my summer is almost gone..

I'll be starting school in about 9 days. Scary, eh? well at the begining of the summer, I did a post about what I wanted to do this summer. ( to see complete post, click HERE) Since it's back-to-school time, I wanted to go back to the list and see how much of it I did.

Get a tan- Well i got as tan as abby can get. (which isn't that tan but I DID get a little color)
Be with my dad- yep. Very thankful we got to spend most of the summer w/ him
Go swimming. Our apartment we'll be staying in has a swimming pool. we haven't been a member of a pool in forever, so it'll be fun! - yes, we went swimming a lot this summer.
Make some strawberry lemonade- nope.:(
Pick some more strawberries - we picked one batch.
possibly go water skiing. Never been before, but I'd love to if we get the chance! - YES! I can't believe I got to do that!
Go shopping- hit the outlet stores! Including banana republic, jcrew, brook's brothers, and gap
Go to the cheesecake factory. My math teacher has always told me it was so good and that I should go. So, Ms. Goodson, I'll try to go to the cheesecake factory for you!:0) - nope. Not yet. When I do go, I will try to get tha banana cream cheese cake Amanda was telling me about!:)
Eat an orange cream sicle- nope.:(
Eat some shrimp - yup!
buy some ice cream from the ice cream man- no but I want to on my last week of freedom.
bicycle- not too much of that...
visit mueseums- we visited all the museums we could possibly see. Not exactly, but I am a little tired of museums if that means anything.
go to the beach. I don't know if we will be going this year, but it would defintely be nice!- Unfortunately, NOT. I sooo miss the beach!
Relax- yup
read some good books- Yes, did a lot of reading. Read magician's nephew, anne of green gables, (ABSOLUTELY LOVE the books and the movies! soul surfer, and a lot more that I can't remember...
make some yummy meals- I didn't make any yummy meals, but mommy did!;)
Go to grandmother's cabin- Didn't get to...
wear flipflops- O yea. Been living in flip flops!
Buy some cute summer outfits- yes,some.

Plus, I saw my first pro baseball game, and got a new computer! Well, I had a great summer! Hopefully, you did too! This last week, I'm going back-to-school shopping, and enjoying freedom before going back to the dreaded "s" word. :)

-Abby

Ps. What do you think about my new blog makeover? Truthfully here people. I'm still not sure if I like it.