Love my nails, except.....

Now you all must know by now how much I love my girlie nails?!


I have been going to USA nails since my birthday in 2011 & I must say they do a beautiful job. I have gels on my natural nails as mine are too weak & brittle due to the amount of washing of my hands (the disadvantage of being a creative cake maker & decorator).


I generally go for a nice vibrant base colour & then have some pretty nail art done to finish them off perfectly, I do love a bit of sparkle too so you'll often notice a splash of glitter thrown into the nail art just for good measure!
Now, I had my nails in-filled last week (where the natural nail grows & leaves a gap between the gel & nail) on Friday as I get them done every 3 weeks, although in hindsight I really should have had a take off & new set... I broke my thumb nail on my left hand on Sunday & today I broke my little finger nail on my right hand this morning!


Will this set last me until Friday 17th Feb when the are next due to be done??? I really hope so, but I'm not very confident that they will...


Here's just a few pictures of my beautiful nails, from my current design going back a few months:

The Sparkle is most definitely returning :)

What can I say?!  My 'Sparkle' is most definitely returning after probably the worst week in my entire life.  Who have I got to thank for my 'Sparkle' returning, well there are a few people I need to thank... First & foremost, my Bestie Jason & his lovely wife Claire - my short break with them has been unbelievably fantastic, what wonderful people & I really haven't laughed so much as I have being in their company (I really am going to miss them all, but we (no doubt) will meet up every week so it's not goodbye).  The second person I need to thank is my wonderful husband Duncan, he may not be perfect but he works hard, provides for our children, is a fantastic dad & is bloody perfect to me... I love you Mr Sharp!  The next people I need to thank for helping my 'Sparkle' to return are my most amazing friends, without them this past week I don't know where I would be & having a most enjoyable night out last night at Karaoke was really the best medicine - it was a fantastically funny night & there were a fair few occasions where my cheeks hurt so much from the laughter, it's great having the old me back again even if I do say so myself =)


The children have gone away to Duncan's parents for a few days to give us both a little break from it all, so we will both be out together socially tomorrow night for a bit more karaoke... I can't wait & I am really looking forward to a civilised Sunday dinner without the children (unless you class our adopted daughter Alison as a child) - a hot roast dinner without being asked to get this or get that or cut up Anneliese's dinner etc, etc, etc!  It's going to be soooo novel, Lol!


I have my nail in-fills to get done on Tuesday & am having my nails minx'd on Wednesday evening (which I have never had done, but hey it's almost Christmas so why not?) I have chosen such a pretty minx, it's called White Christmas & I think it is just gorgeous... see the picture: White-Christmas Minx

I have my hair-dresser booked in for Thursday morning too, so for Christmas Eve, Eve I will be looking my best again just in time for my adopted daughter Alison's 25th Birthday celebrations & more importantly ready for Christmas!


Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle, I feel like a fairy princess & I am shining once more...


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Lost my Sparkle...

Not sure if this is right or if this is wrong, but I need to keep busy & do something so a blog seems like the only way to go...


I am so empty at the moment, I feel dead inside & so numb on the outside, it is like someone has wrenched my beating heart out of me & peeled off all my skin. The pain is immense like nothing I have ever felt before & I just have no idea what to do.


My world is shattered & I so want to rebuild it & start again, but as the saying goes 'Rome wasn't built in a day' - how very true, building a world is going to take a while, that is for sure!  I have to start back at the very beginning & take every day as it comes, this is very hard as I hate being away from my family but it's all I can do right now as things are so very raw.


A good friend wrote this in her blog about me:

The Star without it's shining light

I don't think I have ever seen such a gorgeous, spirited young lady in such pain ever before.  It has been one of those times where, yet again, I have no idea how to behave or what to say and probably came across as a blundering idiot! She had her friends around her and was so very brave getting up to sing - I couldn't have ever been that strong, ever.  To the lovely "L" I hope things will get better and with the support of your friends you will turn that corner, but for now just go with it.

Nope, I don't ever want to see a friend in such a worryingly bad way again.  As the title suggests - It was karaoke at the Star without its shining light :(

This is where I got my inspiration for today's title... My friend's blog & my status on Facebook from Tuesday: Lynda-Jane Sharp

has lost her fairy sparkle... can somebody bring it back if they find it lying around anywhere, how can I fly without twinkly wings?! Best jump on my unicorn until it comes back, else this fairy is gonna run out of steam too "/

I have the most amazing friends looking after me, my Bessie Jason & his wife Claire, the are truly the 2 most amazing people in the world & I can say I don't know if I would be here if they hadn't taken me in & sheltered me from the black cloud that is constantly raining on me at this moment in time.

Jason wrote such a wonderful blog yesterday, not only did it move me to tears when I read it yesterday, but reading it again today moved me to tears again (mind you the moments in my day when there aren't tears are very few at the moment) if you would like to read his blog from yesterday you can find it here: Bicester Blogger

Now, I love my bessie for a lot of things but especially our shared love of the fabulous Emma Bunton & I hadn't heard 'I'll Be There' for so long!  Here's the link to the video on YouTube for everyone: 'I'll Be There - Emma Bunton'

Farewell the days, 

Come melt the ice, on many a cold heart.

Till the clouds roll in

And then you'll find

They're frightened of the dark

Some may come and some may go

They meet you high then leave u low.

But I will always be the one who cares

I'll be there

I'll be there whenever u need a friend

Yeah I'll be there whenever u need a friend, I will be there baby

I may have to go in body, but my soul is with you still.

When you think of me, I'm by your side to guide you from all ill

We all need somebody who

We can always run onto

And I will always be the one for you,

I'll be there

I'll be there whenever u need a friend

Yeah I'll be there whenever u need a friend, I'll be there for u baby.

We all need somebody who

We can always run onto

And I will always be the one, for you

I'll be there

I'll be there whenever u need a friend

Yeah I'll be there whenever u need a friend I will be there baby

I'll be there whenever u need a friend I'll be there for u baby

I'll be there whenever u need a friend I'll be there for you baby.

Jason, Claire I will forever be indebted to you both for the kindness, friendship & hospitality you have shown me - Thank You both for looking after me, it means so very much to have such very, very good friends (could I use the word very any more?!)... I love you guys xXx