Tag: summertime fun

Happy June 2023 plus my summer 2023 playlist

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now, but life has been busy, but the good kind of busy. I’m so happy that summertime is here! My summer has gotten off to a great start so far, and I have some exciting things plans. However, for now, I wanted to tell you about my first day of June / summer and also share my summer 2023 playlist with you . Since I’m not in school, I consider summer to be from June 1st – August 31st. On the first day of June, I printed out and colored a summer themed coloring page. It was a good way to start my summer. As for my playlist, it was pretty challenging to decide what songs I wanted to include. I kept adding and removing songs. I’m happy to say that I have finally put a summer 2023 playlist together! Without any more delay here, it is !

Summer 2023 Playlist

School’s Out – Alice Cooper

Summertime Girls – Y&T

Automatic – Stellar Kart

Escape – Alice Cooper

Holy Water – Alice Cooper

California – Hawk Nelson

House of Fire – Alice cooper

We Gotta Rise – Hollywood Vampires

Summer Fling Don’t Mean a Thing – New Found Glory

Sure Shot – Run Kid Run

One more time – Reckless Love

Bad Reputation – Joan Jett

Fire it up – Thousand Foot Krutch

Responsibility – MXPX

Brighter – Patent Pending

Winner Takes All – Nita Strauss

New Drug – Thousand Foot Krutch

I’ll Never Grow Up, Now – Twisted Sister

Outrage – Capital Lights

Bless Me – Maverick City Music

Balloon Ride – Relient K

Innocent – Stellar Kart

Little Miss impossible – The Dollyrots

Brighter Days ( Are Before Us ) – Meet Me at the Altar

The Dream’s not dead – Candy Hearts

On My Own – Ashes Remain

Not Your Birthday – Allstar Weekend

Roses Are Red – Aqua

Girl Of The Year -FM Static

Train Wreck – New Found Glory

The Science of Selling yourself Short – Less Than Jake

Mrs. Hippopotamuses’ – Relient K

Friend Like That – Hawk Nelson

Sun Arise – Alice Cooper

Thank you for reading and have a great summer! – Christina Epperly

Goodbye summer of 2022 I already miss you!

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Hello,my bucket list friends! Unfortunately it is time to say goodbye to my most favorite time of the year. That time of year is summer of course. Now that it is September, now time to look back on the highlights of this summer.

Vacation to Colorado- this was a pretty amazing vacation! Some highlights include the Denver zoo, the selfie museum,the Denver art museum and Pikes Peak. ( You can read about it HERE ,HERE, HERE and HERE.)

Vacation in Idaho – I spent the last weekend of July in Idaho visting family and having lots of fun. I really enjoyed visiting one of my favorite musumes while I was there ( You can read about it HERE)

Summer shopping spree- I had a fun time doing my summer shopping spree this year. I went to the Dollar Tree and the mall. My mall day included a trip to Build a Bear Workshop. ( You can read about it HERE)

Point of Grace concert- I got to go see a very talented group preform at a free concert this summer.(you can read about it HERE)

Going swimming! – I went swimming four times this summer! Including a really fun pool party! ( You can read about the pool party HERE)

Walking on the beach – I made two trips to my favorite local beach this summer. ( You can read about it HERE, and HERE)

Posting My 10000th tweet – I’m proud of myself for crossing off this bucket list item this summer. ( You can read about it HERE)

Celebrating my 32nd birthday! – Towards the end of August I turned 32! I had a busy weekend celebrating! ( You can read about it HERE)

Visiting Monterey – I really enjoyed going on day trip to beautiful Monterey! ( You can read about it HERE)

Going to the smile kitchen – I had a great time making my own slime this summer. ( You can read about it HERE)

Drawing a summer picture plus other creative activities- I’m very happy with my summer drawing this year. I also enjoyed playing with play-doh and doing a July 4th craft kit this summer. ( You can read about it HERE, HERE and HERE)

Yummy food and drinks – I enjoyed some great treats this summer! You can read about some of it HERE, HERE , HERE and HERE)

Hakone Gardens – I loved Visiting this local attraction for the first time this summer! ( You can read about it HERE)

I’m happy with all the fun things I was able to do this summer! I can’t wait to see what fun things I do next summer!

Rock On – Christina Epperly

Thanks for reading!

