Stop and smell... whatever you really want to

 No longer will I be trapped inside because of the painfully hot weather. But instead, I will go out, enjoy my summer, and find adventure (as long as my ceiling fan and air conditioning work at the end of the day). I will bike, hike, and go on evening walks. I will go to the beach, gardens, and even to the zoo. I will drive around in a car with no air conditioning and meet up with friends in the great outdoors.

My most recent excursion was to my obligatory summer trip to my favorite garden, the Sculpture Garden. And despite the heat and sun, I enjoyed my day.

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 It's been a while. But summer is here, and that means there is time to blog. I have a list of things I plan to do this summer (literally a list, and I'll share it soon), and I'm getting excited. The first step is to get my room in order (I have only unpacked maybe a fourth of my stuff). After that I'll fill you all in on my summer plans, and some very exciting news.

But I'll leave you with some of my nicer outfits from this school year.

It's all about the follow through

It's the last day of our little challenge. I learned I don't like to have limited or no say in what I"m wearing, and that I put more thought into outfits than others do. It's not just suspenders with a shirt, it's which shade brown suspenders with what color shirt. I like that, not enough to make a job, but I like it.




This was my jewelry for today. Guy made them from his sea glass, and they look really great.
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Keep on truckin

One more day to go in the challenge, and not a day too soon. I think it's safe to say that we are all ready to be done. Bean said she was excited to "wear just a t-shirt and jeans." I'll be happy to pick out my own clothing too. I love the part of my morning that I pick out my clothes, it's energizing and focusing, and it's a part of my day that's just about me.
Today Guy and I went to the art market our town has down by the river every Saturday. We were looking at a lot of the things down there and thought "we could do that." Guy has been wrapping sea glass that he got over the 4th and they look really nice (pictures will be posted soon with his permission), and I've been doing my own crafty thing. We thought it may be as bit too late in the summer to start selling now, but it is now our gaol to start selling our hand made things. I'll keep you all informed as we make steps toward that goal.





Later I had a formal birthday party to attend, so I rocked the floral dress.
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I’m the one that’s super fine, I have the t-shirt that say so.

I hosted a spa day for the girls in the middle school bible study I run. They came over, we did our nails and hair dressed up and went to dinner.

This is what I wore.

The bean is becoming quite the little lady.

Maybe even a possible future style blogger?

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Star spangled spectacular

I'm home, tired, but home. Four days from home feels like a lot, and the swimming with the sun with the family can leave a body longing for a familiar bed.

The night before we all got home, our youngest cat got out. He was out all night and just got back an hour ago, he has got a few war wounds and is covered with sap. You can't wash it off and he has given up licking it off, so now one of the older sisters is stuck slowly brushing it off. Thankfully the younger cat likes being brushed more than the older one, and the younger one seems OK with it all.

Anyway, here is my 4th of July outfit, red, white, blue and all.

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get er done

I have been working (kind of) hard on my summer to-do list.
Here is what I've finished so far:
Make Pad Thai
Which means I can also cross off Make a Thai Meal (yes I doubled up)
Go to DQ
Go Out for Bagels
Make Headbands
Make an Apron
Start Yoga
Go through ThreadbangerRead up on Blogs
Make Smores
Go Through Things in my Room
Movies I've watched with mentioning:
Salt
Reality Bites
Tortilla Soup
The Madoff Affair
Who is Harry Nilsson
Without the King
Africa's Blood Diamonds
Food Inc.
Beef
Eat, Pray, Love
And my top thus far The King's Speech

I have been on a headband making binge, and that post will come shortly.
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Summer Lovin'

I've just gotten back from the summer orientation and class registration for my first semester of freshmen year at my new college. The idea of leaving home now does not feel doable, I mean I just got home. But I'm sure I'll be ready to leave soon enough.

Here are some pictures of my recent summer activities.

I've done some sewing, and those pictures will do coming shortly.

Catch you on the flip side.