This and That Friday

Yesterday afternoon, I finally went in to Greenies and picked out my pair of TOMS shoes I won from the giveaway on Jenn's blog. These are the ones I came home with although it was a tough choice:

Aren't they so cute? They are surprisingly comfortable and the ash/grey color is one of my favorite's right now. TOMS shoes also has an amazing company goal to help provide shoes for needy children. For every pair of shoes purchased they give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. You can read  more about that here. I was so excited after bringing them home, I decided to wear them to the cookie exchange I was heading out to where I devastatingly stepped in a big puddle from the torrential downpour we had going on last night. Amazingly enough, they dried in about two seconds and without a stain or spot to be found. Yay! That's a good shoe. If you haven't been to Greenies, you should go check them out. It is a beautiful shop filled with lots and lots of cool things and more than a few bikes I would love to buy for Kendle and I.

And after the week I've had, I really needed something like a cute new pair of shoes to give me a little pick me up. Earlier in the week Riley's truck broke down on his way home from work. Luckily he made it to a safe area not far from our house because the main problem was with his front driver's side wheel/axle/bearings and it could have caused him to be in an accident. So the good part is he was safe, bad part is that it cost a lot to fix. Our Durango has been having problems too and I think I am just about fed up with automotive trouble at the moment. Don't they always say bad things happen in three's? Hopefully our third car doesn't all of a sudden start acting up because I think that will push me over the edge.

Kendle was excited they were having a "read in" day at school today. The students got to wear pajamas or comfy clothes and bring blankets, pillows, and books to read. They were also collecting can food to donate as part of the day. There could not be a more perfectly fun day if it was tailor made for Kendle. She was so excited for the opportunity to finish up a couple of books she has been reading. I think her backpack weighed about forty pounds when she left for the bus this morning. Blanket - check. Books - check. Canned food - check. Homework folder - check. Lunch and water bottle - check. Umbrella - check. She would totally be prepared for an emergency!

I am starting to feel the crunch of the holiday check list piling up on me. I want to try and wrap as many presents as I can today. I still have a box full of crafts to finish. I need to clean my house, but really I just want to hire someone else to come do it for me. I need to put the ornaments and ribbon back on the Christmas tree that the twins keep wildly and gleefully pulling off. I need to start planning some Christmas food and shop for stocking stuffers. Aren't stockings the most fun part of Christmas? I think so, and I love to find neat things to stuff in there for my family. Hopefully this weekend I can cross lots of to-do's off my list.

Well, the twins are waking up and doing the "I'm hungry and mad and you better come get me right now cry" so I better hop to it!