<p>Sure every year in December we bake cookies and hang stockings for the holidays… but when the holidays are over there is pretty much one thing to do… rush to be ready for the next year.
</p><p>Some people clean their house from top to bottom (or as much as they can) while others just continue on in the eating and drinking until January 1<sup>st</sup> when they take their tree and other decorations down.
</p><p>What do I do?<br /><br />Every year, I go to the nail salon and get a manicure and pedicure.  Because well, who wants ugly hands and feet when it's the start of a new year?  LOL
</p><p>I went yesterday to a neighborhood nail salon for a manicure and pedicure and to wax my eyebrows.  I know you think that's an over share (Promise.. next time I'll give you a TMI alert!) but darling you haven't seen my eyebrows when they aren't done. Think Martin Scorcese. Yes, it's just simply not pretty.
</p><p>Anyway, I took Natalie with me so she could get a little lady manicure and it was such a delight for me to watch. Of course I snapped photos. But to be honest it wasn't her first time getting a manicure. She had one a few weeks ago at a classmate's glamour birthday party. *Yes, hair make up and everything else.
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 </p><p>And with that foot, I swiftly kick 2008 in the rear and welcome 2009.  I hope it kicks arse.
</p><p><span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span></p>