Encourage a new mom

I saw a pin on Pinterest recently and I absolutely loved it! In fact, I cried a little thinking about the wonderful things that we as women and moms can do to be an encouragement to one another. Now, some of these things I will never be able to do (like paint toe nails...yuck!). But there are many feasible suggestions on this wonderful list of 100 Ways to Encourage a New Mom!

Five things I will try to do for my friend who is going to be a new mom soon:

1. Help with cleaning her house (this encompasses several suggestions)
2. Bring chocolate
3. Be honest about how hard motherhood can be
4. Bring a meal
5. Send a special prayer, encouragement, or blessing to the baby via snail mail.

Running and Rain

Today I ran the Harvest Hustle in Lowell. And it poured! My shoes aren't even a year old yet but I had a puddle in the bottom of both by the time I was finished. I certainly didn't want to buy new shoes, but I just wasn't sure what to do. I've heard of other people washing and drying their shoes in the machine but I was skeptical. Until I came across this Web site! It worked wonders, and in about an hour I had completely dry tennis shoes!

Instructions:

1. Open the dryer
2. Put your shoes (still laced) in the dryer, but keep part of the laces out.
3. Shut the door on the laces.
4. Tie a bow with the laces on the outside of the dryer.
5. Set dryer on low and run for about an hour.
6. Remove from dryer and enjoy your warm shoes! And in Michigan in October, you know how great that feels!