Anzac Day 2014

Anzac Day. Am a bit unsure if you can wish someone a happy Anzac Day. Seems inappropriate. But I guess you could wish a happy holiday weekend. That is what it will be as Friday is a public holiday followed by the weekend. Was very busy this avo getting passport photos and my authorized signatures on my NZ citizenship application. Of course, it will be months until I am a citizen, but all the papers get couriered off to Wellington Monday morning!!! The passport photos are ick-o, totally bad lighting and she kept asking me to pull my hair back more as the camera thought my hair was the background or something. Not her fault, stupid criteria. Then all of a sudden it went click and she's printing! Oh well, eventually NZ passports are B/W!!!

I was supposed to be at Ripponburn this avo but they forgot about me! I arrived with all my stuff only to find a totally empty room. I knew I wasn't that early. But Frankie is off this week and no one knew about it so nothing happened. That is when I decided to get my authorized signatures and photos taken care of. To the mani!

The base is a big mix of gradiented colours. I started with two coats of Nfu Oh 93, a sheer blue jelly. Then I sponged on some greens (Layla and Indigo Bananas) and a bit of peach (Essie). I wanted a sky-grass type background. With a bit of sparkle! I top coated before continuing. This is really pretty on its own. A tad pale, so I would do another coat of Nfu Oh as a base. But the blue and green sponge looks good.

Then I drew some poppies and filled them in three stages with a poppy red, pink and rust to add depth. Oh, and the leaves got some green. When all was done, more top coat. In town today I was also wearing my poppy necklace so it was a bit of poppy overkill!! But I wanted the ladies to see the pendant and so was prepared for Ripponburn.

No idea if the Mr is off Anzac or not. All the vineyards are big into harvest right now and grapes have priority. But, since Anzac Day is a public holiday employers need to pay staff more – if they can, they let you stay home! If I am alone I plan on working on my new website design for my jewelry and nail studio. I have a mani client in the afternoon. Then Saturday is garage sale all day and depending on if the Mr works Sunday or not I will start cleaning up the café for departure.

We have a couple of weeks for that but would like to get rid as soon as possible. So much to cancel out: phone, internet, EftPOS. Need the electrician in. Just heaps, but one day at a time. We are in a good spot timewise. On top of all this my girl is going through heartbreak right now. It doesn't look good, the guy is just not fronting up and stringing her along. Nothing anyone can do, but it hurts that she hurts. We (meaning everyone but her) all know it will pass and her life is so much bigger, but right now she only sees despair and dead ends.

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Thanks for reading the blah-blah stuff! Colours used:

blue base: Nfu Oh 93
green base: Layla Grass in the Wind and Indigo Bananas EMS Recombination
peach base: Essie Resort Fling
poppy red: Zoya Sooki
poppy pink: Essie Raise Awareness
poppy rust: Kyo Kyo burnt orange
leaves: Cult Nails Deal with It

Ice blue pond mani with Nfu Oh

During my mega 33DC extravaganza last year I did a similar mani in green (read about that here). I have always wanted to do one in blue but did not have the right jelly like blue. Ahhhhh, destash paradise! I got the perfect blue, Nfu Oh 93, last week.

Nfu Oh 93 is an ice blue opalescent shimmer. Very clear (all in all four coats) with a underwater greeny shimmer to it. There is also some silver opalescence. Really pretty. I started with one coat of Nfu Oh on base coated nails.

My first layer used Butter London Blagger and white. I dotted multiple flowers on uneven parts of my nails. Next I applied one coat of Nfu Oh (coat two). This was followed by one flower on each nail in Zoya Evvie (a musky grey-green). Another Nfu Oh (coat three). Last was a flower each in Zoya Monica (deep purple) followed by a last coat of Nfu Oh (4th). I topped with Out the Door.

Although I am not a blue person – though feel I am turning into one! – I really like this mani. So light and easy, but it has depth. I purposely keep this tone in tone, guess I felt that was a bit more elegant.

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Well, today is weekend and rainy and ick. Hardly any cars on the road. Up till now we (i.e. I) had been pretty lucky with breakfasts on the WE as the multi-million$-corporation restaurant across the road did not offer any. But now they have started doing that as well. And they offer free films fortnightly and tell people I am always closed. Just not good people. I guess you could take it as a compliment that they copy you, but they can't say they're all about supporting the area when they are really only all about supporting themselves. No fine in that, but admit it! It is now April and my last month of trading. Since we didn't sell either the business or the chattels I am contemplating when to start my garage sales to sell as much as possible to get some coin in. Easter WE sounds good but heaps of sorting before then. May be too big of a call as the Mr is extremely busy with harvest. I'll sleep on it.