10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link up.

1. Listening to "old" music

2. Reading

3. Naps

4. Finding out that you can get fresh and frozen groceries via Drive-Up or Order Pickup on the Target app (It's about time!)

5. This video of John Lewis

6. Funny memes

7. Playing Mario Kart

8. Happy Mail

9. Blogging

10. Cookie Dough

What made you happy this week?

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10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link up.

1. Celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary

2. This prank video

3. Happy Mail from Everyday Explorers Co.

4. Kings & Queens by Ava Max (Danny Verde and Phil Romano Remix)

5. My Wanderlust AM + PM coffee mug and wine tumbler set from Swig Life

6. New books

7. Signing up for Illuminate by The Kindred Voice

8. Wearing my favorite Old Navy top for Summer (it's so lightweight and the colors are so pretty)

9. Organizing my craft space

10. My boys

What made you happy this week?

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10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link up.

1. Stranger Session (Heather & Baxter) by Cassie Bailey

2. Breaking Me by Topic feat. A7S

3. Supalonely by BENEE feat. Gus Dapperton

4. #PositivityPassport and #Positivitypassportchallenge on Instagram

5. Inspire by Bath and Body Works (The body wash smells amazing!)

6. Reading

7. Pizza

8. Lost in Space

9. Conversations with Mami

10. My boys

What made you happy this week?

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If You and I Had Coffee

If you and I had coffee...

We'd meet up at a coffee shop and take our drinks to go. We'd go for a walk since we're still social distancing and avoiding people. With all the Summer storms, it would be nice to go for a walk and take advantage of the clear skies and beautiful weather. Hopefully, a random storm doesn't appear and take us by surprise.

If you and I had coffee...

I'd ask how you've been and what your opinion is on schools reopening. We have to decide whether to send our boys to school for face-to-face learning or to keep them at home for virtual learning. This is such a tough decision to make. I'm so stressed out about deciding what to do.

If you and I had coffee...

I'd ask you what shows you are currently watching. I really want to watch Hamilton and am hoping to watch it this week. I've heard so many good things about it.

If you and I had coffee...

I'd ask you what you are currently reading? Is there a series that you recommend? Maybe an author? I've been on a romance novel kick, which is a bit strange because it's rare if I ever read a romance novel.

If you and I had coffee...

I'd tell you that I'm so ready for fall. I can't wait for cooler weather and, of course, Halloween. I'm ready for hot beverages, cozy blankets, and comfy clothes. Since we can't really travel anywhere or do any of our usual fun summer activities due to the pandemic, it's just a bit frustrating. Either way, I come alive during fall. I'm usually way more energized, and I tend to create a lot more during autumn.

What would you tell me?

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10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link up.

1. This post by @lacomidadejeremie

2. What I Wish We Discussed about Parenting Before Having Kids by Kate Rope

3. Instax Mini Photos

4. Buying an anniversary gift for John

5. Music

6. Working on a layout

7. Chocolate chip brownies

8. Bath & Body Works semi-annual sale

9. Victoria's Secret fragrance sale

10. Lightweight satin pajamas (perfect for Summer)

What made you happy this week?

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10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link up.

1. Celebrating Mami's birthday

2. Drumstick Ice Cream Cones

3. Air Conditioning

4. Random Thunderstorms

5. Getting stuff done ahead of time

6. Running errands

7. Working on my classes

8. Instagram (Especially my favorite art and memory keeping Instagrammers)

9. Working on some blog posts

10. Ice cold water

What made you happy this week?

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July Goals

Happy Wednesday! Can you believe that we are halfway through the year? Time is going by so fast! Last month was kind of a relaxed month for us. We celebrated Father's Day and had dinner at my mom's house. The boys got their haircuts. I even took Raphael to a new-to-us kids hair salon/barbershop. It rained a lot, but I loved it. There's just something about Summer thunderstorms.

This month, I'm looking forward to enjoying the summer. I want to check off so many things on my Summer bucket list. I'm also looking forward to catching up on some TV shows and watching a few movies. I'm excited to watch Hamilton on Disney+. We also have to come up with a decision on whether to let the boys go back to school for face-to-face instruction or opt for social distancing (remote) learning. I'm glad that the school district is giving parents those choices, but we need more information about what their plans are regarding resuming face-to-face learning.

Before I continue to ramble, let's recap on my goals for June and check out my new goals for July.

Recap of June Goals

• Read five books: I read so much! I've been on a romance novel kick (don't judge me). I've read a few books that made me laugh so hard. I also read a few that made me so mad, but I was so invested in the books that I had to know how they ended. Is that strange? They weren't necessarily bad...some of the characters were just terrible. I guess that's what I get for reading a couple of "dark romance" novels.

• Work in my journal: I'm happy to say that I did work in my journal. It may not have been as much as I'd like, but that's ok. 

• Publish personal pieces for the blog: This was a fail. I need to get it together. I keep putting off publishing so many pieces for the blog. 

• Work on Five Things e-course by Liz Lamoreux: I had so much fun working on this class. I haven't completed it, but it's been so much fun working on the prompts. I'm hoping to complete the course this month.

• Work on Studio Calico's Summer of Sketches 2020 class: This was a fail. I didn't work on a single sketch or make a layout. I haven't printed photos or ordered any prints, so I didn't work on any sketches. I think I may just wait a few more weeks so I can order a batch of photos to work on for the class.

• Work on Find Your Voice lessons: This is a pass! I read all the coursework and watched all the videos. I just have to work on the challenges. Find Your Voice was such a fun class. It inspired me to document some new things.

• Drink more water: I'm not even sure whether to call this a pass or a fail. I did drink more water, but not as much as I should have.

• Take more photographs: I'm very disappointed in myself that I didn't take a ton of photos. I didn't complete the photo challenge that I signed up for, but I plan to. 

July Goals

• Read five books

• Work in my journal

• Publish one personal piece for the blog

• Continue to work on my e-courses

• Drink more water

• Take more photographs

• Exercise 3 days a week

What are your goals for July?

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