Category Archives: Favorites

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My Boards on Pinterest

  • Words to Live By
  • Wanderlust
  • Love You Forever
  • I Crack Myself Up
  • The Crashing of the Waves
  • It All Comes Down to This
  • Hear Me Roar
  • Ink I Like
  • My Faith Has Found a Resting Place
  • My Geek Credentials
  • Yummy Things to Look At
  • Architecture & Design
  • Everything Is Educational
  • Wendy’s Butterfly Garden
  • Blogs I Read
  • Survivor
  • Unimpressed Caleb
  • QCA- Quad Cities Awesomeness
  • Marketing & Graphic Design
  • Health & Fitness
  • Lifeguarding & Water Fitness
  • Closet Wishes
  • Crunchy Living
  • Back in the Day
  • Art I Like
  • Event Ideas
  • Home-type Stuff
  • Products I Love
  • Why Didn’t I Think of That?
  • Breaking News
  • Dogs That Crack Me Up
  • Holiday Festivities
  • Yummy Things to Eat
  • Thought You Might Want to See This
  • Ideas for My New Home
Events, Family, Favorites, Games, Holidays, Memories

Birthday Parties I Remember Best (In Honor of the Fact that My Birthday [and my sister’s] is on Tuesday)

  1. Grown-up Girls Slumber Party – My 38th/Meredith’s 35th
    • Pink & Yellow polka-dot theme carried out on cupcakes, cd cases, gift bags
    • Personalized Party Music CD
    • Gift bags of goodies for everyone
    • Late night drunk Twister
  2. My Fabulous Fortieth Birthday – My 40th/(Meredith couldn’t be there)
    • Art heist mystery!
    • A Classic Never Goes Out of Style
  3. The First Time Parents Rented Falcon Field Swimming Pool Party — My 12thish?/Meredith’s 9thish
    • Guest list limited to 60, not counting Grandparents who got to come no matter what
    • An entire picnic table full of presents for both of us
    • Home-made pool party invitations
  4. Mystery Party in Maui – My 39th/(Meredith couldn’t be there but Michelle was!)
    • Murder Mystery — Carlene did it!
    • Travel companions and island friends
  5. Small Water-Games Themed Party — My 9thish/Meredith’s 6thish
    • Water balloon toss
    • Two guests each, plus 2 mutual guests
  6. Surprise Party at Organ Stop Pizza — My 19th/(Meredith was on a youth group trip)
  7. Camping Party in Grandma & Grandpa Rock’s Camper — My 11th/Meredith’s 8th

Our birthday - June 18, 1982
Our birthday – June 18, 1982
Events, Family, Favorites, Holidays, Seasons

Reasons to Love the Month of June

  • My birthday
  • My half-twin’s birthday
  • Lots and lots and lots of friends’ birthdays
  • My parents’ anniversary
  • Warm air
  • Sunshine
  • Outdoor swimming pools
  • Cook-outs
  • Hot dogs on a grill
  • Camping
  • Smores
  • Flip flops
  • Cute skirts
  • Bright days
  • Long nights
  • Longer days
  • Six Flags
  • Flag Day
  • Ceiling fans
  • Flowers
  • Did I say Our Birthday?  🙂
Our birthday - June 18, 1982
Our birthday – June 18, 1982

 

Brands, Favorites, Food

Thirsty Thursday – Beverages I Enjoy

  • Iced tea – unsweet
  • Sweet tea
  • Diet Coke
  • Diet Mug Rootbeer
  • Anything bubbly
  • Moscato
  • A “Naughty Girlscout” from the Daiquiri Factory in Rock Island, IL
  • Diet Rite black cherry
  • Diet Cherry 7Up
  • Sobe Life Water Yumberry Pomegranate
  • Southern Sunrise
  • The Hawaiian Volcano at TGI Fridays
Favorites, Sycamore

Things I Love About My New Home

  • My job!
  • My fabulous apartment
  • The view from my porch
  • The quaint down town
  • TWO bathrooms
  • Ceiling fans
  • The pool in my neighborhood
  • The yappy but adorable dog next door
  • New restaurants to explore
  • The adorable Sycamore Theater where movies cost only $6
  • The art deco terra cotta library
  • The small town feel next to big town living
  • Meeting new people
  • The beautiful pond out front
  • A fireplace in my home!
  • Having a guest bedroom
  • Having guests to stay in it
The sunset reflected in my porch door
The sunset reflected in my porch door

 

Favorites, Humor, Names, Television

Ridiculous Celebrity Baby Names That I Secretly Kind Of Like

  1. True (Forest Whitaker & Keisha Nash)
  2. Sonnet (Forest Whitaker & Keisha Nash)
  3. Rocket (Robert Rodriguez & Elizabeth Avellan)
  4. Rogue (Robert Rodriguez & Elizabeth Avellan)
  5. Ocean (Forest Whitaker & Keisha Nash)
  6. Solita (Geraldo & Erik Rivera)
  7. Suri (Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes)
  8. Apple (Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin)
  9. Ryder (Kate Hudson & Chris Robinson)
  10. Shiloh (Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt)
  11. Pax (Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt)
  12. Sonora (Alice & Sheryl Cooper)
  13. Banjo (Andrew Taylor & Rachel Griffiths)
  14. Pilot Inspektor (Jason Lee & Beth Riesgraf)
Favorites, Humor, Memories, Television

Best TV Shows of the 90s

  1. Seinfeld
  2. Friends
  3. E.R.
  4. Law & Order
  5. Spin City
  6. Ned & Stacy
  7. Mad About You
  8. MAD Tv
  9. In Living Color
  10. Boy Meets World
  11. Northern Exposure
  12. Home Improvement
  13. Dharma & Greg
  14. Just Shoot Me
  15. News Radio
  16. Beverly Hills 90210
  17. Melrose Place
  18. Highlander
  19. Ally McBeal
  20. The Fresh Prince of BelAir
  21. Frasier
  22. Wings
 PS – I only listed shows I watched and enjoyed.  For a ridiculously complete listing of all 90s shows, click on the picture below to visit crazyabouttv.com .

Northern Exposure TV Show Cast Members