- Fixer Upper
- Flip or Flop
- Kids Baking Championship
- Cupcake Wars
- Modern Family
- Bob’s Burgers
- Drunk History
- The Bachelor (only on 2 weeks this season but it WILL be obsessively)
A List That Is Really A Text Message
Things I Love About Sycamore, Illinois
- Six dollar movies at the State Street Theater
- The pumpkins on the courthouse lawn at Pumpkin Fest
- Tuesdays on the Town
- Sweet Dreams Desserts & Bakery
- Stone Prairie
- Dairy Dogs ice cream with googly eyes on the cone
- Small town festivals and fun
- Farmer’s Market
- The architecture, especially the library
- The people that are so passionate about their community
- Excellent schools
- Privately owned shops lining down town
- Eggsclusive Cafe
- Great doctors offices and medical facilities
- The Pumpkin Fest parade
- The Sycamore ornament at Blumen Gardens (that I’m definitely lining up for this year!)
- A caring, compassionate community
- The Kishwaukee Family YMCA
- All the friends I have made
Things I Should Be/Am Doing Today With My Day Off
Things I SHOULD be doing today with my day off:
- Packing boxes
- Cleaning house
Things I AM doing today with my day off:
- Slept late
- Packed one box of kitchen stuff
- Lunch with Katrina
- Shopped at Walmart
- Dropped off lightning-ruined 41″ TV to Best Buy for recycling
- Picked up new sunglasses from Spex Expressions
- Stopped by the office to say hi to everyone working (and picked up some work to do at home)
- Heading to my pool which was completely empty when I drove by a few minutes ago
- Going to dinner/drinks with Kara (New New Kara) tonight
Animals that Start With the Letter R
- rhinoceros
- rattle snake
- raccoon
- rabbit
- robin
- raven
- redheaded woodpecker
- red squirrel
- red fox
- rat
- ring tailed lemur
- reindeer
- rottweiler
- rhea
- rhesus monkey
- rodent of unusual size (ROUS)
In case you wondered what a Rhea is
Computer Gaming I Have Loved
- Roller Coaster Tycoon
- Bejeweled Blitz
- Bubble Town
- YoVille
- A game whose name I can’t remember but you were a duck and you threw soap at pigs and when you got mud on yourself you had to wash off at a bathroom in the game
- Really mostly just Roller Coaster Tycoon
Things That Light Up
- Fireworks
- Sparklers
- Glo-sticks
- Reflectors
- Faces
- Skies
- Nightlights
- Christmas lights
- Glow in the dark stickers
- Shoe laces under black lights
- Strobe lights
- Lamps
- Bio-luminescent sea creatures
- Silvis Moonlight Parade
- Disney’s Electric Parade
- Fireflies
- Solar path lighting
- Tennis shoes
- Neon signs
- Planetariums
- Camera flashes
- Twinkling stars
Pet Peeves
- Litter
- People driving below the speed limit
- People who mock others for their enthusiasm
- Small mindedness
- When someone explodes verbally then congratulates themselves for “being honest”
- Open cupboard doors
- Grass clippings all over my patio
- When I forget to move the clothes from the washer to the dryer until the next morning
- Cliques
- Arrogance
Things I Did in July
- Flew into Houston, Texas
- Drove down to Galveston
- Beach time
- Dolphin watching tour
- Watched 4th of July fireworks over the Gulf of Mexico
- Had a visit from my parents and my nephew
- Said goodbye at work to one of the most impressive leaders I’ve ever worked for
- Conducted outdoor swim lessons for my first time
- Kleindolph Family Reunion
- Achieved Team Leader certification for the YMCA
- Reunited with my high school BFF!
- Spent lots of pool time
- Read a bunch of books
Misspoken Phrases That Drive Me Crazy
- My’s well (Might as well)
- Cool, calm, and collective (Cool, calm, & collected)
- For all intensive purposes (For all intents and purposes)
- Old-timer’s disease (Alzheimer’s disease)
- Irregardless (Regardless)
- I could care less (I couldn’t care less)
- Cactuses (Cacti)
- Nip it in the butt (Nip it in the bud)
