TIME: 8:09 PM
PLACE: Side of the house
SUBJECT: The tip of my shoe
I was trying to take pictures of the zinnas on the side of the house.
Most were slightly out of focus.
Except for this one – it was really out of focus on the flower.
The tip of my shoe?
Excellent!
TIME: 10:51 PM
PLACE: Home
SUBJECT: Running shoe heel
The local running club has set up a Couch to 5k training program beginning on February 28th. It is a 9 week program for individuals to run three miles or 5K within two months. I’ve decided to participate. My goal is to complete a 5K Run in under 35 minutes on April 28th. That date is significant because it is the day before my 45th birthday – yikes! I know I can do this. In preparation, I bought new pink running shoes, techfit shorts and running pants tonight. Hey, at least I’ll look good while huffing and puffing and plodding along, right?
“You know what they say about guys with big hands and big feet?…
…They wear big gloves and big shoes!”
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TIME: 4:13 PM
PLACE: Dining room
SUBJECT: Shoes
MonkeyBoy needed black shoes to wear with his band uniform for the Christmas concert this evening. He and I went to the shoe store to purchase said shoes. Can you believe that my 11-year old boy is wearing a men’s shoe size 9-1/2…his feet are larger than mine!
"Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes."
Jack Handy (American Writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1991-2003. Famous for his Deep Thoughts comedy sketches)
TIME: 10:32 PM
PLACE: Living room
SUBJECT: My shoes and Jack’s tail
Not feeling the picture taking today. *shrugs* It happens. I did receive a compliment on my shoes today. They were $9.99 from Lands’ End overstocks. I bought them earlier this summer, when I was ordering my swimsuit. Apparently, Mr. Jack likes them too.
Norma Desmond: ... All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
Sunset Blvd. (Gloria Swanson-actress. Written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman Jr.
Billy Wilder-director, 1950)
TIME: 10:20 PM
PLACE: Bedroom
SUBJECT: My legs and new shoes
OK, I’m embarrassed to admit that I bought these Jessica Simpson shoes today. Oh, and those fishnet tights too. I was doing some Christmas shopping and also trying to figure out what the heck I am going to wear to a Holiday concert we are attending tomorrow night. It is at Powell Symphony Hall with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. I saw these shoes at Macys and thought they were pretty cute. I had a black leather skirt at home and I thought that the the shoes would go well with the skirt, some tights, a dressy camisole, a black blazer and a scarf. I tried it all on but I’m still not sure. I’ll have to sleep on it.
“I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.”
Imelda Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez, aka Imelda Marcos (Filipino, Wife of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines, b1929)
TIME: 9:21 PM
PLACE: The living room
SUBJECT: StellaDella and DramaQueen and their New Converse Chuck Taylors
DramaQueen's feet are growing as fast as her mouth it seems. The shoes we purchased in early May are already too small for her! She demanded asked for Converse Chuck Taylor high tops - these are the "in" things nowadays. I remember when I purchased a pair at K-mart before I went back to college in 1988 for $9.99 - now, they are considered fashionable and apparently you can only find them at specialty shops where they cost an arm and a leg ($39.99!). The store where we purchased the Chucks also had Kangaroos. I had a pair of those when I was a freshman in high school waaaay back in 1981. I told the young man waiting on us that little tidbit...I think he was amused and was probably not even born at that time. Good gravy, now I'm one of those old people beginning sentences with "When I was young...." and then the kid's eyes start to glaze over due to sheer boredom. Anyway, we found a pair for StellaDella at Marshalls, they were still $19.99 though. She just had to have a pair like her older sister. Even better, it irritated DQ that her younger sister is copying her, so of course I bought them for her! We parents need a little fun in our lives! ;)
