Category Archives: Events

Events, Family, Favorites, Travel

Leaving On a Jet Plane… and a Cruise Ship… and tenders…

  • Chicago
  • Fort Lauderdale
    • Blake Shelton concert
    • Carnival Cruise Lines
  • Nassau, Bahamas
    • Nassau Native Quest
  • Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
  • Turks & Caicos
  • Dominican Republic
    • La Casa En Playa
  • Florida
  • Illinois
Swimming at Grand Cayman
Books, Events, Family, Nature, Quad Cities, Survivor

Things I Would Rather Be Doing (Assuming the Weather Was Nice Enough for Weather Dependent Activities)

  • Reading a good book
  • Visiting family
  • Watching Survivor
  • Sitting around a campfire
  • Making s’mores
  • Eating s’mores
  • Walking in the sunshine along the river
  • Wilderness camping
  • Writing & editing a novel
  • Binge-watching home shows like Flip or Flop, Love It or List It, Desert Flippers
  • Getting a pedicure
  • Getting a massage
  • Decorating a Christmas tree
  • Planning parties
  • Eating stuffed crust pizza
Events, Holidays

To Be Done Before Halloween Parties This Weekend

  • Turn regular boots into “goth” boots
  • Purchase temporary hair dye
  • Dye hair
  • Add extensions
  • Find black slippers for costume 1
  • Purchase black eye liner for drawing on tattoos
  • Paint nails black
  • Design “name tag”
  • Purchase retractable tag holder

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Events, Family, Inspirational, Memories

Word That Describe My Mother (Because it’s her 70th birthday today!)

  • Creative
  • Super smart
  • Funny
  • Beautiful
  • Energetic
  • Adventurous
  • Curious
  • Clever
  • Enthusiastic
  • Driven
  • Planner
  • Kind
  • Empathetic
  • Word-wise
  • Competitive
  • Loving
  • Teacher
  • Mama

Events, Favorites, Memories, Travel

Things I Absolutely Wanted to Do Since I Was a Child and Have Done as an Adult

  • Go to the top of the Empire State Building
  • Visit the Redwoods Forest
  • Swim in the ocean in the Cayman Islands
  • Swim in the ocean in Hawaii
  • Go on a vacation without worrying about how much money I spent (Because I knew I had enough, not because I’m an idiot.)
  • Take random road trips at the spur of the moment
Swimming at Grand Cayman