First post for 2013!

Good evening, my darling readers!  Nine days into the new year and it's my first post of 2013.  Am I slow or what?  Okay, don't answer that one y'all!  lol  All I can ask is for y'all to forgive me for being away for so long.  I have been having a bit of a rough time lately between my disability with my back and some stomach problems I've been having.  I recently had a stomach scope and colonoscopy done.  I had both tests done December 3rd, 2012 and got my test results 3 days later.  Normally it takes about a week to get the results back, but the doctor asked to get them back as soon as he could because he was going out of the country for the holidays.  There was one non-cancerous polyp found during the colonoscopy so that was considered normal (YIPPEE!!!) so that was the good news.  The not so good news is he found I have a bacterial infection called H. Pylori in my stomach that required me to go on 2 different antibiotics.  The ones that are normally used to treat this infection I couldn't take because I'm allergic to them so it took awhile for the doctor to determine what I could take for it.  I go back to him Monday the 14th of this month to be retested to make sure I no longer have this infection.  This time I can simply be tested with a simple breath test instead of having to go through another scope procedure, thank goodness!  Although I don't remember either actual procedure, I really didn't like the prep that was required.  For my back, I just went through another steriod shot procedure (in the tailbone, no less) on Monday so I'm still a bit tender on my backside just yet.  Keep your fingers crossed this shot will give me some relief from the inflammation.

Now onto some good stuff.  While I was taking my impromtu break, I got some good nail mail!  I signed up, back at the end of October, for the Nail Art Society nail club, when it was still $9.95 a month and am now grandfathered in at that price.  If you join now, it is $19.95 a month.  I received my first 'bag' in early December and really liked everything I received.  Are you ready for the photo's?  I don't have a mani with the stuff yet, but I will have later tonight (I hope to anyway).

 The 'bag'.

 Contents: A card with several photo's of blogs on it, including two I visit on a regular basis, a good sized Stella brand package of different sized rhinestones including orange stick, a .11 oz bottle Beauty Art nail glue, a container of 30 nail polish remover pads Cherimoya Brand, and two 13 ml bottles of matte-n-a Cherimoya polish in Blockbuster (silver) and Mystery (magenta).

Contents again, only showing the back of the card this time, with a manicure idea and instructions on how to complete it.  I love the December NAS bag and can't wait to see what is in the January bag.  I am so glad that I signed up when I did as well since I am now grandfathered in at the lower price.

Okay, that's it for my first post of 2013, so far.  I have also done a couple of small changes to the blog.  I changed the FAQ page a bit to also now include referral links and updated the give-away page.  I'll work on updating that page more in the next few days as I find more give-aways to add to it.  I'm working on a mani I'm hoping to photograph later and get posted, but I may not be able to get to it until morning now.

Thank you all again for hanging in there with me!  As always, thank you for taking some time out of your busy day to spend a small amout of your time with me.  Huggles!