Freshly showered - now gotta do my nails...

Freshly showered - now gotta do my nails for the Amanda Palmer show tonight.  Can't be going in there with crazy blue and glequin nails!  LOL

When we saw Dr. Atlas today...

When we saw Dr. Atlas today he saw my shell and asked me what it was.  After I told him that it was my backpack, he said "Wait here.  I have something to show you."  And he came back with this bowl full of turtle hatchlings.  😃  There is one on the left who's still trying to make his way out, and a few that haven't started to hatch yet.  He said it could take days.  Oh my gosh - it was the coolest thing.  😃  I didn't know this, but the babies have this placenta thing on the bottom of their shells that supply their nutrients for a while.  One of them fell over on his back and I saw it.  It was like, pulsating and stuff.  SO NEAT!

Dr. Atlas says he does this every year.  He also patches up turtles that have been hit by cars.  I love a man with a good heart.  Today was nice.  I know this sounds weird, but I love going there.  If I lived closer I'd totally help him with his fosters.  🙂

Teyla's doing well - just needs to continue to get her wrappings checked out every weekend and she'll have another x-ray on the 4th week.  Her appetite is slowly but surely increasing, so I'm pleased with that.  She seemed happy to be going and hanging out, but was kind of fussy for the changing of the wrap.  Bad girl!  LOL

Did my nails just last night, but...

Did my nails just last night, but the tips have already started wearing off.  Thought I should photograph these before they got totally messed up.  😐

So... the things on my ring finger were coined "glequins" by one of my favorite nail bloggers, The Nailasaurus.  (Google her and you'll see why she's a favorite).  These little things are too big to be glitter, too small to be sequins.  LOL  When I saw them I had to have them.  😃

They actually match my polish pretty well.  They probably look so light because I've got a light pointed right at them for a photograph, but just looking at my hand, you *almost* can't tell it's not polish, except for the ones that are catching the light and keeping it interesting.

These weren't hard to put on, but I didn't want to do all of my fingers.  I guess I'm lazy like that.  LOL

I chipped a nail today.

I chipped a nail today.  I was honestly a little disappointed, but I'll live.  Now I have an excuse to bust out some of my new goodies!  😃

It's been a pretty good day.

It's been a pretty good day.  I got my order from the born pretty store, so that means I have MORE NAIL GOODIES!  😃  My little wheel of stones was broken, but I think most of them are still in the envelope.  I will be checking that out shortly.

ALSO, I got the polishes I ordered from the blog sale I posted a few days ago.  Five name brand polishes (some of which I wouldn't be able to find around here), for $8, including shipping.  So what, they were used?  Looks like she swatched them and decided not to keep them.  Seriously, they look brand new.  And I read somewhere that germs and bacteria can't live in polish.  Probably why you can PAINT nails without a license, but not do cuticles and all that.  Anyway.

The icing on my cake:  Teyla ate 4 crickets this morning and 5 this evening.  That is still not as many as she used to consume in one sitting, but that is definite improvement.  😃

So my biggest complaint for the day is that I like the nails I have on, so that means I don't want to take them off to play with my new goodies.  I can live with that.  😃

Super easy and fun nails I did last night with...

Super easy and fun nails I did last night with... wait for it... Saran Wrap.  LOL

I've seen it done two ways:

1)  Paint on your base color, then paint on another color and dab it OFF with the wrap, or

2)  Paint on your base color, then dab a second color ON with the wrap.

I think that the amount of coverage you want with the 2nd color would probably determine your method.  I dabbed color on with the wrap because the other way around just seems wasteful.  And you can always dab on more for more coverage.  🙂

Teyla ate 4 crickets...

Teyla ate 4 crickets, took her meds, and drank a little bit for me.

😃😃😃

That is not nearly as much as she used to eat, but it's improvement.  I'll take it.  😃