- 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
Category Archives: Favorites
Birthday Parties I Remember Best (In Honor of the Fact that My Birthday [and my sister’s] is on Tuesday)
- 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
- My Fabulous Fortieth Birthday – My 40th/(Meredith couldn’t be there)
- Art heist mystery!
- A Classic Never Goes Out of Style
- 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
- Mystery Party in Maui – My 39th/(Meredith couldn’t be there but Michelle was!)
- Murder Mystery — Carlene did it!
- Travel companions and island friends
- Small Water-Games Themed Party — My 9thish/Meredith’s 6thish
- Water balloon toss
- Two guests each, plus 2 mutual guests
- Surprise Party at Organ Stop Pizza — My 19th/(Meredith was on a youth group trip)
- Camping Party in Grandma & Grandpa Rock’s Camper — My 11th/Meredith’s 8th
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?
Beautiful Books for Babies (and their Parents)
- Caleb’s Lighthouse
- On the Day You Were Born
- Love You Forever
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Goodnight, Moon
- The Velveteen Rabbit
- Just in Case You Ever Wonder
- I Love You to the Moon
- You Are Special
- The Snowy Day
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
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
Ridiculous Celebrity Baby Names That I Secretly Kind Of Like
- True (Forest Whitaker & Keisha Nash)
- Sonnet (Forest Whitaker & Keisha Nash)
- Rocket (Robert Rodriguez & Elizabeth Avellan)
- Rogue (Robert Rodriguez & Elizabeth Avellan)
- Ocean (Forest Whitaker & Keisha Nash)
- Solita (Geraldo & Erik Rivera)
- Suri (Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes)
- Apple (Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin)
- Ryder (Kate Hudson & Chris Robinson)
- Shiloh (Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt)
- Pax (Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt)
- Sonora (Alice & Sheryl Cooper)
- Banjo (Andrew Taylor & Rachel Griffiths)
- Pilot Inspektor (Jason Lee & Beth Riesgraf)
Matthew West Songs I Enjoy Most (In honor of the fact that he is in concert tonight in my town.)
Best TV Shows of the 90s
- Seinfeld
- Friends
- E.R.
- Law & Order
- Spin City
- Ned & Stacy
- Mad About You
- MAD Tv
- In Living Color
- Boy Meets World
- Northern Exposure
- Home Improvement
- Dharma & Greg
- Just Shoot Me
- News Radio
- Beverly Hills 90210
- Melrose Place
- Highlander
- Ally McBeal
- The Fresh Prince of BelAir
- Frasier
- Wings