Bill Grogan's Goat

Who wants another weird goat story??  No one?  Oh, well.  This is going to be awkward then, because I'm telling the story anyway.  

When I was telling my husband the riveting story about the Three Billy Goats Gruff, he was like "wait, wasn't there a train?"  No no no.  Silly husband!  That would be Bill Grogan's Goat.  With very little encouragement, I started singing, and made him repeat each line, because that's how the song goes: 

Bill Grogan's goat was feeling fine

Ate 3 red shirts right off the line

Bill gave that goat a great big smack

And tied him to the railroad track

(Something something something)

He coughed up the shirts and flagged the train. 

I couldn't remember a couple lines in the middle, so I consulted Google, as one does.  This is what I found.  My memory was about right for the beginning of the song, but while my version ends with the goat getting the train to stop, the real version continues.  To summarize, the engineer sees the goat and cuts his throat.  If that wasn't horrible enough, the goat goes to heaven (headless) and St. Peter is like "hey goat, where's your head?" and the goat is like "no one knows..."  I'm sorry, WHAT?  How is this a children's song?  I'm about 95% sure the goat didn't die in whatever version I knew as a kid.  Or maybe I just blocked out the bad memories.

And I think that's my last blog post about goats for awhile.

Cardigan and Top: Gap factory
Shorts: Gap
Sandals: Target

Currently July

While I was pregnant, all my currently posts were about preparing for baby.  Now he's here and I'm not much more interesting!  But I still like to play along!

• craving all the foods I let myself eat when I was pregnant, but now am trying to lose weight.  Like DQ cookie dough blizzards.  Oh, and sleep.  
• grilling at other people's houses!  We actually don't have a grill at the moment, but I suspect this weekend will involve a few burgers at various gatherings.
• listening to lots of Jack Johnson.  The boy seems to like it, and it's a good tempo for dancing around the living room.  I just bought his newest album when I realized I didn't have it.
• planning well, I'm trying to plan each day and week to accomplish things and make sure we are moving toward some kind of schedule.  
• decorating nothing much.  I have a couple more projects that I need to finish for the baby's room.  One is a big canvas that I painted and want to add his initial.  The other is a shadow box of keepsakes from the hospital, like the hat he wore and or bracelets.  But free time is limited and usually prioritized with sleeping or showering!  

And because I'm very excited about it - Currently wearing normal shorts!!  I still can't wear most of my non-maternity pants/shorts, but these fit and I was happy to wear them.  

Linking up with In Residence and Dearest Love.

Tee: Loft
Shorts: Gap
Shoes: Sperry

#30 - Finale!

Outfit #30 means I am officially done!  Whoo!!  I'm working on an epic recap post next week, and then I'll be wearing everything else in my closet!

Happy Long Weekend! 

Jacket: J.Crew Factory (exact)
Tank: Gap (exact)
Shorts: Gap (exact, similar)
Shoes: Sperry (exact)

#15 - Navy Week - Floral Top

Navy Week is coming to a close, but never fear!  My 30x30 continues, and most of my outfits for the rest of August will have navy in them.  And you can still link up with me or Kate until Monday.  Be sure to check out all the links and visit each other!  It's a great way to find new blogs to read.

I kicked off Navy Week with a floral skirt, and I'm finishing it out with a floral top.  I really love this print from Target last summer.  I know quite a few bloggers had the skirt, which I wanted but never saw.  I really like the top, but it's starting to get a little faded, so I'm thinking it might need to be retired after this summer.  I hate it when my favorite items start to wear out!

Anyway, happy weekend!  And happy midpoint of the 30X30.  In real life, I'm wearing my final outfit today, so I'm officially done!

Top: Target (similar)
Scarf: J.Crew Factory (exact)
Shorts: Gap (exact, similar)
Shoes: Sperry (exact)

#9 - Fashion Insects

I was super excited when I bought this shirt at Old Navy.  I'd been wanting a floral shirt like this for awhile, so when I saw this one for $5, I was sold.  But then I noticed a (probably lipstick) stain on it, so I asked if I could get an extra discount.  They wanted to give me 10% off, but then it wouldn't be returnable if the stain didn't come out.  10% off $5 isn't really anything, so I declined.  But then the stain came out with a little help from a bleach pen!  Hooray!

But then I was ironing it and noticed that in addition to the pretty flowers, there are insects all over this shirt.  And not just pretty butterflies.  There are beetles and bees and grasshoppers.  YUCK!  Why would you put bugs on a shirt?  After my initial horror, I decided the shirt is still pretty cute, so I'm just going to pretend the bugs aren't there.

Have you ever bought something and then noticed an awkward flaw?

Shirt: Old Navy (similar, similar)
Shorts: Gap (exact, similar)
Shoes: Sperry (exact)

#7 - Navy Theme

Originally, I was going to skip a theme week in August, but then Kate mentioned an easy idea - navy!  Since I'm wearing navy almost every day in August, this is perfect.  She'll be my co-host starting Monday the 11th, and you'll very likely see this shirt in the mix!  So you've got a few days to plan if you want to join in.  Navy is easy, right?

Tee: J.Crew Factory (exact)
Shorts: Gap (exact, similar)
Belt: Gap (similar)
Sandals: Target (exact, similar)

Shorts Week - White

For my big finale to Shorts Week - Look!  No stripes!  I know, it's pretty impressive.  Thanks to everyone who linked up, and especially Ginny, for being my wonderful co-host.

I saved this outfit for last, because it's a good transition to my next endeavor.  I love this shirt, but for some reason, I've only worn it a couple times - usually just with plain jeans and navy flats.  So I was playing around on Polyvore making other outfits.  Then I remembered that I wanted to do another 30X30 in the summer.  I'm sure I was also inspired by Brynn's 20X30 in July.

So anyway, that's what I'll be up to in August.  I'll either be posting on the weekends or doubling up outfits in some posts, so I can be done by September.  I'm finalizing my 30 items and I'll share my official list next week sometime.  Spoiler alert - it's basically everything navy.

Top: Gap (option)
Shorts: Gap (exact, similar)
Shoes: Old Navy (option, option)

Star-Spangled Symphony

I really meant to post this on the 4th of July, but I was too busy hanging out with my family to worry about blogging, so a week late will have to suffice.  These pictures are from the Thursday night Symphony on the Prairie concert in Indy.  My nieces really wanted us to all be matching and patriotic, so my sister got us these fun scarves from Old Navy.

We did some regular posing, and then the girls peer pressured me into posing like zombies.  I have no idea why, but they can convince me to do almost anything.    

We even snagged my dad for a picture!  

The concert was wonderful and the weather was perfect!  They played all the patriotic songs, and even had a harmonica soloist.  There was a gorgeous sunset and everything!  

    

The finale was the 1812 overture with cannons accompanying!  And then a spectacular fireworks show.  It was really a perfect summer evening!  

Tank: Gap (similar, similar)

Scarf: Old Navy (similar, similar)

Shorts: Gap (similar)

Shoes: Sperry (exact)