June 2014 Goals
3 Jun 2014
I don’t know if I’ve ever enjoyed summer as much as I have these past few years. I’ve always been a fall kind of girl, but lately spring is finding its place in my heart too. And summer: fresh fruit, swimming, extra light, and all kinds of fun things to celebrate!
I think this is kind of an ambitious list for the month before our baby is due, and it’s totally going to be okay with me if I don’t get to all of it. However, some things are both fun and necessary, like setting up the nursery, and those are the kinds of things I like to pepper my to-do lists with. Hopefully by the end of the month we can have it more or less ready for  our sweet son.
Also in the fun camp is the baby shower! Hillary and I are still working on a few things to put it together, and that is great fun too. I am so excited to celebrate with so many people we love, and the cherry on top is that my BFF is coming down from Berkeley! Can’t wait.
I am also hoping to finish my paintings and get them hung in the living room this month. These are my three huge canvases from the Bloom True e-course. I haven’t painted in weeks, since being bogged down with freelance work, and I’m eager to get back to it and see where these paintings go.
Our three-year anniversary is this month, and I am pumped about that too. The past two years we have taken a little trip, but I think this year we will stay close to home. A little day trip would be fun, though, so I’m doing some poking around to find a good destination. We were together for three years before we got married, so we have actually been together for six years, which is crazy and awesome and the best thing that ever happened to me.
It would be great if I could send out the next round of submissions for the book this month too. I have everything ready, but there is a little bit more research and tweaking I want to do before I hit send. Hopefully I can pull it off!
And I aspire to take pictures of it all. May goals have been updated here, and here are my June goals from 2013 and 2012 (the first ones I ever made!) I love having these goals each month, but even more than that, I love the little snapshot of life they provide as time goes by.
Update, July 2014: This month was a fun one! A few projects (the nursery and my paintings) are carrying over into July, and I’ll be happy to finish them this month. The baby shower was SO much fun, and our little anniversary getaway was great too! I have sent off the proposal to two additional agencies, but at this point I think I need to shift gears. I’ve realized that instead of spending time tinkering with my proposal and query letter to meet each individual agency’s criteria, what I really need to be doing is building my platform. This will probably take a back seat until the baby is at least a little bit older, but I am excited about crafting this career (with a flexible schedule!). I feel like I have sort of done everything backwards with regard to the publishing process, but I have learned so much along the way, I can’t possibly complain, and it’s been FUN too. That’s a good thing, even if it makes the process a little slower. I have something like 600 pictures from June, and to that I say huzzah!

Jun 03, 2014 @ 05:52:55
I just found a new blog about Southern California today. The author lives in LA. you may already know the blog; I think it is breathe lighter. One word; it keeps autocorrecting. Anyway, the author has a giant turtle, which is cool, but also she writes about places to go in your area. have a look. Love you.
Jun 04, 2014 @ 22:42:03
Oh, thank you! I will check it out! I am a fan of giant turtles!
Jun 04, 2014 @ 16:07:07
Happy anniversary a little early. Hope you take photos to share of the baby shower 🙂
Jun 04, 2014 @ 22:51:19
Thank you so much, Karen! I definitely will!
Jun 05, 2014 @ 09:13:45
I love looking at 2012 vs 2014….
2012: Drinks! Swimming! Exploring! Newlyweds! Make a big project!
2014: Married 3 years. Baby shower and nursery decorating. Proposing completed big project that was talked about 3 years ago.
The question is…do you feel grown up yet? Lol.
Jun 05, 2014 @ 23:02:52
Aw, this is so sweet! I love looking back on it too.I don’t know if I feel grown up! When I was in high school, I devised three criteria for being an adult. 1) You have to drink your coffee black. 2) You have to have a credit card that is not a debit card. 3) You have to have a personal filing system. According to those, I was an adult a long time ago, but I love that I’m always going to have projects going that carry through the years. And how fun it will be to look back and remember celebrating kids’ birthdays or taking trips to the zoo:) Luna is going to loooove your PL albums when she gets older!
Jun 15, 2014 @ 18:40:49
I’m so out of the blogging loop (seriously, it took me forever to write my last post and I have a few more on the back burner, but there has been no time. I’ve been sending resumes out like crazy–I have two interviews this week; ahhHHHH! This is the first positive feedback I’ve had in MONTHS); this is the first time I’ve made it over here to read and comment in a while and I was excited to see this post and to be reminded of our upcoming reunion. 🙂 I sent you an email today, too; no rush on a reply, but I just wanted to check in since the shower is fast approaching (should have done this sooner, but, not to be too annoyingly scholarly, see above for explanation). =p x
Jun 16, 2014 @ 22:22:15
Hurray for interviews! Congratulations, that is awesome! I know, job hunting can be such a vacuum. I am so happy you are getting some calls! Also, beyond excited to see you and hear all about them! And, you know, everything else. Eric is super pumped too. After our last Skype conversation, he said, “I hope it was okay I joined in. I really miss Katy and Kostas.” 🙂
July 2014 Goals
Jul 01, 2014 @ 03:01:22
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