• High Museum of Art
• Metropolitian Museum of Art in NY
• National Gallery of Art
• Phillips Museum
• Corcoran Museum
• National Space and Air Museum
• Hirhshorn Museum
• Schiele Museum
• Mint Museum
• Spy Museum
• Newseum
• National Portrait Museum
• American History Museum
• Ford Theatre/Lincoln Museum
• Museum of American Indians
• Sackler and Freer Museum
• Natural History Museum

• move out of the way if the golf carts because the will not move for you
• when it rains don't step on the painted cross walks otherwise you will bust you butt
• laundry laundry laundry

• Stamps
• Garfield
• Dog tags (not from soldiers but dogs)
• Anything Madonna
• Anything Belinda Carlisle
• Anything Tori Amos
• Genealogy

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• Patsy Cline
• Karen Carpenter

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• Zoey being gone for 2 months
• Going to hear Shannon Angel sing
• Work (can't i ever stay caught up)

• $1200 bill for termite protection
• $5300 bill for termite repair
• $600 bill for new well pump
• $600 bill for house painting
• $1070 bill for heating/cooling system repair
• $400 bill for new dishwasher
• Constant Worry: Priceless

• Do You Feel Like I Feel by Belinda Carlisle
• Come Up and See Me (and Make Me Smile) by Erasure
• Go West by Pet Shop Boys
• Beautiful by Darren Hayes
• Ray of Light by Madonna
• Light of a Clear Blue Morning by Dolly Parton
• Proud by Heather Small
• Shining Light by Annie Lennox
• Run for Life by Melissa Etheridge

• Made a 184 out of 200 on ISLLC (licensure) exam
• Graduating from UNCC
• Completing Canine Good Citizen test with Zoey
• Making all A's in graduate school
• Making good score on MAT
• Getting 3 tattoos and one piercing
• Seeing Madonna in concert 5 times
• Winning Triangle Tickets to see Madonna
• Getting through 8 years of George Bush
• Getting Belinda Carlisle's attention during a concert
• Starting graduate school
• Learning to groom my miniature schnauzers
• Graduating with my Masters Degree
• Adding special education to my teaching license
• Passing the ISLLC exam
• Employee of the Quarter at CMC-Randolph 2...

• Rain
• Distant crickets
• Wind rustling fall leaves
• Ocean waves
• Baby laughing
• Anything Madonna utters
• Anything Belinda Carlisle utters
• Fan blowing
• My white noise machine

• Attended safety meeting
• Assisted in tying a kid to a restraint bed because he was out of control and trying to hurt himself
• Schedule classes for employees for the next year
• Painted Christmas ornaments with students
• Completed notes for medical chart
• Problem solved several issues
• Gathered information involving an "claim" by patient
• Talked a kid out of a bad mood
• Joked around with a kid until he laughed

• chip
• trip
• dip
• veggies
• "It is what it is."
• "My bad!"
• "George Bush won the election."
• "This will just hurt a little" or "This won't hurt at all."
• "Whatever"
• burger

more to come!

• Sun-Drop
• Sierra Mist
• Sierra Mist with Cranberry (freaking great)
• Fountain Coke
• Appletini
• Sprite
• Sweet Tea with lots of sugar
• Cherry Lemon Sundrop
• Ice cold cup of water
• Mai Tai

• American Miniature Schnauzer Club
• Sigma Chi Alpha
• Madonna Fan Club
• UNC Charlotte Student Media Alumni Group
• South Carolina Educators Association
• Hearing Loss Association of American

• Starting new position at work.
• Helping my grandmother get cable installed
• Seeing Armistead Maupin (author of Tales of the City novels) at Novello Festival
• Discovering I had already logged 207.5 hours for my internship.
• The beginnings of a cold

• "Into The West" by Annie Lennox
• "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" by Dolly Parton
• "Nothing Fails" by Madonna
• "Unlovable" by Darren Hayes
• "Cold Summer's Day (Fingers and Thumbs)" by Erasure
• "Has to Be" by Madonna
• "Precious Things" by Tori Amos
• "Proud" by Heather Small
• "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" by Erasure
• "Love's Divine" by Seal
• "Fireflies" by Owl City

