Summer flew by! Now it’s September 1st and I have all my Mariah Carey Christmas songs on queue.
I kid, I kid.
But I did wear a scarf and boots yesterday in the blazing heat to celebrate the new season! I only got a few weird stares.
Here’s a quick little recap of the past couple months. They’ve been a blast! I’m looking forward to Fall though when I can shamelessly wear my scarves and boots daily. This summer we made a whole grain buttery blueberry breakfast cake….and it was delicious. If you have extra blueberries, make it! It’s never too late for cake.
I also wrote about my favorite food to eat while camping. Just a warning: it ain’t tofu.
Then it was my birthday and I wore some really high sparkly pink shoes to celebrate.
We learned the art of vegan ganache! And then used it to spread all over a very non-vegan peanut butter cake. If that’s wrong I never want to be right.
Somewhere in the midst of all that I made some cookies that were a big fail. Like, really. I can’t even talk about it.
And then my laptop and kindle sunk to the bottom of Lake Sonoma (smiling photo taken BEFORE everything went downhill). That was also a big fail and I won’t name any names. COUGH COUGH
I concocted the world’s best eggplant soup. <—-make it today!
and a really cute guy made me spaghetti….he’s a keeper.
…I also almost got shot on the interstate. But I don’t have a photo to document it so it might not have ever really happened.
Kamaile
September 1, 2011 at 12:22 pmoh no, your laptop and your kindle! 🙁
Cait's Plate
September 1, 2011 at 12:24 pmI adore that first photo.
And re-reading about all these experiences makes me jealous of your summer all over again!
Natasha (OveLoves)
September 1, 2011 at 12:24 pmMmm – eggplant soup sounds delicious.
OveLoves
Liz @ Southern Charm
September 1, 2011 at 12:27 pmI second that!
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes
September 1, 2011 at 12:44 pmMariah Carey christmas is where its at….at least in my house every christmas season bahah 🙂
Kristen @ Popcorn on the Stove
September 1, 2011 at 12:45 pmThis just reminded me that I have to try making that ganache!
Angharad
September 1, 2011 at 12:51 pmFun summer! Except the nearly getting shot part and the sinking appliances. All the sparkles, food, and camping though = yay!
Jessica @ Jess Go Bananas
September 1, 2011 at 12:57 pmThat eggplant soup was da bomb! 🙂
Kristin @ Iowa Girl Eats
September 1, 2011 at 1:08 pmEek – shot on the interstate! Now that sounds like an interesting story! LOVE those heels!
Kristin @ Iowa Girl Eats
September 1, 2011 at 1:12 pmMake that shot *at* on the interstate!
Andrea @ The Skinny Chronicles
September 1, 2011 at 1:12 pmIt’s wild that it’s already September! Where did the summer go?!?!
Brittany @ Itty Bits of Balance
September 1, 2011 at 1:18 pmI love the shoes & the recap 🙂
Baking N Books
September 1, 2011 at 1:37 pmIs it too early for Mariah? I see spaghetti in the future…but sadly no cute guy. Darn…
amy walters, aDESIGNdock
September 1, 2011 at 1:40 pmOh Mariah Carey Christmas songs are such goodies. LOVE.
Estela @ Weekly Bite
September 1, 2011 at 2:16 pmI’m so excited for fall too!! Its my favorite time of the year 🙂
French Heart
September 1, 2011 at 2:51 pmWow, if we ever turn into a nation of survivalists–you & Adam will do it in BIG style!! Taking cues. Love the sparkly shoes against the pebbles, etc. :0
Amrita
September 1, 2011 at 3:12 pmI LOVE LOVE the pics and your sparkly shoes are just adorable ..
Molly @ RDexposed
September 1, 2011 at 3:15 pmI usually start the MC Christmas music around July….it became a college rule that I had to wait until November to push play on the Christmas music!
Baking N Books
September 1, 2011 at 3:50 pmI was thinking the other day – “God people talking about Xmas already”..and then I realized I’m just giving into the ‘stereotype’ of people being stressed, etc…when in reality I love Christmas! So why not celebrate the good stuff right 🙂
Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef
September 1, 2011 at 3:20 pmi can’t wait for christmas music! i usually make myself wait til thanksgiving to start…but maybe earlier this year. i already broke out the pumpkin so who cares about tradition? 🙂
Erika @ The Teenage Taste
September 1, 2011 at 3:47 pmHoly crap! How did I miss that armed gunman in the hotel story?! Craziness…but other than that and the laptop it sounds like a great Summer! 😉
Sarah@The Flying ONION
September 1, 2011 at 3:51 pmI’m so with you on the Christmas music…haha!
And I remember those shoes…the vote. Totally love your choice. 😀
CheezyK
September 1, 2011 at 4:31 pmYou laugh about Mariah Carey but we were in a department store the other day and they had their Christmas decoration stands set up!
jenna k
September 1, 2011 at 5:21 pmjust the mention of that peanut butter cake and i can almost taste it again. sighhhh. the most perfect cake to just eat out of the pan with a fork 🙂
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen
September 1, 2011 at 5:24 pmI didn’t realize your laptop did too! I thought it was just your kindle. That sucks!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga
September 1, 2011 at 6:09 pmYou lost your laptop and your kindle and I swear you had iphone issues not too long ago either…girl…you and your electronics havent had a great month!
And the cookies, well,…they LOOK tasty 🙂
And the shoes. Oh, I loved them then when you posted about them, & love them now!
kaila @ healthy helper!
September 1, 2011 at 6:41 pmI don’t know where I was but I missed that eggplant soup! I need that in my belly like NOW!!!
Katrina
September 2, 2011 at 3:30 amLove that soup!
Laura @ Backstage Balance
September 2, 2011 at 7:18 amWait, what? Why did you have your laptop and kindle out on the lake to start with?
Love the camping cookig stuff, that’s one of my very favorite things to do and I live and die for s’mores. Fact.
Jil @ Big City, Lil' Kitchen
September 2, 2011 at 8:18 amBoo for drowned electronics and almost getting shot – but yay for great eats and memories.
katie @KatieDid
September 2, 2011 at 8:32 amMaybe I missed the post about the laptop and kindle? That sounds like maybe a low point of your summer…? eek! But everything else made for an awesome summer.
jenna
September 2, 2011 at 8:55 amhahaha yes…I didn’t mention it when it happened for a reason…it was awful. But everything is good now!
Meghan @ StruggleMuffins
September 2, 2011 at 10:17 amCute recap – you have a way of making it all sound so whimsical…I’m sure there’s no whimsy in seeing your kindle sink to the bottom of a late but still – you’ve got a way with words!
Lindsey
September 2, 2011 at 10:22 amThat chicken looks divine, and those shoes? Can I steal them please? 🙂 Happy September!
Stephanie @ Love Life Project
September 2, 2011 at 12:05 pmI think I’d cry if my laptop sunk to the bottom of a lake! What a tragedy! For what it’s worth, I also wore a scarf today. To the farmer’s market. Where everyone was wearing shorts and tank tops. Oh well.
jenna
September 2, 2011 at 12:13 pmI did cry. I considered it a funeral at sea.
Chels
September 6, 2011 at 12:51 pmDigging the shoes! & also can’t wait to rock my scarves and boots this fall! 🙂