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My husband paints his nails!

October 17, 2006 by Tricia

That’s right, he’s painting his nails again.

You might remember my story about him getting fake nails for the first time? That’s occurred at least three times since April. No my husbands not really odd, well he is, but shhhhhhh don’t let him know I told you that. No he’s been wearing the fake nails – only on his right hand – because he’s a guitar player and he can use the fake nails to pic the strings on the guitar better.

He’s got really thin weak nails and by having the fake nails applied to the finger nails on his right hand he can use his nails rather than a pick most of the time.

The unfortunate truth about fake nails though is that they end up thinning out and weakening your natural nails when you use them.

So Chris has been pestering the cosmetic advisor’s at drug store cosmetic counters, and the ones in the cosmetics departments of many major department stores. I thought they’d look at him strangely, but for the most part they don’t. In fact one told me just yesterday that she’s seen it all, and nothing that people do in stores, or the questions that she’s asked, surprise her anymore.

In fact she told me a remarkable story yesterday of a lady that did a pregnancy test right in the cosmetics department of the drug store! I’d really like to know how someone managed that. I mean don’t you have to pee on a stick for all of the instant pregnancy tests? If you do, that means that this lady was so desperate to know if she was pregnant or not, that she had to have peed right there in the store!

If I ever get tired of working in the Emergency Department, but still crave a taste of the strange, I think I’ll apply to work as a cosmetician at a drug store. Seems that they see the kind of strange stuff there that’s in line with the kind of things I’m used to seeing in the ER.

Back to Chris. I think and hope that he’s given up on the fake nails. I really didn’t like the look, and they felt so creepy when he’d touch me with the nails. *shivers* He’s been spending all that time talking to cosmetic specialists trying to find out what other kinds of products he can put on his nails to strengthen them.

Since yesterday he’s been applying a liquid product called Ecrinal to his nails three times a day. It’s made from the oils found in horse hair. It’s supposed to be the best out there. We’ll see. Three times a day for seven days and hopefully Chris nails will start to become stronger. I, for one, hope it works so I don’t have to see a return of the creepy fake nails.

Does anyone have any other suggestions for my thin nails metro sexual husband?





Filed Under: Humor, Life with Chris, Recreation, Shopping Tagged With: Chris, ecrinal, fake nails, guitar, guitar player, husband, metrosexual, nail strengthener, pregnancy, talk

Photography site – Photography Corner

October 14, 2006 by Tricia

I’ve found a great new site for all of the photographers out there called Photography Corner. If you enjoy taking pictures you’ve got to check this site out.

There’s a wonderful photography forum where you can talk to other photographers, learn more and get some tips. Then there’s sections for photography photography, photography tutorials, and the contest corner challenges. That’s just sample of what people interested in photography will find there.

Photography Corner has over 8000 members, so it’s a great place to connect with other photographers to learn and to promote your site.

The Contest Corner Challenge seems to be similar to Photo Friday challenges and Saturday Photo Scavenger hunt where certain themes are set for the photos submitted to the contest. It looks like fun.

Filed Under: Photography, Recreation Tagged With: camera, digital camera, photo forum, Photography, photography contest, photography resources

Kitten composer

October 14, 2006 by Tricia

Have you ever been in situations, where, as you are walking along you’ve thought it might be kind of cool if you had music accompanying the moment? Well, this little kitten found a way to make music while it walks, check it out, it’s so cute!


Have a Great Saturday!

Filed Under: Entertainment, Pets and animals, Recreation, Video Tagged With: kitten composer, music while you walk

What the heck?

October 13, 2006 by Tricia

Uhm … Hey, you people who run the TV stations. Yeah you. I want to ask you something.

It’s Friday night, it’s Friday the 13th, and I’m sitting here flipping through all the TV channels looking for a scary movie or two. I have normal cable, specialty channels, and movie channels too. Do you think I can find a listing for a scary movie at all? Nope!

I haven’t watch a scary movie- good or bad- in quite a while and I geared myself up earlier today to sit back and enjoy a good scare. But there’s nothing on! There isn’t even a half decent TV show on right now either.

