The entry period for this giveaway is closed as of Wednesday June 27, but please don’t let that stop you from leaving a comment about what you plan to do this Summer of Love!
I’m giving away this KitchenAid Stand Mixer…
No sponsor. No advertising contract with anyone. And I’m sure there are more than a few ways to spin this into thundering! Hordes! Of website traffic! But that’s not it for this little blog, either. I just love the stand mixer that I received as a gift for my birthday one year (in baby pink!), I love this summery color, ice blue, and I love the eight of you who still read my blog (oh, only seven now? That sure improves your chance of winning!)
More on summer, love, and small kitchen appliances later, but for now, let’s just give this thing away.
To Enter this KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway:
To enter the giveaway, just answer this question in the comments section below:
“What are you going to do this summer of love?”
(Don’t worry about composing a deep and thoughtful answer. For the contest, it actually doesn’t matter what you say since the winner will be chosen in a random drawing from the comments. But for me, it always matters what you say, so know that whatever you write, I will love and cherish and read it.)
You have until… oh, I don’t know, I guess next Wednesday, June 27.
Some fine print: 1) Please enter only once. If you enter more than once, I will just delete all your comments and then you won’t be entered anymore 2) Everyone is welcome to enter, yes, even those internationally. However, if you are outside the US and win, you have to provide me with a US mailing address to ship. The mixer is very heavy and it will be way too expensive for me to send it overseas! (Probably cost more than the mixer itself!)
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Hmmm… try to win a KitchenAid? :P
chillaxing!
I’ve never seen that color before. It’s just GORGEOUS!! I will be spending this summer exploring SF with my stomach and basking in the sun (or bay area gloom)-I recently relocated to Norcal. Your blog is my fav!
Work work work :(
spend it outdoors!
new job, new city, new apartment!
Making a lot of fresh pressed juices with my new juicer. And lots of picnics with friends.
This summer of love I’ll be doing anything I want b/c I’m finally done with school! WOO HOO!
I wish I could say I will be traveling, lounging on the beach every weekend – but I’ll mostly be working still! But planning to eat. A lot. And trying to burn it off, you know, for that one day this summer that I might make it to the beach.
I plan on making oodles of ice cream. And eating it.
Buy a sausage grinder attachment for a hopefully newly acquired Kitchenaid and make my own sausages
I’m going to wear big floppy sun hats and make mojitos with fresh mint!
Cook and Garden.
I’m moving to Los Angeles with my love.
going to the lake!
Partying like I’m not pregnant! Cuz I’m not. Just in case you thought I was being irresponsible.
For the summer of love I plan on focusing on my new business.
As usual, spending too much time drooling over food porn on-line and reading your fabulously funny blog that I just recently discovered. You crack me up!
fill it with live music!
Spending the hot Austin summer close to/in bodies of water!
Duh… I’ll be baking with my brand new ice blue stand mixer… ;P
Eventually taking a trip to San Diego this summer, but other than that, just enjoying the yummy in-season fruits and veggies! :-P
I’ve been on a European culinary tour all summer. Last month was Spain, this month is Italy and next month is France. Then…back to the US :(
This summer really is a summer of love for me as I will be giving birth to our baby which is due in August. We’re already excited how the baby will look like and how our perspectives will change as parents.
Nevertheless I do wish everyone a very special summer with memorable moments.
eat my way through Vermont!
I’m going rowing!
Looking forward to annual family vacation and homage to summer–super soaker water fight, homemade ice cream (hand cranked, of course), Hawaiian shirts, and lots of food, family, friends and fun
We’re eating of course ;) Lots of Thai food, fishing trips, swimming in the pool, and trips to local farmer’s markets. In August, we’ll hit the sleepy little town of Marblehead for lobster, sailing, and family reunions.
this summer of looooove i am going to fatten up my boyfriend for the kill. jk, just fatten him up with the yummies i make with this mixer! NEED!
Trying out the new smoker and hanging out by the pool, drink in hand.
Find a job, exercise consistently, cook/bake a few times a week and doing lotsa lotsa fun stuff!
I’m planning on celebrating the traditional Summer of Sarah. Happy Birthday!
east-coast exploring!
this summer we are taking my daughter on her first airplane trip to meet my husbands family
Traveling with the love of my life :) oh and procrastinating on my thesis at the same time!
Wishing I was in the same city as my boyfriend, but sending postcards with sweet messages instead.
Would love to do a few day trips upstate, hiking with my family, some water fueled fun, taking my 8 year old on an adventure to revisit our city as tourists seeing it for the first time.
Moving back to the US after living in France. Not very romantic to be leaving the country that invented love, but there you have it, the mixer would help me get over it. Thanks for the chance.
Funny you call it the summer of love. I just started seeing someone :D Maybe this one will the the one that works?/
im going to learn how to make the best gelato ever and throw an ice cream party!
My summer of love will hopefully be spent with my #1 enemy, the gym! And of course, eating lots of good stuff haha :)
I am going to Chicago and eating
I just bought a fancy ice cream maker so I’m gonna try to make the best salted caramel ice cream ever!!
I’m ONE OF EIGHT? YES.
No, there are 40 comments. Sad.
But, this summer of LOVE, I might find a love… otherwise I’m going to go scuba diving in Seattle (HOLY COW) and cycle from Seattle to Portland.
Oh, and miss you, dear Miss Delicious…
A good mix of travel, relaxing, cooking and eating!
I am throwing my dad a surprise mad men themed 60th birthday party with all his old friends from the last 60 years in attendance! I cant wait!
Hopefully go on vacation somewhere beachy :)
Sadly, there’ll be nothing lovable about my summer as I’ll be shackled to the ugly ball and chain known as bar exam prep. I guess one possible highlight of my summer can be making delicious treats with… an ICE BLUE KITCHENAID STAND MIXER!!! PIck me, pick me! :) P.S. – You’ll never have just eight readers, are you kidding me?
This summer is going to be full of traveling and picture taking for me and of course enjoying the beautiful weather at the beach! [:
My summer of love is all about enjoying my first grandchild. Her name is Cecillia Parker Isaac and she is beyond beautiful! She arrived on May 23, 2012 at 6:45pm and has had us all in her spell ever since. I lost my Mother this past March. Now without both my parents alive, the only healing that I have had is because this “angel Baby” is in my life. In the passing of one life, another begins. It really makes you in awe about “life”. I would LOVE to win this for Cecilla to use together one day. I look so forward to being in the kitchen with her just like I did with my Mom so many times with so many invaluable memories.
Make this “simple summer peach cake recipe” weekly until there are no more peaches in season (http://peceecha.notlong.com ) and continue to grow a water dragon baby girl in my “belly” with love (and peaches).
OH All right. This Summer of Love? Being single for the first time in my adult life, and learning to love myself first.
It sure would be more fun if I had a cool ice-blue Kitchen-Aid….
This giveaway is awesome! This summer I’m going on a mancation – I need a break a real break for my own sanity as well as everyone else’s around me
I plan on grilling nightly, spending a lot of time at the beach, and then taking my mom to Ireland for her 60th!
Plan all sorts of fun stuff to do with my two love muffins (my toddler and 10 month old).
Well living in the desert I am sure we will spend a lot of time indoors, cooking, baking and occupying ourselves in other ways…
Happy Birthday Sarah!
This summer of love I’m moving to Australia to be with the love of my life <3
Lots of beach time in Santa Cruz and conjuring up recipes for homemade dog biscuits.
continue setting up a home with my (relatively) new husband. it feels so good :)
Drive up to Northern California… enjoy the sights, the food, and my hubby.
Spend a fun filled summer with my sons :)
I’ll be renovating my kitchen this summer so this new mixer would be great!
Eat good food and drink wine
I am going to NY to spend a blissful 12 days eating around the city (and hanging with my man). The rest of the summer will be filled with my city (SF) and all my wonderful friends.
Blue is my favorite color, and I’m a little obsessed with cooking…so this giveaway is just perfect! As for this summer, I am starting a new job! I moved to DC a few years ago for my Master’s degree, and I just landed a position here to will help teenagers abroad learn English – woohoo! If I win this giveaway, this summer will also include a ton of experimenting – I love to cook big savory dishes (a blog is in the works!) but I have yet to explore the baking world. I have mastered baklava though, which I am quite proud of! Thanks for putting this giveaway together!
Zion Canyon and the Narrows hike.
Camping with our 10 month old and making lots of home made ice cream!!! Not at the same time of course.
I’ll be working (sad) and cooking (happy).
Lots of cooking and making my Limoncello…yum, yum,yum…..
Lo
myjourneymyfood.com
Going on a dream vacation on a Turkish Gulet! Can’t wait to sample the Mediterranean cuisine!
I’m planning a trip to Hawaii! Sunshine, beach and I’ll take those little umbrella cocktails!
I will spend the summer planning my wedding!
This summer of love I am going to take swimming classes with my 2 year old! Fun and practical.
Hopefully find love :)
Since a vacation isn’t in the budget, I will probably try to find a pool and hang out with my honey. Oh and cook some amazing food and loathe where it lands on my body. Wobble wobble :)
I’m going to greece to do a language school, a cooking school, and to work on a farm for a couple weeks. so excited!
Going to Spain, Croatia, and Italy, eating and drinking my way through each.
Attend my friend’s wedding in Seattle!
Going to hop on a cruise, but haven’t decided a destination yet!
Me and my hubby will be going to Rome for our first year wedding anniversary!
Sharing my love of Russian language with college students!
This summer of love I am going to grow some tomatoes and cook lots and lots of delicious meals at home.
Finally moving to the same city as my love after 2 1/2 years doing the long-distance thing! Ooh and also- finishing up my grad degree and starting a new job. We would love a beautiful mixer for our new apartment!!
Spend it with the breeze and a book under my Grandmothers tree.
I will be leaving my current job, starting school full time for social work, and packing my bags and moving in with my amazing boyfriend (and of course my kitty is coming along too!)
This summer I will be traveling to Spain and Portugal! And enjoying all of the delicious food and culture that those countries will bring :)
Besides that, I will be working and trying to enjoy the sun as much as possible!
I love that blue! I will be perfecting my popsicle making and trying not to turn to dust in the desert heat.
