Favorites, Memories, Travel

Things I Miss About Arizona

  1. Constant sunshine
  2. 75 degree winters
  3. Mountains
  4. Oranges and orange groves
  5. Palm trees
  6. Cacti
  7. The wildness of the desert
  8. The Mogollon Rim
  9. The lack of snow
  10. Oleanders
The back yard of the house I grew up in
The neighbors' oleander bushes
Family, Humor, Travel

What I Would Do With a Million Dollars

  1. Give half of it to the government for taxes, whether I like it or not
  2. Fund friends and family members who are around the world serving God
  3. Pay off student loans
  4. Pay for my son’s college education
  5. Buy beachfront property, preferably in Maui
  6. Fix all the dents and dings with my 02 Trailblazer and give it to my son
  7. Buy a new hybrid SUV or crossover
  8. Travel – go back to Hawaii and Alaska, road trip the continental U.S.
  9. Travel – visit the aforementioned friends and family around the world, plus some other places
  10. Take care of family and friends
  11. Hire a housekeeper
  12. Invest in my son’s future music career
  13. Invest a very sizeable portion of the money in my long-term retirement funds
  14. Get the expensive work done that my dentist seems to think is necessary
  15. Buy a DVR in order to record Survivor
  16. Take the extended family on a fabulous vacation
  17. Set up a fund to consistently finance Team Wendy and Wendy’s Butterfly Garden
  18. Annonymously pay off friends’ mortgages

 

Links, Social Media

How I Spent My Saturday

  1. Sleeping very late
  2. Lunch at Uncle Benny’s Gyros
  3. Pinterest
  4. Laundry
  5. Napping
  6. Attempting to stop the smoke detector going off
  7. Freezing because the deck door is open to let the smoke out
  8. Picking up friend at airport
  9. Village Inn
One of my posts on Pinterest under Architecture & Design
Links, Memories, Work

Jobs I’ve Held

Cutco Cutlery & The Forever Guarantee
  1. Babysitter
  2. Landscaper
  3. Retail sales – women’s clothes
  4. Telemarketer
  5. Preschool teacher
  6. Grocery store clerk
  7. Retail sales – lingerie department
  8. Retail sales – shoe department
  9. Personal sales – Cutco cutlery
  10. Personal sales – House of Lloyd decor
  11. Retail sales – ladies wear
  12. Assistant to department manager – electronics
  13. Retail sales – electronics department
  14. Stockroom / Dock
  15. Internet research
  16. Telephone transcription
  17. Choir teacher – 5th grade – High school
  18. Secretary
  19. Sales Manager
  20. Lifeguard
  21. Horse wrangler
  22. Kitchen/ Dish room
  23. Water exercise instructor
  24. Lifeguard instructor
  25. Swim instructor
  26. Children’s “Rhythm & Rhyme” movement instructor
  27. Copywriter, editor, blog marketing
  28. Lifeguard supervisor

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