Most Of My Childhood Memories Take Place Here

1. My grandpa's yard

2. The woods

3. The Crane gymnasium

4. The Keithley's house

5. Our Crane house

6. Mert and Donald's house

7. Our old yard

8. The park in Republic

9. Silver Dollar City

10. The Aurora Pizza Hut

11. The Berkstresser's house

12. Table Rock Lake

13. The creeks on my Grandpa's land in Hurley

What Came Out From Under My Stove With The Help Of The Long Arm Of My Swiffer Duster

1. 6 pieces of popcorn

2. A multitude of dry beans of many varieties

3. Dust bunnies that combined to be the size of one small possum

4. A few kiblets of dog food

5. Many bits of uncooked spaghetti

6. Three glittery crafting pom poms

7. Six cents

8. A pinwheel pasta piece

9. Random trash- hair strands, bits of unknown, crumbs, etc.

10. Popcorn kernels

11. Something that looked like a dried, shriveled, peanut in its shell

Things I'd Like To Have

1. I love beautiful clutches

2. Cute shoes

3. This will probably be mine this week?

4. This, again

5. I would want to wear these every day

6. The one on display at the Galleria and I are in a relationship

7. Hazy Days top

8. To replace the ones in our house that need replacing

9. Michelle's dress

10. Another one

11. I have a thing for poufs

12. A chair

13. Beautiful pillow

14. I want this now

15. Wish it wasn't so expensive

The APA's "Great Places in America: Streets"

1. Santa Monica Boulevard- West Hollywood, CA

2. U Street N.W.- Washington, DC

3. Front Street- Lahaina, HI

4. Main Street- Galena, IL

5. Main Street- Nantucket, MA

6. Washington Avenue- St. Louis, MO (no big deal, just the street I live on)

7. Market Street and Market Square- Portsmouth, NH

8. Davis Street- Culpepper, VA

9. King Street- Alexandria, VA

10. Downtown Woodstock Streetscape- Woodstock, VT

*the source of this list can be found here

How My Husband Was A Good Dad Yesterday

1. Took the kids to the City Museum so I could clean

2. Crafted W a Cardinals necklace so that she'd have something to wear on Cardinals Day at school

3. Took the kids to Target

4. Watched He-Man with them after dinner

5. Let me get a lot of cleaning done

6. Gave piggy-back rides and engaged in wrestling sessions

My Cleaning Frenzy Today

1. Cleaned under and behind the cribs

2. Vacuumed all mop boards

3. Dusted the whole house

4. Cleaned all shelves

5. Washed bedding

6. Vacuumed under all the furniture

7. Vacuumed under all the sofa cushions

8. Carpet cleaned the rugs, sofas, and carpet

9. Did laundry

10. Cleaned the leather chairs

For Missy's Purse Search

1. Pretty and tough

2. An expensive beauty

3. this

4. My go-to company for bags

5. Cute

6. Why do I like this one? I don't know, but I do.

7. I like the "forest" color

8. Oh, Marc

9. LOVE this one

10. Just do it

11. A great wear-with-all

12. Reasonably priced

13. Basic, love the studs

14. Great bag

15. Like

16. I want this one for myself