- You must be bored.
- Look at me! Lifeguard, look at me!
- How late are you open?
- Is there a lane for me?
- I already took a swim test last year!
- Must be the easiest job ever.
- Aren’t you hot?
- Could you turn the music up/off/down/to a different station ?
- Don’t yell at my kids!
- Where’s the bathroom?
Eating Establishments I Frequent In Sycamore, Illinois
- Tommy O’s
- Subway
- Sweet Dreams Desserts & Catering
- Los Rancheros
- Taxco
- Hy-Vee Deli
- Sycamore Parkway Restaurant
- Cabana Charley’s
- Tom & Jerry’s
- Rosati’s Pizza
Twenty One Things To Be Thankful For On The Twentyfirst, In No Particular Order
- Emerald green corn taller than me, growing outside my front door
- Sunshine
- Perfect puffy clouds on a bright blue day
- The pool at my apartment complex
- The new novel I’m working on which is a lot of fun and a great challenge
- My laptop
- Sprint’s truly Unlimited Data plan
- My family and friends who mean more than I could ever say
- The Amazon gift card sitting next to me this moment
- Books to read
- Libraries to get those books for free
- Book stores to take those books home and keep
- Meaningful work
- Everyone who supports Wendy’s Butterfly Garden at the Quad City Botanical Center
- Oranges
- Hawaii
- Beaches
- Enough money to pay bills
- Caramel covered anything
- God’s mercies poured upon me
- My twenty one year old son who is the Best Kid Ever (Except for Jesus)
Terrific Tuesday
- Two of a kind
- Terrible twos
- Two by four
- One if by land, two if by sea
- Tea for two
- Bicycle built for two
- Table for two
- Two’s company
- Two faced
- Two heads are better than one
- Two peas in a pod
- It takes two to tango
- Two wrongs don’t make a right
Items from the “Upcoming Expenses” list on the White Board in front of me which were placed there in 2010
- haircuts
- guard suit – H2Owear
- contacts
- contact lens solution
- coat
- library fine
- car tag $206
- virus protection for laptop
- life insurance due
- shampoo & conditioner
- oil change
- dentist bill
- shaving cream
- Shim’s book
- glasses
Things on the Shelf Next to Me
- 5 framed photographs of my son as a baby
- 1 photo of him as a 1st grader
- 1 photo of myself as a baby with my parents
- Half a box of business cards for KateyBWriting.com
- Pink scarf knitted by my friend Anne
- Disney coffee mug from my sisters
- Half a case of blank CD cases
- An interchangeable screwdriver thingy
- A stapler
- A bunch of old photo albums
- A basket of old files & 2 AKX books
- A flyswatter
- The boxes from the last 2 digital cameras I purchased
- A mason jar filled with odds and ends
- Half a bottle of water
- An empty vase
- A package of 100 votive candles from Ikea, 2 missing
- A remote control that I don’t know what it controls
- A pen holder filled with Sharpies of all colors
- A pair of needle nose pliers
Songs From My Playlists That **I** Love But There’s a Good Possibility You’ve Never Heard
- Lullaby, by Pedro the Lion / Playlist: All
- I Will Follow You Into the Dark, by Death Cab for Cutie / Playlist: Road Trip
- Pieces, by Sum 41 / Road Trip
- Crash Here Tonight, by Toby Keith / Road Trip
- A Few More Days, by Matthew West / All
- Great Affection, by Everybody Duck / Christian
- It’s Not Me, It’s You, by Skillet / Road Trip
- Entwined, by Jason Reeves / Quiet Time
- Helicopter, by Pedro the Lion / All
- Monster, by Skillet / Road Trip
- Rapture, by David Bazan (NSFW!) / Road Trip
- Crown Royal, by Jill Scott (SUPER NSFW) / Road Trip
- Albatross’s Brother, by Caleb Webster (which I will link to if I can find it online) / All
- Dandelions, by Five Iron Frenzy / Christian
- I Can’t Be Your Friend Anymore, by Tim Rushlow / Road Trip
- Let Me Take You There, by Plain White Tees / Road Trip
- What Might Have Been, by Blackhawk / Road Trip
- Stand in the Rain, by Superchik / Road Trip
- Home, by Jack Johnson / Road Trip
- Radiation, by Gavin DeGraw / Road Trip
- If You Listen, by Elizabeth Mitchell / Quiet Time
- Jesus, King of Angels, by Fernando Ortega / Quiet Time
- Lego House, by Ed Sheeran / Road Trip
- Sunday in the South, by Shenandoah / Quiet Time
- In This Life, by Colin Ray / All
Album “Control” by Pedro the Lion/ David Bazan
Out Like a Lamb (And other spring like phrases)
- March comes in like a lion but goes out like a lamb.
- April showers bring May flowers.
- Spring forward, Fall back.
- Spring fever
- Spring training
- Beware the Ides of March!
- He’s no spring chicken.
- March Madness
- Luck O’ the Irish
- St. Patty’s Day
- Spring up, Oh well!
- Spring into action.
- Hope springs eternal.
- Sing of spring!
- Easter celebration!
Same Name Capitals
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Panama City, Panama
- Singapore, Singapore
- Monaco, Monaco
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- San Marino, San Marino
- Djibuouti, Djibouti
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Vatican City, Vatican City
And Close But Not Quite
- Brasilia, Brazil
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Algiers, Algeria
Bugs I Have Known (But not enjoyed)
- Box elder bugs
- Ladybugs
- Asian beetles
- Roley Poleys
- Crickets (Almost my least favorite)
- Grasshoppers (My least favorite ever)
- Velcro Ninja Beetles (which is what we called them at camp but I don’t know their real name)
- Mosquitoes
- Black flies
- June bugs
- Shad flies
- Silverfish (also known as those horrible antenna-y things)
- Centipedes
- Roaches (as opposed to…)
- Sewer roaches
- Fireflies
- Butterflies
- Caterpillars
- Moths
- Ants
- Fruit flies
- Termites
- Aphids