- Mechanical Aptitude
- Easy Style
- Resilient
- Extra Punny
- Delightfully Kind
- Intelligent
- Terribly Creative
- Half Twin
- And also Beautiful but I couldn’t work a B into the acronym!
Category Archives: Holidays
All About April
- Birthstone: Diamond
- Average temp in Iowa: 49.3 degrees
- Named for the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite
- My son’s birthmonth
- The sinking of the Titanic
- Flower: Daisy or Sweet Pea
- Earth Day
- Passover
- Autism Awareness Month
- “Houston, we have a problem.”
- Brings May Flowers
Happy New Year
- New and improved
- Old dog, new tricks
- Out with the old, in with the new
- Trying something new
- New shoes
- New to me
- Make new friends (but keep the old)
- New way of thinking
- The newness wears off
- Brand new
- New lease on life
- Every ending is a new beginning
A Modern Day 12 Days of Christmas (which would be far more helpful than all those birds)
- A basket of organic fruit from a pear tree
- Two bags of Dove chocolate
- Three nights in Paris, France
- Four free calls with a therapist
- Five full bitcoins
- Six nights of restful sleep
- Seven days swimming in an ocean
- Eight days of maid service
- Nine dancing lessons
- Ten days of nobody leaping to conclusions
- Eleven extra days of vacation
- Twelve months where all my bills are paid
Home
- Home Sweet Home
- Home for the Holidays
- You Can Always Come Home
- Welcome Home
- Home on the Range
- Hearth and Home
- Home Safe
- Homestead
- Home Alone
- Turn Your Heart Toward Home
- Homeward Bound
- Home is Where the Heart Is
- There’s No Place Like Home
- Love Brings You Home
- We Have Food At Home
- Home Before Nightfall
- “It was like coming home…”
Things Planned For the Upcoming Weeks
- Game Night
- Soup Day
- Trivia Night for Safer Foundation
- Trivia, Tacos, & Tasty Treats for Haiti
- Multiple Ribbon Cuttings
- Two Biz After 5s
- Halloween Trivia at Kingpins
- Clinton, Iowa Halloween Mardi Gras Parade
- Central Iowa Travel conference
- Corporate Trivia event
- Another soup day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas parties
- New Granddaughter!
Patrick stream of consciousness
- Patrick Stewart
- Captain Picard
- Make it so
- Data
- Computer
- Hard drive
- Memory
- Memories
- Childhood
- Sisters
- Dance routines
- Rescue Aid Society
- Records
- Library
- Books
- Bookshelf
- Construction
- Wood
- Sawdust
- Leather
- Summer camp
- Pine trees
- Boundary Waters
- Loons
- Loon calls
- Mist on the lake
- Sunrise
- Peace
Ways To Say “I Love You”
- You inspire me
- I’m so glad you are here
- You make a difference in my life
- I can’t wait to see you again
- You always make me smile
- You’re the best
- Have you eaten yet?
- I saved the best spot for you
- Come sit next to me
- I’m so happy for your achievement
- I’m proud of you
- Drive safe
- Let me know when you get home
- You can always make me laugh even when I’m crying
- I feel safe around you
- I think about you every day
- I prayed for you this morning
- You are brave
- I knew you’d know the answer
- Which do you prefer?
- Thank you for being so helpful
- Have the biggest slice
- Can we hang out?
- I can relax around you
- I’m so glad we’re friends
- You are important
- I can’t imagine my life without you
- Your face is my favorite
- Talking to you brings me clarity
- You are so talented
- Happy Valentine’s Day!
Favorite Halloween Costumes in My Past
- Toothpaste tube
- Jadzia Dax
- Care Bear
- Star Trek’s Dr. Crusher
- Zombie Lifeguard
- Hawaiian tourist
- NCIS Couples costume
- The one I’m working on right now for this year!
Plans while my sister is in town
- Game Night
- Shopping x 2 (or more!)
- Pool Time
- Family visits
- Eagle Point Park
- George Curtis Mansion
- Bike riding along the Clinton riverfront
- Music on the Avenue
- Website collab for her new business
- Relaxation & Reading
- Cheering on the Phoenix Suns in playoff games