Category Archives: Holidays

Ways I’ve Stayed Busy The Last Couple Months

  1. New website design ~ www.KateyBWriting.com
  2. Mini book tour & in-person editing with The Alaskan Pioneer ~facebook.com/AlaskanPioneer
  3. Fabulous Murder Mystery Dinner / Fundraiser ~ www.wendysbutterflygarden.com
  4. Social Media Marketing & Blogging ~ www.BoetjeFoodsInc.com
  5. New Fall session kick off at work ~ www.KishYMCA.org
  6. Wrote & emceed Trivia Night fundraiser for Haiti ~ facebook.com/Love4LAllemand
  7. Visit from my parents
  8. Holiday plans
  9. Figuring out how to fit my Christmas tree in my livingroom
  10. Weekend in the QCA
Alaskan Pioneer Meet & Greet, Aurora, IL — These fans brought him home-made goodies!

 

My Labor Day Weekend in Mountain Home, Arkansas

  • Yoshi’s Japanese Steakhouse
  • Auto Zone with Dad
  • Mom’s bean & chicken tortilla wraps
  • East Side Baptist Church
  • Visit with Aunt Vivian
  • Lunch at Gaston’s to celebrate Mom’s birthday
  • Bull Shoals Lake Visitor Center
  • Bird Bingo
  • Cheesy Hallmark movie
  • Two roadrunner and a fawn running across the road
  • Scrabble club
  • Country walk
  • Gaston Wildflower Meadow
  • Zero Sprint data signal
  • One geocache located
  • Planning for Team Wendy murder mystery fundraiser
  • Editing for the Alaskan Pioneer

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My Boards on Pinterest

  • 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

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

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