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.

Fleep Flop Art

It's National Flip Flop Day!  Which is awesome for all of you flip flop lovers out there, I hope you wore your favorite pair.  Me, I only wear fleep flops in certain circumstances, and I'm never terribly happy about it, so you wouldn't think I'd celebrate such a day.  But then the Pinterest Friend sent me this:

Flip flop art!  How adorable is this?  I like flip flops just fine, as long as I don't have to wear them. This also takes care of my other issues with flip flops, which is that you can't see the cute part because you are stepping on it.

Patriotic flip flop wreath!  I kind of want to find some really cheap flip flops now, and make one.

Oh, adorable.  Love it.

Blue for me, green for Double A, Mom, and SKD!

There are a million bazillion wreath ideas out there, and I totally got sucked into perusing them this afternoon.  

You know what else is fun for National Flip Flop Day?

 

Cake!  Every day is better with cake!

See?  How adorable is this?  I'm not fond of fondant, but it makes for adorable decorations, and I'm sure the cake inside is quite yummy.

 

Or, if you want to DIY and go a little simpler, there's this idea.

So, you can wear flip flops, create flip flop wreaths, eat flip flop cake and make...

Flip flop sculptures!  Yep, that's a ginormous turtle made out of flip flops.

Here you can see the flip flops in more detail, although I'm not sure what exactly is going on here.  Is it a sock monkey that got drunk and passed out?  Was it supposed to be sitting on the fence and it just fell over? 

I think this one is pretty cool.  It's like a tattoo, only a sculpture.  And made out of flip flops.

So, don't throw those old fleep flops away.  Bake yourself some flip flop cake, dig out all the flip flops you don't wear anymore, and get creative!  I'll be over on Pinerest, waiting for your creations...

Norwegian Puppies

Tallulah and I have been to the vet with Chalupah twice this weekend.  He was throwing up last week, and he seems to be losing weight, so the hubby asked me to make an appointment.  He got an X-ray which showed a very very full little tummy, even though he hadn't eaten in several hours.  The vet said she wasn't too worried, but wanted to make sure, so we got to go back on Saturday for a second X-ray.  This one looked great, and things were, um, moving along just fine.  He got some anti-nausea medicine, and he has to be on a bland diet for about a week.  Since he has to be on a special diet, so does Tallulah since I can't separate them for stuff like that.  Lucky puppies get to eat white rice and low fat cottage cheese.  White and bland.  Which makes me joke that they are now Norwegian puppies as we Norwegians tend to eat blonde, bland foods.

Puppies, vets, cottage cheese.  Clearly we shall look at Norwegian shoes tonight.

Flag shoes are always fun.  At least these are fairly normal.  Not like some of the crazy flag shoes I've found in the past.

 

But I also love socks.  And Norwegian socks are particularly awesome.  Love these.

These look a little like a pair I used to have that were pink and matched my pink Norwegian sweater.  It's not pink-pink.  More mauve pink.

These look like stained glass windows.  Oooh...I want my next church to have Norwegian sock pattern stained glass windows.

 

Baby socks!

For the lovers of green in my life.

I can't knit.  And if  I could, I certainly couldn't knit like this.  If I were able, I would make myself a bunch of Norwegian sweaters with matching socks.  Of course, I wouldn't be able to wear the sweaters, as they are waaaaaay too warm for California.  The 2 I already own have to live in Montana.  I miss them.

My little Mexican-Norwegian puppies will stay on their bland diet for a few more days, and this Norwegian-Scottish-German will dream of gorgeous socks and sweaters.