No vacation for me.

I was really excited for tomorrow until about two minutes ago. Ash and I were supposed to go up to Manatee Springs State Park in Chiefland, Florida and spend the day swimming in the crystal clear water and spend the night camping under the stars and eating s'mores.

NOPE.

1. It is going to rain all day and night.

2. We don't have dog sitters like I thought we did (oops!).

For now I guess pinterest will have to do. Check out all of these lovely places.

San Onofre State Beach, Cali: I have camped here before. I love this place and I can't wait to return someday.

 Iceberg Lake. Glacier National Park, Montana

Photo by: Jay Patel Photography

La Alhambra, Nazari Palace, Granada, Spain

And will someone please take me to France!

Are you going somewhere this summer? Let me know in the comments!

Only love can do that.

Hearing about all of these hate crimes lately, especially in New York City (where we dream of living one day), is scary. This fear is something that is always there, sitting quiet, but when I hear the news it bubbles up.

We have received every look imaginable. 

We have had the pleasure of some wonderful looks such as the darling smiles of a 5 year old who recognizes love, to the 15 y/o high five or thumbs up, to the middle age man who tilts his head in acceptance, and the grandmother who has seen so much and sees more in us. 

We have also seen some not so nice ones... like the cashier at Target who doesn't even say 'hi' to us as we check out, and the man at SeaWorld who yelled profanities at us before we sat down to see Shamu, and the 10 y/o who told us we are gross, and the mother of that adorable child who promptly left the cafe, and the waiter at the Macaroni Grille who proceeded to ask offensive questions and then stopped coming to our table after he overheard me tell the woman I love, "I am in love with you" on our anniversary.

Honestly, most days the good looks outweigh the bad and I feel good. Other days it makes me feel off... makes me question who I am. "Am I a bad person," I think when I get a bad look. It is easy to say "brush it off"... I know. I usually do, but sometimes I am scared for our safety.

I have seen and heard the horror stories and I don't want to be one of them. I like to think that if I am as kind to everyone as I can be then they won't hurt me and maybe someone will stick up for us, protect us, but I don't want to find out. What if no one does?

I am sure I speak for both of us when I say that we are so very happy to have some very wonderful and supportive people around us sending those good looks our way, but we also wish we could feel safer just the same.

Sapere aude.

Summer Break Is Here... Kinda

My summer break has finally (kinda) arrived. I got those perfect As I had been hoping working my butt off for all semester. I have had a long week to relax and get back to some of the things I love. I have gone to the beach 3 times since finals and it has been great -no more milky paleness! Yay! I started a couple DIY projects that I hadn't had time for during the semester (look for those soon). I have also started back up at Uhsome and feel like I am really contributing to the company. I have lots of plans in the works for this summer. I've read more, done more, and slept more. And it has been great!

With all of this wonderful time to do all of these wonderful things I am just not as excited as I was to start my summer classes. For Summer Session Uno I am taking two accelerated courses: Accounting 1 and Information System Management and I am just not looking forward to it. I know it will be fine, but I am just enjoying this downtime so much!

In honor of the glorious summer this is going to be (as well as my long list of to-dos) I have made a 14 Weeks of Summer List. Everyday I remember something else I want to do this summer and I add that to it. I have 14 weeks (or 98 days) to complete the list because that is all I have before the Fall Semester starts and the workload triples.

Check out my list HERE and let me know if you create one too by tweeting me (@cheesydaisies) or emailing me @ cheesydaisies@gmail.com!

Floral Inspiration & Color Palette

This will be my future living room. Actually it is someone else's living room, but that will not stop me. I am in love. I mean look at this photo. A floral couch! What could be better than that?

I need more floral printed everything. And those colors are just so lovely {NEW POST SERIES}!

It belongs to Bluebellgray's founder Fiona Douglas. And you can get the fabric and lots of other things like pillows and bed linens, and wall prints and so much more at their site.

Happy sighs, flowers.

What is keeping you inspired?