So today I looked at my poor painted nails, chipped and knicked up and I thought I have not had a real manicure in years, not since I stopped having fake nails put on and I was like "I'm going for a manicure". So I called Selena and went in. She did a great job.
What do you think?
She wanted me to try a gel polish that lasts two weeks and does not chip, has no dry time and all that but I was set on my black color and I didn't care for the gel colors offered. Has anyone done this gel polish? Is it worth it? Does it get on your cardstock? You know how you pick up a piece of paper and your nail polish will sometimes leave a mark, that is the only thing I hate about my nails being polished is that part, I have to be so careful. Let me know if you have tried this new hybrid gel nail polish and if you like it, please.
So I was feeling all chipper-less and pretty with my nice polished nails thinking gee I need to go once a month to do it, and I can polish in between, but they look so much better cause she cut away the 5 years of cuticle and all that funky finger jam.
Then I was like well gee let's run into Kohls and see if I can't find a cute skirt and shirt or a dress. It was 102 today, skirts and dresses are a must. My BFF Tracy found some cute stuff the other day at her Kohls. So I go in and look around, I grab this, and this, and oh this looks cute, oh and this might look cute with a skirt I have at home. So then I go into the dressing room. I hate this room, with that freakin' circus mirror, you know the one that adds 10 pounds on your butt, tummy, thighs and at least 6 wrinkles on your face…yeah that one. So anyway, I tried on about 10 things, and nothing fit right and it all looked like $hit! So I left it all on the rack and frumpingly left the store, oh and did I mention I knicked a nail while trying on all this crap? Yep, well I deserved a knicked nail for letting myself get in this shape.
So I drove home after stopping at the grocery store ( I needed to pick up salads, yogurts and healthy food) I was talking to my BFF, gotta love her she puts up with my rants and my raves, and my (vulgarity – yep I'm a swearer) and my OCD (cause I kept fretting over my freakin' knicked nail), and so as I and my feeling sorry for myself stopped for the mail on the way home…OMG! What was in the mail box? Could it really be here? It was, maybe my life was not so bad after all.
My new Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand CD was here! These are MY boys and I love them and they wanted me to feel better, and I was!!
Thanks to Kristy for this link…you can hear the title song of the album, get your dancing shoes on and give a big squeal for my boys…I'm a little partial to Craig Miner the banjo player….but they are all amazing musicians… Brand New Shoes make sure to click on the arrow thingie to start it.
So I put the music in while I started to put away the groceries, and then my toe started tapping and then my knee started wiggling, my hips started swaying and next thing you know me and my milk jug were dancing around the kitchen with Toby yapping behind me trying to bite my heels and it was like an Epiphany - I had it! I was going to go on The Shupe Diet.
What the heck is The Shupe Diet? Well I made it up of course, but here it is…
Every day for half an hour I am going to put in my Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand music and I am gonna dance around, I don't care if I look like a jenny ass, remember Goldie Hawn in House Sitter when she was dancing, looking like a chicken with its head cut off? I tried finding it on utube but couldn't, you should remember it if you saw the movie, if not, the movie is so good you should rent it.
Anyway, I am going to eat healthier and in moderation and dance for half an hour. I mean doesn't that sound funner then the treadmill? Wanna do it with me? Excellent!
So tonight Jeff and I headed to Walmart, his least favorite place to go, and gosh me too, I kept getting shocked the whole time I was there (and not by people's bums falling out of their pants…have you seen those Walmart people pictures? Wowza!!) but I would touch the cart, zap!, I would touch Jeff zap! What the heck? Anyway I picked up a scale (after we found it, took us 10 minutes with the Walmart girl to find it…oh they are by the toilet seats in case you are wondering) cause I want an accurate reading and here I will announce it to you my blog friends. With clothes on and at night it said 138.2 WOW!! Now that is not the highest I have ever weighed, but I was way younger when I weighed that much and it didn't look like it does now. I don't have a muffin top, I have a double decker cake top with some spillage happening on the sides…ugh. So anyway you might say that is not high, or you don't look it or whatever, but I am not happy with that weight on me and with my frame and height it is too much. So tomorrow I will weigh myself after my first pee (oh my gawd what the heck is that Di chick talking about pee now…unsubscribe…ha!) anyway, and undressed and I will post that weight and that will be starting point, and then tomorrow will be the first day of The Shupe Diet. I want to get down to 120 at least by convention. Wish me luck.
Oh my gosh I went on and on…are you still with me? Wanna see the card I whipped up tonight? I love all these sets, and this is some brand new DSP and I love it too. I might do this one for a swap for convention, in fact I might do some cards I post on my blog, and I hope no one would be offended if they got one of my cards and they had seen it already.