I’m going to try and win a Kitchen Aid as I lust after them but could never afford one **sobs** but I fear that you won’t send it to me as I live in the U.K and you don’t.
I will be doing lots of cycling, running and baking!!
This summer will be spent transforming the office/storage room into a nursery!! Baby #1 arrives late December or early January! We have a lot to do to get our house ready for a newborn.
Eating healthier and taking care of my garden.
I would do lots of traveling and also lots of baking! Thanks for the giveaway.
I will be spending as much time as possible with loved ones. Life is short. Enjoy it!
This summer I will sit at barbecues and stare longingly at all the corn on the cob that I can’t eat. I’m really glad that I can finally afford braces, but this is a high price to pay.
transforming myself into someone I want to be.
Lots of smooching, grilling, concerts in the park, pool days with the kids and general summer awesomeness.
HEY! Happy birthday, my fabulous food friend. I hope you get spoiled like crazy today. Actually, the entire week. I think the older we get, the more celebration time we require.
Anyway. Summer? Hanging with my awesome kid (who is NINE now, can you believe?), going to the drive-in, trying to garden on the front porch, & eating lots of seasonal foods.
Love ya lots & have a fantastic day.
Stephanie from Dispensing Happiness
My hubby and I will be spending three wonderful weeks in Italy…with the hope of a souvenir to make an appearance about 9 months later! :-) Also, I plan on taking a few more advanced cake decorating classes at the local specialty bakery store.
Spending the summer visiting my daughter and her newly minted baby…my grandson as much as possible. Teaching her to cook has been fun as she’s a fast learner. She really needs a kitchenaid to complete her kitchen.
I’m learning skills that will help me in life =)
I am in Colorado this summer for an internship! I am doing lots of hiking and exploring.
Having fun with my family and cooking a great dinner every evening!
We will be going on a vacation to Montana!
learning to cook. after spending 21 years in the same house, I’m moving away on my own in September for grad school! so excited but reluctant as well
I plan to spend quality time with my new kitten and watch how he interacts with my 6 year old, 18lb orange tiger cat.
lots of time will be spent in the sun – picnics, pools, beaches – and taking advantage of free time to go on weekend outings.
Relaxing and hanging out with friends until school starts
Waiting for the birth of my first grandchild. Can’t wait.
Spending lots of time with the family and getting a few weekend getaways in when I can!
I’m going to ride my bike and go swimming in the sunshine!
This summer of love I’m celebrating my first summer as a resident of California and finding a great job, adopting a sweet puppy and cooking amazing summer produce!
I’m back at school this term, but doing an internship instead of taking classes, and will be spending the summer with my three best friends, cooking, grilling, and baking the days away. Best summer ever!
Spending the summer taking cooking classes & bbq’ing with my family.
Happy Birthday! I’ll be trying to prevent my three kids from destroying the house or each other by keeping them busy in the kitchen.
I’m trying to be more social. Lots of rooftop bars and dinners al fresco for me!
save enough money to move away!
I’ll be surrounding myself with people who make me happy and taking life as it comes!
Unpacking, cleaning, and organizing the house I just moved into!
Hi Sarah! This Summer I’m trying to take long night time strolls with my boyfriend instead of plopping on the couch like we usually do. ;-) Thanks for hosting this giveaway. xo
this summer, im going to work on starting my career!! its been too long of a wait and given current situations surrounding me, im in need of a decent income from a good job.
I will be working in the local food co-op kitchen and having way too many reading groups and dinner parties with friends. Oh, and trying to figure out the rest of my life…
Spend more time with the people I love and care for.
Working and swimming and baking.
I plan to bake several pies with fresh fruit from the farmers market, figure out what to do with my hundreds of cherry tomatoes growing on my deck (because I just discovered I have a green thumb!!!), and see lots of free outdoor summer concerts.
enjoying the cleanliness of my kitchen (doubtful) with the ease of having a mixer going and being able to multitask during endless get togethers and cook outs!
I’m moving to miami, and I’ll be starting my internship at a restaurant!! so happpy!!!
learning to cook and live a healthier lifestyle.
this summer i’m going to perfect the genoise!!! xoxo
I’m finally going to visit mainland Europe and spend some quality time at the beach sipping fancy girly drinks.
This summer I am taking some classes for my restaurant management major that involve cooking for our restaurant’s lunch service so I can graduate college in 3 years and then go the culinary institute of america! I’m also finally baking my way through my bucket list of recipes which so far have ended up in some delicious croissants and macaroons!
this summer I am happily reading the archives of your blog, now that I have discovered you! :)
Staying out of the sun.
Making ice cream with my new kitchenaid stand mixer and ice cream bowl attachment!
This summer of love….I need to find a job I don’t hate!
road trip to co
I will be working in ministry at Berry College!
This summer, I was actually hoping to get an internship at an hospital, but now I’ll travel through Europe with my boyfriend! :) And thank you for this amazing giveaway!!! xo
My plans are to reorganize my life a bit but in the meantime I’m going to cook some delicious food from fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables, bake a few delicious cakes, make some lovely ice creams, and prepare a surprise party for my parents (50th wedding anniversary!).
Building up my cookie and ice cream business. I needs to make enough orders so I can move to a commercial kitchen and make MORE orders. My hope is to eventually quit my day job and make the cookie and ice cream business my day job.
I’ll be making pizzas on the big green egg every day I can
I will be traveling though SE Asia and Peru!
I will be learning how to cook more healthy food
I shall be working in a bakery in the sweltering Mass. heat and loving every second of it….well maybe every other minute of it. :)
Mostly workin hard for my money, but cooking/eating every free moment :)
i hope to be able to try more recipes on your blog and on tastespotting
making jewelry!
Planning a wedding!
Keeping my head down and trying to survive this heat! (Houston)
I will be sweating in my non-air conditioned house. %^( And wishing I had A/C so I could bake more using a new Kitchen AId mixer!
I am going to take time to work on my writing and focus on achieving my goals while still having fun. I live in Portland, Oregon where it rains ALL THE TIME so I am definitely going to take time to enjoy the sunshine while we have it!
Cooking and eating my way through a whole lot of delicious recipes featured on this site!
Working, yardwork and new patio construction to keep me busy while I pine away for my husband who’s in pre-deployment training!
Popsicles, poetry & pluots
Grandkids, hiking, kayaking all of which I love, love, love.!
Enjoying the sun, eating delicious food and spending time with the family
Moving from Colorado to North Carolina with my boyfriend. Now that he is done with his PhD and we both have exciting jobs we are planning on cooking together!
gunquit, Me
another summer when always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
I’m going to new york!
Lovely question! In food–I am going to preserve roasted garlic, perfect my blueberry pie, and hopefully can as many tomatoes as humanly possible! I also want to have picnics all the time, and make sure I get to the beach!
Thanks so much for your lovely blog. Your pictures are beautiful.
I plan to enjoy as much sun as possible
I’m going to the city of love! Paris!
Our family vacation is to Nantucket. Lots of great farm-fresh foods and plenty of seafood!
Try and have as much fun as humanly possible. Eat, drink and be merry!
I am working on my doctorate in philosophy and baking to keep sanity!
I’m going to celebrate my 45th birthday and my daughters 6th birthday by going to a water park in the morning, making an awesome dinner of “Birthday Pasta” , blow the candles out on a Gluten free cake, then catch the late showing of Brave and stuff my face with greasy movie theater popcorn!
Passing the Missouri bar. Fingers crossed!!
I’m going to make homemade marshmallows in my lovely new kitchen aid stand mixer, then use them to build the perfect summer treat … s’mores!
Nothing different, really. Running, swimming, reading, gardening, cooking, eating. Doing as much of those things every day as possible :)
listen to a lot of marvin gaye
i plan to spend as much time with those people close to me as humanly possible.
Making moves! Going to start researching and recipe testing and talking to people in my goal to open my own food business. Exciting times ahead and hopefully a very productive and fruitful summer!
Getting ready for a big road trip to Louisiana.
Planning a baby shower and hanging out in the California sun!!
Lots of reading, hiking, camping, and anything outdoors I can!
I will be traveling as much as I can and getting my life in order. I want to focus on my art and finding a career. I want to be happy and at peace with what the future will bring me. Oh, and cuddling up to the boy with lots of tasty cocktails never hurts ;)
I’m am going to read everything, and bake everything and then some.
I’m going to celebrate my friend’s wedding, attend a conference, and prepare to become an aunt this fall
enjoying the summer with friends and family
List of things to be done this summer: 1. Graduating law school, 2. Taking the bar exam, 3. Cross-country foodie road trip, 4. Move into a new apartment, 5. Fill the apartment with new cooking tools, 6. Enjoy.
ROAD TRIP!
I am always going to read through the deliciouslife and hear what the player president has to say. Also my wife and I are going to fly out to NY this summer to see my cousin getting married on top of the Tribeca skyway rooftop.
Enjoying the sun, friends and family!
I’ll be cooking at Timpone’s Restaurant in Urbana, IL. I also hope to start bartending, because I just finished a course on it.
Food inspired road trip along the California coast! Then hopefully doing a lot of baking with my new standing mixer!!
Study study study and then move. I have no kitchen stuff, so this mixer would be a great start!
I’m going to try and live a more delicious life. I’m already inspired regularly, now if I could just let the burger meet the pan more often!
Work (wah wahh) and enjoy my new apartment!
I’m going to LOVE going to the various Farmers Markets around Seattle. I can’t wait for raspberries!
I’m going to tend my garden and cook amazing fresh dishes
I am going to heal from thyroid disease and eat beautiful, refreshing, unprocessed foods to nourish my body and soul so that I can finally have energy to give back in this life and love my family and friends.
I am going to love making as many ice cream recipes as possible :-)
Moving into our first house, making it our home, summer baking and cooking, celebrating my birthday with friends over for a bbq in our new home, enjoying the sun and the warmth. How about you?
I’m going to move in with my two big sisters in our new apartment in London, and cook all the (literally) hundreds of recipes we’ve lined up to make together :)
Interning at The Field Museum and hopefully doing a lot of cooking/baking with this beautiful machine :)
I’ll admit I was attracted to your blog by your giveaway on tastespotting, but I love your honesty and voice! Hope you’re getting lots of quality matches on match, thanks for sharing!
