Happy Birthday, Double A

Quick commercial break before the post.  Today I created a glossary of nicknames and things I use on the blog that you may or may not know.  I will put links in posts for those nicknames so you can always click on them and read about anything you might not remember.  Please let me know what else I can add to the glossary, because I know I've forgotten stuff!  Now...on to the post!

Today is Double A's birthday!  (see that underline under Double A?  That leads you to the glossary!)  I can't believe she is 17 today.  Just like last year I couldn't believe she was 16, and 7 years ago I couldn't believe she was 10, and 10 years ago I couldn't believe she was 7....you get the idea.  I'm so proud of the young woman she is becoming.  She has the sweetest personality and she makes me smile on a regular basis.   A couple of weekends ago was her spring play.  She's a drama nerd like me!  Which makes me sooooo happy.  Her costume for the play involved a really bright, fun yellow skirt.   It was sunshiney just like her.  I mean, look at this face, how could it not make you smile?

She was such a sweet, happy baby.  How can you not smile at that face?

OK, these aren't yellow, but they are sunshiney.  I like them.  They are bright and fun.

I love these, but I'm not so sure about the cross detail.  Which is weird...you'd think I'd like the cross, right?  And I do, but just not on these shoes for some reason.

 

Oh, I forgot to mention that all of the shoes are flats because Double A is not a fan of heels.  Silly niecey-poo!  I would like to have a cute pair of yellow ballet flats for summer.

 

These are to much.  Pick one and go with it.  I would pick the laces because I love that bright yellow.

You knew the baby shoes were coming, right?  Baby Double A could have totally rocked any of these.  Any kid who can pull off a red and white striped, off the shoulder Elmo shirt, can make these adorable shoes look fierce!

Happy Birthday, Double A!  Like I said on Facebook, I love you to the moon, stars, pond, and back!

Milestone!

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Kool-Aid

There are a 4 million things I should be doing at work right now.  I've already checked about 2.5 million things off of my to-do list today, so I've decided to take a break and write a post.  August 12 is a day of many holidays:

See?  Lots of good stuff in there.  I particularly like that it's Middle Child's Day and posted a picture of the uncle, the brother, and Double A on Facebook so they couldn't say I forgot them.  I've decided for this post, though, to go with National Kool-Aid Day.

I love all of the colors! The soles are cool, too, but they'd be better if they made footprints with that said Kool-Aid and had the face.

Do they still have Kool-Aid commercials where the pitcher crashes through things and says, "Oh yeah!"?  Looking back, that was kind of rude.

Did you drink Kool-Aid as a kid?  What was your favorite flavor?  Did you make Kool-Aid Popsicles?  I like red best, I think.  My brother hated the orange flavor...something about dish soap.  Silly middle child.  And, one more random Kool-Aid memory:  at church they used to make it with very little to no sugar.  That. Was. Gross.

The end.

Rainbow Canvas

Remember that roller coaster I mentioned a few posts back?  Well the ups and downs continue, although we seem to be going down more than up here of late.  I decided I needed a rainbow of canvas shoes to cheer me up:

I will take a pair of each, please.

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014. 2015.

A Day of Many Things

Today, as the title suggests, is one of many things. First, it's Sunday and I actually went to church.  A friend of mine is the Priest in Charge at the Episcopal church here that I occasionally go to, and she asked if I would help with Sunday School this year.  So I went to church (it was Youth Sunday where they talked about what they learned in Kids Kamp, and all those little voices in the service made me happy) and then had lunch with the priest and the current Sunday School teacher with whom I'll be working.  I figure it's one way to start to get back and involved in church since I've been doing a crap job of it on my own.

In other news, today is Yellow Pig Day, which apparently is a mathematician's holiday.  Check out the link if you want to know more.  In the meantime here are some yellow pig shoes:

Yellow pigs kind of scare me a little bit.

Pink pigs on yellow shoes are better.

Today is also World Emoji Day.  Although, like Social Media Day, isn't every day kind of emoji day?

I don't necessarily want to wear either pair, but they are fun.  I like the bright colors on the black pair better.

 It's also National Ice Cream Day!  This is definitely a holiday I can get behind.  We had frozen yogurt this afternoon, so that kind of counts as celebrating?

 

I've posted ice cream shoes before, but I don't think I've posted these?  I'm fairly certain about the pink pair and I'm positive I haven't posted the pair with the chocolate sprinkles.  Because you know me and chocolate.

