TopofTheDayProject.blogspot.com

 Alright....I'm too old to learn new things.  Blogger....took away my themes, and all my options for ViCarrie.....so....Officially....February 2....I'm starting the topofthedayproject.blogspot.com. If you have read the first week, it will be deja vu....but otherwise come over there and read them.  

ToTD. Top of the Day #7

ONE WHOLE WEEK of ToTD!  I've made it.  I've blogged for 7 days about 7 tops for 7 brothers....no....wait, that's a different book.  One week into my project and I wore my first DRESS!  Is it called Top of The Day? Yep.  Is a dress a top?  I mean no, but in my case, yes, it's a top....but it's ALSO a BOTTOM....lol. Anyway, I wore a dress today.   It was Sunday the 8th of September (...and so we are clear, my Texas church is awesome, and those people love the Lord, and not only on Sundays, so find a church, and go, and make them your family.  Jesus is all that matters, and I am happy to tell you why. )

This dress....is Lularoe.  I told you I went through a phase.  It's freakishly comfy, but NO POCKETS!  I can't live like that anymore.  I need a place for my glasses, or my tissues, I'm aging....and a girl needs pockets.  Also, while I loved this dress?  The amount of fabric that was longer in the back?  It was odd....I think my mom commented on it every time I wore it.  It was a travel dress for years...because with leggings and a cardigan that had the pockets?  It was a win.  I looked nice, I was comfy, I had room to eat snacks and sweet treats.  It's time had come though, and it needed a new home, and I did feel that if I had any sewing skills at all....there was enough material for Maria to make the children some new outfits.   

ToTD. Top of the Day #6

So this is where things get tricky.  Black shirts.  I have no less than one million of them.  Okay, small exaggeration, but I have a LOT of them.  I work programs where the uniform is....black shirt, black pants. PS if you need me for your event, I'm available, and I'm amazing, and so is my "Instagram Husband".  So here is the first of the many black shirts, and good grief keeping them in the right order? No small task.

Also on this day, September 7, 2024 for those keeping track, we had most of the nieces and nephews over for.....pizza...from Dominos.  I love pizza, and while I'm from the East Coast and we are supposed to be snobby about pizza?  I'm not, like I just love pizza.  And Dominos makes a good pie, and have you HAD the melted garlic butter? Sigh. Should they sponsor me?  Sure.  Would I have to have more than one reader? Maybe. 

ToTD. Top of the Day #5

 Is it throwing you off that it's Day #5 but it's September 6? I mean me too, but soon, once we are out of September...it won't matter. 

This shirt is from my alma mater.  It was the perfect school for me, and even though he took 20 years to realize he loved me, it's where I met my "Instagram Husband"....those are his words-not mine.  Have I EVER posted a ToTD on the grams?  Nope, but that's the beauty.  lol. Someday I might, and then he will be justified, but until that time, just know, he calls himself that.   He's also literally the greatest human on the planet.  The Lord gave me a gift with him, and if you know him, you know it's true. 

Back to the shirt. LeTourneau University, a little Christian school in East Texas.  Great school with a fantastic program for aviation and engineering, neither of which I did, but if you know someone that loves Jesus and has an interest in either of those things, it's the place. 

This photo, it's dark, it's rushed, and I cropped out my belly-it's my blog and my photo-I'm allowed.   I also want to say that the picture isn't perfect, here's the life lesson, nothing is.  Just Jesus.  Seek Him.

ToTD. Top of The Day. #4

Guys.  I love bagels so much.  And maybe that's why I'm fatter, and maybe that's why I have blood sugar issues, but like have you HAD an Everything Bagel with Cream Cheese?  Sigh.  I love them so much.  I grew up in New Jersey, and I think I had a bagel every day in high school for lunch-except Fridays-when we had Dominos-okay fine I KNOW this is why I have health issues.  Dear readers....eat your greens and proteins.  ANYWAY, Bagels, delicious, and my love language-one of them. 

