• empty soda bottles
• takeout containers
• dust
• dirty dishes
• dirty laundry
• random people
• cardboard boxes
• books
• mail
• magazines
• rachel's family
• crumbs
• nicole and mekhi's homework
• junk Rixon is "donating"

• Les Miserables
• Wicked
• Spamalot

yes it is pathetic, but this year will be the year of shows!

• Watch Full House
• Watch That Girl
• Play Random Songs on My phone
• Clean
• Do Laundry
• Make Lists... he he he
• Go on Facebook
• Walk around on 5th Ave and buy random things I don't need... Rixon's negative influence....
• Call Kaija.. haha
• Listen to CDs from Linus
• Eat
• Eat
• Eat
• Go to the gym
• Read
• Listen to Rachel singing in the other room.... at the top of her lungs
• start each item with an asterisk..... of course

• Minnesota
• South Dakota
• North Dakota
• Montana
• Wyoming
• Washington
• Nebraska
• Kansas
• Oklahoma
• Texas
• New Mexico
• Arizona
• Iowa
• Wisconsin
• Illinois
• Michigan
• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware
• Connecticut

• Isanti, MN
• Roseville, MN
• St. Paul, MN
• Brooklyn, NY
• Auburn, PA
• Trinidad (my home at heart)
• Sinking Springs, PA
• Fleetwood, PA
• Leesport, PA

• ✔ sharpen pencils
• ✔ set up tables
• ✔ get work packets for all the kids
• ✔ Print 400 flyers
• ✔ cut 400 flyers
• ✔ Eat lunch
• ✔ go get my jacket
• ✔ plan the lesson
• ✔ clean the office

• Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

Franklin P. Jones

• At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Plato

• Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Robert Frost

• Love is a friendship set to music.

E. Joseph Cossman

• If you have it
  
  , you don't need to have anything else, a...

• Stop Listening to Linus' CD
• Stop Eating junk late at night
• Stop eating Junk in General
• Go to Europe
• Go To the Bahamas
• Go to Asia
• Get a Job
• Go Skydiving
• Stop letting other people rule my life
• Be a foster parent
• Finish my degree
• Be as cool as Rixon.... hey I can hope

• Doritos
• Mike & Ikes
• Swedish Fish
• Gummy Worms
• Sour Patch Kids
• Bugles
• Little Debbie's ( All Varieties)
• Peanut Butter M&M's
• Snickers with Almonds
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
• Burger King
• White Castle
• Cherry Pepsi

• Group 1 Crew
• Krystal Meyers
• Chris Tomlin
• Anberlin
• Audio Adrenaline
• Tyler Burkum
• Seven Places
• The Fray
• Francesca Battistelli
• David Crowder
• Reliant K
• Stellar Kart
• Breaking Benjamin
• Hawk Nelson
• RED
• Keane
• U2
• Flyleaf
• Leona Lewis
• Jack Johnson
• James Blunt

• MICE
• snakes
• Rodents of any kind
• scary men in the dark
• the smell of fish on hot days
• the smell of fish on cold days
• when people spit on the sidewalk, especially right in front of you

• 1. Pretend you've never met, then loudly try out lame pickup lines in a swanky bar. Act like they worked.
• 2. Go on a walking journey and every fifteen feet draw a chalk arrow in the direction you're going. At the end of the trip, leave a big pile of chalk.
• 3. Create photo evidence suggesting that you went on an adventure that didn't really happen
• 4. Go for a drive. You can only make right-hand turns. When you finally get stuck, turn around and then you can only make left-hand turns. Repeat until you find something interesting. Take pictures along the way!
• 5. Build forts out of furniture and blankets, and wage war with paper airplanes.
• 6. Go to a major chain bookstore, and leave notes to future readers in copies of your favorite books

• Twix the Kitten (Which I gracefully swiped from the Walmart Parking lot to replace my brother the day he left for the Army......)
• Barney the pig, who grew up in our house...
• A flock of 8 ducks, which taught me never to have ducks again
• Tracy and many other wonderful bottle sheep, again grew up in the house wearing diapers
• Peachy the cat who was really friendly til a little girl tried to pick him up by the tail, and he taught her a lesson
• Tiny, and Hannah the Border Collies, both of whom had very interesting lifes at our house.....
• Sir, the pony that was born on my birthday and then almost killed my brother my running over his head....( He now has a wonderful life with the Amish in Wisconsin.....

• when asked where the bees went, "Um I think to somewhere warm, like... Spring!"
• when discussing perfect Christmas gifts, "How about a Barbie Enchanted Castle, with no evil stepmothers."
• while playing Simon Says, "Simon Says touch your ..."
• "Mr. Chris is bastard a bad word?"
• Ms. Rachel, you have a sticker on your nipple..."

• Brian
• Vikki
• Ben
• Kaija
• Cora
• Elroy
• Phil
• Peggy
• Lyndsie
• Caitlyn
• Cherri
• Scott
• Jenny
• Jake
• Katie
• Kyle
• Bonnie
• Bill
• Wendi
• Larry
• Joseph