SHOES =)

A friend of mine is obsessed with shoes. She literally had to take a fast from them because she felt convicted about how much of her life was taken up with shoes. 

Fortunately, I am not quite that obsessed :) So I freely indulged in a trip to DSW this weekend, and marched straight back to the clearance room :) *cue chorus of 'ahhhs' Without my shoe obsessed friend I would not have known about this room either. It's like a tucked away oasis of shoe glee. Just trying on any shoe that catches your eye is a great way to kill time. That's what I did :) No guilt and no regrets. Of course now I am also scavenging for spare change to buy the above pair ;-P

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Anniversaries...

   Today is pretty interesting. Anniversary of bloodiest day in American history - Civil War battle of Antietam. ( I find Civil War and World War history quite interesting. Mainly because the scale of the carnage is so hard to comprehend.) Of course, sadly, this pales in comparison to the number of people killed by abortion....the most 'politically correct war' ever.

   Today and this week are also the anniversary of our Constitution :) Yay!!! I love the fact that a few men took on responsibility for the political destiny of a group of people, and their moral standard, thereby forming the nation I am happy to live in. I wonder how this kind of character can be instilled today...?

   On a personal note, today is also the 13 month anniversary of dating a really sweet guy I am still UBER happy to call my boyfriend :)

He makes my life so much more full. :)

I would also like to take this opportunity to diss any superstitious nonsense about the number 13 and say that 13 can be the best yet! ...of anything :)

Happy September 17th! :)

p.s. I looked to see if today was any holiday that I did not know about....

there you have it. lol

Desk flowers

If you ask me, fresh flowers are bliss in a cup :) 

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Fuzzy things

The irony: now that I am older and more mature I am allowing myself to indulge in 'girly' pleasures more. ;-P Exhibit A: pink socks with polka dots that are actually fuzzy on the inside :D

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Dessert

First attempt at carmelized pears. . .used dark brown sugar, smart balance, ginger, and cinnamon. Over no sugar added vanilla ice cream. .. Total yum :)

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Dinner

Tilapia cooked with light soy and garlic powder, brown rice with oil and parsley. Not bad for scrimping through pantries :)

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This day is off to an interesting start...breakfast thrown into sandwich baggies...no coffee...

To keep it in perspective I will dwell on the happy things. Yesterday I received a fall 'care package' from my sweet sister. Really I think we have just as much fun shopping for things to send each other as sending the various parcels that have become a tradition for marking seasons, anniversaries etc. So now my house smells like a carpet of fallen leaves :) This went remarkably well with the lingering smell of oatmeal cookies that I made last night :) Which brings me back to a happy point about breakfast in sandwich baggies; one of them contains oatmeal cookies :) Besides the fact that this batch turned out particularly well. I believe from now on I should use strictly whole wheat flour and dark brown sugar! :)

Now I must go, the breakroom coffee maker is beeping and I already feel a headache that must be subdued.