Stuff, Things, etc.: S&T, the revival is coming

I didn't expect this to happen (ever), but when I posted a list of things last week and called it Stuff and Things, a revival began.

So, back by popular demand...

Next week, the link-up will be posted again! For the first time since April, Joey and I are really feeling that we need to spread the message of *real* blogging. Not fake, not hashtags, not clicks, not sponsorships. Just thoughts and sharing. Which is why we (or most of us) started this thing in the first place. Because from thoughts and sharing comes community. And community is why we STAY in it. Sponsorships, my dear friends, do not create community. Read Joey's thoughts on S&T here.

All this being said, Stuff and Things has no rules! Link up your post each Thursday and click around to find *your* community. I found so many blog-friends through link-ups. There's power in that html code, I tell you.

Anyway...onto today's S&T...

+Recommend a vacuum please. Ours is dying. I'm getting a new one this weekend.

+Last week, I was hit hard by plantar fasciitis. I first got this when I was student teaching and it was awful. It gets me now maybe once a year or so. It doesn't seem to matter what shoes I'm wearing. Stomping around a classroom all day, after a period of not doing that for awhile, usually does it. Also, I've been wearing my rubber boots on my walks (stomps?) through the field for the last few months (snakes and all, remember?), so that can't be helping. The only thing that seems to make it better is elevating my feet and taking Aleve. Nikes feel good, but I can't exactly wear those to work.

+I was hanging out at Pueblo Toyota the other day and they had Buying Alaska on the giant TV.

I felt a (small) tug on my heartstrings. I could tell they'd probably filmed in early spring and I could almost smell the snow and feel the sun that never actually warmed anything, but did a nice job of blinding you.
It was annoying the way the show portrayed things. These people were looking for a place off the grid and, while possible in that part of the state, the TV show neglected to mention that there's a Target and Walmart within 90 minutes.

Definitely not convenient, but still.

Also, with that particular couple, I'm pretty sure that's what Scott aspires us to be. With me willing to live off the grid and use an outhouse and all.

They were just married and, sure, we moved to Alaska as newlyweds too. But I had our wifi hooked up within a week.

+Speaking of...today is our 8 year dating anniversary. Time flies.

+I found these pictures of Scout the other day when I was looking for a particular photo from 3 years ago.