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My Favorite Pair of Shoes and Where They Have Taken Me

Posted on by jennrae

My all time favorite pair of shoes would probably be a pair of sketchers I had a few years back. They had a light blue green stripe. Eventually they wore out just from use and time, but I walked everywhere in them. I was sad when I had to throw them out.

Currently, I have a few pairs I wear. I have work shoes which are Florsheim, and they are tough. They last a couple years or more. But I wear them to work and back, and then I have my workout shoes I wear to the gym. They have more shock absorption. They are still pretty new, so time will tell on how long they will last.

And, then there are my free time shoes, which the main one is a pair of polka dot flats. I have some boots and some heels as well, but I wear them only on the rare occasions I am going out somewhere or trying to achieve a specific look.

Out of the three pairs I wear on a regular basis, the workout shoes are my current favorite because my son bought them for me for Christmas because my feet hurt. He figured out my work shoes weren’t good for that and he notices little details like that. He has a good heart. But, they are my favorite mostly for that reason.

I wear them to the gym and at the gym mostly, but I will occasionally wear them to the store if I am going out for a quick trip. I try to use my polka dot shoes for walks and random things when I am not working though. If nothing else so the other shoes last a little bit longer.

I used to have some nice hiking boots that I used for winter and excursions, but my feet have gotten wider, or they just don’t fit the same. I got a pair of waterproof winter boots but it doesn’t look like I’ll need them this year. Things seem to be warming up where I am at.

I go for a long walk at least once a week, possibly more. If It is close enough where I don’t need a car and the weather cooperates, then I will walk. It helps me think and the fresh air does me good. It has a way of resetting my mind. I can get stuck on things or moods and sometimes a good walk can get me out of a rut. I find walking therapeutic and kind of necessary.

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Describe An Item You Were Incredibly Attached to as a Youth. What Became of It?

Posted on by jennrae

There were a few things I was attached to as a kid. One was this music box, with a girl on it holding an umbrella. You took the girl off she was a part of the lid and there was a circular container for whatever treasures.

I think I was five years old when I got it. You would wind it up and it would play Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head. I always stop when I hear this song even now, and it takes me back to that music box. Whenever I watch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, I just love the scene they use this song in, it is just a happy go lucky scene. I still like the rain, and I bet it is due to this music box.

I don’t remember what happened to it. I was rough on my things as a kid, I was one of those girls who would give her barbie’s a haircut, and often broke their heads off. I wanted to see how they worked. I wasn’t nice to my stuff until I was a little older. It was made out of plastic, so, I am sure my Mom tossed it when it became damaged.

The other item was a little ring with a fake sapphire in it, I think it may have been from a yard sale, or something. Sapphire is my birthstone, and dark blue is still one of, if not my favorite, colors. I kept that thing so long. I think again, I was five or six when I got that, I begged to get it, and my Mom said okay. It wasn’t expensive it was like a dollar ring.

I lost it on my high school graduation day. It somehow slipped off my finger along the pathway. I have very small hands, almost child like. I think it was on my pinkie by this time.

I went back to try and find it, and I couldn’t. I guess like my childhood, the ring’s time with me was up. I have had some sapphire rings since that were real, but I lost all of them in the move. Maybe I’ll buy another in the future.

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