Mechanical Aptitude
Easy Style
Resilient
Extra Punny
Delightfully Kind
Intelligent
Terribly Creative
Half Twin
And also Beautiful but I couldn’t work a B into the acronym!
Our birthday – June 18, 1982
Hired Parachuting Elves
Been part of a German documentary
Hosted 20,000 people in my town for one day
Spoken at City Council meetings
Led bus tours for hundreds of tourists
Received private tour of authentic Dutch windmill
Received private tour of St. Boniface Catholic Center
Received private tour of Clinton Historical Society Museum
Lived in a historical mansion
Learned how influencer marketing works
Been able to write multiple newspaper articles
Gone on ride-alongs with the Sherriff
Sat in on strategic planning sessions with the city
Been appointed by the Iowa governor to a national commission
Saw the Peabody ducks march in
Toured the Field of Dreams
Greeted people from stage at a music festival
Secured a VIP box for another music festival
He is deeply empathetic and genuinely cares about people
He’s a super involved father
He understands science and math and the world on a conceptual level
He isn’t afraid to speak up for someone who needs it
He accepts everyone exactly as they are
He is married to his highschool sweetheart
He always says sweet things about her when she isn’t around
He is adventerous
There isn’t a food he won’t try
While visiting somewhere new, he refuses to eat at any restaurant he could go to at home
He’s an excellent cook
He reads to his daughters
He loves his grandparents and communicates with them regularly
He’s calm under pressure
He never went through a “my parents embarrass me” phase
On a group outing at the age of 10, he saved his sack lunch to give to the homeless man we’d passed on the way there
He’s always been my video game buddy
He is super creative
His skills as a D&D DM rival those of any fiction novelist
He is musical
He has a freaky good ear for sounds and tones and can hear things nobody else can hear
For example, if he hears loose change drop on the ground, he can tell you exactly how much it is
He can fix things
His sense of humor cracks me up
He is kind
He has the ability to look beyond the surface level of any given situation
He has a broad perspective of life in general
He loves his family with everything in him
He memorizes random and ridiculous things
He is the best kid ever (except for Jesus)
What is one new thing you’d like to accomplish over the next year?
Where is somewhere you’ve never been that you would like to go?
When you are feeling overwhelmed or sad, where is the place you would like to retreat to?
What is the last song that made you cry?
What is a cherished childhood memory?
What is something you have done that was out of your comfort zone but you’re glad you did it?
What is the last thing you tried and completely failed at?
How many times have you been “in love”?
What is the difference between loving someone and being in love?
What is one thing you try to do every day?
If you were to write a book about your life, what would this chapter be called?
What would your favorite chapter be called?
When was the last time you laughed so hard you couldn’t breathe, and what caused it?
When your mind wanders, who do you think of?
What is something you’ve done recently that you’re proud of?
How do you know when it is enough?
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Checked two new states (North Carolina, Mississippi) off my list Missions trip to Haiti Three “airports” in one day Landing & taking off on a dirt runway Attending/walking in a Haitian funeral processional Ate goat for the first time Iguanas in the wild (in Miami… they chased me away from my lunch) Finished unpacking all boxes from moving end of 2019 Started packing up to move again Attended nephew’s high school graduation Vacation to San DiegoLodging at the fabulous beachfront Tower23 Riding bicycles to Mission Beach Completed “Visual Communications” course through Sophia Learning Put more than 10,000 miles on my car Ran three trivia nights before the world shut down Read 29 books Successfully began intermittent fasting (lost 8 pounds and dropped my A1C from 6.1 to 5.4!) Watched multiple full series on Hulu and Amazon Prime Achieved level 40 and then level 41 on Pokemon Go Applied for 66 jobs Got hired for exciting new position with city of Clinton, Iowa!
1989 – German citizens begin demolishing Berlin Wall 1989 – College student (it’s me) raced to Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa to stand in the electronics section at a mall store so that I could watch the fall of the Berlin Wall 2012 – Barack Obama elected as 44th President of the United States 1483 – Birth of Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation 2010 – Disney composer Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas) receives 2442nd star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame 1241 – Pope Celestine IV passes away 1969 – Sesame Street premieres 1908 – First Gideon Bible placed in hotel room 1889 – Birth of Claude Rains, famous for playing Chief of Police in Casablanca 1940 – Walt Disney’s first day as FBI informer 1801 – Dueling is outlawed by the state of Kentucky 1871 – Birth of Winston Churchill , but not the Winston Churchill you’re thinking of 1964 – Birth of Kenny Rogers , but not the Kenny Rogers you’re thinking of 1969 – Birth of Ellen Pompeo, yes the one you’re thinking of 1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to New York’s Smithsonian Institution 1990 – Home Alone movie premieres at the box office 1766 – Charter signed for Queen’s College / Rutger’s University 1998 – Premiere of Star Trek: Insurrection 2014 – London Premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 1963 – Actress Doris Roberts (Everybody Loves Raymond) marries novelist William Goyen who is 15 years her senior 2007 – Author Norman Mailer dies 1954 – Unveiling of the Marine Corps War Memorial depicting the raising of the flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima 1928 – Emporer Hirohito is publicly confirmed
Tube of toothpaste (with a “cap” for a cap!)
Dr. Beverly Crusher
Jadzia Dax (my favorite make-up job)
Hawaiian tourist
Care Bear
Abbey from NCIS
Wednesday Addams
Zombie Lifeguard
Butterfly
Princess Caligo
Creative
Super smart
Funny
Beautiful
Energetic
Adventurous
Curious
Clever
Enthusiastic
Driven
Planner
Kind
Empathetic
Word-wise
Competitive
Loving
Teacher
Mama
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