Favorites, Work

Amazing Things About My Office

  • The giant windows
  • The original brick walls
  • The fireplace
  • Open space big enough for my giant calendar
  • The plants
  • The sunshine
  • The large window sills that serve as shelves
  • The closet that is a safe
  • The ability to see outside
  • Not just one window but three
  • Seeing everyone who walks by
  • The extra storage closet
  • The thermostat
  • Did I mention the windows?
Events, Family, Favorites, Inspirational, Memories

Thirty Amazing Things About My Son Who Turns 30 Today

  • 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)
Books, Favorites

Non-Fiction Books I Have Read and Recommend (Which you can also find on my Goodreads account)

  • Death to Deconstruction: Reclaiming Faithfulness as an Act of Rebellion | Joshua S. Porter
  • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Stephen King
  • Open Heart, Open Home: The Hospitable Way to Make Others Feel Welcome & Wanted | Karen Burton Mains
  • Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story about God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables | Phil Vischer
  • Unoffended |
  • Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best… and Learn from the Worst | Robert I. Sutton
  • How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them – A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide | Howard Mittelmark, Sandra Newman
  • The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence | Gaven deBecker
  • Sacred Cows Make Gourmet Burgers: Ministry Anytime, Anywhere, by Anyone | William M. Easum
  • Not So Big House | Sarah Susanka
  • Untamed | Glennon Doyle
  • Juicing the Orange: How to Turn Creativity into a Powerful Business Advantage | Pat Fallon, Fred Senn
  • Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work | Paul Babiak
  • The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry | Jon Ronson
  • I Watched a Wild Hog Eat My Baby: A Colorful History of Tabloids and Their Cultural Impact | Bill Sloan
  • The Glass Castle | Jeannette Walls
  • The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales | Oliver Sacks
Travel

States I Have Visited (But not alphabetically because I want you to have to work at it)

  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming
  • Arizona
  • Idaho
  • Iowa
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • New Mexico
  • Louisiana
  • California
  • Illinois
  • Arkansas
  • Tennessee
  • Alaska
  • Hawaii
  • Ohio
  • Missouri
  • New York
  • Nebraska
  • Mississippi
  • Washington
  • South Dakota
  • Oregon
  • Utah
  • Colorado
  • Montana
  • Minnesota
  • Florida
  • South Carolina
  • North Carolina
  • Kansas
  • Nevada
  • Alabama
  • Kentucky
  • Texas
  • Oklahoma
  • Indiana
Events, Family, Favorites, Home, Inspirational, Memories, Words, Writing

Meaningful Questions to Ask to Get to Know Someone On a Deeper Level

  • 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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Humor, Words

MMhmmm

  • Mmmarch
  • Mmadness
  • Mmademmmoiselle
  • Mmminnionns
  • M&Mmmms
  • Micky Moussse
  • Mmmawwaiage is what bwings us togevew toodayyy
  • Mmmmelons
  • Mmegalommmaniac
  • Mmoreoverr
  • Mummmbllle
  • Mmistakes were mmmaaade
  • Minniicooper
  • Mmmighty Mmmississsssippi
  • Mmakeoverrr
  • Mmad About Yooouu
  • Mmmayor
  • Mmmayonaise
  • Myanmmaarr
  • Mmmurder, She Wrooote
  • Mmolllly Mmallloonne
  • Mmmad Mmmaaxxx
  • Mmmister
  • Mmhmm
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