Category Archives: Travel

Ways to Get From Here to There

  • Drive
  • Walk
  • Skip
  • Fly in an airplane
  • Fly on a hang-glider
  • Parachute
  • Hop
  • Jump
  • Pogo stick
  • Roller skate
  • Roller blade
  • Skate board
  • Ski
  • Snowshoe
  • Horseback
  • Elephant
  • Train
  • Trolley
  • Rickshaw
  • Horse drawn carriage
  • Stage coach
  • Motorcycle
  • Scooter
  • Paddle wheel boat
  • Row boat
  • Barge
  • Sail boat
  • House boat
  • Motor home
  • Helicopter
  • Snowmobile
  • Bicycle
  • Unicycle
  • ATV
  • Riding lawnmower
  • Run
  • Waltz
  • Climb
  • Crawl
  • Crab walk
  • Duck walk
  • Bear walk
  • Walk like an Egyptian
  • Raft
  • Swim
  • Sashay
  • Tip toe
  • Stomp
  • Leap

 

 

2013 Memories (Which is to say “Memories of 2013”, because all of us would get bored if I tried to come up with more than 2000 memories of anything.)

  • January ice skating for the first time in more than 20 years
  • March – Team Wendy trivia night / Dawetselbee Reunion
  • April – moving day … new job, new apartment
  • April – Caleb’s 20th birthday!
  • May – settling in to my new home
  • June – Six Flags for my birthday with Caleb & Sam
  • July 4th weekend in South Carolina /beach trip to Charleston
  • August – Dawetselbee Reunion
  • August – LeClaire, Ia Tug Fest festival with Dawetselbee clan
  • August – White Sox game at Comiskey Park
  • September – Labor Day weekend in Arkansas / celebrating Mom’s birthday
  • September – successful kickoff to HomeSchool Swim Lessons at the Kishwaukee Y
  • September – excellent fundraiser /trivia night for Team Wendy
  • October – visit / booktour with Alaskan Pioneer
  • October- Team Wendy fundraiser / Murder Mystery Dinner
  • November- Thanksgiving in Arkansas
  • November- buying my Equinox – first time I’ve made a decision like that for myself!
  • December- two day Christmas party / Chicago & Christkindlmarket
  • December- surprising my family for Christmas

Ways I’ve Stayed Busy The Last Couple Months

  1. New website design ~ www.KateyBWriting.com
  2. Mini book tour & in-person editing with The Alaskan Pioneer ~facebook.com/AlaskanPioneer
  3. Fabulous Murder Mystery Dinner / Fundraiser ~ www.wendysbutterflygarden.com
  4. Social Media Marketing & Blogging ~ www.BoetjeFoodsInc.com
  5. New Fall session kick off at work ~ www.KishYMCA.org
  6. Wrote & emceed Trivia Night fundraiser for Haiti ~ facebook.com/Love4LAllemand
  7. Visit from my parents
  8. Holiday plans
  9. Figuring out how to fit my Christmas tree in my livingroom
  10. Weekend in the QCA
Alaskan Pioneer Meet & Greet, Aurora, IL — These fans brought him home-made goodies!

 

My Labor Day Weekend in Mountain Home, Arkansas

  • Yoshi’s Japanese Steakhouse
  • Auto Zone with Dad
  • Mom’s bean & chicken tortilla wraps
  • East Side Baptist Church
  • Visit with Aunt Vivian
  • Lunch at Gaston’s to celebrate Mom’s birthday
  • Bull Shoals Lake Visitor Center
  • Bird Bingo
  • Cheesy Hallmark movie
  • Two roadrunner and a fawn running across the road
  • Scrabble club
  • Country walk
  • Gaston Wildflower Meadow
  • Zero Sprint data signal
  • One geocache located
  • Planning for Team Wendy murder mystery fundraiser
  • Editing for the Alaskan Pioneer

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My Favorite Relaxing Environments

  1. Sunshine filtering through a window, illuminating particles of dust
  2. Open windows with birds chirping outside
  3. Night breeze filled with the sounds of tree frogs
  4. Deserted beach, tide licking my toes
  5. Cuddled under a blanket on a chilly evening
  6. Warm PJs and my monkey slippers
  7. Floating in an otherwise empty pool
  8. Dozing on my comfy couch, outside sounds and a clock ticking
  9. Under a shade tree on a hot afternoon
  10. Stretched out on my bed reading a book
  11. Staring into a flickering camp fire, smoke curling in heavy air
  12. Prone on flat rocks jutted out into a north woods lake, greens and blues and oranges dancing across the sky
  13. Alone in a tent, baking in the warmth, listening to the wind brush through pine forests
  14. Front of the canoe, oars slipping through glass water
  15. Barefoot on my deck, wind chimes whispering
  16. At the bottom of a crashing waterfall
  17. On the bench next to the pond where I live

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

Things I Wasn’t Sure I Could Do But I Did

  • The portage to Sunbeam Lake
  • Losing 40 pounds
  • Assembling my TV cabinet
  • Asking a guy on a date
  • Eating rice with chop sticks (which I am still not good at)
  • Writing a novel
  • Completing a triathlon (although actually I was pretty confident in that one)
  • Moving away from my son
  • Taking on a new job with people I didn’t know
Triathlon
Triathlon