I’m looking forward to making tons of ice cream and frozen yogurt with my new ice cream maker!!
I’m going to make treats that will take all fall to lose the weight from
Im going to try and eat healthier and work out regularly!
I am starting my first job as a graduate!
I’m going to try and get an internship somewhere and I’m still looking for a summer job. BUT in two days time I will be departing for a cruise in Alaska with my family! :D
Spend as much time with my kids doing fun stuff like playdates, beach excursions, tennis, etc. Thanks!!
Work in my garden and process the harvest.
Spending time with friends and family and doing some fixup in house.
In roughly 7.5 days, not that I’m counting or anything, I’ll have one full week off of work in which I fully intend on sleeping in past my 6am alarm, spending a few days jet-skiing in MI where I’ll hopefully turn a lovely shade of bronze & eat lots of grilled food. I also just stocked up on Wilton goodies so I plan on baking lots of pretty cupcakes and beer bread!
Actually, I’m getting married to my best friend I’ve known since 7th grade Sept 29th @ Bald Head Island. We actually are requesting a KitchenAid mixer!
I’ve already had an amazing summer! Just got back from Orlando where I was able to go to Universal and see Harry Potter Land, as well as cruise on over to the Bahamas with my lovely bf =). I also plan on picking up baking and cooking as my new hobby, and this will make an awesome addition and such a beautiful color!
I’m volunteering at a music festival – 4 days in the woods! I’m terrified, but hoping to have a great time and meet lovely new friends
I’m going to spend time with friends visiting from Ireland and make salted butter caramel icecream!
spending the summer in Mississippi (originally from Canada) with my boyfriend :)
Wine tasting, river rafting, a couple weddings, and simply relaxing (hopefully!) LOVE THAT COLOR!!!
This summer I’m enjoying a new camper, traveling the western U.S. with my husband.
Headed to Minnesota in a week to visit friends I met while studying abroad in Ireland..and making as much cheesecake as possible.
I am going to spend the summer getting my food blog off the ground before starting my third year of law school in the fall! Hopefully I can break in a new mixer and take some beautiful blog shots!!
Working my way through the momofuku milk cookbook and hitting the gym to work it off!
After a few months of a not great breakup, that left me displaced in a terrible basement apartment… I’m baking and cooking again….
I’m going to make a plan and actually follow it.
I’ve spent this summer cooking a new dish every day! Lots of new ideas from the local farmers’ market!
Sadly, I don’t have huge plans for the summer. I’ve recently moved to Santa Cruz, CA. So I’m pretty short on cash. But hopefully some friends will visit and I’ll hang out at the beach a lot.
I’m going to make lots and lots of ice cream to survive 90 degree days in my un-air-conditioned upstairs apartment :)
I am going to spend my summer enjoying New England before moving to Iowa!
Spending my summer of love with a new gentleman friend in Lake Tahoe. One of the most romantic places ever!
I’m going to try a new sweet and a new savory recipe every week!
Make amazing baked goods with the mixxxer!!!
I’m going to move (and change my life…for the better I hope)!
I am going to be lazy for the first summer in what feels like forever.
trying to get my kitchen floor installed that’s still sitting in my living room.
Make ice cream, of course! ^_^
Watching my beautiful toddler grow up day by day and making most of each moment
I am working as a public interest intern for a nonprofit social justice law firm.
Honestly? I’m going to start doing all the things I’ve never had the guts to do before. =)
I’m going to shower my 4 month shih tzu puppy with so much love he’ll want to throw up. And hopefully meet someone whilst walking him. Duh, the MAIN reason why I got him.
I am going to a fabulous restaraunt in the British Virgin Islands for my Birthday!
And, maybe sailing.
I’m going to run a 10k as fast as my not so little feet will carry me, chill with my hubby, visit with friends and generally enjoy life as we know it.
I’m probably going to a greek island, maybe Ios or Kos. :) (even thoough I’m Greek, they never end:P)
Ok, maybe I will make some desserts too :P :P :PP.S.:I hope this giveaway is not only for US people, but for everyone :/
Graduate school classes and baking.
My summer plans include experimenting in the kitchen. There are TOO many options at farmers markets during the summer and I go crazy. I’ll go on vacation when it’s a little cooler and I can actually enjoy being outside :)
It’s my last summer in San Diego and I plan to enjoy every minute of it. This means lots of weekend beach days, summer gatherings with friends, and culinary adventures (both homemade and store bought!).
I am a teacher, so I am going to soak up every second of it and RELAX!
I’m going to teach a class on food issues for a local inner-city high school students in a program to prepare them for college. And hopefully do a lot of berry picking on the weekends!
take more time for relaxing
I am going to spend some time with my family this summer and enjoy them as much as I can!!Maybe I will bake some nice pastries for them or make a ice cream!
make food porn.
This summer, I’m going to start yet another veterinary internship, move to a new city, and bake my heart out.
I’ve wanted a stand mixer for so long! Or at least, a new one that isn’t broken :(
This summer? I really want to go through my entire to-bake list, start to finish, over 90 recipes. I hope I can do it. A new stand mixer would TOTALLY help with that goal ;)
I’ll be having a summer of love at the London Olympics where my BF is (I’m in California), and we’ll be eating our way through the city. :]
This summer, I am going to take my last term as a full-time engineering student.
I’m going to read all the books I didn’t have a chance to during the school year. I’ll attempt many firsts in baking (making mochi and homemade pie top my list!). I’ll find new ways to use my dutch oven. I’ll stuff myself with all the fresh, seasonal fruits I can.
I will be cross-country ski training in Stratton, VT!
I’m going to experiment with making ice cream sans ice cream maker and search out some swimming holes.
Gonna use it to grind meat and make sausages!
Summer of love means vegetable gardening, beekeeping and relaxing!
Spend time with friends and family, swim, relax, do more yoga and of course enjoy some delicious healthy food!
Hopefully making dishes with my new mixer!
This summer, I’ll finally be able to live with my beau and start learning French! And, hopefully lots of trips to NY and the beach–two things I sorely missed in Kentucky.
This summer I will be hiking the National Park System and enjoying every bit of it!
Vacation, read, tan, bake, repeat.
I’m going to spend more time baking decadent cookies and trying out new ice cream recipes with my nephews.
Hopefully finding a job & moving south to be with the one I love.
Getting some inspiration for my future apartment (decoration, furniture…) and enjoying my spare time outside in the garden at my parents house!
Mini pies!
This summer we are going to stay HOME and enjoy our new apartment, complete with 10th floor sweeping Santa Monica Bay views…on our new double lounger on the patio. Only wish I could be home right now…
I’m going to work on my dissertation! It’s a full time job!
marrying
I’m going to work on my dissertation as well. Fun times!
Running!
Lose myself in summer novels, make black pepper vanilla ice cream and foster a Basenji momma and her 9 puppies
this summer, I am going to the beach, and also look for a house!
maintain a healthy amount of fiber in my diet
Going to Africa!
I am going to Vegas this summer after a 2 year hiatus! And plan to bake and cook more because food is my passion.
I’m going to Spain for a month! :)
hopefully cook!
Enjoying going on dates with my husband and kids: drive in, water park, pizza parlors, new ice cream places, etc.
In 35 days I will be on a plane from CA to watch the London Olympics! I have been planning this trip for 4 years and will be going by myself. I am so happy I made my dream trip happen and I’ve had so much love and help from friends and family who know more than me about travelling in Europe. Think about it, what is one adventure you want to have in your life? I know you can do it :)
Road-tripping along the coast of Oregon ans California coming up this summer!
Bring a beautiful baby boy into the world. <3
make some meringue!
Spending as much time as possible at the cabin at the lake. It will be an adventure with a one year old :) Other than that, working of course.
Working in a research lab by day and breaking in my new kitchen by night.
Jetting off to Marrakech this Sunday with the boyfriend – excited doesn’t cover it! And working my bum off to save up for new kitchen equipment ;)
I will be exploring the great outdoors with the love of my life, putting over 1500 miles on my bike, plucking produce from my oh-so-happy backyard garden, and slaving away in the lab!
fall in love with all things Latin (and my husband again!) in his home country of Venezuela!
all i want to do is relax, eats tons of fresh fruits & vegetables & stay hydrated because texas heat is brutal!
Heading back up to Washington State to stay in the house I spent many summers at. Can’t wait to share that time with my little boy!
This summer, I plan to live my life in nature, and indulge in wine in only the best place – central coast california!
This summer, I plan on visiting my fiance (who I haven’t seen in months) and running off to the beach with him!
Have the time of my life!
film festivals, road trips, food!
Mandatory hugging fests for my newly rescued kitty, who needs to develop lots of socialization skills.
this summer, i plan to be reunited with my husband who has lived in another state for the past 2 years! woohooo!
Reading Anna Karenina under the California sun :o)
This summer I’m falling in love — and it’s perfectly wonderful!
well basically there are two posibilities:
1- This summer I am going to fall in love with my new Kitchen Aid Mixer in Ice Blue
2- This summer my heart will be broken if destiny is cruel and keeps me away from my Kitchen Aid Mixer in Ice Blue
I prefer option one indeed
I will be taking lots of walks!
I’m going to move across the country with the love of my life :)
loving and baking for the most wonderful man…
Enjoy my two sweet puppies, play as much golf as I can possibly fit in, swim in the pool to keep cool, and help my newly graduated daughter move into her very first apartment when she starts her first job of her nursing career next month.
I will be loving my new apartment, cooking & decorating & soaking it all up!
My boyfriend is coming to visit my hometown and family for the first time, and then I am going to visit his! :) I’m also going on a family vacation that I am crazy excited for!
I will be spending summer baking sweets and sipping wine
drink beer and fish.
BAKING! hopefully with this mixer :)
I’ll be going to San Francisco for a week of fun with my hubby on our very first trip together :)
i am moving to the beach!!!
Hanging out with family-especially the cute grandkids!
Going camping this weekend, and eventually, going to Northern Spain!
Baking, baking and some more baking!!!!!!
Getting married in 23 days!!!!
i will hopefully be harvesting a ton of veggies and spending lots of time canning them.