• Moe's Southwestern Grill
• Lupie's Cafe
• Red Thai Curry Chicken at Little Asia
• Shrimp Boat
• Georgio's

• Kate Bush
• Reba McEntire
• Wynonna Judd
• Statler Brothers
• Charlie Daniels
• Oak Ridge Boys

• Watching 3 hours of True Blood
• Watching a kid fall on the floor having a tantrum and then me doing the exact same thing to show him how silly he looked.
• Going to my first principal's meeting
• Taking Zoey for a walk.
• Email after email after email from Kristin : )
• Not being appreciated
• Seeing Peter Pan the play with my niece and her expressions
• Giving my niece a Tinkerbell necklace
• Friday finally arriving
• Being able to fill up with gas

• Raspberry Margaritas
• Banging on the table and clapping with 16 month old Robbie.
• All you can eat crab legs.
• Relaxing at the ocean
• Watching Robbie explore everything
• Watching Leeann's independence.
• Taking 500 pictures at the Beach
• Fossil store
• Spending time with my sisters (Robin and Susan)

• Kate and Ed Mathison (great grand parents)
• Shelby McCuen (mother)
• Ralph McCuen (grandfather)
• Elizabeth Stephens (grandmother)
• Leeanna and Truman Stephens (great grandparents)
• Zoey Lourdes McCuen (my precious dog)
• Sophie Maria McCuen Crouse (our precious dog)
• Brodie (killed by neighbors dog)
• Rose Ginger Estep

• my temper
• phone numbers at work
• copies of lessons
• patience
• sleep

• Told me to ask my sister to watch the dogs when I went to the beach, all the while knowing that I was going to the beach with her.
• Referred to his entire family as boogerheads (i.e "Don't forgot the boogerheads are coming to visit tomorrow."
• We were in Showmars getting dinner. He walked away over to this cooler. He walked back and looked at me and said "There's pie in that cabinet."
• Ordering a hawaiian blizzard and fantail shrimp at Dairy Queen in spite of 4 days worth of stomachaches.

• Zoey ripping Scott's pants and him refusing to interact with her
• Zoey dropping her bone in the water bowl so it would soften up.
• Zoey curling up in bed under the covers with me.
• Brodie getting jealous and wanting all the attention.
• Sophie quietly grunting when she wants something
• Zoey wanting to be bounced on the couch on her back.
• Zoey barking at the name "Itty Bitty."
• Zoey earning her Canine Good Citizen certificate.
• Raleigh's first day at home.

• listography.com
• Madonna's Hard Candy
• Bodies Without Organ's Greatest Hits
• Cinnamon Bun Ice Cream by Ben & Jerry's
• Trip to Washington, D.C.
• Weeds (tv show)
• Dexter (tv show)
• True Blood (series and the books)
• The United States of Tara
• Twilight Books
• Kindle by Amazon

• This one person I work with (not anymore)
• People rigid to the rules
• People that will not put forth effort
• Lack of communication within a school system
• Idiots
• Ungrateful clients
• Being attacked (really)
• People chewing gum
• Not doing what they say they will do

• North Carolina
• Virginia
• Washington, DC (count as a state?)
• Maryland
• South Carolina
• Georgia
• Florida
• Alabama
• West Virginia

• Dexter
• The Big Bang Theory
• How I Met Your Mother (not anymore)
• Heroes (cancelled)
• Weeds
• True Blood
• The Margaret Cho Show
• House, M.D. (not anymore)
• Grey's Anatomy (not anymore)
• American Idol (not anymore)
• The United States of Tara (cancelled)
• Nurse Jackie
• Veep
• The Big C
• Shameless
• Breaking Bad
• Downton Abbey
• House of Cards
• The Leftovers
• American Horror Story. All seasons
• The Real O'Neals

