I like you, summer.

pictures via pinterest 

I'm excited there is still TWO whole months of summer left for me to enjoy.

In those two months I plan on surfing, shooting guns with my dad, running in the color run, camping, mexico, wedding things, and lots and lots and lots of naps. 

xo!  

Better late than never daddy's day.

Dear dad,

I'm glad you are MY dad.

Thank you for supporting our family, loving us unconditionally, for being such an awesome example of how a husband should love his wife and children and even others around him, for always asking if anyone needs anything at the store, teaching me how to laugh and joke, for filling our home with music, and loving cats like I do.

I love you so much! 

XO.

Wednesday happy list.

 here are 15 little things that make me terribly happy..

1. When Siren wakes me up in the morning with her little nose on my face.

2. Black coffee in my anthropologie mug.

3. When someone besides me laughs at my jokes.

4. When my hair actually stays where I want it to.

5. Beating a high score that didn't belong to me.

6. Wake boarding.

7. Reading an intense part of a book.

8. Wedding boards on pinterest.

9. Driving back into the Salinas fog after being out of town. (I actually might be the only one in the world who enjoys this.)

10. Beach bonfires.

11. Getting into bed with clean sheets.

12. Finally finding a parking spot after a long quest in a full lot..

13. Being able to breathe through my nose after having a cold.

14. Hanging up new clothes in my closet.

15. Getting in a line just before it gets long. 

xo lovelys

oh..

this has been my life for the last few weeks...and i love it. thank you, summer!

A summer bucket list of 10.

Tomorrow it will be exactly one week since I have been on summer vacation...and pathetically enough I'm bored already. 

During the school months, I devote my time to working hard on homework, and submerging myself into being the best student I can be.

I decided I needed to give myself a list...

A mini summer bucket list! 

 1. Learn how to surf.

2. UNPLUG myself and read!

3. Let my hair dry naturally 6 out of 7 days a week. Oh, holy curls..

4. Sleep under the stars.

5. Organize and GET RID OF junk in my room.

6. Use my Polaroid film...oh and buy a scanner.

7. Not cut my hair short, and keep it blonde.

8. Run lots, and do lots of P90X yoga.

9. Get UN-addicted to caffeine.

10. Remember to wear sunscreen...

xo

Summer happy list.

15 things that make me terribly happy?

1. The beach.

2. Wearing shorts.

3. Eating ribs.

4. Walking around Anthropologie and J crew, touching and looking at incredible clothes that I unfortunately cannot afford! 

5. Quick downloads.

6. Crawling back into a warm bed.

7. Snuggling with Siren.

8. A hot shower after a long run. 

9. Shaving with a new razor.

10. Crisp dollar bills.

11. The way hair looks underwater.

12. Washing my face and brushing my teeth at night.

13. Finding a parking spot.

14. Hearing someone smile over the phone.

15. When the vending machine FINALLY accepts your dollar!

Basically..

By 10:00 A.M. tomorrow, I will have survived my first year of college. 

Um, halle-freaking-lujah.  

At the moment, I am so ready for...

Sleeping in, no agendas, bare feet, getting tan, lazy days, adventures, staying up all night, running while it's hot, long trips, short trips, kitty snuggles, smoothies, sun bleached hair, water fights, lake days, camping, weddings, swimming, wake boarding, skim boarding, bikinis, taking as many naps as I want, learning to surf, crazy curly air-dried hair, fireworks...and everything else attached to the word summer. 

It feels like i've been crying for about two hours...oh wait!

Today has been a sad sad sad day.

Long story short, Yurtle got a new home.

He had been getting FAR too big for his tank, and I had no room to put a bigger one.

He wasn't eating much, and I could tell he was lonely. 

On the way to take him to the pet store, I was totally fine..and I was fine when the nice man put him in his new tank with his new buds, and I was fine walking out of the store and when I said "Have a nice day."

But I was not fine in my car.

I had no idea, and didn't expect it at all...but burst into SOBS.

How embarrassing. 

There was a man and his son in the car next to me who asked if I was okay, and I had to explain I was like this because I just gave away my TURTLE.

 Yes, I was embarrassed. 

I cried the whole way home, and while I cleaned out his tank, and when one of my sisters texted me a "hahaha" text, and when my brother asked about it, and because of this post, and these pictures.

I feel guilty and like a terrible momma. 

I'll be going back to check on Yurtle...maybe next week, or tomorrow...whatever one comes first. 

I know he'll be okay. 

 

My day..

For the past week, I have been tossing and turning and not sleeping at all. 

 Because of that, I'm so wired on coffee and green tea, exhausted, have the giggles, and don't really want to nap! But if I did...I'm thinking I'd be asleep for a thousand years.

That is all.

Tuesday happy list.

15 things that make me terribly happy. 

1. Cereal.

2. Reading weird tweets on twitter. 

3. Pretty things.

4. "Accidentally" (yeah right) listening to Christmas music in May.

5. Driving my clean yellow car with the sunroof down.

6. Hearing words like "I love you".

7. Dreaming really big.

8. Wearing socks.

9. Having only eight more days until summer!

10. Drinking a lot of water.

11. Remembering to take my vitamins.

12. Black and white pictures.

13. Really white teeth.

14. Wearing black.

15. How I met your mother...

xo!