I’m bored.

My husbands working this evening and I’m home alone. Why I would want to watch a horror movie when I’m by myself I don’t know, but I do.

I guess I’ll go through all the TV shows that I’ve stored up on my PVR (Personal Video recorder, very much like TIVO) and watch something that I’ve already recorded instead I suppose.

Anyone else sitting at home tonight hoping to watch either a scary movie or at least something half decent on the tube?

Filed Under: Entertainment, Recreation, Television Tagged With: 13th, bored, Friday, horror movie, husband, Movies, night, no scary movies, station, TV, tv show, Video, watch

Friday the 13th

October 13, 2006 by Tricia

It’s Friday the 13th today and I’m wondering how many of you have superstitions about this supposedly unlucky day?

When I first started writing this I was going to tell you that I’m not a superstitious person, but that was before I lost my post! I had finished the whole post and I clicked the “Save and Continue Editing” button. Nothing much happened for a while, then I got the dreaded WordPress White Screen telling me that something was wrong with my wordpress files or perhaps my server. My bet is that it was the servers that host my sites since they seem to go down for a few minutes each night lately.

Having lost my original post has made me a little bit superstitious. You see, I have never ever lost a post before. Yet, on a Friday the 13th I end up losing my first post. I don’t think this is a coincidence, do you?

I was going to tell you that I wasn’t going to be careful today. That I wouldn’t care if a black cat crossed my path, or if I broke a mirror. But I’m not going to say that now. No, no. Not now. I’ve already had one unlucky happening today! What else could happen if I’m not careful? Anything!

I think maybe I’ll just take my cue and stay in today. Well, it’s really cold outside anyways – it’s 0 Celsius, or for you Americans that’s 32 F. I can’t believe how cold it is for this time of year. Oh it just occurred to me that since that’s unusual that it must be another bad luck occurrence right?

What are you going to do today? Are you going to be a extra careful or just go about your day as you normally would? Do you have any favorite things that you do on a Friday the 13th such as going out to see the latest horror movie release or watching some scary movies at home? Maybe a Friday the 13th party?

I decided to go looking for some information about Friday the 13th and I found out that our superstitions about Friday the 13th might have come about because a number of tragic events in history have occurred on Fridays.

Wikipedia:

There have been a number of events known as “Black Fridays“ in history. Usually, these events are devastating. Some historians propose that the origin of the “Black Friday” was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of Knights Templars on October 13, 1307 (Friday), to be later tortured into admitting heresy.

Is Friday the 13th really an unlucky day?

Strangely, there is evidence to suggest that Friday the 13th is actually unlucky. Psychologists have found that some people are especially likely to have accidents or fall ill on Friday the 13th. This has been attributed to such people feeling a heightened state of anxiety on that day (see nocebo effect). The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina estimates that in the United States alone, $800 or $900 million is lost in business each Friday the 13th because some people will not travel or go to work.

The date is also well-known in the motorcycle (biker) community: since 1981, motorcycle enthusiasts and vendors gather every Friday the 13th in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. This tradition started on November 13, 1981 by Chris Simons as a gathering of approximately 25 friends. The event has grown substantially, with an estimated 100,000 people attending in August 2004, as well as music bands, vendors, a bike show, etc.

In the Spanish-speaking world, it is Tuesday the 13th (as well as Tuesdays in general) that brings bad luck; a proverb runs En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques (on Tuesday, neither get married nor start a journey).

I’m generally not a superstitious person, nor am I anxious, but given the information that I’ve found perhaps I will be just a bit more careful today. After all, I’ve had two very bad falls this year and I’m probably due for another one before the year ends. How ironic would it be if it happened today?

Tell me how you feel about Friday the 13th and if you have any superstitions or if you’ve had any odd or unlucky things happen to you on previous Friday the 13ths. Maybe I’ll make another post with the results of your replies.

Have a safe Friday!

Filed Under: Entertainment, Home and Lifestyle, Recreation Tagged With: 13th, accident, Bad Luck, cat, Chris, facts, friday the 13th history, Friday the thirteenth, superstition, superstitious, unlucky

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