Showing posts with label Feet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Feet. Show all posts
August 21, 2024
May 3, 2023
April 20, 2023
December 16, 2022
August 3, 2022
Fluffy Pink Uggs
April 21, 2022
Comfy In The Airport
Take your shoes off.
Put your feet up.
Wrap your legs around some luggage.
Recline and put your head back into the pillow.
Put in your ear buds and listen to some music.
Have something to drink.
Take a few extra seats.
Relax and enjoy.
Flying the friendly skies. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
January 31, 2022
Nike Polka Dots
September 17, 2021
Watch Your Feet
January 26, 2021
Flintstones Car(-Like)
Why do all the mechanic shops seem to have a car, like in this photo, lying around.
Sort of reminds me of The Flintstones Car (from the TV Show originally aired in 60s).
No motor or anything; you would just stick your feet out the bottom and you would run while in the car.
Stone Age answer to the need for an automobile.
Hey whatever works and no need to recreate the wheel either. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
August 12, 2020
Seeing Red!
Red is the color of an apple and a strawberry
Red is the color of blood and fire.
Red is when you unfortunately lose money or go broke.
Red is a can of Coke and the planet Mars.
Red means you got something wrong on the paper or exam.
Red sneakers, that's okay too. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
May 14, 2019
Wow Stylish Shoes
September 25, 2018
Happy Sock Faces
I was tempted to even buy some.
But the faces were on the feet.
So you couldn't see them around the ankle when you wear them.
If you wear the socks without shoes then you can see the cartoon faces.
However, then you also wear out these fun socks
I'm in for fun socks.
Just have to get the faces in the right places. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
May 25, 2018
My Happy Socks Friday
August 26, 2017
Look Down To Feel Up
Whoever I talk to has something bad and fairly serious to complain about, and there seems to be new things coming all the time.
Just today, I heard from one person who went to the dentist with a tooth pain only to discover it had been silently infected for over a year, and was so serious that it literally could've killed him.
Another person told be about having a child with special needs and moving to an area with a school that could more effectively deal and help them.
And a third person told me how they lost their husband many years ago at the age of just 39-years old and being left a widow.
But people make the best of it!
They have to.
I remember my father saying when my mother got so sick with Parkinson's Disease:
"We are part of the survivors club."
It wasn't easy to see her endless suffering while he selflessly tried to help her day-in and -out and cope with the physical and emotional pain of it all.
When I was younger my dad would teach me about not feeling bad whatever the situation, and to always be grateful for what you have, and he told the story:
"There was a poor man who had no shoes, and he felt very bad...that is, until he saw someone else who had no feet."
It doesn't take much for things to get really bad in life...sometimes it can seem like we're literally just holding on by a thin thread.
But as G-d tests us and teaches us, we need to try to look on the bright side and be grateful that things aren't worse....and yes, they can even get better again. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
October 25, 2015
Footsies at Comfort One
My wife tells me, "Go to Comfort One for new shoes."
I say, "But I don't want to go get nerdy shoes there."
Like in most arguments, my wife wins and in I march, reluctantly, to the store.
First, they take this scan of my feet (something that looks like the picture above) to show me where my foot is getting pressure (and pain).
Okay, well I already know this, but when you see all the red on the picture, I guess it helps to scare you to getting an expensive new pair of orthopedic-like shoes.
But first, they sell me on some arch supports that slides into the shoe...they seem to feel pretty good, and in fact, after walking around in them for a little while, I actually miss them when I finally take them off.
Give me back those darn arch supports, will ya?
Next, we see these amazing Mephisto shoes (with "soft-air technology")...made in Europe...the salesman says, their built like a tank.
My wife says, "Oh, my aunt told me to get those too!" We now have a bona fide endorsement.
I pick up the shoe on display and it look like it is pretty rugged with all the right support for walking around...maybe I got to get over that it looks to me like old people shoes (from Haband).
Hey, what do you want Andy--to feel good on your feet or to look like your 18 again.
Okay, I try them on...with the arch supports inserted...and what do you know, I am walking a heck of a lot better.
Well, what about the price...holy crap, I can get 3 pairs of cool shoes at REI for one of these nerdy pairs.
Oh darn it, I have no choice...I am walking better, especially with the hip surgeries from last year still looming behind me.
I get the shoes, I get the arches...I pay the money--too much money!
I feel nerdy or so nerdy, but maybe I'm going for the healing power, G-d willing, of a good pair of supportive shoes.
My wife was right again, and I hate to admit it, but please don't tell her I said so--it's bad for her ego and mine. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 21, 2015
Growing Shoes For Growing Feet
Great innovation from The Shoe That Grows.
Innocent children around the world living in poverty are frequently forced to walk barefoot, without shoes, risking dangerous injury from hard and sharp objects as well as disease from contaminated soil.
Now there are expandable shoes that can be adjusted in the front toe piece and side with snaps, as well as with a back heel strap.
The shoes are made to expand five sizes and last 5 years with high quality rubber soles and leather uppers.
A donation of one pair for a needy child is just $10.
No child--or adult--should ever have to go without the basics like shoes and this can help millions get to a higher standard of living, which everyone deserves. ;-)
(Thank you to Michelle Blumenthal for sharing this with me.)
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