End of My Summer List

Fall is basically around the corner {this Monday!! September 1 is when it starts for me - I know, so unofficial} and so I decided that it is time to look back at this terribly hot summer.   

A while back I made a summer list, and today I am closing it to see what I have accomplished. Over time I went back to the list to see what I needed to do or should do to make summer 2014 fun, colorful, and especially eventful. I wanted this summer to be a great one especially since it marked a new part of my life.  Easier said or written than done. 

Here's my list, and what I was able to accomplish between July 1 and today August 31:

• Explore more of Sacramento and surroundings {7.16.14}
• Visit Orange County {going early August - 8.18.14}
• Travel to and explore the Reno area {completed, yet will be going back a few times}
• Visit San Francisco {7.21.14}
  
• Visit Monterey  
• Go to one or two wineries {did so, on 8.29.14}
• Make strawberry mojitos 
• Make sangrias
  
• Make popsicles
• Bake a gluten free apple pie, and maybe a plum pie
• Go to the Farmer's Market hopefully twice a month {went to a daily market, does that count?}
• Go to the beach because we miss it so terribly much
• Watch a movie at an outdoor movie theater – preferably a drive-in theater
• Go hiking
• Read at least four books {I managed to read three, so I kinda fulfilled this, no?}
  
• Catch up on my favorite shows (Criminal Minds included)
• Decorate the apartment with artwork so it looks welcoming and less boring
• Turn off my phone for at least two hours each day starting July 1 for two months (yes, each day) - {each day was hard; so it took a while to get used to this...let's just say I tried and I halfway succeeded}
• Find a job (not a summer goal but it must happen this summer) - {volunteer work found, unpaid, but it was at least a distraction}

Do you make lists, or am I the only crazy one?

My summer started promising, and then it got a little hectic. I wanted to do so much and ended up crossing almost nothing off of my list. I will try to make sangria, and then the recipe will be up soon. We are still planning on going to an outdoor movie theater. We waited until temperatures dropped. It wasn't comfortable or romantic to watch a movie with temps in the high 80s at night. Cooler temps are more fun!! Also, the apple pie recipe should be up soon. So much has happened in the past few weeks, heck days, and so much is going to happen in the next few weeks so bear with me and my recipes, my recaps, and especially with details to what actually happened on Friday - my big day! WOW.

I am definitely ready for fall!! Hope you are too. :)

xoxo