Summer Bliss

I LOVE the summer!  I finally feel like I can breathe...and do what I want to do.  However, I find that I'm just sitting around...haha  But it's so hot out right now that's all I really want to do anyways.  I have been sleeping in almost everyday which is AWESOME! And staying in my pj's till half the day is gone.  It is blissful!  One of these days I want to do a deep cleaning of my house..do the floors, clean out the cabinets in the kitchen, clean the wooden blinds using the vacuum and some pledge...organize the closets and get rid of some things.  I also have a ton of picture frames that I want to fill and find a place in my house to set them up.  Maybe I should just make a checklist...and do it little by little one everyday. 

I have been thinking a lot lately about family.  I have family in Ohio....Wisconsin....and here in town.  I like to think that my family is close...but I actually don't think we are.  I am close to my immediate family (mom and dad and brother) but I feel I lack closeness with the other family members.  I barely every talk with any of my family here in town, and only talk with the out of town family members once in a while and it's usually on Facebook in a Facebook message or commenting on a picture/status.  Kinda lame!  I wish my family was closer.   Maybe I can make more of an effort to keep in touch with some family.  I know everyone gets busy and sometimes it's hard to make time in our busy lives to talk etc.  I feel like I wish I could connect with some of my aunts/uncles/cousins.  Some I haven't seen in such a long time.  I can put in all the effort that I want, but if there is no effort put forth by the others, then it's just wasted. 

Ok...so for the picture of the day Day 43:  Post a picture of your dream house

Well I don't actually have a picture of my dream house...but actually this past weekend my boyfriend, his son, and I went to look at model homes which is one of my favorite things to do!  We actually looked at half a million dollar homes...and they were AMAZING!  As you would expect homes that cost that amount of money would look.  Obviously I am not in the position to be able to afford a house of that magnitude-but I think that if one day I miraculously win the lottery or come into a bunch of money I could imagine myself in one of those homes.  It was fun to look at the houses and sorta imagine living there! 

My dream house would include:  at least 5 bedrooms, an office, a loft, a huge kitchen with an island, a sorta open floor plan, I like one story homes, but I also like the way the living area and the sleeping area are separated in a two story home.  It would be nice to have a backyard that I could relax in, with possibly a hot tub, and a gazebo and hammock and maybe a garden with roses and tulips and a fountain.  I would like a comfortable homey home that is functional but still has a little pizazz to it.

I imagine my dream home looking sorta like this: