Category Archives: Events

Events, Family, Favorites, Games, Holidays, Memories

Birthday Parties I Remember Best (In Honor of the Fact that My Birthday [and my sister’s] is on Tuesday)

  1. 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
  2. My Fabulous Fortieth Birthday – My 40th/(Meredith couldn’t be there)
    • Art heist mystery!
    • A Classic Never Goes Out of Style
  3. 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
  4. Mystery Party in Maui – My 39th/(Meredith couldn’t be there but Michelle was!)
    • Murder Mystery — Carlene did it!
    • Travel companions and island friends
  5. Small Water-Games Themed Party — My 9thish/Meredith’s 6thish
    • Water balloon toss
    • Two guests each, plus 2 mutual guests
  6. Surprise Party at Organ Stop Pizza — My 19th/(Meredith was on a youth group trip)
  7. Camping Party in Grandma & Grandpa Rock’s Camper — My 11th/Meredith’s 8th

Our birthday - June 18, 1982
Our birthday – June 18, 1982
Events, Humor, Links, Science Fiction, Survivor, Television, Words

In Case You Want to Be Prepared For My Birthday Next Week on June 18th

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

Events, Family, Favorites, Holidays, Seasons

Reasons to Love the Month of June

  • 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
Our birthday – June 18, 1982

 

Events, Family, Inspirational, Nature, Sycamore, Travel, Work, Writing

Things I Wasn’t Sure I Could Do But I Did

  • The portage to Sunbeam Lake
  • Losing 40 pounds
  • Assembling my TV cabinet
  • Asking a guy on a date
  • Eating rice with chop sticks (which I am still not good at)
  • Writing a novel
  • Completing a triathlon (although actually I was pretty confident in that one)
  • Moving away from my son
  • Taking on a new job with people I didn’t know
Triathlon
Triathlon

 

Events, Favorites, Names, Survivor, Television

Cast for the New Season of SURVIVOR Which Starts Tomorrow Night!!

  1. Abi-Maria Gomez
  2. Angie Layton
  3. Artis Silvester
  4. Carter Williams
  5. Dana Lambert
  6. Denise Stapley
  7. Jeff Kent
  8. Jonathan Penner  (returnee)
  9. Katie Hanson
  10. Lisa Whelchel  (celebrity)
  11. Malcolm Freberg
  12. Michael Skupkin  (returnee)
  13. Pete Yurkowski
  14. RC Saint-Amour
  15. Roxy Morris
  16. Russell Swan  (returnee)
  17. Sarah Dawson
  18. Zane Knight 

and of course….Jeff Probst, host

Check out CBS.com for cast bios!  Don’t miss the season kick-off Wednesday, Sept 19, 7 Central! 

Events, Favorites, Holidays, Quad Cities, Travel

Great Things About the Tug-Fest in LeClaire, Iowa

  1. It’s the nation’s only Tug-of-War across the Mississippi River, held every August for more than 25 years
  2. The vendors— Cotton Candy FTW!!
  3. Carnival rides on the levee
  4. Small town street festivals are awesome
  5. Kid-friendly with lots of reasons for adults to have fun too
  6. LeClaire’s parade… get a spot early!
  7. Live music on the levee
  8. The MOST AWESOME fireworks show ever… fireworks over the river!
  9. People who come home for the weekend from across the country… I get to see my friend Wendi tonight!

 

Events, Lifeguarding, Work

Results of Two Rivers YMCA’s Lifeguard Olympics

Team Competition

  1. 10 pound Brick Relay
    First Place:  Team USA
  2. Lifeguard Tow
    Tie for First Place:  Team USA,  Water Weasels
  3. Dive Retrieval
    First Place:  Team USA
  4. Backboard Spinal Rescue
    First Place (by only 4 points):  Team USA

    Gold Medal:  Team USA

 

Individual Competition

  1. Brick Retrieval with Feet Only
    Gold Medal:  Tom N
    Second Place:  Bill P
  2. Treading Water Highest
    Gold Medal:  Trent F
    Second Place:  Brandon R
  3. Treading Water in Streamline
    Gold Medal: Kristi Z
    Second Place: Sasha P
  4. Underwater Swim
    Gold Medal:  Bill P
    Tie for Second Place:  Jeff H, Tom N
  5. Best Splash
    Gold Medal: Tom N
    Second Place: Trent F
  6. Individual All-Around Points
    Gold Medal:  Tom N