Thank goodness for the little girl in the tennis shoes.

Today was pajama day at Ky's school. She gets so excited about pajama day.. I guess I would too, after all, you get to wear your PJ's all day. Well, Ky got some new slippers about a week ago. They are pink with the words "Girls Rock" on them, very cute and she loves them. Well, she was so excited to wear her new slippers to school today and had them on all morning. I made her change out of them into tennis shoes so that she didn't get the slippers dirty outside. I told her she could put them back on at school.

Well, we got all the way to school (about 5 miles from home) when Kylie realized she had left her slippers sitting on the chair at home. She immediately burst into tears. I was already late for work and could not return home to get the slippers. I tried to explain this to her but she still cried all the way into school. As we walked down the hall everyone noticed her little red, teary eyed face. I felt like the worst mom in history.

Walking into the class room all the little girls had their fluffy princess slippers, their Hanna Montana slippers and even their cheetah looking slippers.. except for one other little girl. Holly happened to be wearing the EXACT same tennis shoes that Kylie was wearing. As I hugged Kylie and told her I loved her and goodbye, I asked her if she was going to be okay today. She said that she would be fine if she could just stand by Holly today, to which her teacher approved.

As I drove to work I thanked whatever powers were watching over me today for the little girl wearing the tennis shoes.

Recycling

We all should know the importance of recycling our waste, but some people just DON'T get it. Case in point, I'm sitting in a Environmental Science Class, listening to ways to reduce our carbon footprint, when the subject of recycling plastic bags comes up..

Professor asks: How many of you recycle your plastic bags?

more than 1/2 the class raises their hands, at this point I was pretty impressed...

Professor asks a few people 'How do you recycle them?'

One person responds 'I recycle my plastic bags by putting the trash that is my car in them, then I throw them away'

Like I said, some people just DON'T get it.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

ahhh, it's about time. About 3 years ago, Laurie set out on an adventure; that adventure included hard work, dedication and a uncanny personality to get a long with others.

Laurie, we want to congratulate you on deserving your degree in Finance!


Now we can use that Finance degree to find a creative way to pay for it.