Awww...Baby

I said in my post last night that I wasn't going to post because I couldn't think of anything, but I realized after that  that wasn't exactly true.  I'd thought of something earlier in the day and promptly forgot about it again.  I'll blame the headache I had for the memory loss.  Princess Charlotte was christened yesterday, and since I posted when Prince George was christened, I figured I should do another one.  Look at how beautiful little Princess Chubby Cheeks is:

This was the best close-up I could find of her.  There were a lot more pictures of George at his christening.  Actually, there were a lot more pictures of George at Charlotte's christening, too, at least so far.  And while he is adorable, I need more pictures of the baby!  Oh well, instead, I'll look at christening shoes:

So dainty and pretty.  And since I can't show you a picture of Charlotte's shoes (if she wore any), I'll leave you with this cheeky picture of George, which shoes his and his mama's shoes.

Seriously, this kid looks like a hoot.

Minions

I wasn't going to post tonight because I didn't have any ideas.  But once again fabulous friends have come to the rescue!  This was posted on my Facebook wall when I logged in a little bit ago:

Minions!

Turns out, Sandra Bullock wore these to the Minions premier this weekend.  I love her, and I love minions, so what more could I ask?  I'm excited to see the movie, but in the meantime I will settle for shoes:

Heehee.  These would make me giggle every time I looked at my feet.

Love these, too.

These would also make my feet happy.

Beeedoo Beedoo Beedoo...

Minion slippers!  Yes, please.

Or, I could make my own.  (note to self:  track down pattern for minion slippers)

I like this one even better than the first heel.  Simple black shoe on one side (I'm assuming), stack o'minions on the other!

 

These are busy, but I like the sparkly heels.  You know, for your fancier minion occasions.

I love minions.  And friends who post them to my wall so I have an excuse to look up minion shoes and giggle.

Happy 4th!

I hope you all had a fun, safe, and relaxing holiday.  We did absolutely nothing but have a reality TV marathon, which was fine, but man do I miss our annual family reunion on Flathead Lake.  One of these years I'm actually going to be able to take the hubby home for that.  Oh well, we hung out with the puppies, who dressed up for the occasion:

Yes, I did make a paper hat and force them to wear it.  The hubby says I need therapy, and he says the puppies are going to need therapy as well if I keep tormenting them with outfits.

 

Pedro also wore the hat, but here's a picture from earlier in the day with him in his flag shirt (which I made last year).  He's sitting on the rug I crocheted from old t-shirts.

Our mantel is a little more festive than last year, but still not terribly exciting.  Have I mentioned that my awesome mama made all of the wooden people you see on the mantel each month?  So at least I always have something cute to start with.

Last one before the shoes.  I used to do flags on my toes every year for the 4th, but I haven't done it the last several years, and I'm clearly out of practice.  The right one looks like it was done by a blind, drunk toddler.  But at least I tried to be festive.

 

OK, shoes.  I love these.

And these.  I could maybe even make a pair like this (although I doubt I could get my lines to go straight).

I have no idea what is happening here, but it frightens me.

Cute, but again, all you would see is a boring red strap once you put them on.

Damn.  That is all.

Much better.  I think this is quite cute.

Oh wow.  Why oh why can't I get the hubby to wear crazy men's shoes?

 Love love love, even with the stupid slingbacks.

I like these, too.  Kind of crazy, but I think 4th of July is a holiday you can get away with slightly crazy-festive.

 

Ribbon laces!  And adorable kiddo shoes.

Happy 4th, everyone.  The puppies and I are worn out from all of the couch snuggling we did today while watching TV, so we're off to bed.

Happy Birthday, PF!

Today is the Pinterest Friend's Birthday!  Yay!  I've mentioned before her love of owls, so obviously that's where we're going tonight in celebration.

This pair popped up when I did a search for "owl birthday shoes."  I think they're adorable, but I'm guessing that as an adult the PF probably doesn't want her age on her shoes.  Or maybe she does, because it means a new pair each birthday?

Not shoes, but I couldn't resist a couple of birthday cards.  There is a ton of adorable owl-themed birthday stuff out there.  I'm pretty sure they PF needs an owl birthday party.

