My Buddy Valentine

So my new BFF Faiqa over at Native Born bestowed the "Great Buddy Award" on me. I am honored because she is smart and writes about really important and interesting things; things much more important than recipes and The Bachelor updates.

After some research, I have found that this award is kind of funny, not funny ha, ha, but funny, huh? It seems there was this "Great Buddy Award". It shows a group of people holding hands and frolicking on a beach. I am assuming they must be great buddies and that is why they are frolicking.

This award felt strange to a blogger called LeSombre. He didn't like the frolicking beach scene and instead created the new and improved "Great Buddy" Award.

You see, a great buddy is someone who, if necessary, would help you move a body. And I, of course, would help Faiqa. She's so smart, she'd have a good reason to move a body, so I wouldn't object.

So, it's now my job to reward some great buddies! Note: If the body buddy is too morbid for you, please feel free to use the frolicking beach buddy instead. The choice is yours.

Happy Wife, Happy Life - Tracey's blog is light and fun, plus she is also a fellow Hugh Jackman stalker.

LMNOP - Down-to-Earth, crazy (aren't they all) kindergarten teacher Marey championed the holiday fundraiser with great success!

Hula Hank - My "down under" mafia husband.

Life with Kaishon - Isn't Becky just the nicest blogger evah?

Almost Famous - Jen is someone who will totally appreciate the body buddy award. I know she would help me move a body and we'd laugh the entire time.

The Jason Show - What can I say, a blogging great! He gets so many comments he probably won't even know he got this award, but he'd also help move the body and we'd laugh just as much.

The Rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog. (You can pick between the creepy hand holding one and the creepy body toting one).

2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.

3. Award some other blogs.

4. Add links to those blogs on yours

5. Let the other bloggers know they received your award.

Shoes

This post was actually written back in June, but I never posted it because I was waiting to take a picture of the shelves written about below. However, my closet is in such a state that photos would not be appropriate at this time. This is a prerequisite for a future post.

For some reason, my school did a high school-type end of year vote, like the ones we used to do as teenagers for the year book. With categories like most popular, cutest boy/girl, best athlete, etc. 20-30 year olds giggled as they quickly filled out the surveys so their vote would count.

Much to my surprise I received one of the honors...No, it wasn't most popular, most smart, or most likely to succeed. It also wasn't best dressed, cutest girl, or drama queen. No, instead, it was a highly sought out honor.

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MOST SHOES!

Yes, I'm serious. Most shoes. Well, yes, I have always prided myself on the number of shoes I have. I do love shoes and have a lot of them. In fact, my closet is filled with them. When I moved into my new house, my dad even built several shelves for housing my many shoes. A couple of years ago, I read an article in one of my favorite magazines "Real Simple". (Just a funny side note on the magazine...My friend Robyn, who is kind of a hippy, read the magazine while visiting. She was horrified when the magazine had an article about how to make your life easier with chores and maintenance around the house. It sounded like a good article as she started reading it, but it quickly annoyed her that one of their "tips" was to "hire a maid". I don't know what she was so upset about. I think that is a super idea.)

Anyways, back to the shoe storage. Each pair of shoes is neatly housed inside a clear plastic shoe box. On top of that, I have taken a picture of each pair of shoe and attached it to the inside of the box showing through so I can see which pair of shoes is on the inside. Genius, I know! It is a shoe masterpiece if you will. Shoe storage that Carrie Bradshaw might admire, even though my boxes are not filled with Jimmy Choos or Pradas, but knock-offs instead.

So I have a lot of shoes. However, I was under tremendous pressure this morning choosing the shoes for my ensemble this morning. How can the girl who was voted "most shoes" wear the same pair of shoes two days in a row. You see, I am a teacher who is on her feet most of the day. Fancy smancy shoes are no good for standing all day long so I wear the same few pairs of cute, but sensible shoes, day after day. This morning, I felt bad almost about wearing the same pair of leather flip flops that I wore the day before and will probably wear again tomorrow. Oh, it's so overwhelming. I just want my supporters to know that I do, in fact, have a lot of shoes, even though I don't wear a new pair to work each day, and I will make myself go shoe shopping immediately, just to honor their support.

And the Winner Is...

ME! I received a blog award from Heart Shaped Hedges. Little ol' me? I am honored. Woot! Woot!