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As summer draws to a close, I’ve caught myself daydreaming about lazy days on the beach, soaking up every last ounce of sunshine, avoiding goodbyes…
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Fall, which we all know I love so dearly, is always a bittersweet welcome. Knowing that right behind it is a long cold winter, makes summer feel far too fleeting. It makes you want to capture it in a jar and so you can pull it out in the middle of January.
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How do you feel about the end of the summer? Are you excited to see it go? Already counting the days until it comes back? I think I’m a little bit of both right now.
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Sigh… I went missing again this week didn’t I? This summer is completely passing me by. I have never wanted summer to end so badly in my life. I have this idea in my head that Fall will be oh-so-much better, easier, less busier, but in reality, it may actually be more stressful than this summer. Instead of focusing on the not-so-good, a few good things from this week…
a visit and bocce game with dear friends we don’t see nearly enough
air-conditioning for these hot days of summer
registering for a week long training in Chicago (ok training not so fun. Chicago, very fun)
the prospect of a day a the pool
the opening of a brand new target in my neighborhood
Ok, that is a weak-sauce merriness list, but hey, it’s something! Hope you all have a good weekend! Any fun plans?
June felt like it lasted forever but now that you are here, July, I can’t believe its already the dog days of summer. I’m starting you off with a bit of a slow pace after rolling off of two vacation weekends and my goal is to not let you just wash away with my laziness!
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I think my beach days are over for the summer {sigh… to have the beach in my backyard again} but I hope to get a few more days of sunshine out of you July. I’d also like to cross berry picking off of my summer bucket list sometime this month. I did get a notice that berries are in!
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July, I think the best part about you is hands-down the barbeques. I have been lucky enough to have already enjoyed a couple in the first few days of the month, but I’m praying there are more.
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One thing I know for certain is that you, July, are super busy. By the end of the month, I will have attended two weddings and a reception barbeque, hopefully made serious progress in my 5k training, taken an exam, met up with Brandi, finished a rotation at work, and celebrated too many birthdays and anniversaries to count. I must remember to still take the time to sit back and soak it all in.
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I’m ready to get it all started… even if I am a few days late.
Well friends, I am officially off to Bermuda for the rest of the week! I am so excited to lay on the beach with my family, soak up the sun and have fruity drinks delivered to my chair… Now that it is officially summer, I decided to make a bucket list of everything I would like to do. My summer weekends fill up so quickly with trips here, visits there, weddings everywhere… hopefully writing down a list will help me to get some good, quality summertime in every so often.
go berry picking
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spend an entire day in the sun
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read two books on my list
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accomplish one of my big goals
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eat dinner on the fire escape porch
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go on a long bike ride
{preferably with a picnic involved}
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What’s on your bucket list this year?
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Summer Solstice! Can you believe it? 2011 is just flying by… I’ve noticed this past spring, I haven’t been all too excited about summer. I’m not entirely sure of my reason, but I think it has something to do with the constant coming and going and the lack of the essential three month summer vacation that being in school always promised. However, I do love to dream about future summers… particularly of summers spent at a lake house in the Catskills or in western North Carolina. It doesn’t have to be a very big house… but an old wooden one would be perfect. I’d fill it with vintage furniture and accents {like the oars above}, have the doors constantly open during the day, and it would always smell like summer inside.
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There would be the softest cotton sheets on every bed, kids would share rooms willingly and there would be minimal electronics {I would say no TV, but I love curling up to an old movie on rainy summer nights.} The place would be filled with old books {hopefully many of them filled with maps and children’s stories}, board games and dried flowers.
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There will be lots of blue, lots of linen, and lots of sunwashed whites. Doesn’t it sound like a wonderful place to spend the summer? I’m sure that one day it will be.
Update: If you came here looking for something you pinned, I apologize that the photos have been removed. I’ve tried to update the links above to show the original photos.
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