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The Eyes Have It

  • Eye on the prize
  • Apple of my eye
  • Keep your eye on the ball
  • Eye of the tiger
  • Aye aye, Captain Crunch!
  • All in favor say ‘Aye’
  • Bright eyed and bushy tailed
  • Eye for an eye
  • Eyelet fabric
  • In your eyes so blue
  • Lost in your eyes
  • Eye of the storm
  • Four eyes
  • Look ’em dead in the eye
  • The whites of their eyes
  • Caught my eye
  • Bird’s eye view
  • Eagle eye
  • Side eye
  • Eyes in the back of your head
  • Third eye
  • Bullseye
  • Without batting an eye
  • Turn a blind eye
  • Eyes wide open
  • The ayes have it
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KUiyO4zyAbc

Coming This June

  • Yard Sale for Haiti
  • Condo HOA meeting
  • Felix Adler Fest at Children’s Discovery Center, Clinton, Iowa
  • Father’s Day
  • Graduations
  • Road Trip
  • Birthday parties
  • Multiple doctor’s appointments
  • Women’s Club luncheon at George Curtis Mansion
  • 149th Annual Chamber of Commerce meeting & awards, Clinton, Iowa
  • New washing machine
  • RAGBRAI meetings & route inspection
  • My sister’s birthday
  • My birthday
Our birthday – June 18, 1982

Wild Wednesday

  • Wild Child
  • Wild horses
  • Wild eyes
  • Into the wild blue yonder
  • Wet and Wild
  • Where the Wild Things Are
  • Stay wild
  • Wild Rose Casino & Resort
  • Wild Hogs
  • Wildlife Prairie Park
  • Wildcat Den State Park
  • You come to me, wild and wired
  • Wild wild west
  • Buffalo Wild Wings
  • Wouldn’t that be wild?
  • Wild and free
  • Wild animals
  • Wild at heart
  • Wild Bill Hickok
  • Wild berries
  • Wild Birds Unlimited
  • Wildflowers
  • With wild abandon
  • Minnesota Wild

things i’ve ordered from amazon in the last few months (I clearly have lost control)

  • State magnets: Mississippi, New Mexico, Georgia
  • Car charger / wall charger for cell phone
  • Webcam for extra desk monitor
  • Alphabet magnets
  • Rainbow leggings for a 2 year old
  • Floor cord management cover thingy
  • Small wooden puzzles
  • Jumbo sized wall calendar
  • Dry erase markers in 8 colors
  • Oriental Peacock Garden duvet cover
  • Plain duvet to go inside cover
  • 2 red floral chinoiserie prints
  • Mad Hatter wall hanging
  • Over door coat hook rack
  • Echo Dot
  • Echo Flex
  • Echo Flex add-on: motion detector
  • Marble design shower curtain
  • Marble design bathroom runner
  • Metal bathroom shelf
  • 25 foot corded power strip
  • Gigantic trash can
  • 4 food storage containers
  • Queen size bed frame & headboard
  • Navy blue bed sheets, deep pockets
  • Brown bed sheets, extra-deep pockets
  • Gray box spring cover
  • LED floor lamp
  • Free standing closet hanging bar
  • 6 pack fun design facemasks
  • “Drowning in Academia” book
  • Tortilla blanket
  • Specialty envelopes
  • Name badge clips

Why Losing My Job During a Pandemic Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

  • I was super unhappy in a toxic environment and needed to get out.
  • Because I didn’t have a job, I was able to travel to help my parents when they asked.
  • When it turned out my dad’s cancer was back, I was able to spend as much time as needed with them.
  • If I had still been in my job, I would have filed for FMLA, meaning they couldn’t have terminated me. I’d be stuck on payroll but with unpaid time off. Two months of non-paid leave vs. 9 months of unemployment, some of it with a pandemic-bonus.
  • Because so little was hiring, I was able to take time to really explore where I wanted to go and decide what was really important.
  • Bonus time off gave me time to get household projects done, start exercising, take professional development classes, travel to my nephew’s graduation, and so much more.
  • It also allowed me to go on a week long mission trip to Haiti, physically being part of an organization I’ve supported for years. (Love For L’Allemand)
  • In the end I landed the perfect job that fits every one of the things on my list!

How Job Hunting is Like Dating

  • In the beginning you’re choosy, but eventually you hand out resumes the same way men use Tinder: Swipe right on everything.
  • Your friends tell you their success stories so you start to believe you just might find the perfect match.
  • It’s all about the networking. But that’s exhausting.
  • Most of what you find isn’t even slightly attractive.
  • What looks good also looks out of your league.
  • Everything that seems interesting ignores you.
  • When anyone gives you the slightest bit of attention you get giddy, even when you can clearly see they are not right for you.
  • Meeting in person for the first time is nerve-wracking.
  • You buy new clothes for that first meeting, even though this is the first time you met so how would they know if the clothes are new or not but you do it anyway.
  • After your meet up all of your friends want the deets but really all you can say is “I don’t know. I guess we’ll see.”
  • After a couple weeks of radio silence you realize you’ve been ghosted.
  • Half the time you get 15 minutes into that first meeting and you think “Eh, is this really the best option I’ve got?”
  • In general, the process stinks.
Is Job-hunting like Dating? – JVS

Places To Go In Clinton, Iowa (Depending on the Season)

  • Eagle Point Park
  • Riverfront walkway
  • Sawmill Museum
  • Discovery Center Children’s Museum
  • Discovery Trail
  • Lyon’s Farmer Market
  • Showboat Theater
  • Candlelight Inn
  • Downtown Shopping District
  • Clinton County Historical Museum
  • Riverfront Park
  • Wide River Winery
  • Lock & Dam 13
  • River Arts Center
  • Valley Oaks Golf Course
  • Bickelhaupt Arboretum
  • Pickleball & Tennis Courts
  • Clinton County Courthouse
  • Visitor Center Kiosk on the River