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30 Days of Gratitude: Day 16

Today I am grateful for:

1.) Delicious and surprisingly fresh sushi right down the street from my house and right smack in the middle of the country. The closest ocean is thousands of miles away yet their sushi is somehow the most consistently fresh sushi I have ever had and this is coming from someone who loved 5 blocks from the Pacific Ocean for several years. This sushi restaurant shares a wall with a gas station so it has been nicknamed "gas station sushi" of course! Charming right? Not only is the sushi fresh and super yummy, it is a creative and they are constantly introducing new menu items. The owners  are so nice and they know the vast majority of the customers who walk thru the door. I love coming in and as soon as they see me, they get my regular order going. "You wanna go where everybody knows your name!"

2.) Very mild summer we have had this year. The weather has been awesome and I'm loving it!

3.) New possibilities...more to come on this ;-)

30 Days of Gratitude: Day 15

Today I am grateful for:

1.) Healthy breakfast choice I made today

2.) Power Naps

3.) My Mom's support and willingness to listen 

30 Days of Gratitude: Day 14

Today I am grateful for:

1.) I've said it once already but I am so grateful I have awesome dental care. Went to see a periodontist today and tooth #30 (one of my molars on the bottom right in layman's terms) has been examined, X-rayed, 3D imaged and the latest today was a pulp viability testing or some test where they tapped, had me bite down and then tested sensitive to hot and cold. The pulp is viable so that is good news. 3 dentist and 3 assistants have now reviewed it and they are all fascinated but have no idea why this tooth is unique and are not yet sure of a course of treatment or no treatment at all. The dentist today suggested maybe a tooth within a tooth or even excess growth of this bone like material in my tooth. He seemed intrigued by the film of my tooth and wants the oral surgeon to send over his 3D images so he can take a look at those. Anyhoo...I'm just glad I have great coverage because this would be expensive! 

2.) Being in a better mood and feeling lighter today

3.) My new meditation app. I am only on Day 2 but I really like meditation so far! Check out the web page:

http://www.getsomeheadspace.com/

You know what they say about a man with big feet....

So the latest far right wing fundraising effort...err...outrage is that President Obama is disrespecting the Presidency and the Resolute Desk itself by putting his feet up while conducting his POTUS business. It was started by the Blaze and now the Tea Party is pulling out all the stops to collect donations on this phony controversy. The Tea Party fundraising page failed to show President George W. Bush and President Johnson striking a similar pose in the Oval office. I still don't understand why people are duped  and baited by these phony controversies but that's 'merica I suppose....

On a much more serious and important note. You wanna know what really caught my attention with these Presidential feet on the desk pics?? Check out the size discrepancy between President Obama and President Bush shoes:

 

I wondered if there is a correlation between shoe size and intelligence or shoe size and presidential performance but first I had to find some basic shoe size info for previous Presidents.

I know what you are thinking. Is there really a website that compares presidential shoe sizes?? And sure enough, there is! Check this out: http://www.shoesofthepresidents.com/footwearfacts.htm

• President Teddy Roosevelt: Size 9.5D
• President Hoover: Size 11.5AA
• President Truman: Size 9
• President Kennedy: Size 10
• President Reagan: Size 10.5
• President George H.W. Bush: Size 11
• President Clinton: Size 13D
• President George W. Bush: Size 10.5E
• President Obama: Size 12

Now..someone with more brains and more time and more statistical know-how will have to figure out if there is any real correlations between shoe size and presidential performance or shoe size and intelligence but in my very unscientific and unresearched opinion, I think there may actually be some truth to this hypothesis based soley on the President who wore the largest shoe.

The President with the largest shoe size is....President Lincoln who wore a size 14 shoe!! Incredible! He used those size 14 shoes to stamp out slavery, pass the 13th Amendment and to hold the country together during the Civil War. He wore size 14 shoes, big socks and ran this country Like a BOSS!

30 Days of Gratitude: Day 13

(un) Lucky #13!!! A bit fitting today is unlucky #13 because I am incredibly grumpy and not feeling grateful at all today. In fact...I have been having a bit of a pity party so today I am going to be grateful for just one thing...for keeping it real...I'm not in the mood for a full gratitude list and I'm not going to fake it for the interwebs. Hoping tomorrow is a better day :-)

30 Days of Gratitude: Day 12

Today I am grateful for:

1.) Ibuprofen...sore muscles and sore head today. Still not feeling so great today.

2.) Much needed downtime 

3.) Cody