• miniature schnauzers
• airdales
• welsh terriers
• irish terriers
• west highland terriers
• yorkshire terriers
• giant schnauzers
• irish wolfhound

• Rudi Schmoll
• John Stone
• James Young
• Jamie Peacock
• Phil Robbins
• Scott Crouse
• Frank Liselli
• Mitch Lassiter

• biting my nails
• picking at sores
• not resting
• cursing (is that bad)

• a 6 year old yelling "No" at me and me yelling "Yes" back.
• Having fondue at home
• a 6 year old telling me "I'm not doing that spelling test."
• A cinnamon crunch bagel with hazelnut cream cheese from Panera bread.
• Getting ABC's greatest hits
• Getting my Listography book in the mail
• Having labor day off work
• A lazy Saturday where I didn't take a shower til 4:30pm

• Madonna
• Belinda Carlisle
• Tori Amos
• Annie Lennox
• Kate Bush
• Cher
• Deborah Gibson

• Snow
• baking
• cancelled school

• Bill Clinton. Shook his hand while he was campaigning.
• Barrack Obama. Saw him disembarking from a plane.
• Jimmy Carter at a journalism conference in 1988 or 1989.

• First kiss: Kelly (male)
• First concert: Debbie Gibson
• First roommate in college: Rudi Schmoll
• First job: dishwasher at Queen's Seafood
• First Niece: Leeann Jacobs
• First Nephew: Robbie Jacobs
• First car: White Ford Escort

• Candyman
• Blair Witch Project
• The Ring
• Friday 13th
• Amityville Horror

• I'm left-handed
• I wear hearing aids
• I have misphonia

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• how to wash clothes
• how enjoyable life could be
• I'm wasn't alone
• how to dance
• how to make strawberry daiquiris
• that snow skiing scares the hell out me
• that you can bite the head off of peeps and stick the bodies on the wall
• studying with friends doesn't always equal studying
• studying and taking shots at the same time doesn't equal studying.
• that theatre is fun
• college was an incredible period of my life
• you don't have to drink to have an incredibly excellent time
• there is a whole world out there.

• Washington, DC (April 2009)
• Washington, DC (March 2008)
• New York City (March 2008)
• Washington, DC (July 2008)
• Washington, DC (May 2005)
• Washington, DC (March 2007)
• Key West, Florida (July 1993)
• Atlanta, Georgia (November 2008)
• Atlanta, Georgia (May 2009)
• Daytona, Fl
• Fort Lauderdale, Fl
• Myrtle Beach, SC numerous times
• Asheville, NC (July 2014)
• Asheville, NC. (July 2015 marriage
• Myrtle Beach Oct 2015

• Tried to return money that was accidently given to me.
• Was forced out of my comfort zone at work.
• Did an excellent job keeping a kid safe at work.
• Took dinner to my grandmother.
• Wished a friend a happy birthday.
• Wished my niece a happy 5th birthday.
• Finished reading Twilight
• Learned new stuff at work.

• Bought cap and gown for graduation
• Bought graduation announcements
• Went to work on a snow day
• Worked on my portfolio for graduate school
• Logged hours for my internship
• Dealt with a student touching a girl's breast
• Dealt with a student that pee's on the floor when mad
• Called all my employees and told them to enjoy the snow day off from work.
• Listened to Erasure album: Light at the End of the World
• Listened to Lady Gaga's album The Fame
• Helped my students read
• Gave spelling words and test to kids.
• Worked on work schedule
• Overslept
• Forgot to eat lunch one day.

