random thoughts
aaron and i have been saying that lately it seems like we hear on the radio, "Today's high is 85 degrees, currently it's 87." don't you think they can just stop mentioning what the high is if we've already surpassed their expectations? it's like rubbing it in that the weather people were wrong (granted, only by a degree or two, but still...)
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i've been noticing that andie has the perfect surfer-boy hair. about a year ago i tried to grow kieran's hair out a bit, hoping for the slightly shaggy, windblown look, but it was not to be. his hair just isn't meant to look that way, it just got poufier and "bigger", not what i was going for. aaron claims kieran's hair was like his own when he was a kid and still had hair, he calls it "pumpkinhead", or else it was other kids who called aaron that....either way, it wasn't positive. but andie on the other hand, would have great whispy surfer-boy hair, if only she was a boy. as a girl i'm trying to grow her hair out a bit and it just doesn't want to get much longer. oh well.
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why is it that sometimes the things we love are the very things that cause us so much pain?
i have been in love with flip flops for many years. even in college, when friends would wear their black pants, halter tops, and heels, i would frequently wear my "shower shoes" out to the bars. i like to think i distinguished myself by not wearing black pants and gigantic shoes but really it was all about comfort, and a certain understated footwear. at the time it didn't seem like everyone was wearing them the way they are now (i say that quite naively as i know that flip flops have been popular since long before i was in college). aaron makes fun of my summer shoe choice and try as a might to defend them, it's getting a little harder. lately my feet are definitely feeling the effects of these support-less sandals and by the end of the day i'm a bit achy. recently, i was just about to admit to aaron how much i needed to rest my feet when he opened up the computer to this story about flip flops. i know, i know, it's all things i've heard before--although i had no idea our walking gait actually changes when we wear them--but i really thought that i could continue to get away with it. i love how in the end of this story all about the damage flip flops do to your feet and how hazardous they are to your health, they give you a silver lining and tell you don't throw them out-you can still wear them once in a while. so for me, i'm just not quite ready to be done with them altogether (although i'm sure no podiatrist would agree), i've decided to slowly ween myself and try to relinquish the pancake flat, $5 type i wear and invest in a pair that has some shock absorption and arch support. and no fancy colors or bells and whistles, i'm a flip flop purist. it's all black for me. and from there we'll see. i may have to find a new summer shoe love. love shouldn't hurt this much, right?
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i've been noticing that andie has the perfect surfer-boy hair. about a year ago i tried to grow kieran's hair out a bit, hoping for the slightly shaggy, windblown look, but it was not to be. his hair just isn't meant to look that way, it just got poufier and "bigger", not what i was going for. aaron claims kieran's hair was like his own when he was a kid and still had hair, he calls it "pumpkinhead", or else it was other kids who called aaron that....either way, it wasn't positive. but andie on the other hand, would have great whispy surfer-boy hair, if only she was a boy. as a girl i'm trying to grow her hair out a bit and it just doesn't want to get much longer. oh well.
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why is it that sometimes the things we love are the very things that cause us so much pain?
i have been in love with flip flops for many years. even in college, when friends would wear their black pants, halter tops, and heels, i would frequently wear my "shower shoes" out to the bars. i like to think i distinguished myself by not wearing black pants and gigantic shoes but really it was all about comfort, and a certain understated footwear. at the time it didn't seem like everyone was wearing them the way they are now (i say that quite naively as i know that flip flops have been popular since long before i was in college). aaron makes fun of my summer shoe choice and try as a might to defend them, it's getting a little harder. lately my feet are definitely feeling the effects of these support-less sandals and by the end of the day i'm a bit achy. recently, i was just about to admit to aaron how much i needed to rest my feet when he opened up the computer to this story about flip flops. i know, i know, it's all things i've heard before--although i had no idea our walking gait actually changes when we wear them--but i really thought that i could continue to get away with it. i love how in the end of this story all about the damage flip flops do to your feet and how hazardous they are to your health, they give you a silver lining and tell you don't throw them out-you can still wear them once in a while. so for me, i'm just not quite ready to be done with them altogether (although i'm sure no podiatrist would agree), i've decided to slowly ween myself and try to relinquish the pancake flat, $5 type i wear and invest in a pair that has some shock absorption and arch support. and no fancy colors or bells and whistles, i'm a flip flop purist. it's all black for me. and from there we'll see. i may have to find a new summer shoe love. love shouldn't hurt this much, right?
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posted by joanna at 1:23 PM
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