Events, Family, Favorites, Holidays, Seasons

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?  🙂
Our birthday - June 18, 1982
Our birthday – June 18, 1982

 

Events, Family, Inspirational, Nature, Sycamore, Travel, Work, Writing

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

 

Brands, Monday, Words

May on Monday

  • May I help you?
  • Merry merry month of May
  • Ida May
  • Maybelline, won’t you be true?
  • Maybe it’s Maybelline
  • April showers bring May flowers
  • May the force be with you
  • May the road rise to meet you…
  • Maybe, Maybe not
  • May Day
  • Mayday!  Mayday!
  • April May (and Gena May)
  • May it please the court
  • May all your wishes come true
  • Mayhem festival
  • Allstate Mayhem guy
  • May flies
  • Mayim Bialik
  • Maya Angelou
  • Mother, May I?
  • Misty May

 

Humor, Lifeguarding, Social Media, Words

Most Frequently Used Search Terms Used to Reach This Page

  1. shades of green
  2. lifeguard acronyms
  3. hemingway quotes
  4. pepsi endorsers list
  5. greek alphabet for kids
  6. work like a captain play like a pirate
  7. famous people that start with x
  8. be strong when you are weak brave when you are scared and humble when you are victorious
  9. fast acronym lifeguarding
  10. taku glacier
  11. strong is what you do when you run out of weak
  12. elsie was a mighty fine cow lyrics
  13. mandela quotes
  14. famous people names
  15. letter w
  16. presidents with the letter y
  17. tug fest 2012
  18. trent two rivers ymca
  19. naked boundary waters
  20. empty tomb yellow
  21. my son’s 19th birthday
Brands, Favorites, Food

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
Favorites, Sycamore

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
The sunset reflected in my porch door
The sunset reflected in my porch door

 

Favorites, Humor, Names, Television

Ridiculous Celebrity Baby Names That I Secretly Kind Of Like

  1. True (Forest Whitaker & Keisha Nash)
  2. Sonnet (Forest Whitaker & Keisha Nash)
  3. Rocket (Robert Rodriguez & Elizabeth Avellan)
  4. Rogue (Robert Rodriguez & Elizabeth Avellan)
  5. Ocean (Forest Whitaker & Keisha Nash)
  6. Solita (Geraldo & Erik Rivera)
  7. Suri (Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes)
  8. Apple (Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin)
  9. Ryder (Kate Hudson & Chris Robinson)
  10. Shiloh (Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt)
  11. Pax (Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt)
  12. Sonora (Alice & Sheryl Cooper)
  13. Banjo (Andrew Taylor & Rachel Griffiths)
  14. Pilot Inspektor (Jason Lee & Beth Riesgraf)
Games, Geek, Trivia, Wednesday, Words

Wednesday Words: All Acceptable 2 Letter Words in Scrabble

  1. AA
  2. AB
  3. AD
  4. AE
  5. AG
  6. AH
  7. AI
  8. AL
  9. AM
  10. AN
  11. AR
  12. AS
  13. AT
  14. AW
  15. AX
  16. AY
  17. BA
  18. BE
  19. BI
  20. BO
  21. BY
  22. DE
  23. DO
  24. EF
  25. EH
  26. EL
  27. EM
  28. EN
  29. ER
  30. ES
  31. ET
  32. EX
  33. FA
  34. GO
  35. HA
  36. HE
  37. HI
  38. HM
  39. HO
  40. IF
  41. IN
  42. IS
  43. IT
  44. JO
  45. KA
  46. LA
  47. LI
  48. LO
  49. MA
  50. ME
  51. MI
  52. MM
  53. MO
  54. MU
  55. MY
  56. NA
  57. NE
  58. NO
  59. NU
  60. OD
  61. OE
  62. OF
  63. OH
  64. OM
  65. ON
  66. OP
  67. OR
  68. OS
  69. OW
  70. OX
  71. OY
  72. PA
  73. PE
  74. PI
  75. RE
  76. SH
  77. SI
  78. SO
  79. TA
  80. TI
  81. TO
  82. UH
  83. UM
  84. UN
  85. UP
  86. US
  87. UT
  88. WE
  89. WO
  90. XI
  91. XU
  92. YA
  93. YE
  94. YO

 

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