{life gave me lemonade}

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Lemonade is the perfect summer drink {in my opinion}.

Sweet with just the right amount of sour.

And if it's raspberry or strawberry lemonade?

Yum.

What's your go-to summer drink?

the title of this post comes from a Chris Rice song - love it!

{what's up?}

{printable calendar from empapers}

If I actually used my daily planner* this week, it would look something like this...

monday: babysitting, organizing, David's Bridal

tuesday: sewing, friend for dinner

wednesday: church, spending time with the sweetheart

thursday: haircut {yay!}, cleaning

friday: babysitting, friend's graduation

saturday: shopping, laundry, packing

*I don't use my daily planner because I forget - I remember what I'm supposed to be doing but I forget to write it down!

Next Sunday, I will be leaving for 2 weeks to be involved in a ministry I've worked with for years.

After that, my friend is getting married.

Then family vacation for 10 days.

And then more work with the ministry.

I will be a busy, busy bee this week trying to get everything ready!

Honestly, I'm excited.

I just hope I don't fall over from exhaustion at the end of the summer. :)

You may think the blog will look a little empty during the summer, but don't worry.

I have a plan, and you'll find out about it on Thursday.

{I'm super excited about it, too!}

So, do tell...

What are your plans for the summer?

color love {coral}

This is another color that feels fresh and summer-y to me. How do you feel about it?

{coral}

earrings

wrap top

coral (print)

Corinne beret

to see more {color love} posts, click here.

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one more thing...

Ladies, thank you for blessing me with your sweet comments yesterday.

They mean more to me than I could ever tell you.

love + {{hugs}}

{time flies...}

clock from uncommon

The older I get, the faster time seems to pass.

Does that happen to everyone?

I'm sorry, dear blog readers, but I feel pulled in so many different directions sometimes.

I could blog about the bridal shower, but I need to find a camera cord to pull pictures.

I could blog about another favorite musical, but I haven't thought that much about it.

Or I could just say that I'm extremely busy and just haven't had time. Because that is true.

Hopefully you all still love me. :)

I'll be back tomorrow with another edition of {color love}.

{to do + announcement + thanks}

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On Sunday, I made myself a list of things that had to get done.
Yesterday, I set to work.

I baked lots of chocolate cake.

I counted Hershey's Kisses for a game.

I put together several gifts bags.

I scanned a bunch of old pictures into my computer.

etc, etc, etc.

I am happy to say that I checked every. single. thing. off of that list.

This bridal shower should go swimmingly! ;)

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It's finally time to announce the winner of my celebration linky giveaway!

I plugged the numbers into random.org, and the winner is...

Jessica at Domesticated Bliss!

Jessica, please email me so I can get your surprise to you.

Once again, THANK YOU to all of my readers.

I appreciate you all so much, and trust me - if I could, I'd send you all a gift.

In the meantime, I'm still trying to visit everyone who linked up, so if I haven't commented on your blog yet, I'll get there as soon as I can. Time slips away from me a little too easily these days.