Fixing up the yard

TIL that when I am wearing gloves and trying hard to twist something open, the gloves will shift and put pressure on the tips of my fingernails, bending my nails and making my polish lift, very painfully. This is annoying because i was 2 weeks into this manicure and it was looking great, no lifting, and I thought I could stretch it to the weekend or even up to 3 weeks. But now I have two fingers lifted on one hand and one on another. So I will probably soak off and redo my nails on Wednesday. I could soak off just the damaged nails and do something with those, but I don't think the rest of the mani will last past the weekend, so I might as well just get it all done now.

I learned this by doing yard work and pond maintenance. Saturday the yard grading was finished (we hired a new guy to finish it and build the fence.) I asked the guy if, if I purchased some Turface, he would spread it around the yard, and he said yes. So B bought I think 8 bags (we decided to use half as much as the recommended amount, because we aren't a sports field) and the crew spread that all around the yard and then put a thin layer of new, rich top soil over it to add height in some places. He also said it wasn't supposed to rain again all week, which turned out to not be true. It rained on Sunday and on Monday, and it was supposed to storm hard Monday night.

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