Hello, everyone! ๐ As you may know, yesterday was the first day of summer! HAPPYย SUMMER, EVERYBODY! I can’t wait for the 4th of July. ๐
My family actually doesn’t take school off in the summer, but we still get tons of free time, plus we go swimming a lot. ๐ I spent some time yesterday figuring out my top 16 goals for the summer….
{all images are my own}
*drool* I shall eat manyย peaches. XD
I LOVE kickball, but we don’t play it a ton. Hopefully we’ll do it more this summer! ๐
I can play this song… but it’s not that good.ย I want to learn to play it well! ๐
I have an endless list of things I want to sew…
Any suggestions? ๐
This one is pretty self-explanatory. xD
THE BEACH IS AMAZING! โค
Scrabble is one of my favorite board games to play. ๐
I can’t WAIT! ๐ฎ
I think I’m going to teach Maude a new trick! ๐
I’ve been taking an awesome free photography course, which you can seeย HERE. I’m determined to master aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and all those other long words. ๐
I really hope to do this! There are some huge fish in our pond. ๐
That should probably say “Make edible brownies.” I have never successfully made brownies. XD
This will be easier said than done! ๐ He doesn’t like to sit still. ๐
Heh heh heh.. I doubt this will happen. xD I’m always being chased by a wasp or bee or horsefly or something. ๐
I really want to do this! It’s so fun! ๐
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Thanks for reading, everybody! Have a great day. ๐
What are your summer goals?
To read more books. Continue with sign language. Find out more family genealogy. Try doing knitting again.
Marion
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If you do all that, I bet it will be a fun Summer! Songs I think you should play are Angeline the Baker and Wildwood Flower. I don’t know what genre you play, but bluegrass songs on the fiddle are my favorite. ๐ Christian Homeschooler plays those two songs and I really like them! ๐
CutePolarBear
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Yep! ๐
I can play Angeline the Baker, it’s a fun song! I’ll look up Wildwood Flower. ๐
-Clar a<3
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Great goals!! ๐ I’ll be doing LOTS of swimming as well! Sadly I’d love to catch fireflies but known of them live where I live.. ๐ฆ !! Making brownies sounds fun.. once I accidentally put 1 1/4 cup of salt in my brownies.. they were so gross.. xD Happy Summer
P.S I’m having a mini doll camp if you’d like to join! https://thedollsoftexas.wordpress.com/2016/06/20/little-doll-camp/
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Thanks! That’s awesome! That’s too bad.
Hehe! That’s funny. ๐
Happy Summer! ๐
-Clara โค
P.S: Cool! I'll check it out. ๐
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Thanks!! ๐
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Sounds cool! I want to . . . um, I don’t really know yet . . . XD!
Have a great summer!
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Thanks! ๐ Hehe! ๐
You too! ๐
-Clara โค
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Great goals! This summer I also want to catch fireflies!! And I have NEVER gotten stung by a bee or a wasp! ๐ Only horseflies! ๐ This is the first summer I have ever been bit! ๐
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Thanks! I hope you get to. ๐
Wow! Hehe! ๐
-Clara โค
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These sound great!!:D
I’m off to the pool(well, in our backyard, lol) right now!:D
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Thanks! ๐
Ooh! Have fun! ๐
-Clara โค
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Those are great goals, Clara! WOW your pictures are lovely! Some of them look like stock photos! ๐ Ooh, you should get Megan to give you her brownie recipe.
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Thanks! Wow, thank you SO much!! ๐
That would be much appreciated. xD
-Clara โค
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You’re very welcome! Okay, I shall instruct my sister to send the recipe in her next letter. ๐
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Thanks so much! ๐
-Clara โค
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I love your pictures! They’re really fun. ๐
Catching fireflies is really fun. I don’t put them in a jar or anything, but I like to catch them with my hand . ๐
As for some fiddle songs…have you ever played 8th of January? It’s really fun song, that I’d like to play sometime. ๐
~Christian Homeschooler
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Thank you! ๐
That’s neat. ๐
Hmm.. I don’t think I have! Thanks for the suggestion!
-Clara โค
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You’re welcome! Do you have any fiddle tune suggestions for me? ๐
~Christian Homeschooler
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Hmm.. have you ever played Sweet Home Alabama? Oh, and Whoa Mule is a fun one. ๐ I also love Ookpik, which is a waltz. ๐
-Clara โค
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Thanks for the suggestions! I’ve never heard of any of them, but should look them up tomorrow when I practice. ๐
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You’re welcome! ๐
-Clara โค
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Sorry to interrupt, but Clara, is Whoa Mule that song from Andy Griffith?! “Whoa mule, you kickin’ mule. Whoa mule, I say! Ain’t got time to kiss you now, my mule’s runaway!”
