My Sister Michelle (In honor of her birthday today!)

  • Brilliant
  • Generous
  • Attentive
  • Loving
  • Quiet until you get to know her
  • Gracious
  • Thoughtful
  • Thought provoking
  • Mathematical genius
  • Puzzle solver
  • Actress (at least in murder mystery dinners)
  • Baby sister
  • Adoring Aunt
  • Youngest daughter
  • Soft spoken
  • Adventuresome
  • Funny
  • Sweetly silly
  • Gentle
  • Determined
  • Role Model
  • Marvelous
  • Magnificent
  • Michelle!

 

Most Popular New Year’s Resolutions Which Have Already Likely Been Broken (according to no scientific research but my own imagination)

  • Stop eating junk food
  • Visit gym daily
  • Visit gym 3 times a week
  • Visit gym once a week
  • No more smoking
  • No more gossip
  • Meet neighbors
  • Be involved in child’s school
  • Volunteer time for good cause
  • Call mother once a week
  • Read a new book every month
  • Finish project X
  • Organize garage / attic / basement
  • File taxes early
  • Leave work on time every day
  • Leave work on time at least once a week
  • Leave work on time once in a while
  • Reduce alcohol intake
  • Start Christmas savings fund

Ways to Get From Here to There

  • Drive
  • Walk
  • Skip
  • Fly in an airplane
  • Fly on a hang-glider
  • Parachute
  • Hop
  • Jump
  • Pogo stick
  • Roller skate
  • Roller blade
  • Skate board
  • Ski
  • Snowshoe
  • Horseback
  • Elephant
  • Train
  • Trolley
  • Rickshaw
  • Horse drawn carriage
  • Stage coach
  • Motorcycle
  • Scooter
  • Paddle wheel boat
  • Row boat
  • Barge
  • Sail boat
  • House boat
  • Motor home
  • Helicopter
  • Snowmobile
  • Bicycle
  • Unicycle
  • ATV
  • Riding lawnmower
  • Run
  • Waltz
  • Climb
  • Crawl
  • Crab walk
  • Duck walk
  • Bear walk
  • Walk like an Egyptian
  • Raft
  • Swim
  • Sashay
  • Tip toe
  • Stomp
  • Leap

 

 

Dream Quotes

  • “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt
  • “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” ~ Colin Powell
  • “The dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” ~ T.E. Lawrence
  • “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
  • ““Hold fast to dreams,
    For if dreams die
    Life is a broken-winged bird,
    That cannot fly.”  ~ Langston Hughes
  • “Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • “We may place blame, give reasons, and even have excuses; but in the end, it is an act of cowardice to not follow your dreams.” ~Steve Maraboli
  • “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”  ~C.S. Lewis

 

Wednesday Words

  • waffle
  • wallflower
  • willow
  • windowpane
  • wordsmith
  • wriggled
  • wandering
  • wisdom
  • wayfarer
  • watermelon
  • wishy washy
  • woodpecker
  • walrus
  • weekend
  • winning
  • willful
  • weirdo
  • wondrous
  • wrestling
  • wearable
  • wackadoodle
  • windbreaker
  • weatherman
  • winsome
  • wondrous
  • writer
  • wagon
  • walnut
  • wonton
  • wigwam
  • wallpaper
  • waterfall
  • waterproof
  • welcome
  • wishful

 

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