Friday, September 17, 2010

the end of summer

labor day always marks the unofficial end of summer.
while i do appreciate the end of swim suit season,
i do find it hard to part with the warm weather & golden glow of the summer.

this summer was, as usual, a complete blur.
it was filled with trips to the lake on the holidays & plenty of cookouts.
a bachelorette party in Chi & being the moh at my best friends destin wedding.
then seeing keith urban up close in concert w/ said best friend @ the state fair.
chris played lots and lots of golf. not as much as he would have liked. obviously.
i was busy with my little calligraphy shop
we took little mini vacays to florida {see wedding, above} & hilton head.
and made sure to soak up the sun....and the alcohol.
we were even able to spend a couple weekends at home. which was different.

oh, & chris started a twitter account. which he never updates.

in not so exciting news this summer {read, doing grown-up things}
we bought a couch & breakfast nook table. $$$$
hung a bird feeder in our backyard & spent $$$ on flowers for landscaping.
celebrated my 26th birthday on vacay with a divine steak dinner {& drinks}.
sold my yellow 2001 jeep wrangler {first & only car} & bought a '11 sonata.

these days the sun starts to set on my way home from work everyday.
& there seem to be fewer & fewer fireflies out at night.
& i'm getting the urge to trade in white zin for cabernet.
all sure signs of the end of summer.

dear summer, thanks for warm weather & golden glow. hurry back.
but not before i get to experience a long & glorious autumn.
& short winter, preferably. xo, j.

photo via it's mary ruffle via inspired by love

5 comments:

  1. i love following along on your blog. i love the little photos you put on every post. they put a smile on my face :) i connect with every one of your posts...thank you!! :)
    im sad to see summer go too, it was a great one (being that we finally got married) :)

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  2. summer is ending... im starting to want my sweaters and scarfs!! I can't believe you are only 26!!! Im hitting the big 30 in january!!! eeek!

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  3. Love all your photos and quotes. I'll be back! Happy Fall!

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  4. Isn't it fun/crazy being a "grown-up". My younger self would have died if she knew how much I loved my bird feeder and flowers this year :) Sounds like a wonderful summer!

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  5. Hi girl! So glad you found my blog, so I could find yours! I am sad to part with summer too, but it definitely sounds like you guys made the most of it ~ and totally jealous of your close up with Keith Urban, love him!

    PS Thanks so much for you sweet comment, and I do know Natacha, she is one of the first people I met here, and super sweet!! What a small little world!! We gotta work on the Cinci blog meet up for sure :)

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