• sundrops
• mt dew (diet)
• breakfast bars
• bottled water
• ground beef
• paper towels
• bag salad
• dog food
• frozen meals
• can vegetables
• chicken
• bread

• ✔ Taking a $480 licensing exam in January. Passed with 184 out of 200.
• ✔ Taking a comprehensive exam in April
• ✔ Finishing up my internship in April/May
• ✔ Graduating from Graduate School in May. I did it!!
• ✔ Acclimating to my new job promotion
• ✔ Getting ready for Christmas
• ✔ Completing "Reflective Questions."
• ✔ Completing "Reflections."
• ✔ Completing a powerpoint presentation.
• ✔ Completing portfolio for class

• ✔ creating a PBLA (problem-based learning activity) for my internship.
• ✔ logging hours for my internship
• ✔ starting a new position at work and meeting all of its demands
• ✔ doing some research for my PBLA
• ✔ finishing this master's in May 2009
• ✔ two reports that are due at work on Friday (Oct 24)
• ✔ Dealing with a new hire
• ✔ Studying for a licensing exam in Jan. 2008

• Wake up late
• Read newspaper
• Drink Sun-drop
• Clip coupons
• Look at sales papers
• Cook dinner using a new recipe
• Watch True Blood

• Lee Pace
• Jake Gyllenhall
• Lily Taylor
• Tilda Swinton
• Jodie Foster
• Keanu Reeves
• Justin Kirk

• Jackass (One or Two)
• Who's That Girl?
• Bubble Boy
• Harry and the Hendersons
• Goonies

• New Season of Dexter!!!
• Looking for gas!
• Meeting with my professor
• Going to work early every day

• My accepting friends (present and past)
• My education
• Most all my past experiences cause they have lead me to here
• My common sense (when it works)
• My love of music
• My job stability
• My grandmother
• My nieces and nephew
• Kristin
• Scott
• My sisters
• My dogs

• Cool temperature
• Nice light steady rain
• Big steaming bowl of salmon stew
• House clean and chores accomplished
• No work the next day
• Access to a computer and internet
• All takes place in a condo in D.C.

• bubble gum, chewing gum
• bitchy people
• my father
• people with attitudes
• snakes
• ghosts
• people clipping their nails

• My Girl
• Beaches
• Final Episode of 6 Feet Under
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

• Ms. Parsons
• Ms. Higby
• Dr. Ratchford
• Ms. Auten
• Ms. Baxter
• Dr. Stowe
• Dr. Amante : (

• First CD: Madonna: Like A Prayer
• First kiss: Kelly
• First college room mate: Rudi
• First car: Ford Escort
• First pet (as an adult): Zoey
• First Job: Dishwasher
• First airplane ride: Clt to ATL to DC

• snakes
• rats
• mice
• hamsters
• gerbils
• warthogs
• komodo dragons
• girls from the ages of 12-17
• lizards

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• www.wachovia.com
• www.iconmadonna.com
• www.myspace.com
• www.listography.com
• www.facebook.com
• www.yahoo.com

• tattoo on left calf
• blue and black tattoo on left shoulder blade
• Half sleeve tattoo on left arm and goes over to left pec
• light birthmark on top of right hand
• light birthmark on left wrist
• ashy elbows (lol)

• Biting the heads of peeps and hanging them on the walls
• Searching Charlotte for a slurpee
• Pterodactyl Club
• MTV
• The Landmark Diner
• MaryJane (the ghost not the drug)
• Prank phone calls
• Friends I made
• Screwdrivers (the drink not the tool)
• Skipping class because it was raining
• Re-enacting Madonna's Like A Prayer video (yes you read that correctly)
• Opening up the "windy" (window) and watching a movie and wrapping up in blankets.

• saltines, peanut butter (Jiff) and Sun-drop
• Bowl of ice cream
• creme horns

• "I've climbed the tree of life and that is why I'm no longer scared if I fall." Nothing Fails-Madonna
• "and Moses I know,I know you've seen fire, but you've never seen fire until you've seen Pele blow." Caught A Light Sneeze-Tori Amos
• "I let a stranger love me. I gave away my pride. I bit my lips, so I could block my mind. I´ve called your name to others, Just like a spinal chord Severed and broken but the spark still tries." Void-Darren Hayes
• "Turning pages over, Run away to nowhere and it´s hard to take control when your enemy´s old and afraid of you. You´ll discover that the monster you were running from is the monster in you." Darkness-Darren Hayes
• "He can draw a hot bath. He can plug a toaster in and wait til' Daddy's nice and w...

