June is here!

Hello, everyone! 

June is here, and with it comes summer! For most places, that means warm, summer weather, but here it fluctuates between foggy and grey, and hot and sunny. I love that we get such variety all year long. 

I love the feeling in the beginning of summer: hope and joy and readiness for the feel of the sun on our backs.

It's like anything can happen during summer. 

This summer, I have so many plans and it is certain to fly by! I just hope that I can slow down and enjoy it for a moment or two. I'll post a summer bucket list (many of which will come from my 101 things in 1,001 days challenge) soon!

Enjoy your summer!
What are your plans for this season?

xoxo

101 in 1,001

Inspired by Mackenzie Horan's (of Design Darling) 101 things in 1,001 days, I have decided to make my own list! It's a lot to complete but I believe that I can do it! 

{1 complete, 100 to go!}

Start date: September 3, 2013

Finish: May 31, 2016

1. Think up 101 things to do  (Sept. 2013)
2. Finish the classes I need to become a preschool teacher
3. Read 100 books {0/100}
4. Get my bachelor's degree
5. Read 10 classic books {0/10}
6. Finish decorating my house
7. Go through my closet & sell/donate anything I don't wear
8. Make 10 meals using recipes from Pinterest
9. Buy fresh flowers every week for a month
10. Make 10 things off of Pinterest {0/10}
11. Invest in 3 beautiful coffee table books
12. Spend 2 months in Europe - mainly Italy, but I have so much I want to see!
13. Go apple picking
14. Plan & go on a girls' trip
15. Go for a sunrise walk on the beach
16. Go to a concert
17. Visit an art gallery
18. Ride on a sailboat
19. Go to a midnight movie premiere
20. Go hiking
21. Take a dance class
22. Go camping
23. Visit Hearst Castle
24. Go to an Aquarium
25. Drink 8 glasses of water every day for a month
26. Cook breakfast every day for a week
27. Lose 40 pounds {0/40}
28. Invest in a great handbag
29. Find a signature scent
30. Redesign my blog
31. Find my signature drink
32. Go to Disneyland again
33. Get a haircut, not just a trim
34. Try a new hair color
35. Send 30 handwritten cards/letters/notes {2/30}
36. Turn my grandparents' recipes into a book
37. Find out my blood type
38. Have a picnic
39. Throw a surprise party for a friend
40. Write a novel
41. Spend two weeks with my little cousins
42. Host a dinner party
43. Visit 10 new cities {0/10}
44. Walk on the beach every day for a month
45. Learn how to use an espresso machine
46. Send out holiday cards
47. Buy a cruiser bike
48. Set and stick to a budget
49. Post an “outfit of the day” every day for a month
50. Try five new foods
51. Send someone flowers “just because”
52. Kiss in the rain
53. Host a theme party
54. Purchase a Lilly Pulitzer item
55. Go to the snow
56. Have a Girls' Night In/old-school-slumber-party
57. Learn another language
58. Get a second tattoo
59. Learn how to do calligraphy
60. Visit the air museum where my dad used to be a docent
61. Spend a weekend completely #unplugged
62. Buy a new -to me, anyway- car
63. Knit a blanket
64. Get dressed up and go somewhere fancy for New Year's Eve
65. Run the Disneyland ½ Marathon
66. Get my own Christmas tree
67. Spend a whole month without buying clothes/shoes/etc.
68. Learn how to do a sock bun
69. Go to San Diego
70. Purchase coffee for a stranger
71. Make my bed every morning for a week
72. Plan a surprise date night
73. Go wine tasting
74. Plant an herb garden
75. Get a gold monogrammed necklace
76. Start a retirement fund
77. Go to Harry Potter World
78. Keep a one-line-a-day journal
79. Create a “Where I've Been/Where I'm Going” map
80. Make bread from scratch
81. Go to a haunted house
82. No soda for a month
83. Make sushi at home
84. Get a new stamp on my passport
85. Go to a football game
86. Get personalized stationary
87. Watch a movie in theatres by myself
88. organize my iTunes
89. Have a girls' night out
90. Buy something on Etsy
91. Have a board game night with friends
92. Design & have my very own business cards
93. Give my mom a gift she'll really love
94. Get a library card in my new town
95. Visit a psychic/have my palm read
96. Style my hair nicely every day for a week
97. Complete a photo-a-day challenge on Instagram
98. Write a letter to my 25-year-old self
99. Watch a play
100. Find my perfect lipstick shades in: red, coral, pink, and burgundy
101. Put $10 into savings for each goal accomplished {0/101}
     You can keep track of what I have completed here!
     
     
     xoxo