AuburnChick's Adventures

Happy Wednesday, y’all! It’s hard to believe that we are halfway through the month of June already. Time flies when summer is afoot.

Here’s the latest round of Joyce’s questions, along with my answers to them.

Joyce, as always, thank you for hosting these fun, weekly, get-to-know-you shindigs.

1. Summer officially begins this week (in the northern hemisphere)…what was your favorite thing to do in the summer when you were a kid? What do you like most about summer now? 

When I was a kiddo, I relished the slow, lazy days of summer. I spent many a day watching the morning game shows and then tuned in to a couple of soap operas that followed. Days of Our Lives was my favorite! If I was lucky, my mom drove me and my sister up the road to the state park, where we would swim the afternoons away.

During this empty-nest-not-quite-retired phase of life, I spend my summer weekdays at work and evenings on the front porch watching the sun set. We occasionally get invited to the lake. Another friend couple of ours just bought a tritoon boat. We are hoping for an invite soon!

2.  Something you’ll celebrate this summer? 

The Mr.’s birthday is the end of this month. Our celebration of that will be very low-key.

We will celebrate the 4th of July with our son and his family. With the 4th landing on a Friday, I’ll have a three-day weekend, which will be lovely.

3. Summer tastes like? Smells like? Sounds like? 

Summer tastes like watermelon, lemonade, and fresh tomatoes sliced up and sprinkled with salt.

Summer smells like barbecues grilling and afternoon rain showers.

Summer sounds like children playing in a pool, the thwack of a baseball making contact with a bat, and the ooohs and aaahs of a crowd after a well-placed return on a Wimbledon court.

4. June 18th is National Splurge Day…what’s the last thing you splurged on? What might you splurge on today? 

The last thing I splurged on was nail polish from Lights Lacquer, a little, Miami-based, woman-owned company I discovered through an Instagram ad.

They regularly put out seasonal colors, and I fell for the most recent promotion.

I love to sport a light pink during the spring and summer months.

Their nail polishes stay on without chipping for days!

I doubt I’ll splurge on anything today. I’m at the point in my life where if I want something that’s not too expensive (or it’s not too close to Christmas), I go ahead and buy it for myself. I don’t especially enjoy shopping in brick and mortar stores. I just don’t have the patience, so if I splurge, it will be online.

5. Share a favorite summer quote, saying, song lyric, or meme. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I’ve mentioned the show, The Chosen, before. Do you watch it?

They are slowly releasing episodes from Season 5; the first two are currently available for viewing on Prime Video.

They are doing a sneak preview of episode 3 on YouTube tonight at 7 p.m. Central, and it’s free to watch!

Episodes 3-5 will be on Prime Video June 22nd, and the last three episodes will be released a week later.

I can’t wait!

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