Wrapping up summer

This has been a good summer.  I feel like I've accomplished a lot while also taking the time to relax and rest so that I'm ready (though I never feel ready) for a new school year.  This summer I:

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• taught four weeks of summer school
• lesson planned for the upcoming school year
• bought a birdfeeder for our backyard
• read a bunch of books
• finished the library reading program
• took a sign language class with Andrew
• knit two and a half prayer shawls
• took a week long vacation to Michigan with Andrew
• ate out at a few restaurants
• went to the Exotic Animal Rescue Center
• volunteered at the church rummage sale
• bought a hammock and a baker's rack from the rummage sale
• went to the Indianapolis Zoo
• went to the Indiana State Fair

It's been a good summer.  This week I'm starting back to school so my goal is simply to get through the week with a positive attitude.

What I've been reading this summer

I haven't gotten a lot done this summer except for spending a TON of time reading.  Here are the books I've read so far this summer:

• March by Geraldine Brooks
• The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
• Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan
• Vision in White by Nora Roberts
• Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
• The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O'Connor McNees
• Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
• Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts
• Matters of Faith by Kristy Kiernan
• Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
• Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Something Blue by Emily Giffin
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• How to Be Single: A Novel by Liz Tuccillo
• Best Friends Forever: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner

At the moment I'm reading:

• The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
• One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Summer list update

I thought it was time to check in and show the progress I've made on my summer list.  I'll continue to add things as I go through the summer.

1. Visit the Carmel Farmer's Market I managed to convince Andrew to come with me.  Our favorite part was the liege waffles (also known as walking waffles).  Mmm.
2. Visit the Noblesville Farmer's Market
3. Visit the Westfield Farmer's Market
4. Participate in the library reading program Finished!
5. Go to Symphony on the Prairie
6. Go up in the balloon at Conner's Prairie
7. Throw a summer party (Christmas in July?)
8. Finish scrapbooking our wedding
9. Finish scrapbooking our honeymoon Finished except for 1 page that I still have to print out pictures for.
10. Start scrapbooking our house
11. Eat at The Flying Cupcake
12. Eat at Zest!
13. Eat at Pizzology
14. Eat watermelon. Finished!  I've eaten a watermelon and a half by myself over the past few weeks!
15. Watch fireworks.
16. Get a fire pit and make smores.

Summer list (so far...)

1. Visit the Carmel Farmer's Market
2. Visit the Noblesville Farmer's Market
3. Visit the Westfield Farmer's Market
4. Participate in the library reading program
5. Go to Symphony on the Prairie
6. Go up in the balloon at Conner's Prairie
7. Throw a summer party (Christmas in July?)
8. Finish scrapbooking our wedding
9. Start scrapbooking our house
10. Go to Talbot Street
11. Eat at The Flying Cupcake
12. Eat at Zest!
13. Eat at Pizzology