First day of Snow!

Since I am new to living somewhere with actual seasons, yesterday was the first time I've had/gotten to drive in the snow.
So, to celebrate the first day of snow, yesterday I did a snowflake manicure.

Lacey Granny Flowers

I know, I know... I just did my nails last night, purple polka dots. But, I woke up this morning and I just wasn't feeling the purples. I love purple, but it just wasn't all that interesting to me, there was no excitement to them. They didn't FEEL like travel appropriate nails (I am heading to Monterey for a few days tomorrow, for work reasons, but there will definitely be plenty of me time too!)
So, I decided to re-do.
And voila!

Much more interesting, right? 

Skittles for Nat

My sister's "adopted" 13 yr old daughter informed me last week that I would be painting her nails for her today. And as we typically do for her, the reply was "Okie dokie".
I guess she was in a Skittles mood, because she was hoping I would show up with skittles for her.
I didn't have Skittles, but I said we could do a Skittle manicure. A Skittle manicure is one where the nails all are painted differently.
It took quite a while, but Nat finally picked a cherry based design, and all the colors we'd use.

4th o'July Polka Dots

I know I'm posting just a few days late, but better late than never, right?

For the 4th I just did simple polka dots. Nothing complicated, but fun nonetheless.

Being new to Idaho, I didn't know what to expect of the holiday around here. What I wasn't expecting was the volume and saturation of fireworks displays in each neighborhood. It was a constant cacophony of booms, pops, whistles, hisses, snaps and cracks, that lasted for many hours with no lull in the sound. 

Oddly though, throughout the night I didn't hear any sirens. 

I hope everyone's 4th was safe and a celebration worthy of our independence.