- My birthday on June 18
- My sister Meredith’s birthday on June 18
- My parents’ anniversary on June 5
- It’s SUMMER!
- Family trip to Arkansas
- Time with people I love
- World’s Largest Swim Lesson
- Finishing the next to last class for a certification I want
- Warm air
- Planning more summer vacations
- Nights on my patio
- Outdoor swimming
- Tan lines
- Tank tops
- Green grass & growing fields
Twenty One Reasons to Smile Today
- Because you woke up this morning
- To cheer up someone else
- When you think of someone special
- Your best childhood memory
- Libraries are full of free books
- When you hear a child laugh
- Because there are green trees and smiling flowers on this planet
- The night is full of stars and moonlight and lovely silence
- It’s scientifically proven to elevate your mood
- Beauty is everywhere if you look hard enough
- You have internet access
- You will probably eat a meal today
- Most likely more than one
- Sunshine
- Late spring smells like rain and earth and allergies
- When you go on a walk
- When you go to your job
- When a complete stranger smiles at you first
- Because life is too short to spend in a foul mood
- Because today is an opportunity to do something you’ve never done before
- Because you choose to be happy
Famous People Born in May
- Tim McGraw
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
- Bing Crosby
- Audrey Hepburn
- Adele
- George Clooney
- Johnny Unitas
- Harry S Truman
- Billy Joel
- Kenan Thompson
- Salvador Dali
- Tony Hawk
- Stevie Wonder
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Emmitt Smith
- Liberace
- Jill Duggar
- Tina Fey
- Malcolm X
- Dolley Madison
- Mr. T
- Apolo Ohno
- Drew Carey
- Queen Victoria
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Wild Bill Hickock
- Gladys Knight
- John F. Kennedy
- Benny Goodman
- Walt Whitman
A LIST in pictures – Cancun, Mexico
Stuff I did in April
2-7 – Went to Cancun, Mexico
9- Attended Premier whiskey tasting event at brand new Whiskey Acres Distillery
15- Paid my taxes
18- Celebrated Caleb’s birthday (which is on the 19th)
25- Healthy Kids Day at YMCA & promo for “Swim with the Mermaid” event
People Who Have Given Me Ideas For Lists
- My sister, Michelle
- My cousin, Marty
- My friend, Steven
- Hopefully you (by leaving them on my Facebook page)
Tuesday Twos-day
- two of a kind
- tea for two
- two shakes of a lamb’s tail
- bicycle built for two
- two by four
- two step
- two is company
- two peas in a pod
- a one, and a two…
- put two and two together
- catch 22
- two cents worth
- goody two shoes
- two heads are better than one
- two wrongs don’t make a right
- take two aspirin and call me in the morning
- terrible twos
- kill two birds with one stone
- two can play
- two to tango
People to Whom I Wish the Happiest of Thanksgivings on Today, March 20th, the Vernal Equinox
Reasons Why I Still Have a Christmas Tree Up in My Bedroom
- I never bought my 2014 annual ornament to represent my year and if I take my tree down before that happens, I will lose it (once I eventually buy it).
- All my favorite ornaments that remind me of the places I’ve been and the people I love still make me smile every time I look at them.
- It is covered in blue lights and sparkly blue snowflakes and glittery silver balls and that make me shiny and happy.
- It is something tall in the corner of the bedroom which is aesthetically pleasing.
- Green is a sign of life.
- It’s a pretty nightlight.
- I like it and I don’t want to take it down.
Friday the 13th
1/13/2012 – Cruise ship Costa Concordia wrecks off the coast of Italy
3/13/2009 – “Saw – the Ride” roller coaster opens at the Thorpe Park amusement center in England
4/13/2004 – Famous chef Julia Child dies at the age of 91
10/13/1989 – Dow Jones Industrial stocks take the 2nd greatest plummet as of that time
6/13/1986 – Twins Mary Kate & Ashley Olson are born
10/13/1972 – A plane crash sets off an epic tale of survival & rescue, eventually retold in the book and movie “Alive”
2/13/1976 – Figure skater Dorothy Hammill wins gold at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria
9/13/1940 – Five German bombs destroy the chapel at Buckingham Palace
6/13/1930 – England’s first nudist colony officially opens
7/13/1923 – California land developer Harry Chandler unveils “HOLLYWOODLAND” sign
1/13/1894 – America’s first patent for an accordion is filed
7/13/1832 – American explorer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft discovers the source of the Mississippi River
11/13/1789 – Benjamin Franklin writes his famous line “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.”