- 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
All posts by Lesley
Books I’ve Read So Far This Year
- Death to Deconstruction | Joshua S Porter
- The Practice of the Presence of God | Brother Lawrence
- The Thursday Murder Club | Richard Osman
- The Pursuit of God | AW Tozer
- Unoffendable | Brant Hansen
- The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief | Francis Collins
- Becoming Free Indeed | Jinger Duggar Vuolo
- Tropic of Stupid | Tim Dorsey
- The Man Who Died Twice | Richard Osman
Un
- Unusual
- Understanding
- Undone
- Unique
- Universal
- Undeliverable
- Undulation
- Unsuspecting
- Unnerving
- Unswerving
- Undercooked
- Uncle
- Untoward
- Unprofessional
- United
- Unravel
- Unwritten
- Unagi
Thinking Like A Squirrel
- Squirrel
- Girl
- Grill
- Hotdogs
- Puppers
- Starbuck
- Battlestar Galactica
- Dwight
- Jazz
- Coffee shop
- Books
- Serge Storms
- Writing
- LISTs
The First Ten Songs on My Cleaning Playlist
- Sweet Dreams | Eurythmics
- Zero Sum Game | The Burroughs
- Fishing in the Dark | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- White Flag | Bishop Briggs
- When I Grow Up | Pussycat Dolls
- The Broken | Lit
- Santa Monica | Everclear
- Blank Space | Taylor Swift
- Baptized | Daughtry
- My Own Worst Enemy | Lit
Pokemon With Funny Names
- Quagsire
- Lickitung
- Lickilicky
- Bouffalant
- Crabominable
- Munchlax
- Furfrou
- Slurpuff
- Diggersby
- Wynaut
- Popplio
- Seawaddle
- Wobbuffet
Happy Birthday (on Sunday) to My Half Twin
- 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!
Artists Performing at Tailgate N Tallboys in Clinton, Iowa this week
- Tim McGraw
- Jelly Roll
- Mitchel Tenpenny
- Cooper Alan
- JoDee Messina
- Jake Owen
- Gabby Barrett
- Chase Rice
- Chase Matthew
- Jackson Dean
- Alexandra Kay
- Warren Zeiders
- Random Tanner
- Wild Oatz
- The Stockwells
- 3 on the Tree
Summer Things
- Sunshine
- Tan lines
- Wide brimmed hats
- Green grass
- The sound of a lawn mower
- Oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds
- The smell of salt water
- Sand on the floor mats
- Children laughing
- Scooters and bicycles
- Hide and Seek
- Campfires
- S’mores
- Sleeping in a tent with the rainfly open to the stars
- Road trips
- Naps
- Hot air
- Cool nights
- Pine forests
- Music playing from someone’s house
- Trailers with boats
- Long days
- Sunsets
Interesting Things I’ve Done In My Job
- Hired Parachuting Elves
- Been part of a German documentary
- Hosted 20,000 people in my town for one day
- Spoken at City Council meetings
- Led bus tours for hundreds of tourists
- Received private tour of authentic Dutch windmill
- Received private tour of St. Boniface Catholic Center
- Received private tour of Clinton Historical Society Museum
- Lived in a historical mansion
- Learned how influencer marketing works
- Been able to write multiple newspaper articles
- Gone on ride-alongs with the Sherriff
- Sat in on strategic planning sessions with the city
- Been appointed by the Iowa governor to a national commission
- Saw the Peabody ducks march in
- Toured the Field of Dreams
- Greeted people from stage at a music festival
- Secured a VIP box for another music festival