Make lemon bars!!! And prepare to move to Los angeles
I am going to spend as much time as possible with the man I love. Photographing, creating recipes together, etc.
i will be teaching my daughter how to cook all my wonderful chinese dishes! =)
Honing my skills and craft in charcuterie.
This summer I will bake a lot for all my friends to cherish the oven that I finally got :)
Finishing out my first year in AmeriCorps, and trying to find a placement to do a second year of national service. :)
Loads of cooking, baking and running behind my 2 kids. All this summer and year long the same.
Learn how to bake bread, cakes, anything and everything. A slow start to becoming a pastry chef (hopefully?)
I plan to go to the lake, read lots of books and have cook outs with my friends.
I will be working. I will also be baking with my daughter as she prepares to start her own home.
This summer of love… Hmmm. My boyfriend and I will be traveling for his Mom’s 60th and the 4th of July. We just picked out a bunch of new recipes to try out together. Of course his are mostly sweet treats, whereas mine are on the savoury side.
With a KitchenAid Mixer?
Pizza dough, lots of Pizza dough. ^_^
Pick me! :D
re-designing my blog and going to sit in a beach chair and not move for 1 week! (not at the same time!)
Enjoying my last summer of freedom! I’m in grad school and will graduate (and become a CPA) in December, so I’m soaking up all the lazy moments this summer. Lots of hiking, trying new recipes, and (hopefully) finding my inner green thumb.
I’m gonna rock I’m gonna roll I’m gonna bop I’m gonna bowl I’m gonna score tonight. Oh yes.
Figure out how to bake without wheat gluten or eggs for my allergic son. That’s love for you.
Working, cooking, and getting ready to run away to England!
I’m helping my parents move this summer, which is stressful and bit sad, but it is also the start of something new and exciting.
Since I only have a week break for my summer vacation at my hagwon, I will spend the time with my boys playing with them. In addition, I will continue to learn and cook the Korean foods that my wife doesn’t make. I’ve been successful with several all ready, i.e., bibimbap, donggas, jumokbap, mandu, kimchi, juk. I think next up is samgak kimbap, jeolmyun and nangmyun especially for this hot summer!
This summer I will make a different recipe every week and test it on my boyfriend who says that he loves whatever I make, even if it’s Kraft Dinner (YUCK!).
baking, traveling, and eating…
Hopefully this summer of love will be spent cooking up some delicious food for lovely friends and long afternoons biking with the boyfriend and ending in the various parks for delightful picnics. thanks for all your wonderful posts! :)
My wife and I are gestating twins, and trying to figure out how to keep them fed….
I’m going to enjoy the sun as much as I can and spend time with family and friends.
Not much! It’s my last real summer before med school, so I’m savoring it. :)
I’ll be spending my free time with my sister’s dog (that thinks of me as his owner instead!)… he’s getting old and has health problems and all he wants to do is play or cuddle with me when I’m around, but haven’t had much time before. :(
I’m working, then going off to FRANCE! need a stand mixer to help my belly prepare.
I want to bake a whole sea bass in rock salt. I don’t know why I feel compelled to do this, but it’s freaking cool. I will do that at some point this summer.
I just got a job at a local pie company as a dishwasher, so I will be spending the summer (and beyond) honing in on my cooking and baking skills so that I can climb the ladder of the company until I am a chef.
I will be fighting to keep our wonderful Haleiwa Farmers Market alive. Our goverment has shut us down saying that we are no longer welcome on the site they put us on!
summer school )= but i have a one week break after tomorrow and i can’t wait to start baking again!
Spend time with my husband
Trying to catch up with life.
My husband just started a new job so I think it will be a while before we go on vacation so we will do staycations.
We will walk after dinner and we will have family get together and barbeques.
Loving my wife more than I have and loving my little girls more than they can imagine.
I’m getting engaged! Wahoo! Best. Summer. Ever.
Winning this KitchenAid for my woman!
I will be babysitting, giving swim lessons, fishing with my family, and mastering cooking baking because I’m living in a house with my 4 best friends next year
move in with my boyfriend!
With my husband I will create new cooking portal, and like always submit new recipes on divinecusine.com. Desperately need this mixer for my kitchen!
Go to lotsa fun places for my friends’ weddings!!!
Working, as always, but in between making ice cream, running and trying to re-learn how to just be.
I’ll be baking lots and lots.. so I could use a lovely new mixer : )
My daughter is two so this summer she is going to be lots of fun. My husband and I have loads of fun activities planned, plus some great down time at home. A mixer would mean some yummy treats!
Nursing school! And a lot of boiled peanut eating :)
I’m going to do a lot more walking around Paris. Apparently we’re also going to Zurich next week? And I want to go to Italy or Ireland sometime before the end of summer, too. Wow, my life is hard.
traveling, boating, baking, and science.
Make more of my own pizzas.
I’ll be enjoying being home in Paris with my best friend before we both start law school! And hoping to learn how to make great macarons!
I will be taking care of my grand-babies. My daughter got a new job :)
I will be grilling pizzas and enjoying walks with my puppies :)
I am making bread, and homemade jams and jellies. I am canning for the first time, using the produce from our garden. I have become an earth mother, and i’m loving it!!
I’m going to teach kids yoga & spend more time in the kitchen
Traveling, I’m going to Eritrea!
Reading. I haven’t been able to read during classes so now’s my time..
Gardening, fishing and roller derby. all the while cooking and canning my booty off!
For this summer of love? I am focusing on making my house more in to a home and imbuing that small town, simple life mentality in to my big city plot of land.
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I meant to say I’m spending fun in the sun time with my 3 year old :)
This summer of love involves my new bike and new bikini!
I live in London so I will be wearing my wellies this summer as all it does is rain
Summer school and baking cookies.
what an incredibly sweet and generous giveaway! i’m actually going to my in-laws’ WEDDING! they’ve been together forever, but never officially tied the knot. now that they need to be on medicaid, they need to get legal. it’s going to be a blast!
Bake/cook/create as often as I can for my blog this summer before classes start!
Hmm…win the lottery? I guess winning a new kitchenaid would be good too. Seriously, would like to make my own prosciutto. That is my goal.
A trip to the Azores to take a break from this unending quest to get my biochemistry phd
I plan on taking it easy this summer of love… It stinks I already took my vacation.
Speaking of love, I love that ice blue color!
Studying for the bar, but taking a fun vacation after that!
This summer of love, I’ll be sending love in the form of baked goods, tea, letters, drawings, and goofy things to my husband in care packages. I intend to furthermore, increase my skill in cooking and baking, tending to the garden, and hanging out with my cat, Valhalla.
Summer concerts, beaches, grilling and jamming!
Six or seven readers my ass. There’s a ton of lurkers out there… hosting a giveaway just draws them out of the shadows!
Anyways… where were we? Summer of love. My goal is to just find a date! Love not necessary. Then again, my idea of finding a date is doing nothing out of the ordinary and seeing if anyone I know/meet has the guts to ask to take me to dinner. I have no expectations… so we’ll just have to see how it goes!
Snuggling my 10 month old twins as much as possible before they start full time (!) day care in the fall. Eek!
a) surviving the new england summer without air conditioning
b) finishing up my BA
c) doing a side-by-side comparison of all the bakeries in Boston Chinatown
d) eating, obvi
Quitting my job to go back to school full time, and a 3 week road trip between gigs.
Grow a significant percentage of my own food
i’m going to finish writing all my papers! and make one new delicious thing each week from my CSA share.
also, even though i *heart* your blog even when you don’t post that often, i will *heart* it MORE if you do post more often ;)
I love your blog! Happy Birthday! My boyfriend just moved to L.A. so I’m hoping to make plenty of trips down there this summer. :)
I’m going to do some soul searching, some spirit infusing, some horizon-expanding (both in a spiritual and physical sense!), go sky-diving, zip-lining, cliff-jumping, and watch my little brother marry the love of his life. <3 It's going to be a REALLY good summer. :)
teach since I’ll teach through the end of July!
Teach preschoolers cooking classes about fresh garden-to-table fruits and vegetables! <3 Love it!
Well, my daughter is home from college for the summer and, among other things, we’ve signed up to take a class on macarons together.
Spend time with my new twins and enjoy seeing the world through their eyes!
work at my dream job at Apple, inc!
With a little more free time, i’m gonna spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking and baking! Yeah:)
To perfect a ceviche recipe
Work, work, work. Can’t stop. Won’t stop. Oh, and I’m going back to school in the Fall for a post-bacc degree, so I am prepping myself for that headache. :)
Wow, lots of comments! This summer I’ll be swimming laps in the pool after a long day’s work!
I’m going to make a baby with my husband of 6 years!
I will be working full time (and then some) to make enough money to meet my husband halfway across the world, as he has been traveling since december 6th, and I have been…eating. :)
Taking some much needed time off work with a road trip to Oregon!
Get my personal training certification!!!
teaching English!
i would loooooove to use that beautiful blue love machine this summer!!!!
Continue working towards getting my undergraduate degree and cooking my heart out to relax.
Take a 3 month roadtrip around the country with my new blue stand mixer in the passenger seat!
I will attempt to acquire as many freckles as humanly possible in the sadly short but joyous Seattle summer!
Pack a car with a portable barbecue, some wireless rechargeable speakers and some great cuts of meat. Then off to the beach! The perfect summer date for me and my husband includes sand, songs and smoke!
I will be spending as much time in my garden as i can. Or at the beach. :)
I was laid off in March and have since been trying to start my own business but, at the same time, I’m supporting my boyfriend emotionally in his own career change from an environment that just wasn’t good for him. While it’s a leap of faith, we are both very happy in these changes and optimistic for our future together so that’s my summer of love! :)
Grill out and eat from our garden as much as possible!
Camping on the Outer Banks!
Eating as much ice cream as possible!
Create new recipes and enjoy the sunshine!
We are Finally going on vacation!!!
travel!
Play volleyball and get a deep tan! :)
Working hard and glad to have a job!
This summer I am getting my life together as I prepare to start my junior year in college. I am an Environmental Sciences major, and I plan on getting my doctorate in Marine Biology. In the meantime, I am trying to figure out the best recipe for chocolate chip cookies for my husband, and watching creature features on SyFy with my dog, Brutus.
