Glow by Lady E

  I've been pampering myself a lot these past few days, and finding joy in the simple things. (Burn out is real.) One of the things I like doing is applying nail polish on my nails. I used to this a lot when I was younger. I stopped when I became pregnant. It's only lately that I started doing this again. There's just something about colored nails that make me smile throughout the day.  It might sound shallow for some, but if you're like me, who does the work of 5 people every day, my hands constantly washing, cooking, cleaning, creating, a little burst of color lightens the load.  This is a KKV nail polish so there's no shade name. As always, I'm naming it. I call it Enchanted Midnight Dreams.  When I opened the bottle, I had a feeling it was an old stock. You can see the nail polish all over the rim. But the sticker was intact. Hmm.. Anyway, the nail polish wasn't thick or looked old. It was still easy to apply.  A Trick I Learned Remember when this happen...

In my last  Soft Saturday Diaries , I shared our day out buying groceries. Today, I want to talk about reset days — those in-between days where the goal isn’t just rest, but recalibration. For me, a reset day starts with the home. It’s about clearing away the clutter, doing multiple loads of laundry (especially beddings), putting groceries in order, and batch cooking meals so the week ahead feels lighter. [Just like today (as I write this) when I cooked hotdogs, reheated calkag rice, boiled chicken breast fillets, and prepared sinigang all in one go before breakfast.] But a true reset day doesn’t end with chores. It’s also about resetting myself — body, mind, and spirit. After all that physical work, it's only right that I reset, too.  That’s where my pleasure pauses come in, little rituals that make the day feel less like a checklist and more like a gift. 💅 A Fresh Set of Nails I don't bother cleaning the edges as they come off when I wash the dishes. 😆 Once the heavy...