• Who's That Girl?
• Weird Science
• April Fool's Day
• The Never-ending Story
• Star Wars-The Force Awakens

• Darren Hayes
• Tommy Page
• Pet Shop Boys
• Erasure
• Patrick Wolf
• Casey Stratton

• Bus
• Train
• Boat
• Plane
• Taxi

• A vast period of personal growth.
• My 20s started in college which was the most magical part of my life
• My 20s ended June 3 and my mother died on June 23rd

• Madonna
• Cyndi Lauper
• Kristin Kennedy
• Tori Amos

• snow skiing (wonder I didn't break my legs)
• organized several family reunions

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• Got a new puppy named Raleigh. He was born 2/7/2012. He is a black and silver miniature schnauzer.
• Brodie had 100+ bladder stones and surgery cost $1200.
• Saw William Shatner in a one man show.
• Planned and held 2nd annual Byers' Family Reunion in Hayesville, NC
• Drove to Marietta, GA by myself to pick up Raleigh.
• We drove to Washington, DC, stayed in Alexandria, VA.
• Considering a life changing decision.

• Creating a powerpoint presentation about timeouts for work
• First week of changes at work.
• Brodie getting sick and vomitting
• Seeing Mamma Mia the musical
• Going with Kelly to see Harry Potter (#6)
• Eating at Big Daddy's Burger Bar and Grill
• Eating at The Pita Pit
• Payday
• Going to a safety meeting at work
• Starting a recycling program at work
• Talking with James Duke Mason via Facebook
• The release of Madonna's new single "Celebration."

• I'm always in awe when I look one way and see the Capitol and turn around and see the Washington monument.
• DuPont Circle
• Metro Rail System
• Booeymongers
• National Gallery of Art
• National Mall
• Minimal responsibilities
• Embassy Suites
• Hirshorn Gallery
• Gelato Bar at National Gallery of Art

• go whitewater rafting
• go into a haunted house (real or fake)
• have a manicure
• jump out of a plane willingly
• have a pet snake
• go searching for a ghost
• go trick or treating in the rain (again)

• Bought cap and gown for graduation
• Bought graduation announcements
• Went to work on a snow day (at 6am)
• Worked on my portfolio for graduate school
• Logged hours for my internship
• Dealt with a student touching a girl's breast
• Dealt with a student that pee's on the floor when mad
• Called all my employees and told them to enjoy the snow day off from work.
• Listened to Erasure album: Light at the End of the World
• Listened to Lady Gaga's album The Fame
• Helped my students read
• Gave spelling words and test to kids.
• Worked on work schedule
• Overslept
• Forgot to eat lunch one day.
• Made a passing score (184 out of 200) on ...

• Introduction to Theatre
• The Brontes
• School Law
• English 1102
• Secondary Students
• Wow I just realized I didn't care for most of my classes

• Spoke to Tom Wopat
• Took a college class with the sister of Andie McDowell
• Saw Jane Seymour in art gallery
• Saw Carrot Top in club
• Belinda Carlisle acknowledged me in a concert
• Met Tony Villanueva (Madonna's dresser)
• Met Armistead Maupin at book signing
• Met David Sedaris at book signing
• Met Rufus Wainwright after a concert
• Met Sandra Bernhard
• Met Guy Oseary (Madonna's manager)
• Met Monte Pittman (Madonna's guitar player)
• Stood next to Carol Channing
• Euan Morton
• Alan Cumming
• Debbie Gibson (meet and greet after concert)
• Tiffany

• Going to Atlanta on Sunday the 23rd
• Visiting the High Museum of Art
• Riding the MARTA
• Visiting the Georgia Aquarium
• Seeing Madonna's Sticky and Sweet Tour at Philip's Arena
• Staying at the Embassy Suites at Centennial Park
• Driving and surviving the ride to Atlanta

• 2008 Presidential Election
• Buying two suits (I'm slowing turning into an adult)
• Getting Sophie a haircut
• Planning on seeing The Secret Life of Bees with Kristin
• First African American President Elected (Barack Obama)
• Getting a few days to myself at home
• Dinner with my grandmother
• Watching True Blood on HBO
• Watching Dexter on Showtime

• I helped lots of kids.
• Loved Music and Madonna
• Worked hard
• Tried to be the best person I could
• Had a few friends but they were good friends
• That I made a small difference

Damn this is bumming me out!!!

