Category Archives: Events

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

  • Thunderstorms
  • Beaches
  • Book stores
  • The Legend of Zelda
  • Warm sunshine
  • Cabins in the mountains
  • Fresh oranges
  • Dinner with family and/or friends
  • Reality TV
  • Office supplies
  • Sharpies
  • Unlimited data on my cell phone
  • Caramel
  • Walking along the river
  • My birthday (in a couple weeks!)
  • Traveling
  • Laughing so hard my stomach hurts

Summer Programs You Can Join at Two Rivers YMCA

  • Swim With Craig – English Channel Swim Challenge (May – July)
  • Summer Camp
  • Swim Lessons / Private Lessons / Adult Lessons / Camp Lessons
  • Safe All Summer – Family Fun Day (June 10)
  • Learn to Row, Rowing Clinic (June 19-22)
  • Body Combat / Body Attack / Body Vive / Body Flow
  • Tee Time – Family Fun Day (July 15)
  • Slim Down Challenge (June 5-July 30)
  • Grynd, Advanced Hard Rock Yoga
  • Dodge Ball Clinic (July 10-13)
  • Pickle Ball Clinic (July 17-20)
  • Aqua Ex-Stravaganza, free water exercise classes (June 10)
  • Boy Scout Swim Tests (June 10)
  • Running Clinic (June 12-15)
  • Tumbling
  • Tae Kwon Do
  • T-Ball Clinic (July 24-27)
  • Paddleboard & Kayak Rentals
  • Going Gaga, Gaga Ball Tournament – Family Fun Day (August 12)
  • Personal Training
  • Silver Sneakers
  • So much more….

Sixteen Things That Happened on the Sixteenth

  • April 16, 1178BC – A solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War
  • February 16, 374 – 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet
  • February 16, 600 – Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying “God bless You” is the correct response to a sneeze
  • November 16, 1380 – French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever
  • October 16, 1492 – Columbus and his fleet anchor at “Fernandina” (Long Island, Bahamas)
  • September 16, 1795 – British capture Capetown, South Africa, from the Dutch
  • March 16, 1830 – Slowest day ever recorded on NYSE  (31 shares traded)
  • June 16, 1858 – Abraham Lincoln says “A house divided against itself cannot stand”, while accepting nomination to Senate
  • July 16, 1861 – Battle of Bull Run  (First major battle in Civil War)
  • January 16, 1870 – Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War
  • May 16, 1919 – Birth of Liberace
  • December 16, 1929 – Chicago Blackhawks first game at Chicago Stadium (Defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1)
  • January 16, 1973 – NBC airs final episode of Bonanza
  • November 16, 1981 – Luke & Laura marry on General Hospital
  • May 16, 2013 – Human stem cells are successfully cloned
  • March 16, 2017 – Donald Trump’s second travel ban is blocked by two federal court judges

 

Explorer of the New World Christopher Columbus
Explorer of the New World Christopher Columbus

Love You Forever

A Picture List for My Son’s 24th Birthday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Places I Went on My Last Vacation

  • Los Angeles, California
  • Long Beach, California
  • Ensenada, Mexico
  • Anaheim, California
    • Disneyland
    • Disney California Adventure
    • Downtown Disney
  • Barstow, California
  • Las Vegas, Nevada
Top deck of the cruise ship at night.