June Wrap-Up | July Goals

yeah okay someone's going to have to explain to me how HALF OF 2017 is GONE already.  BECAUSE THIS IS INSANE OKAY.  How is half of the year gone already? Like, I feel like it just started??? I mean, in a sense, I can see how half of the year is gone already, but still...that's crazy.  WUT. Time to make the most out of every second, right? xD 

June was a very s l o w month, so I don't think this post's going to be too long.  It was kind of a boring month, but hey, that's summer :) I'm excited for July and all that the future holds though.

+ Hit 200 followers!!!!!! June 20th, 2017. Y'ALL THIS IS LITERALLY THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE THING YET.  I'm literally in shock right now and IT IS CRAZY.  I'm so thankful to God and to all of you guys for like...reading these words that I write.  HOW AWESOME ARE YOU ALL?!!!!! This means so much to me and I'm so grateful :))

+ Made watermelon cake.  AND NO it isn't a cake that looks like watermelon, it's a watermelon that looks like a cake.  From the outside.  I saw this idea on Pinterest a long time ago, and I thought of it again recently and made it for Father's Day.  IT'S SO GOOD.  And easy.  So even if you hate cooking, you should definitely give this one a try :)

To be fair, my cake didn't exactly turn out picture perfect or how I had envisioned it to.  The frosting got a little weird, and the watermelon itself was all misshapen and crooked from when I had cut it; but hey, it tasted great xD 

+ Picked strawberries & the weather got REALLY hot which was the bomb, let me tell you. 

+ Went to the zoo.  This was kind of around my birthday, and it wasn't necessarily the most exciting thing in the universe or anything, but it was pretty fun to see all the different animals.  AND GUYS.  We saw these two bears there that were "playing" (or so they say), and it was pretty funny.

This thing is the cutest ever.  LIKE DOESN'T IT JUST LOOK LIKE A STUFFED CAT OR SOMETHING?

Not to mention how fat they were xD

So this thing is a wolf.  A WOLF.  And it is probably the laziest wolf you'll ever see.  It literally just sat there like a rock, occasionally looking at us.  LIKE WUT WHO DO U THINK U R.

+ Spent time with friends I haven't seen in a looong time.  This was honestly one of the best things ever and it made me realize how much I miss being around people a LOT.  Kind of sad, but you know, keeping the eyes set on Jesus :))

+ Got back into making videos? Kind of? I've been feeling really inspired to do it, and I need a good editing software to obviously edit the videos, so I've been looking into Premiere Pro, but I'm going to need a better laptop to handle Premiere, so we'll see what happens with that xD I'd really love to make those cinematic/nature videos because they are straight fire, but we'll see :))

+ Passed all the basic levels in figure skating.  Yeah, I haven't been talking about that a whole lot on the blog, but I'm still skating and now I'm in Pre-Freeskate which is really amazing and I'm so thankful that God has given this gift to me :))

+ Started bullet journaling.  I would definitely not call it bullet journaling.  AT ALL.  But it technically it is, so. Basically this past week I took (omw you know that phrase "bite the bullet"? like "bite the bullet" and bullet journal lol) my planner that I've quit using since school let out and I've been trying to make to-do lists and make them look artsy.  Not exactly working, but y'know xD It's the trying that counts.  So, yeah, I've started bullet journaling a little.  So far I've loved it!

+ Did a lot of little boring things.  I think.  Honestly I can't even remember what all I did this month, and apparently they weren't of that much importance anyways, so. xD Sorry, guys, I think I'm just in a really weird mood right now.

+ Get back into making videos.  Already touched on this, but nope, didn't happen because I need to make Premiere actually work before I can edit.

+ FINALLY WRITE AGAIN.  I mean, I did write, but not on my laptop  and not as much as I should have.  Whoops.

+ Reach 200 followers.  BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD THANK YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BEYOND.

+ DO STUFF OUTSIDE. GO OUTSIDE. BE OUTSIDE.  Yeah, I was outside a decent amount of time this month, so I'll cross it off.  The great outdoors yo ♥

I don't really have anything specific in mind for July, to be honest.  Because every month so far this year I've had a little list here of things I want to accomplish in the next month, and yeah, that's great and lovely and awesome, but right now I'm not...really feeling that? I'm not sure how to exactly describe it, but it's July.  It's summer.  I don't really know what I even do every day (that makes no sense, yes, I know). I'm not sure what exactly God is doing in life, but I know He's in control and that is enough.  So yeah.  I don't know.  In July...I guess I just want to live a life that's good and I want to be in the center of God's will.  'cuz that makes life worth living :) 

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So that was June. I feel it's always like "oh here's a new month!" and then BOOM it's gone in a second.  People say that the older you get the faster time goes? I think it's true, though I can't quite figure out the logic behind it.  I guess the older we get, we take everything too seriously and forget to live in the moment a lot.  WELL I'M READY TO LIVE JULY.  How about you? God is good, life is good, and July can sure be good.  

What's your favorite ice cream flavor? I've always been a chocolate fan (I know there are plenty of people that don't like it though xD), but I like cookies and cream too, and there's nothing like butter pecan either.  Eh.  ANYTHING WITH CHOCOLATE FOR ME.  Out of the three months June, July, and August -- which speaks SUMMER most to you? I feel like July/early August does for me, even more so than June.  BUT JUNE IS DEFINITELY SUMMER TOO DON'T GET ME WRONG.  xD

-autumn