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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 09:26 PM
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Do you do anything special for your feet in the summer?
spin-daughter got a pedicure today. I just wash mine before I go to bed. I hate dirty feet on the sheets.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 09:30 PM
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1. Sure - I take them with me on vacation.
They seem to enjoy that.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 12:55 AM
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10. Very funny, Rev. You're witty -- do you give funny sermons, too?
We had a woman Unitarian minister at the church I used to attend in Massachusetts. She was a delightful speaker -- sprinkled her sermons with all kinds of brilliant sayings and fantastic images.

I miss you, Deborah! (She's gone on to become a family counselor, as I recall.)
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 02:19 AM
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11. Thanks!
Yeah, I try to lighten things up. Church is stuffy enough, so the sermon can be a breath of fresh air. :)
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:31 PM
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35. you are funny! Oh check this link I am sending you:
Edited on Fri Jun-30-06 11:36 PM by yellowdogintexas

http://www.myfumc.org/

my church's website, featuring the "Bubba Crocker Bake Off"

You will enjoy this.

be sure and click on the links for the 2004 and 2005 Bubba Crocker Bake Off photos.
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 09:30 PM
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2. Um...I put them in flip-flops for the majority of the summer?
No sneakers here, dammit! :)
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 09:31 PM
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3. hear hear!
I wear shoes only when forced to by necessity in the summer. It's sandals or bust for me baby...they unfortunately take quite a beating in the summer and now I have major calluses on them
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 09:33 PM
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4. I dip them in the Pacific blue waters more often during the Summer.....n/t
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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 09:33 PM
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5. I keep them bare
as much as possible. After being cooped up all winter, my tootsies want to see the light of day. Bare foot at home--sandals when I go out. Sweet, sweet, feet freedom.:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Of course, I keep them well manicured and polished. I'm not a heathen.
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 09:36 PM
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6. Moisturize! Moisturize! Moisturize!
Yeah, I won't lie, I'm a guy and I put lotion on my feet whenever I get out of the shower. They're baby soft and I love it! I have nicer feet than most girls I know (I've been stopped a few times while out and been asked if I get pedicures and told how nice my feet look) and I just can't stand any sort of dry spots or anything! And the nails must always be clipped to perfection, always!

Whew! Now that that's over. :P
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 05:41 AM
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14. Same here
And I've got pictures to prove it.
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mykpart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 11:33 PM
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7. When I was a kid, I used to go barefoot
until the soles of my feet were so calloused I could walk on hot pavement and not feel it. Now I try to wear shoes that let them breathe.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 12:34 AM
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8. I use Dr. Scholl's cream
for Cracked Skin. Works wonders on keeping the heels from getting all dried out..and when they do, it gets them back to being clean and soft within three days.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 12:52 AM
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9. I get regular pedicures. I use Bag Balm on them at night with socks.
They look almost like the day I got them!

I like clean sheets, too.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 02:28 AM
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12. how much did the pedicure cost?
I always do my own feet, but I'm thinking of buying a pedicure for a teenage relative. Flip flops are hard on the feet!
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:00 AM
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16. It was $15, but
she had them put some flower design on the big toes, so that was an extra $5. Her friend got a pedicure at a "spa" (you know--a shop that calls itself a spa, and it was $40. Spin-dau's pedicure included all the folderall--massage, sloughing, etc.
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 03:53 AM
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13. Not really
I exfoliate them every time I bath and then apply shea butter. I also use lotion a few times a day. I polish my nails once a week.


I do that all year long. Nice feet aren't just for summer. :)
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 07:31 AM
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15. Stuff them into the smallest smelliest climbing shoes I own
and hit the rocks. Afterwards I set them free to feel the warm grass.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:16 AM
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17. I use foot scrub and lotion religiously, and occasionally I get a
pedicure. I do that year round, though.
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Beausoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:21 AM
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18. I am meticulous about my feet. Pedicures every 2 weeks.
I have a home pedicure spa that I use in between. Lots of washing, exfoliating and moisturizing.

My feet have to be pristine and freshly polished or I just don't feel right.

(My husband admits to a bit of a foot fetish, so he adores my feet.)
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pdx_prog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:32 AM
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19. lol...
When I started dating my current GF the first time I noticed her feet I was taken about how well she takes care of them. Lotion every day, polish all of the time.....I have never been with a woman that took care of her feet and hands like her. Needless to say she gets pretty much daily foot massages from me....they are always very soft and nice. On the other hand if a womans foot is un-attractive or callused I don't want the damn thing anywhere close to me....lol
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Beausoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:53 AM
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24. Hee-hee. I know what you mean. Fortunately, my hub
has great feet.

My yeah..most of the time I don't even glance at the feet of other people. So many just have NO CLUE about a nail clipper.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:35 AM
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20. Welllll....now that you bring it up....
my husband IS a foot fetishist, and he loves my feet too. :D I have always kept them as nice as I could anyway, so when I met him all those years ago, it's just continued.
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Beausoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:51 AM
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23. Ooh! Another husband who knows what he likes!
It's kind of a wonky thing to be "into" but it's fun and it makes me giggle.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:57 AM
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26. ;) I don't mind it...
I'm very open-minded about it, and he was thrilled when we first met that I would be open to it.
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pdx_prog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:30 AM
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28. It's a harmless enjoyment
It's nice because people's feet don't usually get much attention. There are some UGLY ones out there though....lol
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:38 AM
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30. I know just what you mean...
Ugly feet are so gross, too! :(
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:35 AM
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21. I wash my feet before bed every night no matter what the season.
But just lately, I've been giving them a camomile foot wash before bed.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:37 AM
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22. I file and scrub alot so that they're sandal-worthy,
but I always paint my toes year-round.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:55 AM
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25. I take them out to dinner with me every time I go
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:00 AM
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27. instead of big honking steel toe boots
i wear tenny shoes...
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:33 AM
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29. kick butts nt
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Iniquitous Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:39 AM
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31. I just moisturize and do my own pedicures.
I'd never get a commercial pedicure. I know too much about microbiology and too little about how they sanitize their stuff. Unless I saw it actually sanitized (and that's a big maybe), I wouldn't want it on my body. Sorry.
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Cathyclysmic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:53 AM
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32. You must live in a warm climate.
You need to give your feet extra TLC for anyone to see them after winter.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 02:14 PM
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33. I send them to the beach for August.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:29 PM
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34. pedicures are a necessity. about every 4 to 6 weeks
I spend $30 for mine, but that includes deep scrubbing and exfoliation of feet and lower legs, trim and grooming of nails, about 20 minutes of deep massage, a dip in the hot paraffin and the polish of course.

Divine!!!
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