I always find myself inspired by summer weather – so many bright colors and gentle breezes and warm sunshine and the scent of BBQ on the air in the evening – so I’m really hoping to buckle down and write my novel. I’ve been moving at a snail’s pace since I started it in November and since I’m currently unemployed, I have all the time in the world to write. Or bake, which is a welcome distraction from writing. :)
Take our kids to the beach!
Baking!
this summer of love, i am going to take three classes and get one semester closer to the job of my dreams. also, i’m going to enjoy all the free events in chicago. i plan to read one huge novel during my month off in august as well.
getting married!!! =)
Working nights and going to summer school during the day to finish college, and getting my degree quickly (R.N. :D ]
Attending my brother in law’s wedding and writing my first novel!
I tell you that if you give me this mixer, I’ll be spending my summer weeping with joy every time I walk into my kitchen. I only have one outlet but I’ll let this guy have it.
Really, though, this summer I plan to make this summer of love, all kinds of lovely. I plan to let the good moments really soak in instead of rush by.
We just purchased our first home and the selling point was that the house is basically half kitchen & half cedar screen room with high beam ceilings. The kitchen has been completely renovated & is a real chef”s kitchen that is just ready to be taken advantage of….by ME!!! Long story short, when my Mom passed away I inherited her banana colored, straight from the 70’s Kitchenaid mixer that is chipping away but has SO much character & memories attached to it. It is because of this that I can’t bring myself to get a brand new one….but it’s time. So, I will be baking my Mom’s famous cheesecake (now mine ;) in my new kitchen & will be grilling out on our new cedar porch this summer. Here I come!
going to Costa Rica!
Hang out and play with my kiddos and enjoy the new baby!
This Summer I plan to find work and get in shape!!
Quitting my job, packing up my belongings, moving to a new city, starting law school, and in the meantime traipsing around the mountains and spending a week and a half lounging by a lake in the middle of the woods in Canada!
Starting a new job!
We are going to go on as many picnics as we can, grill dinner several nights a week, and take a long road trip from Seattle to San Francisco!
starting a fabulous new job and baking up a storm.
I am going to, unfortunately, work but, fortunately, spend as much time as possible outside with my 4 kids and my husband.
Work…and play with my niece!
I’m spending it in Narnia! (No, really, I’m in a musical of Lion Witch and the Wardrobe all summer)
finishing up culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco, and doing my externship at Benu
Restaurant in the city. And will be cooking and baking on my time off!
expanding my culinary horizons with my beautiful new ice blue kitchen aid stand mixer?
attending my aunt and uncle’s surprise 50th wedding anniversary/vow renewal
First and foremost, the truth is that your mixer stand on tastespotting is what brought me to your blog. Second, it has taken me at least 30min to right this comment because I have been looking at your other pages and all the awesome photos there. Your dog is adorable. And those dreamy kitchens…oh I had to be careful not to drool on my laptop. So in a short concluding thought, your blog is a wonder and I have just bookmarked it!
As for your question, I try to live out my life day by day. Do my best, take what comes, be happy and proud of myself. So I will be/am trying to fill each and every one of my summer days with new recipes, getting greasy with my bike, getting my adrenaline fix by caving and base jumping for the first time, loving my sweet hardworking girlfriend, and seeing my family more. Of course the beach is thrown in to the mix by default. ;)
Kitchen Aid mixer stand or not, [I love the colour by the way!] I am happy I found my way to your blog!
ps: What about you? Any plans for this year’s sunny months?
I will go to a lovely wedding in Bucks County.
quitting my job to go to pastry school — eek!
Run ten miles and bake bread and cakes to my heart’s content!
I will continue to try desperately to find a job. I was laid off in the summer of 2009, and have been looking for full-time work since then. I am currently working part-time for Sur La Table in Fresno, CA, and am very happy to have that. However, things are tough in the Central Valley of California, and this week I have only been given 9 hours – same thing next week – and at $8 an hour, it is tough to live off of. I’d like to win this because sometimes I sell my chocolate chip cookies, as caterers need them, and my KitchenAid from 1972, is starting to make scary noises. Thank you for the opportunity.
Going to Sensation in Amsterdam!
Bake everyday, and work to be able to get to the beach…
I’m going to ride my bike and have as many picnics and bbq’s as possible!
Moving to Portland, hurray!!!!
this summer I will sit by the river with mason jar cocktails/homemade sweet tea and embrace all the mosquito bites. I will also attempt to bake the most amazing vegan pie (my first pie baking experience ever!).. a new mixer to assist in this endeavor would be a pleasant surprise.
Go on a solo hiking trip on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington and really take in all the beautiful sights!
Swimming in the pool everyday because it’s so hot out there !!
This summer, I’m going to cook cool things in my hot kitchen…
Produce ‘the Ventriloquist’ [venter (belly)+loqui (speak)] workshop.
For the first time I will be creating n coordinating my own cultural animation project, that explore the power of food/taste/smells n textures as a language for working with the unprivileged community in Warsaw, Poland.
Hope my love for food/people n storytelling will be contagious this summer :)
Entering notes in fields like this to please a woman who shares my bed.
Exploring the great outdoors as often as possible.
This summer I am going to LOVE going back to school!
I am designing an activewear collection this summer :)
I’m going to eat as many delicious meals as i can!
I’ll be cooking much more–with delicious summer produce!
What I am looking forward to is getting good at learning to relax with my sons more.
Travel!
cooking a lot!!
Spend more time on porches with friends than ever before. Life is short and I am going back to school in the fall after a very, very long break.
Grilling and chilling by the lake.
who knows, whatever comes my way
I’m working with toddlers all summer and baking pies with all the fresh fruit that summer has to offer. Going home for my birthday; and moving into a new house to prepare myself for the year long credential program that awaits me.
Live, love, laugh, cook.
Bask in the sunshine!
shop at the farmer’s market !
I’m working at a philanthropy non-profit right now, but in a month, I leave to teach English in Chile for a semester! Just trying to spread as much as love as far as I can this summer.
work, work, and more work
I’m hoping that I have work!! There may be a two week trip back “home” to see my mom (I miss her!!)
i am going to spend some time with my nephews
We just moved to Tx, so we are spending each weekend of this Summer of love exploring our area! This weekend, we are exploring Austin!
Surprising my sigother with a trip to ride some ROLLERCOASTERS! :D
Get into the habit of immersing myself in the Bible on a daily basis in order to truly see and appreciate the positive aspects of my life (read: blessings) that I too often disregard due to incessant worrying…Oh and play around with new marinades and recipes and exercise :)
doing lots of Bikram yoga, cooking, sewing and swimming! I signed up to teach a summer class, but not enough students signed up. ps. I don’t have a mixer and desperately want one!
Kayaking and Grilling!
I was thinking of world domination but that seems like a lot of work. So I’m thinking swimming.
To explore and learn and have outdoor garden parties with lots of things in lots of mason jars.
Write & drink wine
Lots of summer desserts!
Camping, hiking, get togethers with friends on the patio, cooking new and interesting meals, mixing up refreshing drinks and baking delicious treats for friends and family…oh and basking in the sun as much as life allows!
Just dream about such a dreamy mixer. Oh so dreamy…
Going on a road trip with the boyfriend. We plan to eat our way up the West Coast of the US :)
Doing an internship for culinary school and spending time with my boyfriend before he leaves to go to New Jersey <3
Work, Work, Work & hopefully at least take a weekend Staycation……..
Enjoying the sunshine from my office window
Showing my daughter how to do what you love and love what you do.
Teaching summer school to students with Autism, and cooking away my worries. Being a poor, stressed out, first time teacher is TOUGH business, but the students make it totally worth it!
Summer of love… more like summer of work for me! Gotta get a job and make some money so I can buy delicious and healthy ingredients to make delicious and healthy food!
Studying for graduate school as well as soaking in the sun and cooking :)
In this summer of love, I will be sharing my love with a bunch of elementary students for summer school.. (yay!)
I would enjoy cooking all the home grown vegetables and fruits from my garden.Summer in Northern California, especially in the wine country is too beautiful to go for a vacation.
Make clafoutis using seasonal cherries.
Going back home to California for 2 weeks, soaking in the sun along with doing some yoga!
I plan on confessing to the boy with the sweet tooth with my own variation of Red Velvet Cookies.
i finally got around to making my own organic garden. organic food is so expensive. now my hunny built me a raised bed. those damn birds have eaten all my kale and zuchinni flowers :( tomorrow I’m gonna get a net
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Love your blog and giveaway spirit! I will continue to learn and grow this summer while focusing on the good in all:)
Work on becoming healthier!
Soaking up the sun and enjoying some delicious summer barbecue :)
I will be cruising to the Bahamas for my birthday.
Finish up my first pharmacy school rotation and then fly 3000 miles to Seattle to visit my boyfriend!
I will be attending my oldest son’s June wedding! So excited~♥
My husband is currently deployed to Afghanistan. I bake about 12 dozen cookies every two weeks for the guys in his platoon. My cookies are famous and anyone who has tried them has loved them. I’d even mail you a batch if I won this mixer! I’m 6 months pregnant so saving some arm strength would help me be able to push out more cookies. Thank you for this offer!
In this summer of love.. I will be counting the days until my first trip to Japan in December!! :D
Finishing up my EMT certification and studying for the MCAT.
Oh lets see, i have my little cousins Quince, trip to vegas, Comic con, and Im starting up my 4th quarter of Culinary School! :)
I’m renaming it the Summer of Lust and the first thing I’m making with the mixer is whipped cream.
backpack around europe with my sweetheart boyfriend!
Begin getting ready for our 3rd baby and celebrate 9 years of marriage- Booya!
I will be becoming an Auntie and baking lots of sweets!
Going to the Dominican Republic to do some medical work! And going to Chicago for 4th of July! Can’t wait!
Same thing I do every summer. Try to take over the world
Playing with my kids, camping, frolicking at the beach, eating BBQ, drinking beer, and enjoying the awesome sunshine!!
watch my garden grow and I better dang well enjoy it!
Enjoying my first post-grad summer before law school!
Going to catch some wild Alaskan salmon and halibut this summer. LOVE the mixer, especially the color.
Exploring South Korea.
