In honor of my rant about technology yesterday, I decided to honor my friend Maxine with a Sole Music picture of her slippers.
Aren't they cute? I'll bet they are nice and soft, and much more comfortable than the marabou feather trimmed mules I wore when I was younger. However, I'm afraid those floppy ears would be ticklish against my shins. If I want something to tickle me and make me feel jumpy, it sure wouldn't be a pair of slippers.
Maxine's slippers reminded me of that pair of marabou-trimmed mules I mentioned. They reminded me of the glamorous, old-time 40's movie stars. Every time I wore them, I felt so sexy.
Black, feathery, high-heeled. Yep. Come to think of it, I still think these pretty babies are downright sexy. I know they definitely top my picks of favorite shoes I've owned/loved/coveted over the years -- although nowadays, I tend to gravitate more to cozy flat-soled slippers.
My daughter on the other hand prefers to wear socks around the house. I never know what she'll be wearing when I go over to visit her. She might be wearing socks adorned with Tigger, musical notes, glittery hearts, or even ones that have dinosaur toes. Her sock drawers is amazingly fun. She has socks in a rainbow of colors and with designs for every holiday and season. It's a worthy rival to my shoe collection. (In fact, I'd secretly put her in the lead)
But back to the subject of slippers. What's your favorite kind? Did you have a childhood favorite? Does your closet currently hold ones that are sexy, practical, whimsical, or all of the above? Maybe you're more like my daughter and prefer to wear socks or just go barefoot.
Whichever you choose, enjoy! There is no right choice. It's okay to do what you want. Just relax and celebrate YOU!
Hugs,
Stephanie
Okay, I admit it: I am not the most technologically advanced person in the world.
Unlike my now grown kids and my growing-up-way-too-fast grandchildren, I was not raised with all the technology that they have been. To them, it's no big deal when a computer service (Blogger, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) changes the look and processes on their pages. They seem to instinctively assimilate the changes and just keep on with business as usual.
On the other hand, there's me! When my services change something -- example my dashboard access to my Blogs -- it inevitably results in me wasting hours of trying to read (and make any sense out of) the HELP sections and RECENT CHANGES pages. And I get really frustrated when those pages refer to settings that were in their OLD format but not in the new one.
So I invariably call one of my kids -- especially my wonderfully techno-savvy daughter -- who talk me through the problem, even though I end up feeling like the 5 year old being introduced to the mysteries of the written word by a patient mentor who can't quite hide their "I-don't-understand-why-you-don't-get-this" expertise. I guess it's turnabout for when I was teaching them (to tie their shoes, learn their multiplication tables, etc.)
Still, it would be so much easier if our computer services just let things be. If it ain't broke, don't "fix" it, my friends.
And yes, yes I do feel like my comic heroine Maxine today, thanks for noticing!
I'll be better tomorrow. I promise.
Love you all,
~ Stephanie/Marti/Maxine
