Shoe Shopping

This weekend I took the 'younger' girls shoe shopping.
I have to say younger and get out of the habit of calling them the 'little' girls.

I don't recall ever being able to do this with the three older girls. Most of the time we were doing well to keep 8 kids in one pair of good shoes and one pair of play shoes.

But upcoming events required a trip to the discount shoe store. In a week we all head to Nebraska for a wedding and weddings warrant new shoes. So we got shoes for wedding outfits, shoes for the reception, and shoes for casual wear.

When the boys found their way out of Lowes and met up with us, there was a mountain of shoes piled high on the checkout counter and their eyes were as big as a Kettle Grill.

They were obviously relieved that they came at the tail end of the shopping adventures and didn't have to endure the entire process.

The excitement and enthusiasm over discount shoes was fun to watch. I wish I would have had this experience with the older girls at one point as they were growing up.

As hard as we have always tried to be equal and fair as we raise a large family, there are just some things that you can't go back and make equal or fair.

May Day ... another year later

All day long I have been meaning to stop and buy myself some flowers in honor of the first day of May.
I went to the store, but didn't get any flowers.
I wanted to blog about May Day and now it is late and I am tired.

I read my blog from last May (2007) and found all the same thoughts were still rolling around in my head except for the last part, "Maybe next year I will have flowers I can cut and share with my neighbors."

Well I am sad to say I don't.

This past month has brought about some unexpected appointments and medical issues I didn't anticipate having to handle which has prevented me from having the time or energy to garden.

So once again in 2008 I have to say, "Maybe next year I will have flowers I can cut and share with my neighbors."