I am going to WORK at a restaurant and set up my classroom for next year! Hopefully I will find some time to use my lovely new KitchenAid mixer in between :)
See my favorite band, twice in a row – something I’ve never done before!
Finish my LAST summer as a professional photographer – couldn’t be happier! :)
I will be spending my days reading and spending time with my grandchild
this summer of love, I am going to be loving my new baby girl, come mid july! And boy do I love that color on that mixer!
Golly what a question. I guess i would just love it to be summer!
enjoy my yard and garden and take a vacation with my parents.
Putting three years of preparing for dental school behind me, leaving a top 10 university, and finally pursuing my passion by attending culinary school.
I’ll be working and dreaming of next summer when I’ll have saved up enough money to travel to Europe with my boyfriend!
starting my new job as Disney’s newest Pastry Chef!
Gonna pack up my worldly possessions and move to Cincinnati for grad school.
Find some happiness. And get my tan on.
Filming a webseries I’ve been writing with friends and acting in the Edinburgh Fringe.
I have every intention of spending as much time as possible at the beach, and on the hiking trails with my dogs this summer!
I’ll finish my dissertation, maybe go to Africa, spend time with my love, and have a blast with my little nephew. And cook everyone yummy dinners!
I’m traveling and eating as I go! Can’t get any better than that!
Planning my upcoming wedding!
I will continue to pursue art in my daily life.
Studying for the MCAT and hopefully making a lot of summer dishes to share with my friends!
Celebrating my 29th birthday with my husband (we just got married)!!!
get better at finishing artwork and give more loving kindness to friends and strangers equally!!
This summer of love I will be enjoying the sun, the fresh produce, and delicious eats!
Have lots and lots of fun with my children!
Reading your blog and Facebook wall drooling over all of your quinoa recipes.
I’m going to sit out on my back patio in the desert & watch the birds drink out of and also bathe in my fountain. I leave it on all the time for them. They appreciate it and I appreciate having them as visitors. If I get myself together, I need to read a book in my book club. Birds are more fun to watch.
Get a car, and get tan.
Run more, trail-style and experiment more with vegan cooking. Oh yeah and drink some beer. What else?
Packing and trying to sell our house! I would love to move that beautiful mixer into our new home…..
Heading to NYC!
Keeping my kids entertained! It’s a hard job but someones got to do it. :) This mixer would help with my job of feeding them. Haha! We are looking forward to spending our summer at the beach, visiting family and friends and enjoying the beautiful outdoors. Cheers!
I plan to eat, drink, read, play, swim, frolic, and rest. :)
Celebrate 10 years with the man of my dreams with our feet in a lake :)
picnics, dog walking, making out, baking a pie a week, cooking everything, pickling, lots of arts and crafts, being in love. Gonna be the best summer ever.
Mini-vacations to museums and plays, hugging granddarlings, reading for fun, and sleeping late!
Spending time at the beach with my husband and new baby daughter
hopefully i’m going to make lots of recipes using my brand new ice blue kitchenaid!! ;-) love your blog :)
Make baby blankets and bags for a local pediatric heart ICU, bake lots of copies for the staff of thy hospital, and spend some time hanging out with my kids and their friends watching them play and swim!
Ohhh…baby pink! Lucky! Love the ice blue too! We are headed to the Bahamas on a cruise. It would be super fun to come back and find that I had won. :-)
Spending as much time as I can outside with my 2 sweet boys (and my handsome husband!)
I will be experimenting with new recipes (Shepherd’s Pie Eggrolls!), hanging out with my best friends, and drinking lotsa good craft beer.
Traveling with my boyfriend
Working! :)
I’m planning my wedding! And depending on money, we may take our honeymoon before the wedding! :)
Flying to St. Thomas, then sailing around the British Virgin islands, for 10 days, with my friends (one of which is the captain)! So excited, haven’t been on a vacation in forever! :)
using this mixer.
“What are you going to do this summer of love?”
The HR office informed that I have 48 days of vacations and that I have to take at least 18 as soon as possible so but I don’t have plans so I am still pondering what to do with a lot a vacations days and very litle money to spend … I guess I will have to get back to you when I make up my mind.
I will survive my boyfriend being gone all summer.
I begin my medical residency this summer. Start my chosen career path….ah! July 1st, no one go to the hospital if you are at a teaching hospital!
Going to South Africa!
Adding some color to my life by repainting all the rooms in my condo. Oh yes and spending time with that person called “husband” :)
Hopefully finding love. :)
Field work! Summer is a busy time in my field of natural resources, and I enjoy the chance to get out of the office and survey for grassland birds, band geese and ducks, sort baby pheasants at the game farm, look for newborn fawns, participate in prescribed burns… never a dull moment!
pick my own fruit at farms and bake pices and make ice creams!
I am having a baby!
Celebrating my 5th wedding anniversary with a fun roadtrip
I’m going to learn to surf in Portugal with my boyfriend :)
Researching philosophy graduate schools, since I hope to start my PhD. Fall 2013. I also will be learning how to drive and plan on spending time with family.
Hang with my nine month old and hubby, learning about our new hometown of Oklahoma City. : )
Enjoy the out of doors!!!!
Writing my heart out :)
Beach!
Keep practicing my guitar!
This summer I’ll visit Ithaca, and then NY city! I’m very excited!!!!
Working hard in other to save money for my Master in Argentina.
I will be spending the summer with my kids and my Mom as she recovers from her recent bone marrow transplant
Enjoying my patio in my new house.
going back home to visit family
Primarily, studying for the CPA exam (boring!), planning my cousin’s bridal shower (a surprise!), and in between, figuring out how to get my chicken tikka masala to taste like authentic chicken tikka masala!
My goal this summer is to start up and contribute to my own food blog! I have the website, just need to get the content. Blogs (as you know) take a LOT of discipline, so please wish me luck!!!
Lots of baking, hoping that the a/c holds up!
Road trip to pick up my almost 19 year old from her first year of college….one proud momma
Take as much vacation as possible!
I’m going with my love to visit his family, since he moved to Texas to be with me and hasn’t seen them in two years!
I am going to do a lot of reading, a lot of appreciating, and hopefully, a lot of laughing.
heading out to the beach with a picnic basket
I start my 3rd term in med school next week. But I recently started to talk to this ever charming guy in my class…sooooo for the ‘love’ part, I have summer ‘boy’ plans ;p hopefully it turns into something good!
Gardening, cooking, baking, eating, drinking Prosecco, reading, planning a few trips.
I am going to love watching my 7 year old enjoy a family trip to Walt Disney World! …even though I have to watch from the sidelines since I JUST broke my ankle :(
This summer of love I will be spending canning, baking & enjoying my family.
Figuring out what makes me happy in life so I can pursue that in the future!
Travel to Jamaica for our 2nd wedding anniversary and hopefully make a baby :)
Seeing my son after a long 8 months of him being away
Planning my wedding :)
Going to school for most of the summer. (Fun times)
I have two weeks to enjoy the sun and back to school I go :D
Here in San Antonio soaking up the sun, gonna keep working doing my photography and soon move into a new home where i can have my own little kitchen…yea-yah! :)
Turning 17 and hopefully getting my life back on the right path. Exactly one year ago on June 25th I was released from the hospital (4 month stay) for an eating disorder. I loved cooking and baking and hopefully can find that passion again this summer.
Happy baking everyone. Hope you all have great summers :)
This is gorgeous.
Incidentally, so are your photos. :)
I will enjoy every moment with my kids today we dyed the 9 year old hair red!
I am going to be getting out the heat as much as possible. And cooking as much new food as I can
Recently moved to NJ right outside NYC. I’m going to explore all the food wonders and see a little art and music in there somewhere:)
I’m going to lay in the sun and sip Pina Colada’s as much as possible. :)
Going to Vegas and party!
I am going to be enjoying the short summer here in Iceland, going to cook away as I can and keep up my website http://www.allskonar.is; food and articles about enjoying life in all aspects. Basically I am going to try to cheat and do as little as possible with as much spirit as possible with positive effort (and not too much effort) while enjoying life to the fullest :)
I am also going to travel and photograph landscapes, stay up all night past sunset and watch the sun come up, which isnt so hard in Iceland since we do get 23hrs of sunlight in June :)And YOU?
Bake recipes that remind me of my mom and great grandmother and hit the beach as often as possible :)
my grandmother recently passed away and I would like to spend my free time during the summer creating a perennial garden in her honor. She was a conservations and avid gardener. I want to be able to walk out into my yard and into my garden and remember just how much she meant to me.
Going to enjoy playing with my two boys all summer long. Beach vacation in SD next week. Bachelorette party in Napa in August. A million and one weddings. How about you?
Beautiful color! I’m visiting Seattle this summer.
loving my grandchildren!!
I’ll enjoy in the kitchen all the best produce that Portugal has to offer and share the joy with my friends!
Going to hike the half dome in Yosemite! In my dreams. I’ll actually be in clinic all summer.
Moving to a new country.
I will be walking my dogs, gardening, cooking out, sitting under the stars, drinking cocktails and loving life!
I am going to spend this summer of love making memories with my granddaughters, Isabella and Ruby. Besides the usual stuff of going to the zoo, the park, etc. I am going to teach Isabella,age 8, how to make an apple pie from scratch and Ruby, age 21/2 and I are going to the backyard and we are going to make mud pies. I am making live growing Fairy Gardens for both of the girls. They will have real plants to take care of and I will recycle sticks and wire to make fairy furniture. A lovely summer ahead with my girls.
traveling on both coasts!
I am learning to love my own imperfections and to value the time I have to do the things I love like pick berries, cook, bake, spend time with family and friends, watch movies, run, etc.
Working in NYC and soaking up every moment I have with my boyfriend before he goes to grad school.
I’m doing a 100 days of real food challenge. No processed foods and focusing on local and organic. Today is day 16!
I’m learning about barrier island ecology and getting a puppy!
Getting ready for my wedding on October 5!!
Enjoy time with my kids and have fun making great meals with them! Oh–and learn to perfect cooking on my new grill!
Playing with my new dog
I’m taking the bar exam, but after I will be spending time with family, cooking and baking a bunch to make up for lost study time (hopefully with my new mixer) ;)
Working at my local Humane Society, loving lots of kittens :)
Work, work more work and a lot of entertaining. Almost complete with decorating my apartment and I can’t wait to have people over to enjoy. <3
This summer is all about friends, patios, beer and laughter!
