Rumble'n the Holidays 2023

Dodger and I spent the weekend in Springfield, jammin' to some tunes. Unfortunately, we were both sick with rhinovirus (common head cold) and didn't get to enjoy it as much as we would have if we had not been sick.

Here are a few videos I took...

Mourning Dove

I purchased this beautiful Mourning Dove necklace a few days ago from a very talented MU student.

          

Slasher Suite

One of my purchases yesterday.

Pretty White Shoes

I got some super cute Filas at Ross today for only $18!

White Shells

$7 shell-toe Adidas. They just need a little TLC to whiten them back up.

SpongeBob Shoes

I'm pretty sure I need these.

Tommy!

Squeeeee. They're so cute and they were only $25!

New Chucks

Brand new. Still had the tag on it. Thrift shop...$6.99.

Metal Mama

 

I Won Alice Cooper!

Winner winner tofu dinner. Look what I won today! Looks like I'm getting the Alice Cooper experience tomorrow evening. It will be a Happening. ☠

Dodger can't go... too much work. Dancer can't go... she has to work, too. So, I asked my mom. She loves Alice Cooper. So, we're leaving work a little early tomorrow and heading south to watch the legend rock out.

Cute Vintage Hotpads

Some cute vintage-y hot pads from yesterday's thrifting.

Weird Felted Purse

Check out this homemade felted purse (made out of a wool sweater) that I found thrifting this afternoon. It's so weird. I love it!

Family History, Family Memories

Looking through my Google Drive files today and found an old Q&A with my great-grandma Lotus that someone in my family did.  It's so special to have her own words answering questions like where she met my great grandpa (who I never knew because he died before I was born) and her favorite trips, etc.  <3

I think I should go through each question and answer them for myself. This way, one day my great-grandchildren will have this information about me.

Watching 90s Daughter

Mom called and asked if I wanted to go check out 90s Daughter, a pretty popular local "wedding band." So, instead of holing myself up in my house, thinking I'm going to study, I decided to go.

The band was really good. They played a range of 80s, 90, and 2000s hits, from pop to hard rock. 

Faux Purses

Found 2 super cute faux leather purses while thrifting today.

Seinfeld, Up Next...

It was fantastic!

Dodger and I got to see our favorite comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, tonight! Oh my goodness, he was great. This is our first time doing anything this cool, ever. Thanks the stipend I get every month from the graduate internship program I'm in, we have enough money to go do fun things like this now.

We ate dinner at a little Mexican restaurant up the road before the show. 

It was a really great night. 

What a Nut

Look at this nut!

He's being a big butthead. So I showered him with gifts. He was not amused.

Digital Vision Boards for 2018

It's so nice to be appreciated

Healing Plantar Fascia Issues

Walking with toe separators on is a new walking experience. I'm trying to heal my plantar fascia issues.

My left side is what's bad, since my left side is my weaker side.  I hurt myself by doing 95% of the moving to our new house back in May.  Lots of tight muscles that I didn't stretch out.  So I really did a number on myself.  On top of that, I have lost a ton of strength and flexibility in my whole body from sitting so much for class and studying... for 3-1/2 years.

I've been wearing Croc style shoes for a long time now, but I don't think they challenge my feet.. or support them well enough through the fascia.  However, they have kept my toes free to move around and not be crunched up in shoes.

So, I'm doing all sorts of things to help heal mine.  I am approaching this from a whole body perspective.  So, I've been doing yoga (some especially for foot problems)... it helps stretch out and strengthen the whole body.  Any part of my body that's out of alignment can affect my feet... and visa versa.

I've been icing my feet... both with a frozen ice roller and by submersion in a tub of ice water. I  do self-massage on my feet and calves.  I've started wearing toe separators around the house.  I've purchased a pair of Kenkoh Massage Sandals, and I have my eye on a number of Birkenstocks on eBay.

Got my Kenkoh sandals today! (7/17/17)

I've already started to see some improvement.  This morning when I got out of bed I could walk almost without the pain and severe limp that I typically suffer through everyday.  And this is with only a week of daily focus on doing all of these things that promote healing.

If I don't see more drastic improvement in another week or so, I'll order one of those boots that keeps my foot flexed while I'm sleeping.

I plan to start Pilates soon, for more overall body strength and lengthening. An d some sort of cardio that doesn't require that I be up on my feet while they're trying to heal.  So probably some Vinyasa-flow yoga and some chair cardio workouts.  Maybe my stationary bike, if I can make a place for it in the house.