Famous Blog friends & Running Barefoot !!!!!

Wow. I just found out that one of the blogs I follow, "The Middlest Sister"  has a feature story on page 199 of the June issue of Good Housekeeping.  I saw Annie... her little girl... and I thought...wow, she looks familiar...and then I saw Libbie... and I thought....gosh, she does too... and then I saw the blogspot and was like.....OHHHHHHH... wow... she's a supahstar!!!!   The article is about her little girl who began making and selling beaded bracelets because she wanted to help the people in Haiti.  The article is called "Annie's Bracelets".... I hope you will go out and get the magazine and read the article or go visit her website and give Annie a big High Five!!!  So far Annie has raised $600 and gave the money as a special offering for Haiti through her church. I'm thoroughly impressed, touched and proud of Annie. She obviously has a super tender heart.  Way to go Annie!  

  I'm in the process of putting together another photo book from Shutterfly and came across this picture. I'm sure I already have it in one of my photo books. This is at the Library, Annah used to like to sit next to the statue lady. :)

Update..... cutting in here after posting over an hour ago... but this is breaking news.  Not really. I don't know what happened but, I was just sitting here innocently and all the sudden I felt a "snap" literally..in my calf.... and I could of sworn I heard it snap... but I'm sure thats not possible...but immediately after the 'snap' I had the most horrific fire pain in my calf... like it felt like a knife on fire just cut into it.  It didn't last to long, maybe a minute. But then it got extremely tight feeling like someone pulled a rubber band tight  and now it hurts really bad like a super sore bruise. I just had to share this information and whats sooooooooo soooooooooo strange is it happened as I was looking on line for a pair of Vibram toe shoes...to run in, isn't that just really odd????  I think so... But, I MUST have  these..must must must ... and I had made the decision to follow the new cult following of running barefoot... and then my poor calf muscle just snaps... I have never had this happen... I've pulled knee ligaments but never had a muscle snap ... it hurts...I mean I felt the thing pop apart and i'm just sitting here for crying outloud...  But aren't these shoes AWESOME!!!  I have two broken pinky toes...one on each foot...yes, I'm clumsy, I run into things sometimes... so I have to wear wider things... I am going to get a pair of mens... I like flesh color.  I mean I seriously love these shoes.  You can run in them!!!!!!  There's a whole new theology out there about running barefoot, Google it. Theres books and proof and stuff!!!  I go barefoot all the time... only put on shoes because otherwise I can't get into places so this is just right up my alley.  Right up it.   

" New research, led by Harvard scientists and published today, shows that people who run barefoot or with minimal shoes - as people have done for millions of years - often land on their feet in a way that avoids a jarring impact. That’s very different from most shoe-clad runners, who crash down on their heels with every bound."  Click to follow and read link from The Boston Globe.

"Whatever a man wants badly and persistently enough will determine the man's character." A.W. Tozer