Stinky Feet, Short Term Memory Loss and The Day It Happened

I've been sitting here watching a video on facebook. It is an amazing video and I praise God for that woman's life and how she is honoring Him with it. But that's not really my point.

I'm sitting here and I get a whiff of something. It's not a good whiff. It stinks. And apparently it's my feet. I don't normally have stinky feet, so this is a surprising discovery. As I've been thinking back to what could have caused this foul anomalie, I retrace my day to the dog park. And the mud. And coercing Bo to vacate a deep puddle before reclining in it. Maybe it's the mud. I guess it could just be my feet and that I wore closed toed shoes all day, but I'm going to go with the mud. I didn't smell them when I changed into my flops to go to the dog park. Maybe it's my flops. I am currently debating whether to sniff my floppy footwear... but I think I'm going to pass and depend on my original hypothesis rather than collecting conclusive data.

You may be quite stumped/perplexed/regretful that I have shared this information with you, but there is a reason. You see, I think of wonderful, intelligent, inspirational, creative topics throughout my day that I should blog about. And then I get here. And I stare at my screen, willing it pop out a post-it note of my mental meanderings from the day. But it doesn't. And so I sit here thinking back in my day, striving for just one of the brilliant things I had to say earlier. As you can see, brilliant wasn't quite there.

Another road block that I hit is that my entire day has to do with stories about children. Generally there is no problem with that, except that my stories are about children who for one reason or another have a connection with the Special Education Department. Which brings in some confidentiality commitments and concerns being that I live in a small town and people know who I work with. So, many times I have a great story I'd love to share, but I just don't feel I should put it out there... just in case.*

It happened today! Yes, it was wonderful, blissful even! I was giddy all morning. Today is the first day since I've been pregnant that I have not been utterly exhausted and/or feeling sick!!! It's been fantastic! I was cheery. I haven't been able to describe myself that way in a long time!

So here's to a fantastic day of energy, short term memory loss and stinky feet! (the stinky feet will soon be taken care of)

*I feel it is fair warning to alert you here that once I have my baby in April, with no confidentiality concerns, there may be multiple posts/day. After such a long time of sporatic posting I don't want this to damage your health.

Flu Shots and Canine Naughtiness

Flu Shots

I have refused to ever get a flu shot. I figure that if doctors just guess which strain to use then I'm better off not messing with it. Until now. Lil' Web has changed things already. To keep the sweet baby from getting pneumonia someday I compromised my pointless rebellion and got a flu shot yesterday. I realized, as the nurse rubbed my arm with the alcohol wipe, that it has been a long time since I've gotten a shot. I tried to remember what it felt like, with little success until she stuck the needle in me. Then it all came back. Ah, yes, the prick, the burn. Good times. One thing I forgot though, or maybe didn't know, was the lingering pain. I got the shot at 3:45 or so... and my arm still hurts. I couldn't sleep on my left side last night, I can't lean on the sofa arm, I think I'd cry if someone poked me. No, this I don't remember. So Lil' Web better not get pneumonia. Ever.

Canine Naughtiness

The dogs have been very naughty. My mom has been kind enough to let me drop the dogs at her house in the mornings so she can walk them and then they hang out there and can play instead of Bo being in a cage at my house. Well, Bo has decided that mom's landscape beds (that haven't been planted yet) are the perfect location for digging to China. Mom disagrees, quite vehemently. Today he decided that he was too short, so he decided to use the counter to help him see the food he was smelling. He quickly found out that I wasn't a big fan of that. Jazz has decided that she should kill anyone who approaches mom and dad's front door. Big problem for the Boy Scouts, high school boys, United Way volunteers... Needless to say, I see obedience school in their futures.

The ever absent blogger...

Again, sorry for my absence. I do think about blogging... as I crash for a nap. But as I've promised here are the photographs that won at the fair.

1st Place Nature Print

2nd Place Human/Animal Portrait color

2nd Place Human/Animal Portrait B&W

An award winning day

Today was the first day of the state fair!!! It was a disgustingly hot day... I mean, just sweltering. I watched some of the Draft Horse competition with mom, watched some swine showmanship stuff (decided that floppy ear pigs are actually pretty darn cute), went and checked on my photos, had a Pronto Pup, ran into many friends and toured the grounds a little. As the afternoon/evening progressed it turned into a beautiful night! Huge thunderheads to the east and south lit up from the sunset and resonating with lightning. Gorgeous!!!

And since I know you're wondering... or hope you are..... 3 of my 5 prints won awards!!! I won 1st place in one category and 2nd place in two categories. I will leave it to you to go see which got what! This is my first 1st place print. I am very excited!

and very tired right now.... so I bid you ado.

Happy 1st day of the state fair!

The Best Time of the Year

The Kansas State Fair starts tomorrow!!! That means that I will be giddy and excited for the next week and a half.

Reasons I love the State Fair:

1)Possibility of winning ribbons with my photography

2)Pronto Pups

3)Cows

4)Horses

5)Booths full of things that I totally should have

6)People Watching

7)Fried Cheese Curds (don't hate 'till you've tasted them)

8)Free stuff

9) Sensory overload (sights, sounds, smells)

10) EVERYTHING ELSE!!!!

I LOVE the State Fair!

**I will find out tomorrow at about 6 pm if I won anything... I entered 5 photos... go look! And don't tell me if you see them first!***