The good thing about cold weather? Sock surfing. I am a flip flop woman through and through. (remember when they were called thongs?) I hate shoes and hate shopping for shoes, although I am a good admirer of shoes on other people. I am that woman at the grocery store wearing the big marshmallow coat sans cute-boots because flip flops were so much quicker. Do you know how much time you save yourself when you don't have to button, tie, or zip up your shoes? At least point seven seconds. Added up over a lifetime that's like 10 minutes. Think of the possibilities.
But unfortunately my hubs hasn't moved me to my palace in St. George, so my tootsies do get cold and eventually I have to turn 'em in like the rest of the population.
When enjoying the frozen indoors I discard my shoes and tromp around in socks. The best part? My new home has wooden floors. Since the cold weather has started I think I have walked across my kitchen once and sock-surfed 400 times. It's so much more fun to get a running start on the living room carpet and glide to the ringing phone. If I have made it to the phone to answer your calls more often than usual, now you know why.
I'm pretty sure my surfing talents are proof I was made to be a figure skater except without the skimpy outfits and the grace. MMMM. . . or maybe a roller derby-er? But, my mom wouldn't put me in lessons even though I thought about asking her to several times.
That's all in the past though, and I don't hold it against her (except when it torments me in my dreams over and over). Who needs a gold medal when you can wear out your socks at home, after all?
I LOVE sock surfing too!!!!
ReplyDeleteSock Surfing does sometimes cause unintended injuries but usually worth the risk. Don't sock surf on wooden stairs though--you could end up at the ER with stitches, in case you were wondering!
ReplyDeleteThe best part of wood floors--put your kids on a blanket and grab the four corners (at this point they are mostly covered, then run around swinging them around the rooms, halls, etc--delightful sounds are sure to ensue).
I love socksurfing but no where to do it in this house. Just as well, I'm getting old enough to break something, and that would be embarrassing to tell them in the E.R. that I broke my arm sliding across my kitchen floor to answer the phone. Time to start acting like an adult I guess. :(
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