Summer Bucket List Update--8/06/13

I've been scratching off a few more things on my summer bucket list, so I thought I'd give you guys a glimpse on my progress. :)

1. Do a vlog post.
2. Post frequently on Victorious Heroine
3. Get an awesome gift for Father's Day
4. Go to Disney World
5. Take lots of pictures
6. Color in a coloring book or on a coloring page
7. Play in the rain
8. Pick flowers
9. Write some poems or stories
10. Give a person/people a present and/or a care package
11. Wear a sundress
12. Fro yo!
13. Fly a kite
14. Launch a rocket
15. Bake cookies
16. Defeat the summer reading list
17. Create a chalk art masterpiece
18. Sip an Arnold Palmer (sweet tea and lemonade combined!)
19. Blow bubbles
20. Go to the library
21. Play in the park
22. Play hopscotch
23. Play foursquare
24. Game night
25. Fireworks
26. Do something out of the ordinary.
27. Watch movies never seen before and movies that I haven’t seen in awhile
28. Summer of Blimey Cow
29. Listen to BCAN
30. Photo a day challenges
31. Grill out
32. Make homemade ice cream or sorbet
33. Go shopping
34. Eat a slice of watermelon
35. Bowling
36. Get a pineapple dole whip at Disney World
37. Conquer my fears at Disney's Haunted Mansion and Rockin' Rollercoaster
38. Go to the Beach!!!
39. Go to Water World
40. Go on a hike
41. Have picnics
42. Go for neighborhood bike rides
43. Eat a fruit pop
44. Buy a mocha coconut frapuccino (for yourself or someone nearby) This one had to be replaced with a Chai frappuccino, since Starbucks didn't have a mocha coconut frappuccino this summer.
45. Movie marathon
46. DIY crafts
47. Stargazing
48. Water balloons
49. Youth Group Activities
50. Make homemade cherry limeade

Only 14 more to go! (And 4 more on my August resolutions goal.) May all of your summer bucket lists be accomplished as well!!! :)

Question for the Reader: What's your favorite summer tradition?

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end." --Ecclesiastes 3:11

Summer Bucket List Update--7/11/13

Hello readers!

It's been a very eventful summer so far, so I thought I'd fill you all in on how my summer bucket list is coming along.

1. Do a vlog post.
2. Post frequently on Victorious Heroine
3. Get an awesome gift for Father's Day
4. Go to Disney World
5. Take lots of pictures
6. Color in a coloring book or on a coloring page
7. Play in the rain
8. Pick flowers
9. Write some poems or stories
10. Give a person/people a present and/or a care package
11. Wear a sundress
12. Fro yo!
13. Fly a kite
14. Launch a rocket
15. Bake cookies
16. Defeat the summer reading list
17. Create a chalk art masterpiece
18. Sip an Arnold Palmer (sweet tea and lemonade combined!)
19. Blow bubbles
20. Go to the library
21. Play in the park
22. Play hopscotch
23. Play foursquare
24. Game night
25. Fireworks
26. Do something out of the ordinary.
27. Watch movies never seen before and movies that I haven’t seen in awhile
28. Summer of Blimey Cow
29. Listen to BCAN
30. Photo a day challenges
31. Grill out
32. Make homemade ice cream or sorbet
33. Go shopping
34. Eat a slice of watermelon
35. Bowling
36. Get a pineapple dole whip at Disney World
37. Conquer my fears at Disney's Haunted Mansion and Rockin' Rollercoaster
38. Go to the Beach!!!
39. Go to Water World
40. Go on a hike
41. Have picnics
42. Go for neighborhood bike rides
43. Eat a fruit pop
44. Buy a mocha coconut frapuccino (for yourself or someone nearby) This one had to be replaced with a Chai frappuccino, since Starbucks didn't have a mocha coconut frappuccino this summer.
45. Movie marathon
46. DIY crafts
47. Stargazing
48. Water balloons
49. Youth Group Activities
50. Make homemade cherry limeade

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer as well! :)

Question for the Reader: What have you scratched off on your summer bucket list?

"You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter." --Psalm 74:17

Letter to the Readers: On Vacation!

Dear Readers,

I know it's been a super long time since I last posted, but I thought I'd give you a quick update on what's going on. I've been spending the majority of the month of June preparing for a big summer vacation trip, completing lots of summer reading, and attending other important events, which haven't left much time to blog.

