I bought these two pairs of shoes from Famous Footwear a couple of weekends ago, and I've been pleasantly surprised by how well I like them. I'm not normally a shoe guy. I think I own maybe two pairs of boots, a pair of sandals, a worn-out pair of casual dress shoes, and two pairs of sneakers. My lovely wife, who owns dozens and dozens and dozens of shoes much to my chagrin, insisted I get some new ones to go to the beach, and so we stopped in at Famous Footwear in Harrisburg over Father's Day weekend and I got myself these two pairs. Since then I've worn both a handful of times, and I have to say they are very comfortable for my size 13 W feet. If you are a big guy looking for a nice pair of sandals and sneakers, check these out.
We also had to get a new portable DVD player for my son for the trip to the beach beach. Don't ever buy an RCA portable DVD player like this one:
We got one like this in January, and after minimal use (maybe a half hour a day in the car), the thing warped inside causing a little piece of plastic to bend up into the DVDs as they would spin. We didn't realize this until it completely destroyed one of my son's Marvel Superhero Squad DVDs. I wanted to break down and buy a headrest DVD player for him, but I don't think we'll have our vehicle long enough to justify the cost. Instead, we got a cheap Sylvania one that seems to work pretty well. See, these are the things you don't think about when you plan on having kids. Yeah, you have to feed them and pay for diapers and clothing and whatnot, but our son would be lost without his movies to watch in the car. We're now on our third DVD player, and with each one costing roughly $100, that's an added expense that we hadn't really considered. Oh well--at least he's not into playing sports yet...
It's been a long time since we've been to the beach beach. I have to say it like that because my wife sings that line from Nicki Minaj's Starship over and over and over. I really wish she'd learn some more lyrics from that song. Anyway, it's been so long since we've been there that I keep remembering all the cool stuff we want to do. Swimming, building sand castles, collecting sea shells, walking on the boardwalk, eating, eating, eating, biking in the mornings, playing in the arcades, riding rides. The list goes on and on and on. I just hope we have enough time to do all we want to do in a week!
Regardless, my blog will be on hiatus until probably the second week of July. The same goes for participating in flash fiction contests and writing. As much as I love doing all of these things, relaxing at the beach beach trumps them all.
Have a good one!
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