she’s got nails

Posted on Jan 8, 2012 in inspiration | 6 comments

My project for the last two months has been growing out my fingernails.

I know.

Those of you who know me in real life are gasping for breath trying to stop yourselves from going into a full-blown heart attack. Or shock. Or whatever it is that happens when you are presented with something completely out of your experience or your imagination.

Tracy with fingernails?

Unbelievable.

Yes, I agree. I can’t quite get over it myself. But it is true. I have long beautiful fingernails that I have no idea what to do with. I don’t know how to shape them, file them, or paint them. So I do nothing and they keep growing and keep getting thicker and stronger.

Here is the proof.

It all started when Liz decided I was her project. She started painting gobbledy-gook all over my fingernails to stop me from biting them. Bitter, nasting-smelling, and nasty-tasting chemicals that I wanted no where near my innards. I stopped biting them and they started growing. Then she would repaint them with more of said nasty stuff.

It worked and now I have nails. After 37 years of biting them down to bleeding stubbs every single day, I have nails. Now I need someone to come paint them for me!

I’m thinking, if I can do this, I can do anything!

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  1. Anne
    01/08/2012 at 10:43 pm

    What the cow!!!!! They look aMAYzing!!!!!! I swear! You can do anything!!!!!!!

  2. Mindy
    01/09/2012 at 3:51 pm

    So, no cello playing for awhile? ;) They look beautiful!

    • tracy
      01/09/2012 at 3:57 pm

      As soon as I start lessons again, I will have to cut them. I am hoping to be able to not start biting them again and just have clean, short nails.

  3. Liz C
    01/10/2012 at 11:21 pm

    Really lovely! You have beautiful, capable hands, Tracy. And, your nails give me hope that I can leave mine alone, too. :)