• Raise
• Promotion
• Visiting my grandmother
• Babysitting my nephew and feeding him dinner
• Emails to and from Kristin
• Feeling overwhelmed with my new job responsibilites
• Playing with my three miniature schnuazers
• Watching Pushing Daisies
• Watching True Blood
• Watching Dexter
• Mailing in my absentee ballot
• Registering for a $480 school administration exam

• Orion
• Primordial
• Juxtapose

• Birthday Cake
• Cookie Dough
• Cake Batter
• Pecan Praline

• Like A Prayer by Madonna
• This Delicate Thing We've Made by Darren Hayes
• Runaway Horses by Belinda Carlisle
• The Innocents by Erasure
• God Bless the Go-Go's by The Go-Go's
• Live Your Life Be Free by Belinda Carlisle
• Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos
• Nightbird by Erasure

• Madonna
• Belinda Carlisle
• Darren Hayes
• Sun-drop
• Zoey laying with me.
• Time with friends
• Trips planned
• Money to spend
• Vacation time at the beach
• Trips to Washington, DC

• wack
• cool beans
• cool
• bad
• hello suckers
• bonkers

• Momma Leone
• Peacock!!!!

• U2:Rattle and Hum
• Madonna: Truth or Dare
• Madonna: I'm going to tell you a secret
• Darren Hayes: The Time Machine Tour
• Erasure: Phantasmagoria

• Walking towards a child with an assignment in my hand and the child screaming "No" and throwing himself on the floor. Then sending him to the quiet room where he tried to hit me and then spit all over the room.
• Losing a can of chicken and nearly losing my mind over it.
• That fresh cinnamon crunch bagel with hazelnut cream cheese from Panera.
• Answering the phone and saying "It is about time you called back" thinking it was a friend (Kristin) and it was really my grandmother.
• Apple releasing the new nanos.
• Getting a new pillow that supports my neck.
• Logging hours for my internship.
• Having a 7 year old look at me and call me an a-s-s. Yes he spelled it out.

• August Rush
• The Brave One
• Iron Man
• The Dark Knight
• Juno
• C.R.A.Z.Y.
• Untraceable
• Three-Day Weekend
• Zodiac
• This Delicate Film We've Made
• Atonement
• History Boys
• Grey Gardens
• License to Wed
• Love! Valour! Compassion
• Arizona Sky
• Die Mommie Die
• The Lovely Bones
• Avatar
• The Mulligans
• catfish

• asking me for money on the streets
• chewing gum
• walking so damn slow in the grocery store
• having their 5th, 6th and 7th children by the age of 28
• getting dogs and not taking care of them
• Being stupid
• Letting others do everything for them
• Not taking responsibility

• Pay off bills
• Invest it so I could live off it.
• Take one really cool trip (England maybe)
• Do some home repairs/improvements
• Help out the schnauzer rescue
• Give some to friends
• Have a big party

• Michael Jackson's Thriller
• Madonna's Like a Virgin
• Oak Ridge Boys

• A guy on a motorcycle going down the road with a tire around his waist.
• A guy pulling an ATV behind his truck with a dead deer laying on top of the ATV with a bag of ice on the deer.
• A 12 year old kid writing a name of a gang on a quiet room wall in his own blood.

• fighting over who is nicer
• arguing over who will die first
• who is crazier
• russian boyfriend

• New York City's skyline
• The crashing waves of the ocean
• Sitting on a pier watching the sun go down in Key West
• Autumn Rain
• Freshly fallen snow