Fingernails feeling fine
Between fatigue after yesterday’s immune-suppressing infusion and a nearly 100-degree heatwave, we weren’t up to much activity today. But it’s been a while since we’ve had fancy fingernails so I […]
Home spa night
Sunday is usually our designated day for self-care, but sometimes other days just call for it. Today was one of those days. The pampering included home pedicures, facials, and brow […]
Aromatherapy soak and scrub
A long soak in the tub with Epsom salts seemed like the perfect way to celebrate the return of hot water in our home. The arnica in both the scrub […]
A Sunday for self-care
Air quality continued to be horrendous (AQI in the 300s) today, so it was another day safe/trapped inside for our health. With wildfires raging across our state, we are thankful […]
Heatwave haircut
Though we’re used to heatwaves this time of year, the current muggy and stormy heat is not typical in the Bay Area. Today’s coping strategy was a home haircut that […]
A beautiful distraction for Mama
Mama now has bright red toes! Giving her a home pedicure was the perfect distraction before a stressful medical appointment today. It was the first time Mama has left the […]
Barefoot in the Bathroom
I went on a cleaning frenzy tonight. I started with cleaning up from our living room painting project and ended up scrubbing our bathrooms from mirrors to floors and everything […]
Mama’s home haircut
I gave Mama a haircut and blowout today and she looks fabulous! Haircuts haven’t been part of my caregiver repertoire for some time since we usually see a magnificent stylist. […]
Special coffees and clean-ups
As if a hair appointment wasn’t already awesome, we now like to enhance the trip downtown with a cup of Brûlée coffee from a lovely cafe several doors down from […]
Preparing for surgery
I’m having surgery this Wednesday; my gallbladder is being evicted due to troublesome stones. In preparation, Mama and I are doing an entire weekend of self-care—today that ranged from a […]