Drinking lots of lovely long cocktails
I will be reading a bunch and making lots of summery healthy food with produce from our own garden (I hope!).
summer school :(
cherish catching fireflies for my 4 little kids.
trying to go to the beach as much as possible. and experiment with refreshing cocktails!
Helping my son and his son with their wedding
That was supposed to be helping my son and his fiancé with their wedding
The first way was more interesting! ;)
We are going to continue to work towards being self sustaining by raising, growing and making everything we eat.
Try not to melt in the heat :)
I’m trying to move to a new city. And hopefully some roller coaster riding with the kids.
Finish my volunteer program and then intern at a theatre… oh and bake and play with my puppy :-)
Lay in the Sun and drink margaritas!!
Moving to a new city, to start over new, with two of my closest friends. Oh, not to mention quitting my job to go to culinary school, like I have wanted to do since I was 11 (And am now 24). This summer is going to be EPIC for me, and I have never been more excited for the next part of my life.
Spending every moment I can with my kids and loving it!
I’m laying in the cool grass with a plate of madeleines and reading Rumi to my lover.
Hopefully finding love. :)
I’m going to spend my summer cooking for the ones I love.
Me and my boyfriend are going to Peru to celebrate my parent ‘s 50th wedding anniversary. So excited!
Remodeling and fixing up my grand parents home. Stating a new chapter in my life.
With my bestfriend. My love .
I’m going to finally give myself more alone time. I’ve been so kept up in everyone elses world that I’ve forgotten where I stand with my own! Cooking, reading, jamming; all introverted, but exactly what I will deserve in the warm sun.
Drinking summer beer, eating ice cream and exploring the wonderful city of Buffalo!
Be all artsy-fartsy and make lots of frozen coffee drinks and ice cream (:
Taking photos of my hummingbird couple at their feeder with my new telephoto lens. BTW I’ve been a tastespotting fan for years. Love it!
Enjoying my last summer as a graduate student, celebrating the fourth year of meeting my soul mate, and trying new recipes.
Rereading all of my favorite childhood books and reading all of the classics. Also, baking of course!
Can’t wait to soak up the longer days and catch some outdoor movies, take a trip to SF/Napa and hit up some concerts!
This summer i will be Bakin’ my husband and I’s first child! Im sure there will be lots more mixed in there, but that’s the most important part!
more ME time.. <3
This summer I’m going to have fun and make money… and bake!
Working hard on sharing the love and passing the deliciousness that comes from all the summer farmers’ market goodness!
Relax and enjoy life… And cook!
I am going to catalog my cookbook library and spend more time experimenting with new recipes!! Also plan to utilize my freezer more with all kinds of stuff and maybe if I am adventurous will start doing some canning with all the summer farm fresh fruit and veggies!!!
I’m heading to the beach in a few days and can’t wait to eat ice cream for every meal and read all day!
Work, research, cook, eat, drink, be merry.
hold picnic in the park with loved ones and my cat! :3
Getting through wedding season with my sanity intact – we’ll see how it goes.
Taking baking classes at the culinary institute!
Workin away, as usual, on my own blog, goodeverydaythings.com, at my company, tabulacreative.com.
keep my garden alive and cherish its bounty.
Hanging out with my new boyfriend, getting back into the kitchen and starting up my new food blog!
I’m going to make my life wonderful. New job, becoming a runner, and finishing this first year of marriage with flying colors.
Camping, camping and more camping!
Creating, exploring, & adventuring .
Take organic chemistry and quantitative chemistry plus work…YUCK!!!!
Perfect the art of the perfect carrot cake-cheesecake. And the perfect bananna cake-cheesecake, and the brownie – cheesecake… I think you get the gist ;)
im riding my motorcycle, spending time with my family, and going to the beach as much as possible….ahhhh, summer!!
Renovating our home, experimenting with more food…which leads to more eating!
Travel to Japan and Riot Fest in Chicago! Lots of love for music and culture. :D
Building a portfolio, finding a job. And of course having fun and going to as many festivals as possible. Gotta make the most of what could be my last summer in the city of festivals.
Spending as much time as I can with my handsome soldier and other family and friends! Always entertaining and cooking up something delicious.
I’m going to be watching my daughter swim her heart out on the local swim team. She’s 7 and she will be 8 the day this contest ends. :) I bet she’d love an ice blue Kitchen Aid stand mixer. It’s her favorite color. :)
I will be spending my summer
preparing the room for my first child.
I’m moving to a new town and starting a new job. I love my work and I can’t wait for the new adventures!
I will be making delicious food all summer. This mixer would certainly help ;)
After summer school in going to try and do a bake sale in my neighborhood!!
Spend time with my baby boy (his first!) before I go back to school in the fall.
Learn how to love myself again.
Drink prosecco, eat oysters, ride my bike and have picnics by the lake
Nothing much… Internship hopefully!
Reading Les Miserables before going to the musical in August, enjoying family times outdoors, putting order into our house, planning our next school year with Tapestry of Grace curriculum…thanks for this opportunity to trade in my trusty, but tired handheld mixer for something much nicer :)
Bouncing between hot hot Phoenix and cool San Francisco. Discovering as many new foods and drinks as I can.
Staying out of the heat first. I just moved to a new apartment and have some time to bake goodies for my friends and family. I love baking things and experimenting with new little bites and cakes.
Good food, good drink, good company- and I’ll love every minute~
Going to cherish my 2 boys (that I did not put in any sort of camp). Nothing like the summer for good ole’ family fun and loving on one another.
Do something adventurous like learn to fly an airplane.
I plan to eat great food, enjoy the company of good friends, and work on my personal 5 year plan.
Make lots of sangria!
I’ll be spending a lot of time at the cabin, with friends and family… which really means I’ll be cooking my heart out, as I usually am in charge of feeding everyone!
Starting my second quarter at culinary school!
This summer I’m going to work, play, and be thankful for my amazing boyfriend (who even eats my kitchen disasters!).
Getting married in August at Boston’s Harvard Arboretum! I can’t think of a better summer of love and family!
I’m gonna bake lots of sweets to take around and give away! Chocolate cupcakes, Lemonade cupcakes, and all types of cookies! Basically my favorites to share with the people around me. At like day cares for the kids and nursing homes for the elderly and just for my family too! I would love that mixer though I’ve always wanted one but being in my situation, I’ll probably be dreaming even longer :( !
I’m going to be seeing my boyfriend again after being on different continents for three months!
Hopefully find my first ever nursing job, should God will it in this challenging market….
Spend a lot of time cooking and tasting all the food I can manage.
Spread the love of summer.
I’m moving from being a lifelong New Englander to Southern Louisiana with the love of my life and my wonderful two kids.
This summer of love I will welcome my first niece into the world. Additionally, I’ll be taking my first trip to Disney with the love of my life. In between, we’ll entertain friends and family under lovely South Carolina sun.
My husband and I are producing a show together called The Real Drunk Housewives of the San Fernando Valley. So this summer of love we will be working together and loving every second of it….hopefully! :)
I am going to love myself by getting things back on track and find a way to get my BA and find an affordable place to live and a better paying job. The love myself summer with a little help from some loving family too.
Going to the beach!
I’m going to learn to cook more with Arugula – it’s all over my raised beds : )
My husband and I are going on a quest to find at least one good restaurant in the town we’ve lived in for the past 11 years before we move out of state.
I will graduate in a month, so now i’m studying non-stop but after that I try to focus more on my tan ;)
Spending every weekend photographing weddings so I can save up (time & money) to spend on my personal photography projects, i.e learning to food style & shoot as much as possible! Thanks for the giveaway! :)
I’m going to the Olympics! For once I can wave the American flag proudly in a European country!
I’m going to buy a new sewing machine and start more sewing projects! AND start using my new KitchenAid mixer that I will win from you!
Spend lots of time at the park playing pretend sushi restaurant with my son.
Get as close to water as possible and read as much as I can!
Letting love take me where it wants to.
My 24-year-old daughter returns from a 11-month missions trip next week (where she has been serving in 11 different countries)! She loves to cook, and so do I. She has been eating mostly bland foods in remote and very poor communities unlike what one might expect. We look forward to being able to prepare exciting new recipes together and would so enjoy this Kitchen Aid mixer in my daughter’s very favorite color! (Photo of my daughter taking care of one of the little girls in the Philippines.)
I’m going to eat as many fresh fruits and vegetables as I can find, and try to find a good swimming hole near my new neighborhood!
My daughter is spending this first summer after her freshman year in college in Canada on a horse breeding farm, so I am missing her terribly. Really, the only thing that got me through her moving to another state for college (5 hours away!) was the fact she’d be home the entire summer! (sigh) oh well, I’m excited for her and the opportunities she is creating for herself! So I guess I will spend my summer baking, blogging, and eating all the yummies! Oh and I’m going across the country to Seattle for a week – yay! Looking forward to hiking a couple days on Mt. Rainier and then spending a few days in the city exploring! I love the ice blue color on the mixer too, and I still read your blog – thanks for all the delicious posts!
Continue to learn to cook: discover new ingredients, experiment with different recipes, and post all of my cooking adventures on my new food blog! :)
Enjoy that beautiful limbo between graduating from college and entering the real world this fall!
Gardening and cooking, what else.
The apple of my eye is turning two this summer. I would like to teach her the joy of baking & cooking as well as appreciating the simplest things in life. I hope she will continue to grow well, smart & more adorable everyday.She is the reason my heart skips a beat. She made me a better person & mom. I am
thankful to the Almighty for giving us the bestest gift of life in a form of a jocund & an inquisitive lil person. Naeema, Mamma loves you very much.
I am going to get back into my pre marriage body shape! Another 20 pounds to go!!:)
Take advantage of all the fresh, locally grown produce!
crafting, cooking, and watching the olympics!
Working out consistently so I can be “bootylicious” by FALL (since summer started today and I’m not there yet). :-)
I am in Charlotte, learning more about poverty and trying to help the impoverished.
bake bake bake! bake for a tea party, bake for the wonderful friends, bake for me-time, bake for the chocoholic father, bake for trying all the recipes that ive been wanting to try and bake for the ever supportive boyfriend.
