An update. And Life Lately...Instagram Style

Happy 1st of July! I am still in disbelief that we're in the middle of summer and now less than six months away from Christmas (clearly, I have issues, because I'm actually a little excited about that prospect. I know, I know...). Admittedly, my mind has been a tad removed from "summer" because we've had SO much rain lately; enough so that I actually sang (with sarcasm) "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." to Phil last week when the day greeted us with gray skies and the rain hammered away on our roof. Although we have been able to chase - and find - the sunshine simply by driving ten minutes down the highway, I do miss the days of sleeping with our windows wide open and waking up to the sunshine spilling into our bedroom.

But again, I'm on Maui. And in that regard, it's all good.

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So. Life, lately? It's good. I'm happy and my heart is full. I gave myself a guilt-free reprieve from blogging last week so that I could focus my attention on what's been on my heart these last few months. This has meant that I've spent a lot of quality time in deep discussion with Phil and an equal amount of time under a blanket of solitude that has led me to the corner table at Starbucks with my iPad, my journal and my favorite pen, multiple times in the span of one week. And it's funny, how something as simple as a few hours of quiet time with a venti-sized drink can bring me so much satisfaction and joy...how natural it feels to immerse myself in the moment, Pandora streaming through my ear buds, writing feverishly in my journal and coming up for air only to take bites of my beloved Lemon Pound Cake (guilt-free week...ya dig?). When my time is up, I emerge lighter, happier and restored...and so very aware that this quiet time - these hours to myself - are a luxury I do not take for granted.

Life lately has been full of self-awareness, growth and down-time with The Hubs that leaves me happy, smiling and fulfilled at the end of the day.

01: Day 11 of The Surrendered Life series. Proverbs 4:23.
02: My reward for getting back out on the water to kitesurf? Why, an ice-cold PBR, of course.
03: ...like little faces of sunshine!
04: Pedi color choice: OPI's "Wooden Shoe Like to Know" (much cuter on the piggies than in the bottle).
05: Day 9: 2 Corinithians 7:10.
06: Day 8: Ezekiel 36:26.
07: Oh you know, just another everyday, brilliant rainbow on our way home from work.
08: My husband is a total enabler. Brought me these goodies during an especially busy day at work.
09: 'bucks Passionfruit tea.
10: I spy a full rainbow on my way into work!
11: 6:45am. THIS is what summer should look like!
12: Day 6...Romans 12:12.
13: Day 5...1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.
14: We walked out on this movie. I was not prepared for the massive amount of cheese.
15: Solitude at my own personal table.
16: Gratitude. #shereadstruth
17: Simple joys.
18: Souvenirs from a Saturday afternoon beach comb.
19: Stretching my dollar at F21. Cute clothes and crazy deals.
20: Trust. #shereadstruth
21: This is becoming a (very bad?) habit.

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Ha. Judging from these photos alone, you'd think my days are all about Starbucks and bible studies, but I promise, I'm so much more than that. Happy July. Happy Summer, friends!