summer 2012 / I want to remember...

I still have not wrapped my head around the fact that summer has disintegrated.  

However, I'm sure the Fall's chill will get me there quickly.

This summer...ah, this summer...I'd have to say that this summer was a yin-yang of light and dark, but I think every single bit of it was a crucial part of this year's quest for {movement}.

Elise did a post of this format a few days ago, and this here is my version to encapsulate all the things from my summer twenty.twelve. So without further ado...

From summer 2012...

I want to remember the feeling I had on the last day of school of my super rough first year, and the dress I wore.

I want to remember that it was the first summer in about 10 years that I didn't work or school.

I want to remember that I went to the beach with friends about a handful of times, and each time was magical.

I want to remember how fun learning Photoshop was for me, and how this summer's PS play has made me hungry to learn more.

I want to remember that I met my technological soul mate: the BAMBOO tablet.

I want to remember that big 4th of July BBQs are fun, but casual at-home 4th of Julys with close family and fireworks in your backyard are fun too.

I want to remember that I dreamed a lot about my future kids' summers.

I want to remember my mint Anthropologie watch that I bought myself for completing my first year.

I want to remember all the quality time I spent with the boops.

I want to remember that trip to IKEA with my sister and mom.

I want to remember that a few key items can makeover a room and make it feel more like home.

I want to remember how much Baskin Robbins mint chocolate chip I ate, and how still -- after 20+ years, uhh...YEAH! It's still my favorite!

I want to remember that I mastered some basic skills of organization. 

I want to remember my chubby cat iPhone case, and how I finagled the guy to give it to me for $9 and not $20.

I want to remember that I launched my STAMP SHOP. ♥ ♥ ♥

I want to remember that I went wine-tasting for the first time.

I want to remember our 2nd Annual Crazy Cousins' Day.

I want to remember my quiet afternoons in the pool.

I want to remember my delicious discoveries of Shock-Top Raspberry Wheat beer and Tate's Bake Shop's Chipless Wonders.

I want to remember our East Coast Road Trip.  I want to remember everything about it.

I want to remember BINGO night with Grams.

I want to remember I shot a gun!

I want to remember the long bouts of time in the car with Tomas, seeing actual chickens cross the road, random highway forest fires, singing and napping and laughing and goofing and thinking.

I want to remember Washington D.C.

I want to remember how much I missed home.

I want to remember all the stamp shop orders I walked to the post office.

I want to remember my reawakened appreciation for cute mugs and my participation in the #mugswap.

I want to remember how August became silent and sad, and even still, gave me room and space to think and grow.

I want to remember the Olympics: the Fab 5, the synchronized swimming, the woman's indoor volleyball...

I want to remember Carmen & that water bottle.

I want to remember not wanting my Summer bubble to burst.

I want to remember mornings spent in the craftroom for hours, or outside PLing in the sun.

I want to remember Jamina's pool-visit with the kids, because every year they get so much bigger!

I want to remember to cover my Staz-On ink pad after using.

I want to remember Claude's, my sister's, and my trip to Estelle's to find her a Sweet 16 dress.

I want to remember the Friday morning Claude and I spent crafting the backdrop for the photoshoot.

I want to remember Claudia's Sweet 16 Photoshoot that I planned, orchestrated, shot, edited, and was theMOSTfun.

I want to remember my olloclip purchase.

I want to remember my late-August burst of cute-outfit inspiration.

I want to to remember that I took polaroids, and should never stop taking polaroids.

I want to remember Tomas's dad's birthday at Keen's in the city, and the delicious steak I had, and the open sun roof city ride that followed.

I want to remember that did my best to prepare for the new school year.

I want to remember my complete addiction to instagram and the recording of the above events.

I want to remember this summer forever.