The mom's nails

Well aren't the mom's nails just the cat's pajamas!??

Here I sit with my newly painted toes up and relaxing.  See, the mom's nails are sometimes painted, but only these..... 

...because the fingers, well, usually look more like this:

Yes, this is why the nails I talk about are usually the kind that go with a hammer, not the manicured type. 

This day, it was a flat bicycle tire. 

Well, it true Mom with Nails manner, the boy says "mom, can you fix my bike?"

And yes, I did!

Here goes.  I wish I had more pictures, but it's hard to do that and fix the tire at the same time.  Next time, maybe I'll have an assistant.

For a few dollars, a little time, and some really, really messy hands, we had a a bike that was ready to go again. 

Priceless!