I'm back... well kind of...

I've been on a hiatus from my blog because my computer sort of died. It needed to be plugged in to an Ethernet cable to connect to the internet and it was slower than molasses on a cold winter's day. I also can't easily update my blog from my phone. Rather than being super frustrated every time I went on, I decided to wait until I got a new computer. I got a chromebook a couple weeks ago and I absolutely love it! It's super fast and light weight. Perfect for me.

But that's not the only reason that I was gone from my blog. I just haven't been doing my nails all that often recently. It's been sad. The reason is that I've been sick. A lot. I'm having some issues with my blood work, so I need to see a rheumatologist in July and I've had three colds just in the past month or so and currently have a flu, despite getting a flu shot! (I must have some sort of horrible skill of catching a strand not covered by the vaccine!) I don't really remember what it's like to be able to breathe normally!

That being said, let's get caught up with the nails that I have done over the past two months!

I painted these raspberry nails in honour of a great woman. She was my family's neighbour before I was born. But since she lived in the same city as my extended family, we would see her and her husband almost as much as my family. He passed away a couple of years ago and then she passed away very unexpectedly last month. They were like a third set of grandparents to me. It was hard to be so far away from my family in America at a time like that.

The raspberries were because they grew raspberries in their backyard and would always have a bowl of their raspberries that they froze and heated up whenever we went to visit. The polish that I used even smelled like raspberries.

 

My Disney nails were fun for me to do. I had friends from my a Capella group come over after we had a performance at an aged care facility and we watched/sang a long with Disney movies. 

Then the most tragic thing of all happened a couple of days later. I was adjusting my purse strap as I got on the bus and my nail tore apart and the tip went flying. It was quite painful and traumatic. I ended up cutting the rest of my nails as well. Since I've started working part time and been getting sick, I haven't had much time to properly care for them. My nails are still recovering. I miss the beautiful length!

The next ones were fun. My husband is a huge fan of Marvel and was checking when you could get tickets to the new Avengers movie a few months in advance. Since he's so crazy, we were able to ensure we got tickets in time to see opening night. It gave me the perfect excuse to do something creative and crazy with my nails again. I was inspired by this manicure from pinterest.

Then I didn't have anything else of interest until a basic mani and accent nail that I did last week while on holiday with my husband and in-laws up in the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. It was a great holiday. My birthday is next week, so we celebrated a bit. Part of my present was to do an experience at DreamWorld where my husband and I got to play with dingo puppies. They were adorable and so sweet!

So I'm back as long as I'm well enough to keep doing my nails. At least I have a computer that works now! Even if my immune system doesn't...