Wonderful lavender slime and a thrift shopping adventure

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Hello, my bucket list friends! I have some fun things I want to tell you about. Let’s start with my visit to the slime kitchen last week. On Friday after work my mom and I went to get massages at the mall. We were both in need of some stress relief. In addition tp the massages I really wanted to check out a new place in the mall called the Slime Kitchen. Before this I hadn’t had a lot of experience with slime. I love playdough and I had played with things that were similar to slime a while ago but I have not used slime since it has become very popular in recent years. I heard about the Slime Kitchen on the mall’s Instagram page. It looked fun and interesting. After getting massages and going to Claire’s It was time to go to the slime kitchen. I wasn’t sure how it all worked but the staff was very helpful. I ended up choosing cloud slime and I made it lavender scented! I loved how you got to add two little toys into your slime I chose an ice cream cone and a lollipop! I did enjoy making slime. However, it was $25.00 so I probably won’t do it again but it was worth doing once. The next day I went to Savers to do some thrift shopping! It was more crowded then I expected it to be even for a Saturday. However, I was still able to get some pretty awesome items. Some of my favorite things I got that day are a Barbie collector book,a Barbie horse, some American Girl books, and a chalk book that comes with chalk. I also got another book that is summer themed maybe I can read it before summer ends.

Rock On – Christina Epperly

A summer weekend in Idaho

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Hello,my bucket list friends! Last weekend I went on a little getaway to Idaho. I have family that lives there. I try to go a few times a year. However, this weekend was the first time I was able to go this year. It was a short visit but I was able to do a good amount things before it was time to head back home. I can’t wait to tell you all about it so let’s get to it!

Friday- On Friday I worked a half day, then after a quick stop at Best Buy to get a headphone adapter,I went to the airport. After I got checked in and made it through security, I still had some time before my flight so I went to the store and got some souvenires from my home state. I know it’s far from perfect but I do love California! Anyways,after that it was time to head to Idaho. The flight was normal and uneventful. When I landed I stopped and got some Idaho souvenires. After that I got my luggage, met up with my mom and went to my grandparents house. It was great to see them and their dog again. After talking with them for a while. My mom drove me to get something to eat because I was hungry after a day of working and traveling. We ened up going to a restaurant that neither of us had been to before it was called smoky mountain Pizzeria grill. There was a bit of wait but the food was really good so it was worth it. There was also a vending machine that gave out random toys for a quarter each so that was pretty cool. After dinner we went to Walmart to get a few things. A few fun things I got were a squishy strawberry toy,Barbie stickers, and and Idaho button. It was a pretty good way to start off my weekend in Idaho.

Saturday- I was really looking forward to Saturday because I had bought tickets for a museum in Boise. We got Starbucks before going to the museum. I had been to this museum before but they host different exhibits so it was going to be different then it was before The main exhibit they had this time was Sue the T.rex. I  had seen Sue before but it had been a very long time ago. It was nice to see her again. There was also a small exhibit about the moon. My favorite part of that exhibit was the moon themed art work. The next part of the museum was a hands on area that was closed the last time I visited the museum. My favorite part of that area was this machine that made beautiful works of art. Also in the museum there is another T. rex named Tinker. It  was nice to see that T. Rex again too. After exploring the museum,we went to the gift shop on the way out. My favorite thing that I got was a Sue keychain. After the museum my mom and I went to a Idaho gift shop that we had visited once before. I was excited to go shopping for more fun Idaho souvenires. My favorite things that I got are two Idaho shaped Christmas ornaments that you paint. I can’t wait to paint one of them. I got two of them so my mom can paint one also. After our fun in Boise, we went to a restaurant to celebrate a faimly members birthday. It was great to see even more family and to celebrate together. Later on that day I went to Goodwill. The prices at this Goodwill are lower then at home. I was happy to find some Barbie dolls, a Lion King coloring/ tracing book, and two My Little Pony toys. I also got some books. I’m happy I managed to do so much in one day.

Sunday – This was my last full day in Idaho before flying home the next day. We went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant that is a favorite of my faimly that lives in Idaho. I got some very yummy vegetarian Mexican food. After lunch my mom and I went to visit another family member. This family member has a farm. I love going there and seeing all the animals. I got to see a very cute calf that I had not seen before. I also got to meet some super cute kittens! I loved taking pictures with the animals and I can’t wait to see them again. Later on that evening my mom and I went swimming! There is a community pool in my grandparents neighborhood. I’ve been swimming at this pool before and I love it. I love that it has a fountain. I’m very happy to say that I’ve gone swimming four times this summer.

