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.

touring the city

Saturday, we had a touring-the-city day. It was a blast! We went on this tour called "just ducky." It's a sort of bus that goes on land, and in the water! It's called a duck. HOW COOL IS THAT?! It was SO much fun! It's neat to see the view of the city from being on the water...

And-- the sun came out! Hopefully, some more good days at the pool. Also, we have attempted to play tennis. I LIKE IT! I don't like sports much, but I like this. Who would have guessed?

Hopefully, we will go check out the city some more today... Well, I'm off! Hope you have a dazzling- day! :0

-Abby

update

I am posting at the library. My, o my, this place is big! It is soo different from back home. I wish I could tell you where it is, but for privacy reasons, I won't. I'll just say that it is up north. I'm sure that that helps a lot. (not!:)

Our apartment is fairly nice. But It is as small as I'll get out, and all 3 of us have to share a room. Other than that, it's nice because it has a pool, and tennis courts.

One day, the sun came out for a little while and we got to go swimming. But other than that, it has been cloudy and overcast for 3-4 days. We haven't had a great pool day yet.

Yesterday, my dad got us a membership to a place called "the club 4 life." It's a huge work-out facility with everything to do! So that's a good thing to do on a cloudy, depressing day. And,I heard there is a cheesecake factory here, so I'm hoping to go try it out. :)

Well I need to go. I'll update when I can.

-Abby

I want to go see Night at the Museum 2.

I can't wait to...

Helllooo summer!

Yesterday, I got out of school! I kinda have mixed feelings about it, but am excited. The year went by pretty fast. I'm defintely going to miss my teachers, and the 8th graders, but not my grade! Mannn I'm happy to get away from them. Ha! It was sweet though, I had to leave a little early and when I left, everyone came and gave me a hug. AAWWWW!~ My cousin was in my class this year, so that was cool. Maybe I'll be back next year, who knows! everything is up in the air. That's what I dont' like about this moving thing. We don't know what the heck we'll do for school! Anyways, I don't want to get into that subject again. It' been an ok year. Yesterday, We had a class party, so we just ate sundaes and signed yearbooks. That was nice...

This summer, I can't wait to... (in no particular order)

• Get a tan.
• Be with my dad.
• 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!
• Make some strawberry lemonade
• Pick some more strawberries
• possibly go water skiing. Never been before, but I'd love to if we get the chance!
• Go shopping.
• 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)
• Eat an orange cream sicle
• Eat some shrimp
• buy some ice cream from the ice cream man
• bicycle
• visit mueseums
• go to the beach. I don't know if we will be going this year, but it would defintely be nice!
• Relax
• read some good books.
• make some yummy meals
• go fishing. :)
• go to my grandmother's cabin
• wear flipflops
• Buy some cute summer outfits!

whew! And there's more, but I can't think of them right now...

So, "let summer begin!"

-Abby