Sunshine has been scarce in our parts. Lots and lots of days of gray and drizzle. I KNOW I live in the pacific northwest, but C'mon!
When the shy sunshine actually comes out I drop everything else and race outside to soak up some good ole Vitamin D.
Here's what I grab to head outside, summer sunshine-style:
Diet Coke on ice
Sunglasses
Spray sunscreen (Seriously, if you haven't tried the spray yet, you SHOULD! Especially for kiddos. No more slathering for us!)
Telephone
Ipod - Currently jiving to Allison Krauss
Magazines
Pirate Booty....which Bubbalu stole and ate.
Beach towel
and one good craft project. Nothing like cutting/seam ripping/sewing in the sunshine.
Ooops! Speaking of sunshine, I see some right this moment.
See ya, I'm off to relax...
A
Remember that I posted my love for the Swagger Wagon song? Yup, still love it. BONUS: Found out you can download the mp3 for free from the nice funky folks over at Toyota. Already have it added to my running playlist!
Oh, you want it too? Ok, go HERE to download it. Caution: may make you laugh when you are supposed to be exercising and focusing on your breathing. Just sayin.
Remember that I said I was freezing a pair of stinky shoes in the hopes that it would kill the stench-causing bacteria? Don't bother trying it. Could hardly tell a difference on the ole stink-o-meter. What DID work? Setting those stinky shoes out in the sunshine. Ahhhh, back to un-stinky feet and shoes!
Remember that I mentioned Destructo Boy peeled a cute space-ship wall decal off his wall? Well, he struck again. This time it was a cute robot decal that is now disemboweled, dismembered AND decapitated with it's sad body parts stuck in random spots all over Bubbalu's room. So much for a quiet, rejuvenating nap time. Good thing those decals were clearance items. Goodness gracious.
Oy, off to pick robot parts off the walls...
A
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I just put my shoes in the freezer.
I just got back from the TjMaxx and can I just say? I AM a Maxxionista! I wheeled my clothing laden shopping cart over to the fitting rooms and watched the lady's eyebrows hit her hairline. "You're going to try on ALL of those clothes?" she asked.
"Yep, what's the limit, six?" I asked.
"No, it's ten," she replied.
"Sweet! It'll only take me about five trips then!"
So I run into the room with my first batch of ten items and do some jedi-quick clothing try on's. I come back out to get the next batch of ten and the checker lady says,
"You have got to be the FASTEST clothing try on customer I've ever seen!" she exclaimed.
"I'm a PROFESSIONAL" I replied.
Except that I'm not sponsored to shop...yet.
Anywho, I noticed while zipping through the first batch of ten items that my feet had an, um...interesting scent. Meaning my feet were stinky. Upon further investigation I discovered that my SHOES were super yucky smelling. Blech.
Not cool. These are my uber-cute newish shoes that I'm wearing ALL.THE.TIME. This has to be fixed.
I googled and found this advice to freeze your shoes (each wrapped in a plastic bag) overnight and then let thaw out in the sunshine to remove the stink. Apparently the cold temperature kills the odor-causing bacteria and you have perfectly smelling shoes.
So, I did it. They're in my garage freezer in between a bag of last-years garden green beans and a package of eggos.
I'm thinking of submitting this stinky shoe remedy to the goofy guys over at 'Mythbusters'. Maybe they'll ask me to do a cameo on that episode. I don't care that the world will know that I have a stinky pair of shoes, I'll just make sure I get my hair and makeup done and get a new outfit before the cameras start rolling.
I'll keep you posted on the freezing the stinky shoes results soon. Any of you tried this before? Off to hang up my shopping treasures...
A
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