Stamp Set: Favorite Thoughts, Artistic Etchings, Flores Suaves (this is in the Spanish catalog)
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Greenhouse Gala DSP
Ink: Jetblack Stazon, Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight, Sahara Sand, Cherry Cobbler
Misc: Aqua Painter (I guess I should get better at mentioning what I use to color…sorry), and dimensionals.
Do you like it? So cute I think.
Well my old eyes are burning, it is either tiredness or allergies, but they sting like a bugger so I think it is time to say nightie night.
Have an awesome Saturday and thanks for stopping in!
You are so crazy!!! I wish you tons of luck and I am sure you can do it!! I wont tell you my weight but lets say we have the same #'s in our weight but switch them around; ugh!! I am miserable and actually considering dieting for the 1st time in my life!!! Oh and I luv the card BTW!!!
First of all Di, I love your card and would not be offended if I got one of your blog cards. So I'll be looking for you at convention!! Get my card ready.LOL Second I feel your "weighted " pain. I have put on almost 30 pounds in the last two years because of my crappy bones but have started taking it off through weight watchers. It's slow but it's going. As soon as the doctor and physical therapist say I can put a shoe on my foot , till be bugalooing down Broadway!! Never heard of your Ryan but I love all kinds of music and will have to check him out. Have a great weekend. I'm going to go play with my sneaky peakers!!
I'm with ya girl!!! I look best when I weigh about 120 lbs too. I think right now I may be weighing about 135. I'll be 5o next year and I want to look my bestest evah!!!!
Thanks for the proverbial kick in the butt!!!
I'm gonna try pushing myself away from the table more and puttin' on my dance shoes!!!
Crystal
OMG…Di, you crack me up! I love your blog. I love your cards. I wouldn't mind getting one of your, "already posted", swaps at convention. LOL! I'll be there. Hope to run into you.
Gladys
Oh to be a fly on the wall for day one of the Shupe diet!!!! Question..is it gel polish – or gel nails – cause I have had the gel nails before and it goes on like polish but it is actually the gel nails – then they heat set it and it's dry – no painting – cause you have used the colour gel – the thing I found with the gel nails (the kind I had anyway) was there were restrictions with them..like I HAD to wear rubber gloves to do the dishes cause the dishwashing detergent might eat the gel, and there were other things like certain types of lotions – alcohol eats them for sure…so I had to opt out of the Polished Stone technique class Vicki was giving when I had these on!!!!!
I guess it depends on what you are doing…but I'd say get a good quality polish and a good quality top coat and that should help.
but a good manicure doesn't hurt too!
It's been a few years since I had one….gardening and getting a manicure really don't go together too well!
Luv ya
Jax
You are too funny. I smiled all the way through. Good luck on the Shupe diet. It does sound fun dancing around. I may just have to try that myself. Keep us updated.
Oh, and remember not to weigh yourself everyday – just once a week (after the pee and naked) – so you don't get discouraged with the natural ups and downs.
Di, you are so funny! Thanks for putting some laughter into my morning! I also have some double decker cake spillage that I'd like to get rid of before my daughter's wedding. I love the idea of dancing every day for exercise. It makes me a lot happier than getting on a treadmill too. Good luck! I know you can do it 🙂
I know what you mean. 138 is too much for my frame too. I've also been working towards a convention goal. Actually I've been working toward 115 three weeks before comvention and that'll leave me shopping time to treat myself to some new convention outfits! 🙂 Good luck. You can do it! I started just a smidge above where you are and this morning I was 118.8. Think positive thoughts!
Every time I hear Ryan Shupe and The Rubber Bands I think about you. Well yesterday they were on a local tv channel and they have a video. Here is the link: http://www.abc4.com/content/about_4/gtu/featured_on/story/Ryan-Shupe-and-the-Rubberband-Brand-New-Shoes/vzE-0sEpgE2F07bZuSrkZQ.cspx I hope it works for you. They were fabulous. Also, I love all your stories. Keep them coming.
Diana Gibbs you crack me up! With your chipped nails and your imaginary double decker cake top you are still fabulous! By the way, the Kohls in Boise, Idaho has mirrors that add 25 pounds to your butt, so be lucky you are in AZ!!
♥ Becky
AMEN!! I have had a day like yours too!! We must remember, this too will pass (LIKE GAS!!)
Hang in there and keep thinking crafty thoughts.
OMG you still crack me up!! I'm a potty mouth too, lol!! I love the black nails-too cool!!! I do the same thing at kohls, feel worse about myself than before I went in there, but it's ok. I'm going to eat healthy, start walking my dogs-we all need to drop a few pounds and hopefully I'll tone up and lose something…anything would be nice.Have a GREAT weekend….
Deena
Di, good luck with your weight loss!! I just love your blog, you're such a sweetie, so energizing & fun!!!!!!
