- Words to Live By
- Wanderlust
- Love You Forever
- I Crack Myself Up
- The Crashing of the Waves
- It All Comes Down to This
- Hear Me Roar
- Ink I Like
- My Faith Has Found a Resting Place
- My Geek Credentials
- Yummy Things to Look At
- Architecture & Design
- Everything Is Educational
- Wendy’s Butterfly Garden
- Blogs I Read
- Survivor
- Unimpressed Caleb
- QCA- Quad Cities Awesomeness
- Marketing & Graphic Design
- Health & Fitness
- Lifeguarding & Water Fitness
- Closet Wishes
- Crunchy Living
- Back in the Day
- Art I Like
- Event Ideas
- Home-type Stuff
- Products I Love
- Why Didn’t I Think of That?
- Breaking News
- Dogs That Crack Me Up
- Holiday Festivities
- Yummy Things to Eat
- Thought You Might Want to See This
- Ideas for My New Home

- Grown-up Girls Slumber Party – My 38th/Meredith’s 35th
- Pink & Yellow polka-dot theme carried out on cupcakes, cd cases, gift bags
- Personalized Party Music CD
- Gift bags of goodies for everyone
- Late night drunk Twister
- My Fabulous Fortieth Birthday – My 40th/(Meredith couldn’t be there)
- Art heist mystery!
- A Classic Never Goes Out of Style
- The First Time Parents Rented Falcon Field Swimming Pool Party — My 12thish?/Meredith’s 9thish
- Guest list limited to 60, not counting Grandparents who got to come no matter what
- An entire picnic table full of presents for both of us
- Home-made pool party invitations
- Mystery Party in Maui – My 39th/(Meredith couldn’t be there but Michelle was!)
- Murder Mystery — Carlene did it!
- Travel companions and island friends
- Small Water-Games Themed Party — My 9thish/Meredith’s 6thish
- Water balloon toss
- Two guests each, plus 2 mutual guests
- Surprise Party at Organ Stop Pizza — My 19th/(Meredith was on a youth group trip)
- Camping Party in Grandma & Grandpa Rock’s Camper — My 11th/Meredith’s 8th


Our birthday – June 18, 1982
- Survivor seasons on DVD : CBS.com/survivor
- Triforce T-shirt: SixDollarTees
- Donations to Wendy’s Butterfly Garden: wendysbutterflygarden.com
- This outfit: Polyvore.com
- The Boston Rob RuleBook: amazon.com
- Any other books from my Amazon Wishlist
- The Big Daddy Pod Chair: Sofa Mart
- Cutco Knives: Cutco
- Soundtrack from TV Show Nashville: ABC.com/nashville
- Star Trek oven mitt: thinkgeek.com
- This wall decal (size 48 x 26.5, satin copper color): Trading Phrases



- To make you feel important
- Because every door at work requires a different key
- To hear the jangley sound
- In case they are needed as a weapon
- To cut those annoying plastic bands that hold flip flops together
- Scratching lotto tickets
- For more of a challenge if you come home tipsy
- Extra weight lifting workout
- To put a bulge in your pocket
- Stalling time when you aren’t ready to say goodnight
- 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
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