Beautiful Feet

Beautiful Feet
by Kathy Gowler www.briomag.com
Your feet are beautiful, or at least they can be. Treat your tootsies to some much-deserved attention. They’ll feel and look better, and so will you!

Here’s How
Start by soaking those tired babies in warm, sudsy water with bath salts. Invest in a great-smelling foot scrub that’ll cleanse, exfoliate and pamper your feet. After they’ve been lavished in lather for a few luxurious moments, use a pumice stone to buff off calluses on the inside edges of your feet and heels. Getting rid of that outer layer of dry skin will reveal a soft, smooth layer that hasn’t been exposed to barefooted walks on hot sidewalks and sandy beaches.

Next, pamper your feet with a massage using a good foot cream or lotion. Don’t forget to get in between those toes! Rub your dry cuticle areas with extra-loving care, too. They’ll be screaming, “Thank you, thank you, and thank you!”

Using a cuticle file, gently push your cuticles back to give them a professionally pedicured look. While you’re at it, carefully clean underneath the nails, and give them a trim—but not too short! Invest in a good, sharp toenail clipper to do the job right. Use an emery board or file to smooth the rough edges.




To finish the job on your beautiful feet, apply fun, colorful polish, or for a more sophisticated French pedicure, paint a stripe of white polish across the top of the nail. Use Q-tips dipped in nail polish remover to straighten the line and wipe off the excess polish. After it’s dry, apply a clear or a sheer coat of polish. Add a second topcoat, and your polish will stay on for weeks!

Now, go slip into your favorite pair of flip-flops, and show off those beautiful feet!


Today was a good day. I was really worried that it would be "crappy." (I was up numerous times during the night with the firehose squirts. Thank you amoxycillin.) Al K. and I did a 7.5 mile run as a warm up at about 9:30s...nice, easy stretch out. Then we ran the LIRRC 20k (so that we'd have 20 miles for the day). I ran the 20k in 1:42 and change (8:16 pace). My mile splits are a bit off because the course was not marked well for the miles. I know I ran pretty consistently at 8:20s and then kicked it up a bit at the end. I'm a bit wiped now, but I feel good.


Sopranos tonight! I'm tired of the fucking dream sequences. Either let Tony die, and let's get to the power struggle. Or let him come out of the fucking coma and start whacking some mutts who desperately need killing.