Pampered toes and other fun stuff

The past two days have been pretty good :) I got loads of laundry done and errands. While doing errands I opened the moonroof on my car - it makes me happy to have the wind in my hair and be able to stick my hand out! I have been doing that a lot lately and between that, a good book on the mp3 player and a car-happy dog my errands fly by. Of course the only down side is my "freckle headband " as my mum calls it - despite the sunscreen I apply daily, I end up with a line of freckles across my hairline.
While I was out buying presents for a certain mummy I know (wink to Lizzie- unfortunately I have been so sick I didn't have the energy to make the boys anything - but they will get special blankies for Christmas :) ) my Mum called and asked me to join her for a pedicure and manicure!! This is a fairly new experience for both of us. Courtney has always been the girly girl of the family (despite my waist length hair and love of skirts I'm not that girly) I had my first pedicure right before Courtney's wedding a year and a half ago. Since then my Mum has taken to it and it is her one indulgence for herself. The bonus being she doesn't like to go alone. So I met her at the place - its this little shop run by 3 Asian ladies who are very sweet and very very good! (its extremely clean too- they are almost neurotic about cleaning things which I find comforting!) I walked in and the older lady says " You pick you colour - Mommy already pay! You have pedicure an maicure - Mommy luuuves you!! " So despite my protests that I could pay for myself, into the masagey chair I went to have my feet soaked. I picked out a bright, slightly sparkly blue - a bit on the wild side but it makes me smile and matches my purple Birkenstock quite well! It was heavenly - I never thought I would ever like someone messing around with my feet - but it is extremely relaxing. I also got my nails done though there is not much nail there to work on - I had nice nails but then went on vacation with my nephews and niece - 4 rambunctious kids expecting me to be the 5th is not good for ones nails LOL.

Yesterday when I went out to finish the errands I didn't do while getting pampered with Mum, I noticed a detour sign in my road. This was not particularly odd since there is roadwork being done further up... what was odd is that they were detouring people down a dead end street! One of my neighbors and dear friends was walking by and I pointed it out to him - so he went and turned the sign to go into my blueberry bushes!! It made as much sense according to him! So I laughingly called dispatch and told them of the road crews mistake (since there was no one around to tell in person) When I came back the sign had been changed.... to once again face down the dead end street instead of my blueberries! STILL going nowhere! LOL

Well - I have a washer machine full of fabric for a project and need to get lots done around the house! We'll see how long my energy lasts :)

Something Shiney - or myself as happy ....

Today I talked to my dear friend and Kindred Spirit Lizzie who just had her second set of twins after years and years of infertility. We met through our shared misery and became friends not only through the pain we both felt at what we were going through - but also because of all the other things that we shared. I realized, as I looked at her blog to see pictures of the new babies while we talked... that it was those happy things we shared that made us friends for the past years -good lord - nearly 10 years now that I think of it. I realized that though I haven't talked to her much the past year (she has been a LOT busy!) that it wasn't the long discussions about this treatment or that, but the shared love of simply joys like tea and old black and white movies, dear old novels and lacy curtains that I missed about neither of us having the online time we used to. I realized that I want to be the old me... the happy me... the me that still takes delight in the small things that fascinate me .. as my darling husband says, my "oooh something shiney" moments. When the light of a bright star or the colour of a leaf or the curve of a cloud sparks my imagination. Hence the name of my new blog... and the attempt to recapture the happiness in my life. I have a Livejournal... but it had become the place where I poured all the bitterness and pain in my life. Well I want this to be the opposite. We will see how it works out.
Cynthia