Actually, as I write this, I am in my grandparents's house in Orlando, FL and just got home from quite an adventure!

I will tell you all about it when I return from the trip, but in the meantime, I hope all of you readers are enjoying your summer as well, crossing off summer bucket list items, keeping cool, resting, and enjoying God's blessings! :)

I'll be back soon, don't worry!

Blessings,
Hayley (Victorious Heroine)

Summer Bucket List 2013 Link-Up

Spring is almost gone. The school year is almost done. But one thing is also beginning: Summer. I'm going to try something new for this summer. My sister and I decided to make a Summer 2013 bucket list. Here are my current 50 bucket list items...

1. Do a vlog post.
2. Post frequently on Victorious Heroine
3. Get an awesome gift for Father's Day
4. Go to Disney World
5. Take lots of pictures
6. Color in a coloring book or on a coloring page
7. Play in the rain
8. Pick flowers
9. Write some poems or stories
10. Give a person/people a present and/or a care package
11. Wear a sundress
12. Fro yo!
13. Fly a kite
14. Launch a rocket
15. Bake cookies
16. Defeat the summer reading list
17. Create a chalk art masterpiece
18. Sip an Arnold Palmer (sweet tea and lemonade combined!)
19. Blow bubbles
20. Go to the library
21. Play in the park
22. Play hopscotch
23. Play foursquare
24. Game night
25. Fireworks
26. Do something out of the ordinary.
27. Watch movies never seen before and movies that I haven’t seen in awhile
28. Summer of Blimey Cow
29. Listen to BCAN
30. Photo a day challenges
31. Grill out
32. Make homemade ice cream or sorbet
33. Go shopping
34. Eat a slice of watermelon
35. Bowling
36. Get a pineapple dole whip at Disney World
37. Conquer my fears at Disney's Haunted Mansion and Rockin' Rollercoaster
38. Go to the Beach!!!
39. Go to Water World
40. Go on a hike
41. Have picnics
42. Go for neighborhood bike rides
43. Eat a fruit pop
44. Buy a mocha coconut frapuccino (for yourself or someone nearby)
45. Movie marathon
46. DIY crafts
47. Stargazing
48. Water balloons
49. Youth Group Activities
50. Make homemade cherry limeade

I might come up with more once my sister and I plan this all out together. But for now, a list of 50 big and small things sounds pretty good. :)

Now it's your turn! I made a link-up again for all you blog writers. Now, I know some of you have a blog that is very topical. That's ok! Let's say for example, you have a blog based on your spiritual walk or your writing career. You can write a small bucket list of things you want to accomplish in those areas. This is very flexible. :)

I hope you enjoy it, and I can't wait to see all the lists!

Question for the Reader: What are your plans for the summer?

"From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!" --Psalm 113:3

Summer Reading List

Spring always gets me excited, but it also makes me anticipate for summer to come. So naturally, I plan out what many book-lovers make for the summertime: The Summer Reading List. Here is mine so far:

Required Reading for Omnibus:

City of God by St. Augustine

• Book I
• Book II, ch. 21 & Book IV
• Book V, ch. 8-26
• Book VIII
• Book XI
• Book XII
• Book XIII
• Book XIV, ch. 1-17
• Book XIV, ch. 28
• Book XV, ch. 1-14
• Book XV, ch. 18-27
• Book XVIII, ch. 1-29
• Book XVIII, ch. 30-54
• Book XIX, ch. 1-18
• Book XIX, ch. 19-28
• Book XX, ch. 16-27 & Book XXI
• Book XXII, ch. 1-17
• Book XXII, ch. 18-30

Saga of the Volsungs by Jesse L. Byock

The Koran

• Sura 3 ("The Imrans")
• Sura 8 (The Spoils)
• Sura 9 (Repentance)

Pleasure Reading:

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Emma by Jane Austen

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

The Silmarillion by J.R. Tolkien

Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Poems by Emily Dickinson

Poems by Walt Whitman

Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Macbeth by Shakespeare

Hamlet by Shakespeare

Works of G.K. Chesterton

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldredge

Confessions by St. Augustine

Beowulf

Watership Down by Richard Adams

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi


Questions for the Reader: Do you have a summer reading list? What are some books that you are looking forward to reading the most? Any suggestions for really great books to read?

"For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." --Romans 15:4 

(Link-up to Country Girl's Daybook)