{my list: july}

my name is lauren and i love to make lists.

to-do lists, grocery lists, work tasks, movies to rent, spreadsheets, christmas lists, checklists, you name it...i love them all. it's my way of de-cluttering all that gray matter living deep in my brain. 

here's a little peak at what's at the "top" of my list this month...

• clean eating - i've been doing a lot of research on how to "eat cleaner." more veggies. more fruit. less unnecessary gluten. {it should be mentioned that i still stuff my face with starbucks and the occasional brownie when i'm given the chance...this is a work in progress, people!}

• rediscovering my cell phone camera - i had no idea how great my little phone camera was until this spring. it's turned into full blown love. mix in a hip little camera app and i might never put this darn thing down.

 

• pinterest - i was curious, but i resisted. did i really need another web-site to help me procrastinate? ohhhhhh but i caved. and little did i know this would take my love of organizing and list-making to a whole new level. check it out here!

• goodwill therapy - "out with the old...and in with the new!" i shared a witty text message conversation with my friend, ashley, about this very topic. she's moving to a new city in north carolina and starting grad school (three cheers for her!!!) there is simply something addictive about bagging up my outdated clothes, parting with millions of scotty's brewhouse glasses from my college days and cleaning out my storage closets. it makes me smile. (and according to ashley, it makes moving a much happier chore)
  
• ancestry - find out where you came from. talk to your relatives, your own parents, your creepy cousin (luckily, my cousins are all incredibly awesome, so this was painless). write down what you find...you'll be happy you did!

(my paternal grandfather, circa 1942)

happy friday!