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Women and Their Love of Shoes

Donna — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:08:16 +0000

One of my passion’s is shoes. Like most women I do enjoy wearing the latest footwear fashions. My closet is over flowing with shoes, some dating back to my teen age years. Back then I wasn’t happy unless I got at least one new pairs of shoes a week, whether it was from using my allowance, or my mother’s charge card, and later after I started working part time after school and some summers. I just can’t bring myself to toss any of them in the trash, because as we all know, everything that’s old is new again at some point. Besides you can never have too many shoes!

This year the Roman/Gladiator style ladies sandals are very popular. I have to be honest I really didn’t like the look of them when I first started seeing the television commercials advertising them, but the more that I see them, and they are seeming to be every where, I now think that I am ready to purchase a pair to wear this summer with some of the sun dresses that I have found and love wearing. Since I look for the best deals possible, I took the time last night to hunt around online and see what I could find. It didn’t take long to find a site that offers free shipping on all domestic orders of $59.88 and over, I could afford to get several pairs that way. At www.housershoes.com they have tons of ladies boots, shoes, sandals and of course lots of footwear for kids and men as well.

Since my 40th birthday is coming up in a few short months, my sister has already decided that for the big birthday celebration in honor of my 40th year on this earth that she is going to order and furnish the birthday cake that she will make sure will have at least one pair of shoes on it, much like this cake posted down below. I think she is pulling my leg (excuse the pun) but if she manages to pull it off I can’t imagine a more fitting birthday cake.

A Day for Me

Donna — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:57:34 +0000

This has been a really nice Mother’s Day. I had several glorious hours to myself this afternoon and I took full advantage of them.

Dinner was a strange combination of things that I like and felt like cooking. And I’ll watch TV until it’s time to hit the sack and get ready for another work week.

It’s been great so far. Happy Mother’s Day to all my friends who are mothers!

This Year’s Mother’s Day Present

Donna — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:05:15 +0000

Been looking at tv stands today online on my handy dandy new laptop. I need to come up with a Mother’s Day present and am having the worst time of it this year. The only thing that I can think of that my mother really needs is a new tv stand. I know it isn’t a typical Mother’s Day present, but there is nothing typical about any member in my family these days and I’ll be darned if I’m going to spend my hard earned money on something like flowers that will be dead in a few days and then tossed in the trash.

My Late Night Sweet Tooth

Donna — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:30:13 +0000

I don’t know what got over me at the grocery store the other night. I spent way too money and came home with a ton of chocolates. There isn’t a piece of chocolate in this house and I have been craving chocolate each night the past week, which I haven’t been able to produce to satisfy that driving craving that hits you late at night, when you are too tired to go out anywhere to get what you are so wanting.

It has been a couple of months since the Christmas holidays have come and gone. Along with it went all the Christmas goodies that end up in the house that time of year. Cakes, pies, cookies, candies, chocolates and all the wonderful deserts that people make during that festive holiday season. The house is back to normal (or as normal as it will ever be) and there isn’t a trace of last year’s festivities and summer is on it’s way!

When I went grocery shopping they were having a massive sale on their chocolates and I couldn’t make up my mind on which ones to get so I went a little crazy and bought a bunch of different kinds, just in case. I now have a good sized bowl in the kitchen filled with a nice variety of chocolates that should keep my night time cravings in check for a few months.

Florida Here We Come

Donna — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:40:30 +0000

How can I say no to my parents that are offering my brother and I a week’s get-a-way with them to Orlando, Florida this up and coming July. It will be interesting to go somewhere, just the four of us, much like back in the day when we were all so much younger. Apparently our folks found a great Orlando vacation package at homes.orlandovacation.com that they just couldn’t pass up and it looks like we will be heading down to the land of sunshine and Disney Land in less then 100 days. Now how cool is that?

Don’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover

Donna — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:06:16 +0000

I am reading a book by Sybil Leek, “Diary of a Witch” The private life of one of the world’s most famous and colorful psychics. It isn’t the type of book that I would normally read, but I needed a book to stick in my purse the other week and just grabbed one off of the book shelve as I was running out the door. But I’m glad that I picked this book because it has turned out to be a pretty interesting read that I have learned a lot from it as well. When I read this part about Ben Franklin I knew that I had

The great American statesman, scientist, inventor and philosopher, Benijamin Frankin, wrote his own epitaph at the age of twenty-two. Carl Van Doren called “the most famous of American epitaphs.” Unfortunately, it was never used on Ben Franklin’s tombstone.

THE BODY OF B. FRANKLIN,

PRINTER,

LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK,

ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT

AND

STRIPPED OF ITS LETTERING & GILDING,

LIES HERE

FOOD FOR WORMS.

BUT THE BOOK SHALL NOT BE LOST,

FOR IT WILL AS HE BELIEVED

APPEAR ONCE MORE

IN A NEW AND MORE ELEGANT EDITION

REVISED AND CORRECTED

BY THE AUTHOR.

Mother’s Day, Not At My Place

Donna — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:47:55 +0000

It looks like we will be spending Mother’s Day at my brother and sister-in-law’s house this year, which suites me just fine. Last year I was the host and it kept me so busy that I didn’t really have a chance to spend any time with my mother. I don’t enjoy having family get togethers at my place. I really don’t enjoy cooking or cleaning up the house spit spot and if it requires decorating with festive holiday decorations – oh please, gag me with a spoon…..

Pretty Day – Pretty Girls

Donna — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:28:58 +0000

While spending an hour at the park, we came across this party of Mexican kids. The girls were so pretty in their dresses! And the boys were perfect gentlemen – even to the point of giving up their suit jackets to put over the girls shoulders because it was so cold and the girls were shivering.

WHINEY DOG

Donna — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:02:17 +0000

Thanks for the post, Arthur Lawrence

I was on-line today using my clearwirewimax4g connection to do some research from home on a project that I am working on for work. When we don’t have clients scheduled or specific meeting that he have to be at, if we can do our work from home, our boss allows it. The only rule is that we have to always be available by phone and check our e-mail hourly. It is a pretty good deal to be able to stay home and do research for your job from the comfort of your couch and laptop. Today though, I was totally distracted. I usually take my dog for a walk in the mornings before I go to work and before I get in the shower. Today, I had so much work to do though, I decided that I would walk him later in the afternoon—big mistake! It was like he knew that we didn’t go on a walk when we usually do and he was getting fussy. By getting fussy he was whining, barking at me, and sitting looking out the window whining. It was so annoying I couldn’t focus on work. Finally, I had to break down and walk him for thirty minutes! I will not be doing that again. If I am staying home working, he is getting walked in the morning!

AFV, Still The Best

Donna — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:51:41 +0000

Out of all of the tv shows that are about funny/unusual videos that have become so popular through out the years, I have to say the America’s Funniest Videos is still the best out of the bunch. I very rarely agree with the choices that the judges make on which ones are the funniest, but it is still fun to watch.