- Short on time
- Short stuff
- Two bricks short of a load
- Short end of the stick
- A day late and a dollar short
- Coming up short
- Drawing the short straw
- Long story short
- Short and sweet
Short Phrases (in honor of the shortest month)
Life Is Too Short For…
- Eating pickles
- Folding underwear
- Staying inside
- Getting buried under debt
- Raking leaves
- Listening to bad music
- Struggling to lose the last 5 pounds
- Beating around the bush
- Waiting to tell someone you love them
- Dusting
- Wearing ugly shoes
- Always making the practical choice
- Putting off the things you are going to have to do anyway
- Not learning new things
- Waiting for everything to be perfect
- Trying to make everyone like you
- Arguing with people on the internet
States Through Which The Great River Road Passes
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Missouri
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Arkansas
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
F Songs From My Roadtrip Playlist (Alphabetically, definitely not in order of favorites)
- Fade Into You | Nashville Cast
- Far Away | Nickelback
- Feeling Good | Michael Buble
- Feel Invincible | Skillet
- Feels Like Tonight | Daughtry
- Fell In Love With a Boy | Joss Stone
- A Few More Days | Matthew West
- Fight Song | Rachel Platten
- Fine Apple | Nic D
- Firework | Katy Perry
- Fishing In The Dark | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Fix You | Canyon City
- Flood | Jars of Clay
- Follow Me | Uncle Kracker
- Follow Your Arrow | Kacey Musgraves
- Free Fallin’ | John Mayer
- Fresh Laundry | Allie X
Juicy Fruits
- Orange
- Mango
- Plum
- Peaches
- Watermelon
- Pineapple
Places I’d Like to Vacation (In Honor of National Plan For Vacation Day which is Today)
- Cayman Islands
- Maui, Hawaii
- Northeast Road trip
- Southern California
- Greece
- Dominican Republic
- North Dakota
- Any beach
Food Phrases
- Egg on your face
- Tossing your cookies
- Have your cake and eat it too
- Let them eat cake!
- The cake is a lie
- Bring home the bacon
- Don’t cry over spilled milk
- Don’t spill the beans
- Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
- Easy as pie
- Pie in the sky
- Time to make the donuts
- Butter him up
- Smooth as butter
- When life gives you lemons…
- How corny
- Two peas in a pod
- In a pickle
- Salt of the earth
Trivia Events I’m Running In the First Quarter of This Year
- January 21 – Hampton Youth Committee Trivia
- January 21/DIY – FRIENDS trivia by Morrison Department of Fun
- January 25 – Collins Aerospace corporate team building event
- February 4/DIY – Youth Hope Trivia
- February 17 – Davenport Central Feeder Softball Teams Trivia Night
- February 25 – Tacos & Trivia for Haiti
- March 24 – Lyons Business & Professional Association
- March 18 or Aprill 22 – Royal Family Kids Camp
Daily Movies
- Freaky Friday
- Friday Night Lights
- Any Given Sunday
- Saturday Night Fever
- Moon Rock for Monday
- Friday the 13th
- Saturday the 14th
- Mr. Saturday Night
- Never On Tuesday
- His Girl Friday
26 of My Favorite Songs From My Playlist
- Amazing Grace | Jars of Clay
- Before You Go | Lewis Capaldi
- Come to Me | The Goo Goo Dolls
- Dare You To Move | Switchfoot
- Everlong (Acoustic) | Foo Fighters
- Fine Apple | Nic D
- Give Me One Reason | Black Stone Cherry
- Hold Me Jesus | Rich Mullins
- It’s Not Me It’s You | Skillet
- Jesus, King of Angels | Fernando Ortega
- Known | Tauren Wells
- Lost In the Woods | Frozen 2/Jonathan Groff
- My Finest Hour | Matthew West
- Neon Moon | Brooks & Dunn
- Over the Rainbow | Willie Nelson
- Pieces | Sum 41
- Quietest Friend | David Bazan
- Reckless Love | Cory Asbury
- Soldier | Gavin DeGraw
- The Broken | Lit
- Universe Next Door | Wes King
- Shallow | Vitamin String Quartet
- White Flag | Bishop Briggs
- Fresh Laundry | Allie X
- You Know Where I’m At | Gavin DeGraw
- Zero Sum Game | The Burroughs