Category Archives: Favorites

Sweet Treats I Have Loved

  • Brownies
  • Snickerdoodles
  • Cheesecake
  • Donuts
  • Hy-Vee Premium Donuts
  • Dunkin’ Donuts S’mores Donuts
  • S’mores
  • Whitey’s Chocolate Peanut-butter Revel ice cream
  • Ande’s Mints
  • Whoppers
  • Spree
  • Smarties
  • Anything caramel
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HyVee premium donuts

Games Available At My House if You’d Like to Play Games for New Years Eve

  • Blokus
  • Monopoly Deal
  • Careers
  • Exploding Kittens
  • Rhino Hero
  • Uno
  • Taboo
  • Poker
  • Monopoly
  • Scrabble
  • Scattegories
  • Cards Against Humanity
  • Never Have I Ever
  • Puzzles
  • Charades
  • Farkle
  • LIFE
  • Survivor card game
http://blokus.com

My Christmas Celebrations This Season

  • 12/14- Leadership Christmas Potluck at work
  • 12/16- Annual Family Christmas Party
  • 12/17- Caring Tree gift party at work
  • 12/17- Gift Exchange Reunion
  • 12/23- Christmas with my kids
  • 12/24- Christmas Eve morning breakfast
  • 12/24- Late night Wrapping Party
  • 12/25- Christmas with the family
  • 1/5- KAC Christmas party
  • 1/19- Directors Holiday party

My Favorite Ornaments on my Christmas Tree (which yes, is already up)

  • Sycamore leaf
  • Lifeguard
  • Bird
  • Cubs World Series Champions
  • “Hope”
  • L made out of pearls
  • Shepherd’s crook
  • Blue/gold, purple/gold wisemen set
  • White teddy bear of buttons (gift from Aunt Edie)
  • Wooden shoes (gift from Michelle)
  • Blue/silver snowflake set
  • Adornments
  • Alaska totem pole (the one that started my habit of buying ornaments for places I visit)

Absent from list: All my childhood ornaments and those from Caleb’s childhood, as they have never been found after a move several years ago. 

Every Day Heroes

  • People who hold the door for people behind them
  • Drivers who stop and let pedestrians through crosswalks
  • Parents who don’t give in to temper tantrums from their kids
  • Strangers who understand why parents aren’t giving in to their kids
  • Grade school crossing guards (especially in rotten weather)
  • People with beautiful handwriting who create those chalk sign boards
  • The folks who “leave a penny”
  • Grown children who care for elderly parents
  • Teachers, educators, child care workers
  • Friends who treat your children like their own
  • Soldiers, police officers, firemen, paramedics… all those Heroes who put the good of the many before the good of the few

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