Summer is the Season!

So summer is here and I have a knack for plants and all things green. I thought I would post this for those of you who may be wondering what fruits and vegetables are in season during the three main summer months (JUNE, JULY, and AUGUST):

Fruits:

Cantaloupe, apricots, blueberries, cherries, figs, grapefruit, grapes, limes, peaches, plums, raspberries, watermelons, and strawberries.

Vegetables:

beets, bell peppers, corn, cucumbers, eggplants, green beans, okra, radishes, summer squash, zucchini, and tomatoes.

*Check out the pictures to see some of the other things that are good to get at the store during the summer and maybe even try growing yourself.

GO GROW SOMETHING!!!

A new ME

Hello!

It has been a year since I last wrote something and there has been many things that have happened in life of course, because it has been a year. I have finished my first year of grad school! GO ME! I somewhat forgot how big of an accomplishment that really is for me. I have no motivation for school anymore but somehow I dug deep and motivated myself and rocked my first year of grad school.

My boyfriend has been home now for about 5 months and it has been great and also rocky at times. I have been trying to understand who I am now with a boyfriend. I have been in places where I have allowed that fact to consume all of my thoughts and I have been in places where I feel sad for how my life has been. I have felt like all I do is sit around and wait on him. All of these places have been a dangerous road for me because I have never dealt with any of these feelings before. I have been quite a nightmare to my boyfriend and for that I am truly sorry. I have been trying to find my place in this new life that I am now a part of. It is no longer just me going through life but it is now me and my boyfriend. I haven't found that happy medium yet where its a partnership. I have only had either the ALL mindset or the NOTHING mindset for over two years now and so I am working to find that middle ground. The transition that we have been making for the last 5 months has been a very bumpy one but I am finally looking at things with a different perspective. Part of that perspective came from him when he said we just need to look at things like we will be together for a long time and the other part of that perspective came from church last Sunday. We talked about what a courageous woman of God looks like. One of my favorite verses that we talked about was Proverbs 31:30- "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised" This verse has been coming up for me all week and it is now a new goal for me. I want to strive to be a woman that is just so utterly beautiful on the inside that it cannot be contained and people will have to see it. I want to be a woman that can support her friends and significant relationships, with respect and with understanding. I don't want to be a woman that nags her friends and is unhappy because she is so worried about what everyone else is doing. I want to be a woman that keeps herself busy so that her days are filled with worth. I want to be a woman who loves and fears the Lord so much that it is noticeable to those that are around me. I just want to be allowed to walk through this journey with the ones I care about. 

This is how I want the new ME to look like. I want to enjoy life and love all that is around me. I want to be less concerned with how things look and more concerned with how well I can live today.