I could wear these to the party!  I love the bright colors.

These owls look quite cheeky. (I've been watching Brit reality TV today).

Blue owls!  Dang, now which pair would I wear to the party?

For days when you need comfortable and supportive shoes, but still want fun and a little quirky.

Awwww...baby owl baby shoes.  The potential baby needs these for future owl-themed birthday parties.

So, from owl of us...Happy Birthday PF!  Hope it was a hoot!

PS--now post your favorite owl puns!

Random Story of the Day

I've been thinking a lot about the Camp Friend this week.  Obviously the main reason is because  her book, Letters to Zell, came out yesterday.  Also because of the octopus shoes last week.  But I've also been thinking about her hair.  Yes, it's random.  She has awesome red hair, and when we worked together for two summers at a Lutheran bible camp in Montana, she frequently wore it up, especially the second summer when we worked in the kitchen.  At the time I was in my short hair phase of life, so I envied her red, curly, wildly awesome hair and the fact that she could put it into a bun held in place with a pencil.  The past 10 years or so I've grown my hair out and donated it 3 times.  About 4 years ago I was in a long hair, growing out phase, and it's hot here, so I was constantly putting it up.  One day I discovered that I could put it up with a pencil!  At the time I didn't make the connection back to the Camp Friend, I just thought it was awesome I could use a pencil and put my hair up.  I know, I get excited over weirdness.  Yesterday, probably because I was already thinking of her, I did make the connection.  I was working on my computer and too lazy to get up to put my hair up (it's long again), and the only thing I had handy was a crochet hook.  It worked.  I even ended up running errands later in the day with a crochet hook holding up my hair.  I'll never be as awesome as the Camp Friend, but I can keep my hair up with random objects.  Things like...

Pencils.  I already mentioned this one.  They are handy, usually.  I used to have a cup on my desk full of pencils that mostly got used for my hair as I rarely write with a pencil.

Chopsticks.  I have the kind you buy specifically for hair, but I've also on occasion used a regular (clean, don't worry) chopstick.  Isn't that little shoe chopstick holder adorable?

I already mentioned pencils, but I used to have a purple colored pencil in glove box of my car (I have no idea why) that worked great when my hair would get too hot while I was driving.  Also, how cool are these shoes made out of colored pencil stubs?

And finally, crochet hooks.  You know I chose these because I love rainbow colors, and the stripey, rainbow-y baby-y shoes.  I'm not sure these particular hooks would work that great in my hair, as I don't own any, it doesn't matter.

There you go...your randomness for the day.

PS--Should Camp Friend become Author Friend?  Hmmm....

Letters

I have blogger's remorse today, but first, let me say thank you to all of you who have shared your kind words, thoughts, and encouragement.  The remorse comes not from having shared, but from both over- and under-explaining the situation.  It's all much more complicated than can be shared in a single blog post, and I didn't probably explain as well as I could.  Oh well.  Today was a little better, mostly due to all of you reminding me what good friends I have out there.  It's not better in terms of the overall situation, but I spent the day doing job searches and filling out applications online, so we'll see.  Now, if anyone knows where I can quickly sell one of my less-than-necessary internal organs, I'd appreciate you letting me know so I can pay the mortgage. :-)

Today was also better because of this:

It arrived on my Kindle last night!  If you don't remember reading my last post about this you can go here and here for more information.  I have a friend who is a published author!  I can't wait to dive in and read this, but first I have to read the multiple library ebooks which inconveniently decided to come available this week.  Since they expire and this doesn't, I'll read them first and save myself a treat for later.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, I give you shoes with letters on them (yes, wine and chocolate would probably be better, hopefully Ms. Griep is indulging in them tonight, but as this is a shoe blog, I guess I'll stick with shoes):

 

Yep.  Those were shoes with letters on them.  I actually liked all of them, especially the do it yourself baby block ones.  I think I would spend too much time and thought on exactly what the shoe said and never actually buy a pair.  I would want it to be very specific and somehow relevant.  Hmmm...maybe I should figure out how to make Cami a pair of shoes with parts of her book on them?