Happy Monday, friends!

We’re in Idaho this week visiting family & vacationing. One of the new things I like to do before a trip is to spend some time during family dinner the night before mapping out our intentions for our vacations.

If you haven’t done, this I highly recommend you do. It helps you see what other people in your family want for their trip. It’s a great way to say what you want and what you need for your time away.  You can always refer back to it when people aren’t respecting your wishes!

All you need is an index card and a pen and you’re ready to go! Make sure you ask for what you need!

Intentions for the Week

• read a book (I’m almost done with Calypso and Casey is reading Into Thin Air)
• pool time
• family walks
• play golf (not me)
• river rafting adventure
• family time
• make a family dinner
• art time with my niece
• get a massage
• have some potatoes (we’re in Idaho after all!)
• post a new pasta recipe
• stay up late talking to my mother-in-law
• double date night with in-laws
• go to a baseball game
• watch a movie in in-laws home theater
• relax
• recharge
• drink water
• catch up on sleep
• try to make healthy-ish eating choices

Last Week’s Intentions:

• laundry (always laundry)
• manage working from home while Cooper is home
• send out returns at post office
• drop off library books
• post ice cream cake on instagram
• look out for the August issue of Better Homes & Gardens (I’m in it!!!)
• straighten up office
• pick up Birkenstocks at the shoe repair place
• do some meal prep
• make kombucha
• figure out something to do with carrots or make this carrot soup
• make a cake, post about it (here it is!)
• work on favorite pen roundup (almost done!)
• art time with Cooper (he typed poems!)
• work on letters to pen pals with Cooper (he has a few!)
• catch up on social media & computer work
• work on summer bucket list
• work through this workbook while I try to eat healthily
• get my heart rate up/go workout or hike or both (Fitbit is helping)
• make a packing list
• drink enough water

Mantra for the Week:

I hope you have a great week!  Remember to write down your Intentions for the Week to help keep you accountable!