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Memorial Day weekend 2025

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! Summer is almost here! I’m very excited to start my summer bucket list game on June 1st. This weekend was Memorial Day weekend. It is an important time to remember and honor those who died to protect the people of America. I took this weekend off from work due to the stress of working on holiday weekends. I had an overall relaxing time off, including spending a day with my friend. I can’t wait to tell you more about it, so let’s get to it!

Friday 5/23/2025 – On this day, I went to work before my three days off began. It was an employee shopping day where we get a larger discount than we normally do. I got a few things, but my favorites are a summer coloring book and a package of glow sticks.

Saturday 5/24/2025 – I spent this day with my friend. We had a great time catching up with each other. We went to the Dollar Tree and Target along with a bunch of other places. We even went on two walks! At the Dollar Tree, I got some summer decorations, bath bombs with prizes, beads , a Barbie dot to dot book, a surprise toy, summer cups, and more. At Target I got two summer themed duck toys and a craft kit. I also ate way more junk food than I should have. It was a great day.

Sunday 5/25/ 2025 – On this day, I went to church, and there was a wonderful BBQ afterward. I had a great time being social and eating some good food. I also enjoyed some time outside in the sunshine. It was a good day.

Monday 5/26/2025 – Today was Memorial Day. Words can not express how thankful I am to live in America and how thankful I am to those who fought for our freedom.

I stayed home most of the day. However, I did go out to get coffee, but the traffic was so bad due to people coming back from the beach! It makes me so mad when people insist on creating horrible traffic on the weekends and holidays during the summertime. I got my coffee, but I had to sit in unnecessary traffic.

So that was my Memorial Day weekend. I hope all of you had a blessed weekend.

Love, Christina Epperly.

10 years of blogging , Mother’s Day, and other May moments

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! May is flying by, and I have not gotten around to blogging about what I’ve been up to this month. I have a lot to share with you, but before we get to that, I want to say thank you. I started this blog 10 years ago. It helped me to discover my love of writing , gave me a hobby that I can do from home or anywhere I have internet, and It helped me connect to some great people. Thank you so much for following this blog. Now, with all that being said, let’s get to it!

May 1st – On the first day of the month, I went to work, and I got some fun items. I got a bead kit shaped like a seashell, a notebook for summer, and a magnet that has my birth flower on it.

May 2nd – I got two more magnets on this day. One for June and one for July since I love the summer months. I also took some pictures of my new notebook that I decorated for summer.

May 3rd – On this day I went to my favorite used book store. I was very excited to find a book that came with stickers! I also got a book where you can mark scratch art along with some other great books, including one where you make your own fox craft. Also, at Safeway that day, I got some fun 4th of July glow stickers.

May 4th – On this day, I got to see my cousin and other family members. I also got a bunch of pink gumballs it was a good day.

May 6th – On this day at work, I got some ice pop molds and a new Squishmallow !

May 7th – On this day, I finally got the Barbie juice toppers that I had been looking for ! I was so excited when I found them.

May 9th – On this day, I got some summer toys at my work. I got some dive toys and some reusable water balloons. I can’t wait to set up my little pool!

May 10th – On this day, I went to one of my local toy stores. I got three fun items. A stained glass art book , a Breyer horse art kit, and a book of hot air balloon stickers. I love the stained glass art book so much! I’m so glad I went to the toy store on this day.

May 11th – This day was Mother’s Day. We went out to lunch at a fancy place that I had never been to before, but of course, the food was great it was also great to see my sister.

May 12th – I had work on the day, and I was very happy to see that the chocolate that comes with surprise toys was on clearance! I got a few of them.

May 13th – I got more clearance items on this day. It was also surprise toys and candy.

May 15th – This was a kind of scary day for me. I was almost hit by a car on my way to work. I was very shaken up. I bought a squishy toy and bead kit at work to calm me down a little.

May 16th – On this day, I printed out a bunch of coloring pages, including a Mets coloring page! I also got some new colored pencils and some 4th of July items. I’m so excited for summer, and July 4th is such a fun holiday. I can’t wait to celebrate it this year.

May 17th – On this day at work, I got some fruit shaped ice cubes. I can’t wait for June to finally get here!

May 19th – On this day, I got a notification from Word Press that It had been 10 years since I started my blog! I was so excited to get this notification. I knew that my anniversary was this month but I could not remember the day. I also got some crazy straws with lollypops that were on clearance.

Thank you for reading this update on my May 2025 adventures!

Love, Christina Epperly

An artsy Easter basket , book store finds, Squishmallow lip gloss, looking forward to summer and more.

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Hello, my bucket list friends as you can tell from the title I have a lot of things I want to write about. I’ve also been busy working on a second Word Press site that I will be telling all of you about soon. With all the being said lets get to it

April 15th – On this day I got a really fun Easter basket at work that was full of fun art items. On my lunch I went to Safeway and I got a Squishmallow beachball. The beachball made me think of summer and how excited I am for it to finally get here but I will talk more about that at the end of the post.

April 16th- I was off on this day. I went to my favorite used book store. I got a really cool summer notebook, Two American girl books, and a book about a cat. I also got coffee and went on a walk. It was a good day off.

April 17th – At work on this day I got three Squishmallow lip balms! I had seen this display of lip balms earlier but I waited until today to get them. I love that the lip balms are squishy just like the toys that they are based on. I was so happy to get the lip balms maybe I should do a review on them.

April 18th – On this day I got two Claires Easter items at work. I also got some bubble gum at work. Later on in the day I went to Trader Joes and I got some very cute spring stickers!

April 19th – I got one more Squishmallow lip balm at work I also got a Crayola art set. It was a very stressful day and I did some coloring to calm myself down. It was a hard day but I made it though.

April 20th – Today was Easter but I had to work it was another hard day at work. I feel like Easter did not really happen this year. It just felt like a challenging work day. I hope next year is different.

Looking forward – Summer is on the way and I’m so excited. I’m already thinking about my summer bucket list, the trips I have planned and all of bucket list items I will cross off. May might be kind of a slow month for me as I work to get ready for an amazing three months. I also have a goal of not getting behind on blog posts like I did last year.

Thank you for reading!

Love, Christina Epperly

Decorating my window and nine years of blogging!

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I have two fun things to talk about in this post, and I’m very happy about both of them. I don’t see the need for any more introduction, so let’s get to it!

Decorating my window , I got two sets of July 4th window decorations from my work. I know that it is still pretty far away from the 4th of July, but I decided to decorate my window anyway because I’m so excited for summer to get here! I had fun putting the gel stickers on my window. I really like the way that the stickers look. I’m probably just going to keep them up until they fall down. As summer gets closer, I get more excited!

My 9th anniversary of blogging! I knew that my anniversary was coming up this month, but I was not sure of the day. I was very happy when I saw the notification congratulating me on nine years of blogging! I’m so happy that I’m still blogging after all these years! I want to thank all of you for reading and following this blog! It’s been a lot of fun, and I can’t wait for the fun to continue!

Thank you so much for reading!

Love, Christina Epperly