It's also Peach Ice Cream Day, which seemed odd to me until I realized that National Ice Cream Day is the 3rd Sunday in July and Peach Ice Cream day is actually July 17, so they just happened to coincide this year.

 

This is what came up when I did the search for peach ice cream shoes.  They're very pretty, but do they remind me of peach ice cream?  Not really.  Too orange.  Which means they are perfect for SKD!

AND, it's National Tattoo Day!  I had no idea there was a holiday.  Now I do.  I should have done something for my 4 tattoos to celebrate.  I wonder what that would be?  Extra lotion?  They're own social media pages?  The perfect way to celebrate would be to get a 5th one, but the hubby might divorce me...

These are both odd, but kind of interesting.  And WAY better than some of the crazy-@$$ pictures of shoes that people have tattooed on themselves. You know I love me some shoes, but it has never once crossed my mind to get a tattoo of them.

Dang, July 17th is a busy day.  Finally, it's Scout's birthday!  Scout, you might remember, is Pippi's and Tink's big sister, and she turned 21 today.  Which makes me old.  Sigh.  Here is a picture of the 2 of us when I was about the same age she is now.

She was beautiful then and she's beautiful now, inside and out.

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014.

Momager

I've mentioned before that I often feel more like the Office Mom more than the Office Manager.  Today 2 of my interns decided that makes me the Office Momager.  I'm not sure how I feel about that.  Usually I like word mashups, but Momager has negative connotations in pop culture.  They meant it in a nice way at least (I think).  At any rate, I typed in "mom shoes," which is kind of subjective, but here are some of the results:

A floofy skirt and tiny toes peeking through the peep toes in Mom's shoes? Adorable.

I don't know what makes these mom shoes per se, but I like the stripes.

Also adorable!

Awww...I love these.  And they're blue!

Mom and baby shoes that don't match in any way, but I like them both.

I guess I'll live with being the Office Momager.  There are worse titles, I'm sure.  I'm at least feeling a little better today after napping last night, going back to sleep, and sleeping in until 6:30 this morning.  We'll see what time we actually make it home tonight, but at least I got some rest.

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014.

June Bug

Today is June Bug Day, which isn't terribly exciting for the bugs themselves as June Bugs aren't exactly cute.  It's actually fun for me because of the hubby.  He is a Junior, so sometimes his parents call him June Bug, which I think is adorable.  He probably hates that I just shared that, but come, how cute is that nickname?  So in honor of my little June Bug's day, here are some June Bug shoes:

The pattern here is supposed to look like abstract June Bugs.  I think.  I like the colors.

These make no sense until

you see the backs! Then someone designed and made them for their own little June Bug, which is sweet.

I think these are from a wedding website with June Bug in the title?  I could be remembering that incorrectly.  I'd like them better if they were blue.  Duh.

I can't even pretend I remember, but I like the flowers and the colors.

I'm 90% sure these have June Bug in their name.  I like them, but I keep seeing giraffe print instead of cut-out flowers on the wedge, so then I like them less.  Not that I have anything against giraffes, I'm just not a huge fan of animal print.

I'm blaming my lack of memory on too much time in the office.  We didn't get home until after 10 last night and left again by 7:20 this morning.  Who knows what time we'll be done tonight.  I'm less achy today but my throat is still sore and I've developed a lovely seal cough.  Maye I can sneak in a nap somehow?  Wish me luck!

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014 (technically this one was from June 6 but it was back when I didn't sleep and often posted after midgnight). 2014. 2015.

PF!

I actually got a day off today! (OK, full disclosure: I did work from home for a couple of hours, but I got to sleep until 8:30 and we didn't go into the office!).  AAAAAAND even better, I got to have coffee with the PF!  Sadly she and her family are in town because her mother-in-law is having health issues, so prayers would be appreciated for the MIL and the whole family.  But it was so nice to see her and spend a couple of hours catching up.  Facebook chat just isn't the same.  Tonight's shoes are her honor, of course.

Owls!  I think I've posted 2 of these before, but they're just so cute I couldn't resist.  I knew the PF loved owls, but I learned today that she also likes foxes.  At least I assume so since she wants a fox tattoo.  Stands to reason at any rate.  So, fox shoes.

 

I think these are adorable.  I'd wear them if they were in adult sizes.

I'm unclear why the foxes are yellow and lavender here, but they're smooching!  Smooching fox shoes!

You know I love these because I'm blue.

I think I'm a fan of fox shoes!

Aaaah.  Good day.

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.