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Thursday, December 31, 2020

Ode to 2020

 FAMILY DISNEY VACATION with Mike, Becki, Matt and Adrienne.  Coronavirus Outbreak.  Caesar Windsor Trip.  Rachel's First Speeding Ticket.  Valentine Geodes.  Penny Hockey Board.  Quarantine, Shut Down, and Toilet Paper Shortage.  Virtual Learning.  Jacob Quarantine Birthday.  Easter at Home.  Season of Pudding Shots.  Jim turned 40.  Repainted Living Room.  Permanent Camping Spot at Poplar's Resort.  New Patio Table.  New Gas Grill.  Neighborhood Ice Cream Birthday Party for Holly.  TWO New Blackstone Grills.  Summer of Hand and Foot Games.  Mask Mandate Began.  Gaga Ball Pit.  Kayaking with Tammy and Heather.  Cake Decorating 4-H Project.  Bree made the 7th Grade Volleyball Team.  New Fridge.  UP Birthday Trip.   Cuyahoga Trip with Heather.  Fall Travel Soccer.  Painted Shed.  Hocking Hills Trip with Becki, Mike, and Austin.  Cuyahoga Hiking with Mom Dominique.  Watched All 22 Marvel Movies in Order.  Holly Close Contact Quarantine.  20th Wedding Anniversary.  Halloween Donuts in the Front Yard.  13th Birthday at Blue Pacific.  Thanksgiving Lasagna.  Taking it to the Streets.  Rachel Tested Positive for Covid.  All Three Kids Quarantined.  Passed Out Turkey Dinners.  MIS Night Lites.  Quiet New Years Eve at Home.

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

2020 Book List

2020 Book List

1. Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris

*Follow up to The Tattooist of Auschwitz

2. Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

3. Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

4. Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

5. If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

6. Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

7. My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni

8. Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

9. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

10. Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

11. Run Away by Harlan Coben

12. Missing You by Harlan Coben

13. The Stranger by Harlan Coben


14. Holes by Louis Sachar

15. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

16. Shaken by Tim Tebow

17. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

18. Finding Ultra by Rich Roll


19. The Lake House by Kate Morton

20. The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede

21. The One by John Marrs

22.  Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

23. The Dutch House By Ann Patchett

24. The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

25. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

26. I'm thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

27. The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck

28. The Last Flight by Julie Clark

29. The Immortal Nicholas by Glenn Beck

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

A 20 year Tribute

"Here's to the ones that we got

Cheers to the wish you were here, but you're not

Cause the drinks bring back all the memories

Of everything we've been through

Toast to the ones here today

Toast to the ones that we lost on the way

'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories

And the memories bring back, memories bring back you."


From the first Nintendo purchased at a pawn store on our honeymoon


to the collection taking over our basement....


From the first road trip to Tennessee


to every road trip in-between...


From the very beginning


to this very moment...


I love you more than I can put into words.  I would not want one thing about the life we have created to be different.  If the first 20 years were this great, I cannot wait to see where our hope and dreams takes us on the next 20.

Happy Anniversary.

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