Moments in My Life

Finally, the real estate transaction is closed!  YES!  I can relax more now since I won’t need to spend time calling this person that person asking and checking this and that.  I also received my first paycheck from real estate work for this year.  Not too much.  This is the smallest check I’ve ever received from my real estate work since I am doing this 50/50 with another agent.  Also this was the hardest and time consuming transaction I’ve ever dealt with. 

I also spent a lot of gas driving up to the property so many times.  A round trip drive to the property is around +/- 56 miles.  Also part of the check was taken out for my office fee, which is $50 a month.  I also paid for the sign up fee for the property as well as the MLS fee.  Although it is not as much as I hope for but I am still going to spend part of it for pampering myself.  A big part of the check will be put aside for income tax purposes and also for future payments of office fee, MLS membership fee, realtor board fee and supra key fee.

I am thinking of getting a spa service at Spa Mandalay for myself while in Las Vegas.  May be get another bag from Coach if I can find a nice one while shopping at the outlets.  Wow … can’t wait for my shopping spree.   

This weekend we will be heading out to the dessert for another mini vacation. It will be the three of us with my father-in-law and sister-in-law. We are renting a mini van to drive up to Las Vegas. We had made our hotel reservation at Mandalay Bay for two nights while FIL and SIL will be staying at Mirage for one night and then move on to downtown Las Vegas to stay at Golden Nugget for the second night.

Not too sure what our itinerary for this vacation will be. We might go for horseback riding, helicopter ride for city view, buffet, shopping and may be a visit to Hoover Dam too. I should remind FIL to pack his new Ariat boots with him, just in case if we do decide to go horseback riding.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day.  It is a glutton holiday feast.  There will be so many food served including turkey, ham, sweet yam, different pies (pumpkin and pecan are popular ones), cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cornbread … and the list continues.  So what will I be making for tomorrow?  NOTHING!  We’ll be heading to my in-law’s home for Thanksgiving dinner.  She will be preparing a small roast turkey, mash potatoes and sweet yam.  My sister in-law loves cranberry sauce but not me.  We’ll probably bring a Marie Callendar pie over for dessert. 

We’ll come home and be ready for bed early tomorrow night as we are looking to go out for Black Friday shopping the next day at 6am.  *wink*

Do you usually do your manicure at the salon or at home? I highly recommend that you do it at home for your own health safety. My friend once had her done at a salon for the first time and her nails were infected by fungus and it won’t go away. Until now she is still taking medication for that and vowed never ever to return to any salon for manicure or pedicure.

It is fun to sit there and have someone else to do your nails for you while you can sit back and enjoy. But think about the drive, time you going to spend going there and the cost plus tips. It will end up more than you think.

If you have all the necessary tools, you can too do it at the comfy of your own home. Or even better, you can have a mini manicure and pedicure party at your home. Invite a few friends over and let them do your nails and you do theirs. You can get a bottle of my favorite Black Forest Olan Nail Polish from Hello Gorgeous online website for only $6.00. This particular nail polish has no Formaldehyde, no Toluene, and no DBP which I like. Actually shopping online will give you more choices, selections on colors and brand names.  If you haven’t own any tools, you can purchase them from the same website too.

What you need is a list of friends, even number of people would be best.  Make sure you have all the necessary manicure/pedicure tools, nail polish colors, towels, small buckets for water and different scent of hand lotions.  You can set up the station/s on the dining table or coffee table.  Get ready some soft classical CDs to play in the background.  If you want, you can also serve one or two snack trays and some light drinks or water to your guests.  There you go … a mini manicure party at home!