One of my very dear lovely humans in my life gave me this shirt for my birthday.  Sweet Karyn-yes with a Y.  She's one of my friends from my home church in New Jersey.  She loves Jesus, and clearly loves me.  She's also an EXCELLENT gift giver-my ACTUAL love language. We have spent hours having coffee, laughing, seeing movies or Broadway shows, and TRAVELING!  We've done Paris, Greece, Turkey, and Italy.  She's a founding FoF member!  (Friends of Fraus-we travel, if you want info-you can ask). Anyway, she's a gift to me, and so was this SHIRT!  A shirt, with BAGELS!  

So this was my birthday present in 2024, it's made by J.Crew.....I will be honest, I was worried about it fitting, but it did!  It's stretchy, and it's lovely.  I make it back to New Jersey twice a year, and Karyn makes it a point to make it back there also-it's a highlight, and coming home, I always have a minimum of a dozen bagels.....a dozen EVERYTHING bagels, so if you smell garlic and onion on the plane, I make no apologies, there are no good bagels in Texas.   

Bonus of this shirt...I wore it at a later date.....eating a bagel,....and I spilled Cream Cheese on it.  lol. I mean you have to laugh, I was just making it more authentic!  I wish it was a scratch and sniff....can you imagine? 

Favorite Bagel places in NY, NJ, or TX being accepted in the comments.  I joke that some day I'm going to open up a bagel shop here in Texas.....I'm going to call it "Disgruntled Bagels" and the attitude will probably come with it, since I'll have to fly the water in, and be up early to make the bagels....but they will be delicious.  

ToTD. Top of The Day. #3

 Was I in a grey phase of choosing?  Sure...but also these shirts were smashed in my closet, and I'm not certain I've worn them since being married to my "Instagram Husband"....if at all honestly.  This shirt, I tried on when I bought it....and then, well, this day for the photo shoot.

So a few things, since you asked.  It IS lularoe.....I went through a phase as we all did.  I was in it for the ridiculous leggings mainly, and I DID have a party-like nobody came, but I got some things I liked, and well that was fine for me.  This shirt, I sort of liked, but what sold it was the cassette tapes on the bottom.   I'm a sucker for nostalgia obviously, I mean wait til you see some of these shirts that are coming!  So a throw back to the 80's on a shirt?  Cool.  

And then I never wore it.  Why you ask?  Well, I'll tell you.  1. It is ALSO one of those shirts that leave your armpits unattended...2. We already learned I'm weird about 3/4 sleeves, 3. It just didn't look right.  I did want it to win, and I hemmed and hawwed, but like I hadn't worn it since I bought it....so why was I keeping it, new home needed, to the thrift store it went.  It's over a year later, do I miss it?  No, I have my photo, I've written about it...I'm good.  Do I miss my actual cassette tapes?  Sometimes. 

Did I make a sticker of my booty to show you more of the material?  I did.  And then did I blend it in to the tree so you aren't quite sure what is going on here?  Also yes. 

ToTD. Top of The Day. #2

Hmmm....it was September 3, 2024.  I had more hair then, but I was also a bit chubbier...did you know the two were related?  So like you can be thinner, but weight loss might cause your hair to fall out?  Sigh.  Also did you know that any hair issues?  You'd see your dermatologist?  I had no idea.  I mean I guess I had never thought about it.  That's your fun fact for today.

THIS shirt...again, I have no idea...I'll assume Marshalls or TJ Maxx. (Both owned by TJX Companies, and both should have an allowance under your mental health insurance-cuz I feel better just walking in there!  Do I need anything?  No, obviously, but the best affordable things, though, my recent shoe purchase....my blister may disagree with me....I digress...)

I didn't keep this shirt....mainly because there is a STAIN on it.  It's on the front near the bottom in the middle.  I don't mind a stain on a shirt because that means I HAVE to get rid of it. 

 I wore it loads on tour, it was in rotation often, so it lived a good life.  

Our local thrift store, (first is the best, second, supports our local library-which is also the best) Anyway, they have a bin outside that is for clothes they can't sell.  Garbage clothes if you will....torn clothes, clothes smelling like cigarettes, etc.  They get paid by weight for these clothes and shoes that are being thrown away and cannot be resold? It's not a great amount, but it's something!  "Better than a stick in the eye" as Gayley would say.  SO, I contributed to the weight.  If you want to contribute to our library...you should, libraries are the backbone of our communities.  ( Bertram Library )