Hi everyone!

Well, we had a really good time visiting George's sister and his niece and GREAT-niece who had her first birthday party while we were there!  Here's a pic of me with the cutie-pie birthday girl:

That's my husband's thumb in the left foreground.   She's wearing the little outfit I picked out for her.

I have been working in my yard here and there.  My irises are doing amazingly well this year!  Last year they hardly bloomed at all, and this year they are profuse!  I guess they needed a year of rest or something.  Half of them haven't even opened yet, but the buds are up.

As for my nails- I decided to go with acrylic this time around- and I think I am liking them better than gel.  They both have their advantages and disadvantages, I guess- but I think the acrylic can look more natural, at least by the girl I go to.

As for my hair- I found a product by Aussie called "A Touch of Shine" gel that has NO 'cones in it and it is a very soft, shiny finish.  My curls are forming perfect spirals all over my head.  I am using my regular conditioner (I use a brand from Trader Joe's which is all-natural ingredients) as a leave-in and then applying the gel, and then doing the plunking or plopping method with a teeshirt to dry- also makes it so nice while I'm getting breakfast and putting on my makeup to have my hair bundled up on my head!- and then I let it down and am mostly letting it airdry the rest of the way while I go off to work, and then we have 1/2 hour before we open the store so it has a lot of dry time.  Then I just scrunch the dry hair to soften any "crispy curls", and it looks great!!

I am also toying with letting my "silver" (prefer that over GRAY) grow in.  It is very silvery, in fact, and I kind of like it.  Will give it more time and see if I can handle it.

Well, next weekend we are going to Branson, Missouri for a conference with our travel business.  Not too excited about location- not big on areas like Branson- but am looking forward to the trip with hubby and the time spent there in the conference.  We'll learn a lot and it will be fun.  There will be a dinner cruise one of the evenings.  Trying to decide what to wear...   I'll figure it out- always do! haha!

Hope everyone is enjoying a touch of spring out there!