Summer "Guilty" Pleasures

Happy Monday! It's the start of a new week, and I'm starting to feel like we're getting into our "summer" groove over here. It takes a bit to find a new routine!

It's starting to really feel like summer, too. In honor of the season, I'm sharing some of my favorite "guilty" pleasures of summer. I try hard to not feel too guilty about these habits of mine, but instead, look at them as a ways I can enjoy the season we're living in.

In no particular order...

Ugh. Every night at 7:30PM it's like an alarm goes off in my head that tells me, "it's time for a little ice cream cone!" I don't need large quantities of it, but a few small scoops in a little cone bring me a lot of joy. 😉

During the school year, I feel as if I absolutely can't start the week if my house isn't in tip-top shape on Sunday evening. "Summer Emilee" is much more relaxed. Haha. I like to have everything picked up at the end of the night, and I still like my house to be neat, but I'm much more relaxed about which day of the week the cleaning gets done.

I love to have a little rest (30 minutes, max!) on the couch on a summer afternoon. For whatever reason, this is something I really struggle to do during the school year, but "Summer Emilee" loves a nap. Haha.

Right now, those are 3 of my favorite pleasures of summer time. I smile just thinking about it!

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