So much to talk about today on c jane's
Guide to Provo . . .
Everyone's favorite Provonian--Katy Knight-- daylights as the educational specialist at the Bean Museum. Recently she sent me an email detailing all the fine extra-curricular educational opportunities at the Bean. Did you know every Wednesday at 11:00am there is a Discovery Reading activity for the kids with a professional story-teller, and maybe . . . even . . . a live animal? Sounds wild.
(Speaking of wild, Chup and I are thinking of exploring the Date Night event. I am not sure what the couple is doing with the lion in that photo--above, left, but it sure beats dinner and a movie . . .)
Visit the Bean Museum for more info.
Tonight for our Family Home Evening activity Chup, The Chief and I all picked out a pair of shoes to donate to Modern Shoe's campaign for Soles4Souls. Donated shoes will go to Haiti to help those who are in need.
Although boots are preferred, Modern Shoe will accept any shoe of any size. We didn't have boots to donate but we did have some kickers we don't wear. Although, why I don't wear my pink and brown Kangaroos is beyond me, they are completely rad.
When we went to drop off our donation I was stunned to see a massive mountain of donated shoes in the storefront. Mostly boots. I felt a little bad we didn't donate boots, but style points to us for giving away the cute shoes right? All the Haitians I've ever known appreciate a good style in a fun color and even a terrible earthquake can't take that away from a culture.
If you'd like to donate or find out more, read this Daily Herald article.
Provo's own Amanda Barker had the idea of the century: Halftees.
The ladies feel me when I talk about the bunching up that happens when too many undershirts collide with an outershirt. Halftees give you the comfort (and modesty, really) of an undershirt without all the extra fabric yardage.
My sister-in-law invited Amanda over to her house to show us the beauty and design of Halftees. I bought two on the spot, as did my sister Lucy. I wore mine today for the first time. I will tell you this much, while at a check up with my midwife I didn't have to raise nine shirts for her to gain access to my belly. It was heaven.
See? Like this (but not a lot like this on me):
In conclusion, fellow Provonians, I fully endorse these babies. And here is the good news, you can buy them online here, or at the University Mall at a kiosk called "All That You Need" near the food court.
With every purchase you are helping a Provo neighbor pursue a dream.
I also blogged about them on my product blog--dear c jane--you can see that post here.
Ok, I am out.
But, don't forget to vote for Provo's best tax institution on Episode Three of Fight It Out.
To the nail and tooth, Provo, tooth and nail.
9 comments:
We went to the Bean last week and it was lovely. The giant elephant in the middle of the room was my favorite. Not my favorite? Son One making a trek up the stairs and jumping on the benches. First time I have yelled in a museum. Quite embarrassing.
Honestly, these half shirts are kind of weird to me. But I will take your word for it. And maybe get one someday.
Those half tees sound wonderful. I'll definitely have the check them out.
I just have to tell you that I am totally loving this Provo blog. I currently live just outside of Washington D.C. and grew up near Kirtland, Ohio (yes...THAT KIRTLAND). Anyway, I am a convert to the chuch and have only been to Provo once, ONCE I tell you! However, my daughter is a Senior in High School and will be making her way out to Provo this fall for school. Hopefully at BYU, but UVU will suffice if she doesn't get in to BYU. I am so excited to read about all of the fun stuff she can do in Provo and give her tips. I can't wait until next year she says, "Hey mom I went to this cool place called XYZ" and I can say, "Oh, I know that place! I read about it on C-Jane's Guide to Provo"! Thanks in advance for making her new home a little more familiar to her (and me) through your blog. (Ok and the word I have to type in for verification that I am a person and not a robot is couchturd. COUCH TURD???)
Yea for half tees. I have the long sleeved ones and wear them every day!
Thanks for posting Court - Discovery Reading is actually at 11:00 AM on Wednesdays not 11:30 AM.
Just wanted to be sure people didn't miss it!
Thanks for letting me know about Modern Shoe and how I can donate. I posted about it here:
http://byuwsr.blogspot.com/2010/01/you-can-give-too.html
(it's BYU's Women's Services blog)
I have thought about cutting my t-shirts that I only wear under another shirt so that I wouldn't have so much bulk on my already big enough tummy area. I LOVE the idea of the half tees--much better option. I will definitely go check those out!
Fabulous idea!! Less material-LOVE it. Thanks!
That idea has been around for a while.
You can get them at http://gettisaccessories.com They are the ones that actually were the first to come out with these.
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