What do you notice when you see this picture? Maybe you see the colorful umbrella, the fact I'm wearing a hat or just plain being silly for a photo. But I want you to notice is this:| Tweet |  Delicious |
Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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They're beautiful, Diann. How long will you be able to type with them, though? I have to keep my nails short or I can't type--keep hitting the wrong keys, which I do a lot anyway. I LOVE a pedicure, and the polish lasts forever, and I moan out loud when I'm getting a foot massage, but my fingernails never match my toenails.
I love your nails! I love getting my nails done, but it's a hassle to keep up, and irritating to type with so I stopped getting my done.
But now a pedicure.... that's worth every penny!
See you soon!
Love lots!
Oh, yes! My daughter and I are getting a pedicure before conference! Can't wait!!! I can only imagine what those nail techs will say once they get a gander at these toes! :-)
That was the first thing I noticed when I saw this picture somewhere else. "Diann has beautiful nails!" Your hands look so pretty here. With all the typing we do, I think having nails of any sort are tough. I remember seeing Dolly Parton's nails (waaaaay long) and thinking, "How in the world does she play guitar??" (I've played guitar. Give me a break. Must dub it in.)
Anyway, I used to chew my nails so when I could get the fake nails, I had soooo much fun, but they began to take on a life of their own. I felt like my nails had a separate life and schedule and a "do and don't" life. So I was sad the day I gave them up because I have a disease on my hands that peels my nails and skin off. Beautiful hands. I don't have them. I hide my hands.
I think if you love the nails, you should have them if you can. Or at least get a pedicure and manicure periodically. They are so common place now and yours look gorgeous.
I love this photo, but I always love photos of you!
Beautiful nails, Diann. When I was working I used to get my nails done every two weeks. Can't afford it anymore. Besides, I've developed a severe allergy to all the products they use. Nail glue? Last time I tried to mend a broken nail, the whole nail lifted right off the nail bed. Talk about painful. Now I just keep them short.
Never had foreigners as manicurists, though. I think that would bother me, too.
BTW, love the umbrella, love the hat, love the shades, too.
Wow, Crystal and Peggy, makes you wonder what they put on our nails that can cause so much trouble doesn't it?!
My real nails are horrible. They peel, they are so weak and thin. I've NEVER had good nails. So I keep looking at my hands, thinking they belong to someone else. :-)
I totally thought that was a professional picture you got off the internet! So cute! Love the umbrella. The fabric was the first thing I noticed! I had my nails done in "pink and white acrylic" for 3 years! I loved my nail salon and still go back from pedicures and manicures. I never had pain from my fake nails. And my salon, although they were all asian, they were very careful to not speak in their native tongue unless they were giving eachother direction for something. Your nails look great!!! Now I miss mine!
Oh, and I forgot to add... I always got my fake nails filed down to my finger when I would get them filled in so they would stay short because I worked on a computer all day. So you can have pretty nails and still type perfectly well!
I absolutely LOVE that picture of you! Amber is a fabulous photographer. It so clearly captures your personality!
Diann,
Love the picture! And YES!! It seems that wherever I go in my city, the techs are from Asia, and chatter up a storm. It always makes me think of a Seinfeld episode they did on this very thing, lol! I think Kristin put it one of her books, too...one of the Spa Girls?
I didn't like it so much when it was just me, but now that I take my daughters for a tiny pedicure treat here and there, I am EXTRA paranoid, wondering what they are saying about me as Mom! I tried to create a diversity moment when my daughter said out loud, Mommy, they are speaking Spanish, and the lady said it was Philippene. I had her teach my girls how to say hello in their language, but the moment didn't really take, lol!
Glad to know I am not alone, lol!
LOL! My nail tech speaks in front of me but since she is a native of Idaho, like me, I understand everything she says.
You look adorable! I can't say I relate too much with the nail thing since I only get pedis (moms of little boys don't have nails that last :), and at my place they speak English almost all the time. Usually without an accent. It almost feels like they're local, which I kind of strange...
Laughing about throwing a bag of rice! You are so bad in such a good way! :) Seriously, I could not handle the FIGHTING in Vietnamese or whatever that would go on in the nail salon I used to go to. It was not a relaxing experience at all. And because "I'm so vain," I really did think the fight was about me, hahaha.
Now I hang out in nursing homes, where I try to be popular with the staff but don't always succeed. I wish I'd studied harder in Spanish class. Because I KNOW when I'm traipsing down the hall toward Mom's room, all those gals are talking about ME!!!!
LOL, Katy! I was praying for you and "the Moms" just last night. Hang in there, friend!!
Thanks for all the comments on nails. Though my nails aren't all that long, I agree they are hard to type with. But until my hair grows out, I'm keepin' them! It's a great release for my feminine side. :-)
The only thing you need to know: Pick Color -- which sounds like pikkullah.
You got that down, you don't need anything else. Let them laugh at you. They have to touch your feet, they deserve a giggle. I go to the same place every week because I'm twitchy and they laugh at me for being ticklish. I'm comfortable there and when I was up all night on a deadline one week, they said I looked tired and gave me an extra long massage.
I love my girls. Some guy just took a picture of me and my laptop in the coffee shop. I guess he's never seen a pink laptop. LOL
I didn't even recognize that was you, Di. I thought it was a stock photo. SOOO cute!
I'm with Cheryl. I adore a pedicure, and I actually purr when they do the massage part. But when they start talking in Vietnamese, I close my eyes. Let 'em think I'm asleep.
BTW, I see eyebrow hairs!! :D And the first thing I noticed was you were chuckling.
What a beautiful picture! You look sassy!
Many years ago, I got my first set of fake nails put on. It was for my best friend's wedding. The lady filed my right ring fingernail too thin, and then the glue and the plastic nail pulled and pushed and BURNED through that thin nail. That finger hurt for the two weeks the nails were on, and for probably a month after they were off. I swore I would never do it again.
Well, that lasted only a few years. But I found these nifty new nails that are built for flat nail beds. KISS brand, and you can buy them in a ready-to-go box in Wal-Mart! I haven't had any troubles like the first time ever again.
Your nails look great! And I like the hat, too. :0)
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