Summers are for the Great Outdoors, right? I swear I will get back to posting more arts and crafts soon, I’ve just been having too much fun outside to sit and knit. Anyways, this post is a little shoutout to all the family, friends, and counselors who have taken me camping and kept me alive.
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#395 – Stargazing
I think it’s a universal urge to look up at the sky and to be astonished at the massive scale of the galaxy. It’s humbling to think of life on that kind of scale, but I think it helps me to better appreciate all of the blessings in my life, and to worry a little less. I was lucky enough this summer to have a few chances to get away from the city and stare at the stars.
Continue reading#393 – Sprint Triathlon
One of my goals that I wanted to achieve before I turned 30 was a sprint-distance triathlon. I was curious if this was something that I could push my body to do, since I was pretty sure I could do each event individually, but maybe not all together. Thankfully, I have a great group of friends and family who cheered me on throughout training and all the way to the finish line.
Continue reading#392 – Escape Rooms
My friends and I recently had the opportunity to do a live in-person escape room, and I thought it was a really unique opportunity! We have all done escape rooms before, but never before with actors involved. It was also set outside, late at night, so there was a perfect atmosphere for spooky problem solving. I would definitely recommend it to puzzle aficionados!
Continue reading#389 – Bike Rides
When I was younger, my family spent a summer going on a bike ride in the River Valley pretty much every day. For whatever reason, we basically stopped going on rides after that summer, and I rarely got back on the bike after that. Two summers ago, I bought a used cruiser bike off Kijiji, and finally remembered how much I used to love biking around!
Continue reading#381 – Dog Walking
Before adopting Annie, I didn’t really have any experience with pets. Since that time, I’ve started to feel more comfortable around four-legged friends, including both cats AND dogs. My friends have been kind enough to include me on some of their daily dog walks, and it turns out I really dig it.
Continue reading#379 – Aerial Silks
For my best friend’s bachelorette (part two, duh), we did a weekend trip to Napa Valley. I loved the whole getaway, but one of the highlights for me was the aerial silks class that we took together! I had never done anything like this before, so it was a really fun experience pushing my body to move in a new and different way.
Continue reading#372 – Lotion Slime
I never really got the appeal of playing with slime, but when my babysitting family started begging me to make slime with them, I figured I had to give it a try. In fact, it was the kids who taught me how to do this craft! Their mother just laughed when she saw all the finished slime, but hey, she had three happy children when she got home.
Continue reading#371 – Running
I hate running. If you’ve ever spoken to me, you would know that I do not enjoy cardio, and if you told me a year ago that I would be running on the treadmill more than once a week, I would have told you that you were crazy. I guess that’s the funny thing about life though, nothing is set in stone.
Continue reading#370 – Board Games
I’ve recently finished two sweater projects, which for me, counts as a lot of knitting. I’m thinking that I will probably take a break from crochet and knitting for a while to recover, so you might see more posts about the other things I enjoy in my life. This week, I thought I’d talk about playing board games with my friends and family!
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