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  • 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
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  • 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
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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
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In Case You Want to Be Prepared For My Birthday Next Week on June 18th

  1. Survivor seasons on DVD :  CBS.com/survivor
  2. Triforce T-shirt:  SixDollarTees
  3. Donations to Wendy’s Butterfly Garden:  wendysbutterflygarden.com
  4. This outfit:  Polyvore.com
  5.  The Boston Rob RuleBook:  amazon.com
  6.  Any other books from my Amazon Wishlist
  7. The Big Daddy Pod Chair:  Sofa Mart
  8. Cutco Knives: Cutco
  9. Soundtrack from TV Show Nashville:  ABC.com/nashville
  10. Star Trek oven mitt:  thinkgeek.com
  11. This wall decal (size 48 x 26.5, satin copper color): Trading Phrases

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