Suri likes the ladybugs

Every once in awhile, good things come out of watching Oprah. Recently, there was Tom Cruise mania on Oprah's show when she visited him in Telluride, Colorado at his gigantic snow palace in the sky. Despite having to watch the awkward exchange between Tom and Katie as she said goodbye, it was worth catching the show.

Why?

A Colorado, woman-owned company received some much-deserved camera time. Tom Cruise showed off some great ladybug shoes that his daughter Suri wears. The shoes were sold at Skimbaco, a company based in Durango, Colorado and owned by the ever-lovely Katja. I met Katja many moons ago on one of the blog-until-you-drop sites, NaBloPoMo and Blog365. I dig her for many reasons. She has a great business, a great blog, and she's Finnish. Okay, maybe the Finnish part won me over first. I am half Finnish because of my mom's side of the family.

So, can good come out of the TomKat fiasco? Apparently so. Can something positive occur after a psychotic couch-jumping fiesta? Aye aye, cap'n crazy. Can suffering through a video where Tom puts his ethics on you warrant any merit?

You bet your boots. Or your ladybug shoes.