Summertime Sadness

I have to confess something...

I miss my two best friends so much it hurts.

Britni is in New York being awesome and interning with PBS.

And Hilary is in Texas being awesome and teaching children about Jesus at Pine Cove.

And I'm here. Without them.

There's just something about summers with your best friends. My two best friends go to a different college than me, so we don't see each other enough throughout the year. So, naturally, the summer is when we would see each other the most. But that really is never the case. We all have our things and we're all trying to grow up and be the people we want to be and therefore we have to get jobs and internships and go on trips. All of those things are so amazing. But they definitely cut into our best friend time.

I'm so happy for both of them but the past two weeks I have been really missing them and wanting them to be back home.

We've had some awesome summers together.

I can't wait to drive around Tulsa, stay up late talking, roam around Target for no reason, cry about everything because we're girls, laugh hysterically, drink endless amounts of coffee, and plain just do nothing with them. Because they make nothing something.

Life just isn't the same without these two. And there's something that really is obviously missing when they are gone. I can't wait to have them back and spend as much time with them as I possibly can before we start our senior year of college....woah.

Anyways, sorry this was so sad. I just haven't been able to stop thinking about it and I thought it would help if I just got it out there.

Brit and Hil,

I miss you and love you dearly.

Your Best,

Little Bird

Averly Kay

Reptar

Husband

Ave

The Pinterest List

I know everyone thinks Pinterest is just a place that makes people look and feel like they're creative when they're really not, but that is not what Pinterest is to me. I use Pinterest for inspiration and I really try to make or use as many of my pins as I can. Honestly, I have cooked and baked a lot of the recipes on my food boards, I've tried almost all of the pins on beauty board, and I have even made a few things off my crafty and DIY boards.

So, now you know that my Pinterest is an actual tool in my life.

With that said, this summer I would like to really use my Pinterest to its full potential. So, I'm committing myself to The Pinterest List.

Here's what it is: I have a goal to complete at least five things off of Pinterest in the categories of recipes, beauty, and crafts. I have to do five of each. That's fifteen. (Math is hard.) Here are a few examples of what I would like to try....

Recipes

This strawberry and coconut milk smoothie, or these creamsicle popsicles, or blackberry mint lemonade! Yum!

Beauty

This DIY hair lengthener, bronzer, and citrus scrub!

Crafts

This dip dyed bleach t-shirt, these adorable shorts with patterned pockets, and this feather mobile!

So there are some sneak peeks. I don't know if I'll do all of those necessarily, but I will do five of each. And maybe I'll blog about them.

I'm excited to put my inspiration into action!

Happy Weekend!

Avery

The Unexpected Introvert

Lately, I have been feeling myself sink deeper and deeper inside myself trying to find energy to face the day and to make decisions about my life. It's really hard sometimes to have to think about and make so many decisions without really knowing who you are yet. I don't know what the statistics say, but I really do think being in your twenties is one of the most complicated times in life.

But you know what?

It's also one of the greatest.

I've really never been happier than I am today. Each year, each month, each day brings on more than I could have ever expected and I am very very thankful for that.

I am in a pretty constant struggle about who I am and what I want and who I am going to be, but I'm trying to cherish that struggle, if that makes sense. Because someday I'll have the answers to some of these questions and I'll look back and think, "Man, I didn't even stop and bask in the chaos that was becoming who I am today". And I really don't want that.

I'm seeking God so much more earnestly than I ever have and finding out that not only do I have nothing good apart from Him, but also, I have to expect more from Him. He is God. And He will bring about great things in my life. It's in His character.

So, for now, even though my insides are pretty crazy and I'm constantly changing in every way (because hey, it's biological to feel this way), I'm learning to be thankful for these years.

Great things are happening. And even greater things are coming.

Thanks for listening.

Avery

You've Gotta Have Goals

Hey there! I wanted to start off this new season of blogging by sharing with you all my goals for the summer. I try to make a list of goals for every big break I have because I have to have something driving me, you know? Goals are very important to me, especially once they're written down.

So, here we go!

1. Be better at blogging. (That's a given.)

2. Take a summer class. (I'll be starting an online class next week.)

3. Work on my senior capstone (I have a huge Theatre capstone next year, so I want to get as much ahead on that as I can!)

4. Learn how to keep a cactus/succulent alive....Ha!

5. Read a book with my little sister, Auree. (I think we're going to read A Series of Unfortunate Events!)

6. Work out. (Just more than I do now, which is never...)

7. Change up my style. (Which I've already done by getting bangs!)

8. Finish an art journal.

9. Build my record collection.

10. Read five books. (Already finished one and on my second!)

11. Take a trip to Guthrie or the Wichita Mountains.

12. Save A LOT of money.

13. Go on a silent retreat. (I've been wanting to do this for a long time.)

14. Start researching more about future career options. (Yikes!)

15. Become very friendly with the new juicer my family got.

16. Go to Guthrie Green in downtown Tulsa.

17. Write stuff down! (I am very forgetful and I want to remember things better, especially the things that happen in my life, so I want to be better at journaling and the like.)

18. And last but not least....The Pinterest List. I will be blogging more about this one very soon!

Well, that's the list. I'm not stressing myself out to finish it all, but I'd like to check a lot of these things off by the end of the summer. 

What are your summer goals?

Avery