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Famous People Born in January

  • Martin Luther King Jr
  • Betty White
  • Bradley Cooper
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Dolly Parton
  • Elvis Presley
  • Nicolas Cage
  • Edgar Allen Poe
  • Rod Stewart
  • Muhammed Ali
  • Ellen DeGeneres
  • Diane Keaton
  • Stephen Hawking
  • Richard Nixon
  • JRR Tolkein
  • Joan of Arc
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • Drew Brees
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Al Capone
  • Jim Carrey
  • Buzz Aldrin
  • Tom Selleck
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Violette A (I didn’t forget!)
Events, Favorites, Nature, Seasons, Travel

Things to Do When it is 100 Degrees Outside

  • Stay inside
  • Get in the pool
  • Drive around in your air conditioned car and catch Pokémon
  • Eat ice cream
  • Complain about how hot it is
  • Be that really annoying girl that says “I like it this way!”
  • Bask in the sunshine on your skin
  • Procrastinate on outdoor chores
  • Sleep with your window cracked open anyway
  • Take pictures of the temperature on your car since it doesn’t get this hot in the Midwest very often
  • Except… climate change
  • Discuss climate change
  • Plan a beach vacation to further the sunshine experience
Swimming at Grand Cayman
Events, Family, Favorites, Inspirational, Memories

Thirty Amazing Things About My Son Who Turns 30 Today

  • He is deeply empathetic and genuinely cares about people
  • He’s a super involved father
  • He understands science and math and the world on a conceptual level
  • He isn’t afraid to speak up for someone who needs it
  • He accepts everyone exactly as they are
  • He is married to his highschool sweetheart
  • He always says sweet things about her when she isn’t around
  • He is adventerous
  • There isn’t a food he won’t try
  • While visiting somewhere new, he refuses to eat at any restaurant he could go to at home
  • He’s an excellent cook
  • He reads to his daughters
  • He loves his grandparents and communicates with them regularly
  • He’s calm under pressure
  • He never went through a “my parents embarrass me” phase
  • On a group outing at the age of 10, he saved his sack lunch to give to the homeless man we’d passed on the way there
  • He’s always been my video game buddy
  • He is super creative
  • His skills as a D&D DM rival those of any fiction novelist
  • He is musical
  • He has a freaky good ear for sounds and tones and can hear things nobody else can hear
  • For example, if he hears loose change drop on the ground, he can tell you exactly how much it is
  • He can fix things
  • His sense of humor cracks me up
  • He is kind
  • He has the ability to look beyond the surface level of any given situation
  • He has a broad perspective of life in general
  • He loves his family with everything in him
  • He memorizes random and ridiculous things
  • He is the best kid ever (except for Jesus)
Events, Family, Favorites, Home, Inspirational, Memories, Words, Writing

Meaningful Questions to Ask to Get to Know Someone On a Deeper Level

  • What is one new thing you’d like to accomplish over the next year?
  • Where is somewhere you’ve never been that you would like to go?
  • When you are feeling overwhelmed or sad, where is the place you would like to retreat to?
  • What is the last song that made you cry?
  • What is a cherished childhood memory?
  • What is something you have done that was out of your comfort zone but you’re glad you did it?
  • What is the last thing you tried and completely failed at?
  • How many times have you been “in love”?
  • What is the difference between loving someone and being in love?
  • What is one thing you try to do every day?
  • If you were to write a book about your life, what would this chapter be called?
  • What would your favorite chapter be called?
  • When was the last time you laughed so hard you couldn’t breathe, and what caused it?
  • When your mind wanders, who do you think of?
  • What is something you’ve done recently that you’re proud of?
  • How do you know when it is enough?
https://www.lesleyslists.com/poetic-musings/
Events, Geek, Trivia

Trivia Events I’m Running In the First Quarter of This Year

  • January 21 – Hampton Youth Committee Trivia
  • January 21/DIY – FRIENDS trivia by Morrison Department of Fun
  • January 25 – Collins Aerospace corporate team building event
  • February 4/DIY – Youth Hope Trivia
  • February 17 – Davenport Central Feeder Softball Teams Trivia Night
  • February 25 – Tacos & Trivia for Haiti
  • March 24 – Lyons Business & Professional Association
  • March 18 or Aprill 22 – Royal Family Kids Camp