Wear out my camera
Studying for the Bar but also enjoying some country concerts :-)
Spend quality time with my family and friends before I go away
Make lots of cookies, hopefully :)
Getting married!!!
Sun soak, eat everything, photograph, and cherish time with family and friends.
I’m getting married :)
Perfect my cake and cupcake making skills, that is after playing out side as much as possible with my daughter :)
Change myself :) I want to be more mature than now ….
Also….I am going to bake a cake for my friend’s birthday and some cookies for my family , yummy ! <3
I am going to train for two things: my first competitive 5k and something my sister and I have decided to call “Fat Day”: a day in which we eat whatever we want for 24 hours.
Celebrating my wedding Anniversary the day after your contest ends :-) and spending time with family.
Getting through a Summer internship so I can graduate from college in August!
Send my boys to camp.
Spending time with family and then……celebrating our anniversary in Mexico!!
bake and look for a job!
Spending time with my family; founding the equine rescue non-profit org. and spending more time with my family.
Improve my skills in baking, art crafts and in music! I’d love to spend time making myself better. For how can I give what I do not have…I have to love myself to make my loving much better!
I’m going to cook a lot of new dishes, brew up some refreshing beers, and spend lots of time with my friends
Working and making baked goods for the jimmyfund! those kids deserve everything and more!
I have summer school. I would love to get some baking/cooking done as stress-relief ;)
Take photos, attend some weddings and keep plugging away at my job as a baker.
I’m hoping to use my new found love for all things baking. My partner is coming to visit this August and I’m eyeballing rhubarb strawberry pie.
I’m going to be making lots of crafty projects..and learning some new recipes that don’t require turning on more heat!
I’m going to enjoy beautiful santa cruz!
spending a summer reading under the trees :)
Celebrate my birthday… on June 27th! for real!
hopefully fall in love
Learning how to cook with as many fresh, local ingredients (including fish!) as I can get my hands on!
Moving in to my first apartment!
Living life, enjoying the weather, and having fun.
Read as many books as I can and celebrate our 20th anniversary.
I plan to spend the summer by the pool and also in the kitchen making delicious baked goods.
get on a plane to LA to see the pacific ocean. :)
Spend time with the family on vacation in the Bahamas.
Living a dream of having my own business. Makin’ delicious pies and selling them at the local farmers’ market. See my page… ttps://www.facebook.com/mypieforyou
People love them and I am selling all the pies each week.
Also, my old KitchenAid is making a funny clunking sound!
Cape may, pool, and Nantucket.
I am going to travel up the coast of california, making friends along the way. perhaps gather some driftwood in norcal for some craft projects. :)
Changing jobs, and taking time between gigs to finish some paintings and start a sculpture.
I will be dressed for love. Whether it come in the form of new friendships, new adventures, new places or a new person. I am ready.
Working…ugh. The real world. But I’ve just gotten serious about devoting more time to my new blog (! Yay!) and hopefully I’ll get to take a vacation or two ;)
Mix up some delish meals for the ones I Love :)
I’m going to take my family on lots of hikes, make lots of good food, and make lots of memories. <3
Sell lots of freshly roasted coffee at my local farmers market. And try to make some headway on my PhD when I can.
I am going to take most of the summer off to relax and heal, and write!
fruity smoothies on hot days, swimming in lakes, visiting family!
I’m going to love until it hurts. Meaning I’m hugging everyone until I leave a bruise.
I want to knit, knit a lot. Eat good, wholesome food because it’s the most therapeutic thing I can do for myself. I want to run, far and fast. I want to flirt and fall in like with someone. I want to reconnect with old friends and find new ones.
Start training to run a half marathon with our daughter and new son in law!
Baking! We’ve gone gluten free and boy do I have a steep learning curve!!
Move into a new apartment and get my DIY on to transform it!
I am only going to work part time so that I can spend time doing fun things with my 18 month old daughter and my husband before he goes off to officer training school. (And hopefully making baby #2!!!)
This summer of love I’m going to get my first real job and I’m going to love it!
Me husband and I are going to go sailing on our new sailboat. It’s 30 feet long and a joy to sail as well as a great challenge. I also get to work in a new culinary environment (a small boat galley) and complete a bunch of new craft projects. I recently made new curtains for the boat and am currently working on cushions.
Enjoying the final weeks of my semester abroad in Chile!!!!
doing what i love most with who i love most: wine tasting and traveling around the country visiting family and friends.
Happy birthday, Sarah!
I am taking my family to the Rocky mountain for some outdoor fun. Living in cosmopolitan surrounding it’s been years since we have been camping out in the wilderness (?).
Vacation with family! Then back to work.
I’m going to paint and photograph foods made from my kitchen.
I will be looking for the best cheese steaks, cupcakes, and ice cream in the wonderful state of California! =]
eat deliciousness!
Getting in shape. Priority #1. Side-bar, is that your freakishly cute Chihuahua? I have one that looks very similar!
I am going to win an ice blue kitchenaid and head to the kitchen.
Helping teach VBS. Going back to MD Anderson for my scans in July to get another GREAT report. Being blessed and thankful for every breath. Enjoying planning my daughters birthday in August she will be 3. Lots to do this summer and enjoying it all!
Sample wedding cake and share a backyard hammock with my sweetie.
Train my new dog Howie!
Remodeling my kitchen in preparation for my love to return in the fall :)
I’m exercising like crazy and eating well; getting ready to start school full time after 30+ years….yay!
I care give for a really sweet lady and just finished decorating a wedding last weekend in burlap and lace…lovely!
hosting lots of summer parties!
I’ve started running again. I also plan to create a dog leash for my dogs and I plan to study for the MCAT
Hide indoors to avoid the heat.
Spending my time in the place where it all started- San Francisco babyy!!
Going to Napa with my hubby. First vacation since our honeymoon 10 years ago!
hey this contest is awesome. im planning to be swimming and playing frisbee (tossing disc)
Grilling and eating a lot of ice cream!
Relaxing and doing lots of things I don’t have enough time for during the school year! :)
Enjoy my first summer in Chicago
Cooking, working on my teaching content, and getting engaged to the love of my life!
Move back home to Taos New Mexico where I moved from in 1993 while I was single to get my kids in what I perceived to be better schools, They are grown and gone and am expecting our first grandchild. Will be moving with my new husband whom I have been happily married to for 5 years. We are building a food truck, plan on starting a Great Dane rescue and living happily in a town that has more love and spirit than I have ever seen. Feeling blessed and thought I would share….
Nan T.
eat all the ice cream! and not feel guilty about it afterwards hehe
Quitting my job to make my apothecary more full time…enjoying more time with friends and family…thanking God for my blessings!
working way toooo much!
Swimming at Cape Cod! & enjoining each week of my bountiful CSA.
Hopefully get ready to have a baby!
Home on maternity leave, closing on a new home, and hitting the beach for the 4th
After recovering from a broken shoulder, I am going to start cooking for my husband again. He did all the work for several months.
Working and a vacation to a family wedding in Maine!
I’m going to improve my relationship with my boyfriend this summer… we’ve been through a lot and this summer is the perfect chance for the both of us to be stress free and not always under each other’s skin.
Baking lots of things! Cupcakes, cheesecakes, cakes, cookies etc. And of course enjoying time with my family and friends :)
Busy with work in July, but hopefully some time for a beach trip in August!
This summer of love will be spent planning a wedding: I am getting married to my best friend of almost 7 years. We are relocating to our home state to spend time with family before the big day, and then we are off again, into the world! In the mean time, we plan to cook delicious meals for our families to show them our love and appreciation as we become one big family!
when I’m not working, I will be spending time with my hubby and kids, and hopefully fixing up our new house we just bought!!
Quality time with my hot wife!
Getting ready to move half way across America to start grad school.
I’m going to be a new mom in a few weeks! I can’t imagine what I’ll be up to?!
Go on a trip with my honey!
Work on my garden and harvest as many fresh veggies as I can for my family. Learn to can tomatoes, make salsa, and kale chips
Ride my super fantastic 6yo trekanner name “As You Wish” or Wishy (a 5yo named him :) We went swimming in a nearby pond today after a trail ride – it was 95 in VT!
Great giveaway. I’m going to sleep in!
eat (and drink) my way through italy!
Swimming and having fun in the sun every day!
Going on a 2-3 week roadtrip to discover the wondrous varieties of bbq in our country. Then bring back a plentiful amount of rubs and sauces to keep me going for the rest of the summer at home!
hopefully lots of baking with my new stand mixer ;)
go exploring through the province of Ontario… and taking photos along the way. Perhaps there will even be a very cute man in the car with me!
Hanging out with family and friends while enjoying Summer!!
Taking my kids to Disney and Sanible Island too.
I am going to San Francisco…with flowers in my hair.
I am going to revel in all that is summer. Trips to the river with homemade bread and jam, ripe strawberries and homegrown tomatoes.
volunteer, lounge, eat good food, cook, repeat :)
Telling every I love that I love them.
I’m a teacher…so I am lucky enough to spend the summer with my 2 beautiful girls!
I just got laid off. If I win I’ll be redecorating my kitchen around this gorgeous mixer.
will be trying to find an awesome job!
Spending time on the verandah. Cool drinks, home made ice-cream and lazy reading!
Trying to stay cool and biking around town.
We are sharing graduation activities with one grandson from high school and a granddaughter graduating from Notre Dame then on to wedding parties and up coming wedding in August for the granddaughter. The new mixer would be great for all my upcoming cooking and baking projects.My Kitchenaid mixer is at last 40 years old!!
My goal for this summer is to try new greens – any new greens I can get my hands on! I refuse to say no to something new!
work, ride my horse and look for a job!
Spend time away with my husband at one of our favorite wineries that is having the grand opening to their new inn!!! 2nd night away in 3+ years!! (kids, anyone?!?!)…
Take summer classes
Working a lot but in my off time I’ll be reconnecting with my brother who has been in China all year teaching. Also hopefully cooking/baking up a storm with this amazing mixer that I’ve always wanted in a beautiful colour I just love!
Enjoy the sunshine and help my best friend plan her wedding!
Spending as much time with my kids before they leave out if state for college . I do not look forward to empty nesting. :(