Hello! Welcome or welcome back to my blog! How are you doing?
Today I’ll be wrapping up my August, considering the month is over. Now is your last chance to ask me any questions on this post, because I’ll post the answers on Monday, probably!
Books
The only book I finished this month was We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han. It is the third book in the summer I turned pretty series. Despite my higher ratings for the other two books, I did not enjoy this book. I just found it very annoying, and I didn’t like the ending.
Writing updates
Considering the fact that I was traveling during the first half of the month, and I was in sort of a writing slump, I didn’t get a lot of writing done. I worked on Old Hopes and New Beginnings a bit and picked up the second draft of my dystopian book, and I’ve started writing it again! And…guess what? I’ve come up with (yet another) book idea. Now, I really want to write it, but I have to finish one of my other books first. 😣
Crochet
I have started working on some fall projects!! Yay! I made some decorative pumpkins (here’s my pattern) and some other autumn decor!
Running
Again, I was traveling, so I didn’t run during that time. I did get quite a bit done in the latter part of the month, which was great. I also did a 5k race, which was lots of fun!! My time was a little under 30 minutes, which I think was a pretty good time for me!
I didn’t set any August goals, so I’ll just go right into listing my September goals. (I can’t believe it’s September already!!! 😮)
September goals
Write 1,000 words every day
Practice Spanish lessons every day
No phone on Mondays and Fridays (except for texting friends and doing Spanish lessons)
Follow schedule
Get up early & go to bed early
Read five books
Post a crochet pattern
Drink more water
Post twice a week
Important events in August
As I have mentioned a lot, I was visiting family during the first half of the month, so that was quite fun!
One weekend, my dad and brothers traveled a bit, so my sisters, my mom, and I had such a fun time! We did some shopping, got snacks, and had chick flick movie nights!
Our fair happened, which was lots of fun!
My little brother did this puzzle while on our trip, and he wanted me to take a pic! We got frosties on the way back from our trip! I loved the strawberry kind! It was nice and refreshing for the hot summer day!Yummy dinner! Just some flowers! 🌼You won’t understand how hard I was gripping my phone while taking this photo. 😅My younger brother found this praying mantis. It was really cool, actually! Crocheting with lace weight yarn is tedious, but I really love it!Post run m&m snack!Going on a walk!I really like how this photo turned out, with the setting sun!Foggy morning runs!I started rereading one of my favorite books, “The Hunger Games!”Fall projects!Smoothies!I love this homemade artisan bread! Recipe here.
Thanks for reading! How was your August? What books did you read? What are your September goals? I’d love to chat in the comments! Everyone take care, and have a good rest of your week and weekend!! Also, please comment if you have any post ideas you’d like to see on my blog!
Hello, hello, hello! I hope everyone had an awesome weekend! I definitely did: I visited some relatives, and it was really fun!
Today, I’m posting a monthly wrap-up for May! 💕
Books
I barely got any reading done this month!
A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir was the first one I read. I already read it in 2020, when it came out, so I thought it was definitely time for a re-read, because I was going through the series again. My sister and I listened to it together, and it was just as sad as I remembered it being! 😭 If any of y’all have read this book, you probably know what I’m talking about! 💔 Of course, it’s 5/5 stars!!
Walden by Henry David Thoreau was the other book I read this month. It was an autobiography I had to read for my English autobiography class, and I really didn’t like it. A lot of Thoreau’s arguments don’t make sense, and there were a lot of really boring descriptions. I like some of the themes and ideas, such as the fact that we should simplify our lives a little bit, but not so much so that we’re living in casket sized boxes (something that he suggested in his book.) I wrote a few essays about it on my school blog. I only gave it one star, because of these reasons. Have you ever read it? Would you agree with me?
In June, I want to try to read Kasie West’s newest release, Places We’ve Never Been because it looks really cute and summery! I also want to read one that she wrote a little while that I haven’t gotten to yet, Sunkissed.
Writing
This month, I planned to just write my contemporary book, which I did, and get to 60,000 words, which I didn’t. I’m at about 40,000 words. When I finish the first draft, would you guys like to see a week long series about the book? Like, one day maybe I’ll talk about the plot, then I’ll share an aesthetic, and some quotes? Let me know if you’d like to see something like that! 🙂
Crochet
I finished a few projects this month including a top and a skirt! I also did a few smaller projects, like washcloths! I did get sooo close to running out of yarn (actually running out!!!) but I got some more, thank goodness, lol! 😌
Running
I followed my 10k training plan pretty good at the beginning, but during the last half of the month, I didn’t follow it as well, partly because we had family visiting, and I wanted to spend some time with them. This month, I’m really going to try to stick to it!
Posts
I didn’t really stick to my posting schedule this month, which I’m going to try to do better with in June!
Post every Monday I didn’t post quite every Monday, but I did post pretty regularly.
Do a book review I did not get around to doing this, because I didn’t really read any new books. I’m going to try to do a book review in June!
Follow my 10k running plan Like I said earlier, I followed it for a while, but for the past couple weeks, I haven’t really been following it, just running for how long I felt for.
Focus on writing the contemporary novel I did! I think that I only wrote this one, which really helped me get more into the story than writing all of the different books that I’m working on!
Finish reading “The Return of the King” I did not. I’m only on chapter 2 or 3. I don’t know why I’m having so much trouble reading this series. I like them, but I feel like they are books that you kind of have to take slowly to process everything, especially because of the old way they’re written.
Get to 60,000 words in the first draft of my contemporary novel I did not. I’m only at about 40,000 words
June goals
Read a Kasie West book
Follow the 10k training plan
Run 20 miles (at least)
This might be too ambitious, but I want to finish my contemporary novel
Post once a week
Read five books
Make a summer bucket list
Pictures from May
Here are a few pics I took in May!
I got some Converse!! I absolutely love them! Thanks, mom and dad! 😁Another pic! What’s your favorite outfit with Converse?I took this picture of this leaf because I thought that it looked like a heart! 💚 I don’t think that the pictures turned out super good, but oh well!Another!!!I took these pictures of this pretty purple in my yard! Do you know what kind it is?
And, some ice cream to finish it all off!!
Important events
May was a pretty amazing month! There were some great things that happened! ☺
“Stranger Things” season four came out!!! I love this tv show, and I love the season so far!! The final two episodes of the season are coming out on July first, so I am excited for those, too!! I’m going to be posting a review soon!
We had some family visiting, which was fun!!
Soccer has ended for the season. While I’m kind of sad that it’s done, I’m also kind of relieved because it takes up so much time. I think that taking a little break is good. It was definitely an amazing season, though!!
I finished my Algebra 2 math book, and now I’m on to geometry, which I actually kind of enjoy
I started a new blog called “A Catholic Girl’s Musings“. If you want to, please check it out! I’ll be posting things about my Catholic faith, my beliefs, and I’ll also share recommendations for good Catholic books, movies, music, etc.
Conclusion
May was a pretty good month for me! ❤ I had some visiting with family, which was super fun, and Stranger Things 4, which is my absolute favorite show, was amazing. I’m going to post a review for it on this blog sometime soon!
How was your May? Did anything important happen this month? I’d love to chat in the comments!
Thank you all for reading! I hope you all have a great week, and I’ll see you next week!
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