BECAUSE I LOVE THAT SONG AND IF YOU CAN PLAY IT, THATS AMAZINGNESS!! XD
~Jaclynn~
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No, that’s okay! ๐
LOL! XD Hmmm…. I don’t THINK they’re the same song, but I could be mistaken. ๐ I just listened to it on YouTube and I think I’ll need to learn it! ๐
-Clara โค
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LOL! YAAY! If you learn to play it, I might die. I love Andy Griffith’s songs XD
~Jaclynn~
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LOL! xD
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Ooh, you watch Andy Griffith? I love Andy Griffith! ๐ I think I faintly remember that song. XD
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Oh, yeah!! I LOVE that show! We watch it just about every night – we need only one more season on DVD I think! ๐
LOL! Their songs are great, aren’t they? Oh, and do you like Ernest T. Bass? I might be kinda obsessed with him – he’s hilarious XD
~Jaclynn~
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Me too! We have all of the seasons except the sixth one.
Ha ha, yep. XD Andy is actually a really good guitar player. Yes! He IS hilarious! And the Darlings are too. XD
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This was so cool! I love how you made the pictures. ๐
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I will send the brownie recipe! It’s soooo simple, only six or seven ingredients! And you don’t even need baking soda. They do take a little while to baked though. ๐ I tried to take pictures of fireflies last night, but to no avail. Allison, however, got an AMAZING photo of one! I’m so jealous. xD
I want to learn guitar more. ๐ And fishing! I love to fish. My two cousins, my brother, and my sister caught a bass once, but fish don’t seem to like me.
I’d like to do a photo shoot with Carmen. Oh, and one more thing, SWIMMING IS GREAT.
โค Megan
P.S. I've read the Old Man and the Sea… It was odd.
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Thanks, Megan! ๐
Ooh, I can’t wait to see it! xD
YAY! Thank you!!
That’s too bad.
Guitar sounds fun. ๐ Hehe! ๐
SWIMMINGSWIMMINGSWIMMING
-Clara โค
P.S: Yes… but I liked it. ๐
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Hehe! Yup. ๐
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Learn a language[possibly Latin] , Read a lot more books, continue learning sign language,start my exercise routine and get back to my dancing videos. Thanks for sharing your list.
Marilyn
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I LOVE all of your pics that you made for this post! They look so professional! ๐
One of my goals for the summer is to make Jedi Robes with Emma! ๐
~Jaclynn~
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Thanks SO much, Jaclynn!! ๐
Oooh, I bet that’ll be fun! ๐
-Clara โค
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WHOA!!! Those are all YOUR pictures!? That’s very cool!!! :O ๐ I loved your goals!!! :O ๐ My goals are to ‘train Gadget’, ‘have the most amazing Gathering cattle time yet’ which…all of the times are amazing!!! :O ๐ ๐ Umm…. ‘sell ALL of Aggie’s puppies before they’re 10 weeks old!!! :O ๐ ‘ there!!! ๐ I have tons more, but I really want to get the first and last ones done!!! :O Another one would have been to get a photo shoot with Aggie, which would be difficult since (for some odd reason) she’s camera shy. BUT, I already DID THAT THIS MORNING!!! :O That’s why I (ahem) have a different picture thing!! :O ๐ YAAAAAY!!!!! ๐ ๐
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Yep! Thank you so much! ๐
Those are great goals! I hope you accomplish them. ๐ Hehe! ๐ Aggie is super cute! ๐
-Clara โค
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Thanks!!! ๐ Yup! ๐ Aww, thanks! ๐
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Megan said that she would send you the brownie batter thing saw?! You’ll LOOOOVE it!!!! :O ๐ My problem with them was that they were too salty..but that’s cause I used the wrong measuring cup…and the wrong way of mixing them..and the wrong size of pan..and the wrong- okay, okay, nevermind that. when i did it RIGHT, they were DELICIOUSO!!!! :O When are you going to post about the ‘thing”!?!?!? :O ๐ ๐ ๐ XD ๐
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Yep! YAY! ๐
LOL! XD I bet they’re really good. I can’t wait to make them!
I’ll be posting it VERY soon! ๐
-Clara โค
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xD ๐ hehe!! Yes!!! ๐
WHOO HOOOOOOOO!!! :O
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YAY! ๐
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PEACHES!!!!!!!
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YUM!
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Your bucket list is awesome! Your photos are gorgeous!
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Thank you, Grace! ๐
-Clara โค
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You’re welcome!
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Nice! I should make some summer goals; it’s a great idea!
I have a question… I just recently started a wordpress blog and was wondering how you make a word into a link, whether it be a name or a link back to a post, etc.?
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Thanks! You should. ๐
My friend Megan actually has a great tutorial on that! ๐ You can see it here: https://abarefootgal.wordpress.com/blog-stuff/need-blogging-help/
-Clara โค
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Thanks so much!
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I nominated you for the Who Should Girl of the Year 2017 Be tag on my blog!
https://smileandcraftag.wordpress.com/
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Thanks! ๐
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๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ :O
Love Fur Elise.
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Me too. ๐
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