Monday- This was the day we went back home. If I’m being honest I really didn’t want to leave. It had been a great trip but it was pretty short. I wasn’t ready to leave yet. However, it was time to go. Usually we get nonstop flights to and from Idaho However, this time we were not able to and we had to stop in Utah first. We didn’t have a lot of time before our second flight but we didn’t have any problems getting to the flight on time. It was a very quick but very fun trip to Idaho and I’m excited to go back!

Rock On – Christina Epperly

July 2022 pool party fun!

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Hello,my bucket list friends! Last month I went to a family pool party! I love going swimming. Since I don’t get to go swimming very often, I love it when I have an opportunity to go swimming. The water was a great temperature and it was a beautiful sunny day. I had a great time hanging out with my faimly and seeing people that I hadn’t seen in a long time and even meeting some new people! There was also amazing food as well. It was really a perfect pool party! Thanks for reading! I hope all of you are enjoying your summer!

Rock On- Christina Epperly

A Tuesday evening at the beach

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Hello,my bucket list friends! I live pretty close to the beach but I don’t go very often.  However for the second time this summer I made it to the beach. After work on Tuesday my mom and I went to the beach and we brought Axle (a very cute dog ) with us. We went to the same beach that we went to last time. This time when we arrived there were a few parking places to choose from. I went to the store first because I was pretty hungry after work. This time we decided to walk on the beach in the other direction then we had last time. I enjoyed walking on the beach and putting my feet in the water. This part of the beach had a lot of rocks that made it hard to walk close to the water. However, it was fun to look at the rocks and shells on the beach. I also had a fun time taking pictures. I love taking selfies but there is something especially fun about taking selfies at the beach. The weather was comfortable and Axle had a great time as always. He was very happy that I got some cheese at the store. After walking on the rocky part of the beach we went back and walked the other way for a little while. Going to the beach was a great way to wrap up a weekday. Thanks for reading!

Rock On- Christina Epperly

My latest weekend adventures!

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Hello,my bucket list friends! It’s time for another weekend blog post! This weekend I went to a local attraction that I had never been to before and went thrift shopping. I’m excited to tell you all about that and more! Before we dive into my weekend I just wanted to say that I usually start my weekend posts with what I did on Friday. However,I already covered that in another post. ( You can read about it HERE) Now, with all being said let’s get into my weekend adventures.

Saturday – My big adventure on Saturday was going to visit Hakone Gardens for the first time. This attraction is pretty close to where I live but I had never visited it before. Before we went to the garden my mom and I stopped at Starbucks for some cold drinks because it was a hot day. When we got to the gardens we parked in the large parking lot. I was both happy and surprised to see that it wasn’t very busy. We went to the gift shop to buy our tickets for the garden. I also got some souvenires. After the gift shop it was time to explore the gardens. There where many beautiful things to see in Hakone Gardens. Some of my favorites are the water fall, the Koi fish in the pond, the bamboo garden and this cute little bridge. I had a fun time taking pictures and walking around the gardens. There were some spots where there was a really good view. There was some construction going on so we didn’t get to explore all of the paths around the garden but I’m very happy with what we were able to see especially the waterfall. Waterfalls are so relaxing to watch and listen to. I also liked that there was a good amount of shade in the gardens because it was a very hot and sunny day. After enjoying the garden we went to one of my favorite Goodwill locations. I did not get a huge haul on this thrift trip but I did find some fun things that I was excited to take home with me. Goodwill gets items from Target that they didn’t sale and on this thrift shopping adventure every thing I got except for one thing came from the Target section.The one item that I got that was not from Target was a craft kit. This craft kit comes with a roll of tape that has designs on it and markers to color it with. This was an interesting craft kit and I was happy to have found it at the Goodwill. The other things that I got that were from the Target section where a wooden craft kit, an ice skating Barbie doll, and some summer themed bubbles. I’m happy with my small but awesome thrift haul. After Goodwill we went to Starbucks again for more cold drinks because it was a very hot day.

Sunday – I did some errands on Sunday. I was also having bad muscle pain on my side so I didn’t have that much fun when I was out running errands. However I still went to Starbucks and I also went to Safeway and got chocolate that had prizes inside. I’m happy to say that I’m feeling much better now and I was still able to enjoy my weekend.

Rock On- Christina Epperly