Niiiieeeeces!

A couple of days ago The Bean and Double simultaneously sent me pictures on Facebook messenger:

This was The Bean's choice.  I love that it's a cow patterned cowboy boot.

The rest are from Double A.  I love the colors.

This is really cute.  You know I love the blue flowers.

I like how details almost blend in somehow.  Notice the butterflies?  Double A loves butterflies!

I could do without that crazy, curved toe, but the colors and details are fun.

Perfect for the weekend!  I told her she should wear these to our family reunion on the island on the 4th.  With her swimming suit.  Yeah, I know I'm a mean auntie

Thank you, awesome nieces, for thinking of your auntie and sending me shoes!  You are the bestest and I love you to the pond and back!

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014. 2015.

Pillows Where?

My 29th is Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.  I know I've said it before, but there are just some massively weird holidays out there.  At least they give me inspiration for posts.

I don't think I'm going to start decorating with shoe pillows any time soon, but there are some fun ones out there.  I think my favorite of these is this last one with the butterflies.  Maybe Double A needs a new look for her room.

Guess what?  2 days in a row that we weren't in the office!  We still did work from home, but we didn't end up going in like we planned.  In addition to work I got to take a nap, do some more crochet, do some laundry, make a yummy dinner, and of course snuggle with puppies.  Darn good weekend.

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014. 2015.

Tick Tock

The holidays website tells me that today is Biological Clock Day.  Huh.  Like a I need a specific day in April to remind me that my biological clock is ticking?  Nope.  The darn thing has been ticking VERY loudly for a VERY long time.  Motherhood is the one thing I have felt the most consistently called to do and the one thing I may never achieve.  I just turned 41, which in the baby world is old.  It's not impossible, but the risk factors are high and the chances of getting pregnant get lower all the time.  I would be open to adoption, but I'm not sure that will happen, either.  I try to be maternal in other ways like being a good auntie.  Unfortunately I think I'm more of an office mother sometimes than an office manager, which is probably weird for all of our employees.  I have classmates who are grandparents.  There are children I used to babysit who now have children of their own.  So I'm feeling a little sad tonight and will now pour salt in the wound by showing you baby shoes.  LOTS of baby shoes.  Some I've had in my ideas folder for awhile (I collect things I find as I'm looking for other things/themes) and some I found today when I went looking.  Believe me, I could have done way more.

So cute.  Sad that the Potential Baby may only ever be that, but it is what it is.

PS--before you (very kindly) tell me that I'm not old and you are older, I will remind you that most of you are already parents and/or grandparents, and telling me I'm not old isn't really the point in this case.  It's also not true in medical terms.  But thank you anyway.  I also understand that it has been my own choices that have led me to where I am today, and while I don't regret most of them, I do regret a few, and I do think I might change some things if I had the chance, but since I can't, I can admit that it's my own fault that I'm childless and not following that call.

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014.

Butterflies

In addition to everything else, yesterday was also Learn About Butterflies Day.  I was going to include a couple of pictures in that post, but when I went looking for butterfly shoes, I found too many cute ones and decided they needed their own post.  Besides, today's holidays aren't that great.  I mean, it's the Ides of March, but who wants shoes about betrayal and stabbing?  Plus, Double A loves butterflies.  So here is a post to celebrate my beautiful second niece:

 

How crazy/fun are these?  I'm not sure I could see myself wearing them, but I think they're cool, and they come in a whole bunch of color combinations.

Double A is one of my lovers of green, so I had to include at lease one green pair.  Except that she doesn't wear heels, so these would only be loved in an aesthetic sense.

Double A and The Bean could have matching butterfly shoes! The Bean would actually wear the heels, and Double A could just set her pair beside her while we took a picture or something.

Yeah, these are for me.  They would make good wedding shoes.

Ahhh, now this is more Doulbe A's style.  Maybe not the colors so much, but definitely the butterflies and the comfy shoes.

Or these! I think we all need a pair.  The Bean and Flower could have their purple, Mom, The seester, Double A, and Laughter could have their green, and I could have my blue!

 

Is it weird that I like these?  They are bright and crazy and fun.  Zazzle has a whole bunch more butterfly tennies, too.

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014. 2015.

3 Things:

1. Double A.  My beautiful 15 year old niece.  She is sweet and loving and funny, and never fails to brighten my day.
2. Silly hubby, who was making me laugh even as he was making me roll my eyes on the phone last night.
3. Sunshine.  I need to spend more time in it and soak up some Vitamin D.  It was lovely to drive with the sun roof open earlier.

Hot Chocolate

Facebook very helpfully reminded me that 2 years ago today I got pulled over for the first time in my life.  No ticket, but it definitely freaked me out.  3 years ago today I had sinus surgery.  I'm celebrating the anniversary with a sinus infection, but I'm trying not to complain too much because I now only have a couple a year instead of one a month.  So yay for my ENT with his hammer and chisel!  5 years ago today I was in Florida for a continuing ed event.  The event might have been quite helpful if I hadn't been in a horrible depression at the time.  I think I cried a lot if I remember correctly.

Tonight's shoes are about none of these things, though, because today is also National Hot Chocolate Day!  Yum!  And it turns out that there is something called Hot Chocolate Designs.

How cute are these?  I especially love this last pair with the cherries, but I'll take a pair of each, thanks.  You should go check out the site, they have a ton of different designs.  I'll be taking my lovely sinus infection to bed now, thankyouverymuch.

Boots

I love that Facebook shows me what I posted on this date in years past because I've been going back and looking at some of my old blog post. 3 years ago yesterday I did a post on the boots the preschoolers were wearing at chapel that day.  This is an aspect of my job that I really miss.  I loved those kiddos.  I loved watching them grow and learn and be silly.  Some days were frustrating, and as my depression got worse and my stress got higher there were days when I felt like a massive failure even with the kiddos.  They were still a bright spot in my life even then, though, and I miss having that contact.  So after looking through the post I decided to go find some more boots.  If I can't be around the kiddos at least I can look at some boots in their sizes.

These look so warm and snuggly, while also being froofy.

I love these, I think they are so cute and sweet.

I like these too, but like how the colors pop more from the black boots.

I like these and also find them hilarious.  Typical cowboy boot on the top, sparkly, stripey party on the bottom.  It's the boot version of a mullet?

Polka dot rain boots!

Speaking of warm and snuggly.  Of course, they'd be filthy in no time flat, but they're cute to look at in picture form.

 

I love lady bugs.  That is all.

Today was a good day.  We had some friends come over to watch a movie and then we went out for Chinese.  The movie and meal were fun, but the company was even better.  We haven't been doing much socializing lately, so it was nice to hang out and laugh and catch up.