Love the card and sure looking forward to the new catty!
Oh Di — you just crack me up!! Sometimes I wish I lived in AZ, but California is hot enough (and sometimes TOO hot) for me!! I'm pretty sure I was born a size 6x, but I wish you good luck on your weight goal. I, too, decided to try to dance off some pounds. I put on my favorite song, Love Shack, and I danced like a crazy woman. It was so fun, and I said, YES, I'm going to do this every day! But…the next day, I had to put ice on both my knees!! Such good intentions…
Glad to know I'm not the only one getting shocked at Wal-Mart! It happens to me every time I shop at a newly opened one in our town. Something about the carts, I guess!
Funny post today–good luck with your diet!
You are so funny! I love this card! It is so cute! My daughter(she's 8) and I went shopping at Kohl's last week for bathing suits! Like you I hated this mirrors too! I'm already big enough without the help of those ugly things!But we did have some girl fun! I am trying to lose weight too! Our company picnic is at Nashville Shores! But it is Tuesday so I am out of time!!But still going to lose some weight! Thanks for sharing your awesome creations,your personal trials & tribulations everyday! Love your blog!
What a riot! Hilarious post today.
As for gel polish–I've had last for seven weeks and only had it redone at that point because of my nails growing out and it looking yucky by the cuticles. It will not get on your card stock. In fact, you can't even remove it with nail polish remove.
Girl, you are a hoot! And I'm going on that Shupe Diet if I can loses 5 pounds in a day too! That must have been some serious dancing! lol! Maybe I'll look for a defective scale too, just in case!
I Love You I Love You I Love You!!!! Well we all lose many calories every time we read your blog!! Doing the Belly Laugh!!!!
Oh Dang if you're gonna get serious about losing weight then I have to too!! But 133 would be my goal weight!!! I know I know it's all in how we feel about our selves.
and I too am not feeling well about the Blob I carry around.
Love Ya
Da BFF Tracy
Cute card! Love the artsy-ness of it.
I can picture you shakin' your bum to "Banjo Boy!" {That's okay, I do, too!} *LOL* Living in Ogden, where Ryan's from, when you say his name, there's always SOMEONE that knows him or went to church with his family or babysat at their house once. *LOL*
Nails are lovely. I don't paint mine, because I do so much with my hands that I usually rub the polish clean off in no time at all. Usually am happy with a lavender or orange paraffin dip to put moisture back that playing with all this paper sucks out. LOVE my pedicures & toe rings, though!
Oh Di you are the funniest lady out there in blog land for sure! I love to visit and read all the funny things you write! I wish you luck with the shupe diet and am so glad you tell us how it is-pee and all 😉
hugs,
Elizabeth
It was hard for me to concentrate on this card I love with your hilarious descriptions of WalMart butts and muffin tops but DANG I love this card!!
Am I gonna see you next month? Margarita??
Oh and the Costco carts do that too. I feel like I'm at Gitmo every time I go there!!
You are just a hoot! I remember 140 fondly and am thinking I would need a quadruple Shupe to get back there. I wish you the best of luck and thanks for the sharing, honesty, and smiles. MJ
Hi Di, I think that you are saving many stampers/crafters oodles of bucks because your blog is great therapy! I usually sit quietly and keep to myself after reading and looking….but this time, couldn't resist saying thanks! for the fun post and the card is another great one, too. Happy dieting (ugh!). Your California friend, Lenny
I love reading your blog because you sound so "human"! Sort of the "wish I lived next door to her because she is so much fun" kind of person. I have always been skinny but now I am "fluffy" and I don't like it. I have thought about the dancing around thing to get exercise too so please let me know how your weight loss plan goes. I don't enjoy the work-at-it kind of plans at all. Good luck!!
I love when you go on about every day things. It is really nice to see other people get involved in the things I do. I love the card and DSP and can't wait till mine come. I didn't pay the extra $$ to get mine early. That way I could spend more on stamps (method to her madness).
Carey Rogers
aka Roscoe's mommy
Di, Boy can I relate! I went from 135 to 117lbs by watching portions (no more than 1/2 C carbs plus LOTS of veggies & fist size meat portion) but the biggest factor was deleting my "every evening glass of wine" to once a week…and since I was looking better & feeling better about myself, I didn't NEED that glass of wine to wallow in!! I have 2 left feet so no dancin'here, but with that exercise each day you will DO IT! Good Luck! Oh, like this card, too, TFS.
QUEEN BEE!!!
I looked at this card trying to "get it" and today, after looking at it about 3/4 times got it!!!
WHATAHOOT!
Oh, I'm down 5.5 pounds as well and have an easy 12 to go for my goal!! Its easy when you set your mind to it!