on coming up here as I'll be 36 weeks pregnant, and since that's when I gave birth last time I don't want to be in MD that late in the pregnancy. We do plan to travel to MD for Thanksgiving, but my sister and her family (who live in Chicago) won't be there.

My sister took lots of pics over the last week. She got a few really good ones of Paul, Nadia, & I. I'll post them once she has a chance to edit them and such. We didn't order the one of the 3 of us that was taken at Picture People. I put the new large group photo in our bathroom (with a different frame as the old frame didn't work with the new print), and I put the pose of my dad with his 4 grandsons in a frame on the refrigerator. Switching the frame worked out well as the white frame that used to be in the bathroom looked better in Nadia's bedroom than a frame I used to have in there. Yesterday my family helped us move two doll cabinets from what is now the spare bedroom down to the dining room. Monday we'll find out whether that room is going to be for the baby or Nadia!