Summer Bucket List 2014

I've been wanting to have make a summer bucket list for the longest time. I guess that summer has just caught up with me too quickly and the laziness set in before I got around to it.

NOT THIS TIME LAZY SUMMER DAYS!!!!

I've FINALLY made my first summer bucket list!! Given it's quite a bit shorter than most bucket lists I've seen..... But it still exists!! I guess that I just wanted to start small at first. I'm one of those people who likes to make long lists and then gets totally overwhelmed with the monstrous-ness of it later. Combine that with the world's greatest procrastinator and what do you get??

Nothing. Zip. Nada.

So I just wanted to share my bucket list with you, and I will update my list every time I check something off. I might have already completed a few of them.....

1. Blow bubbles
2. Have a movie series marathon
3. Eat snow cones
4. Ride a ferris wheel
5. Make homemade popsicles
6. Have a silly string fight
7. Have a picnic
8. Go stargazing in the country
9. Have a water fight
10. Turn the music up & roll the windows down
11. Go to the beach
12. Face a fear~ I rode the Human Gyroscope at a festival. If you don't know what it is, Google it!!
13. Take a photo every day~ Starting on June 1st
14. Participate in a 30 Hour Famine
15. Make homemade ice cream
16. Host a dinner party
17. Learn a new skill
18. Photo shoot w/ friends!!
19. Spend a night under the stars
20. Throw paper planes off a bridge
21. Finish a 1000 piece puzzle
22. Build a GIANT sand castle
23. Go barefoot for a day
24. Go mini-golfing
25. Play Messy Twister
26. Go to a midnight movie première
27. Cover the driveway with chalk drawings
28. Visit a museum
29. Do a scavenger hunt
30. Read 3 new books
31. Go tubing
32. Cut my hair
33. Volunteer at the SPCA(and remember what SPCA stands for!!)

So that's my bucket list for the summer of 2014!! Comment below if any of these are on your bucket list. And if you've posted a bucket list, feel free to link it below!!

 If you want to see the lists that inspired me, check out my Pinterest board for summer HERE!!

Until we meet again!!
Callan

Hello World!!

"My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations."
                                                                        ~ John Green

Welcome to Little Quirks and Lots of Sparkle!! This is new territory for me. I've always loved to write, but putting what I write out in the open for everyone to see? Honestly it's a little scary. But I'm hoping that this blog will help me to connect with people who share the same passions that I do.

And I am passionate about A LOT of things.

My first love is Jesus Christ. I accepted him as my Savior on September 20, 2011. He is my All and my Everything and can't imagine life without the assurance of His love and grace.

The first thing about me: I am NOT a perfect Christian and never will be. I am only a screwed-up human being striving to be like the perfect God, and that's it.

I have found solace and strength in His love, and I hope that you do as well.

My second love is Reading. I have been reading since I was about 4 years old. My mom tells me that I never slept with a stuffed animal or a pillow. Instead, I insisted on sleeping on top of a pile of books.

The second thing about me: I am not considered 'normal' by any stretch of the word(:

My love for books has not diminished as I've grown older. In fact, it has increased. And I will read just about anything. Action, drama, romance, and especially the classics. I love being able to lose myself in a book and be transported into another time and place. It's one of the most beautiful things about reading and I will never grow tired of it.

My third love is Music. Words cannot describe what music does for me. However I will try. Music lifts my soul up on the wings of magic and power. Is that weird?? It probably is. There is just something about a wonderful and meaningful song. It can make you smile, laugh, cry, contemplate your life, and so much more.

I have a very mixed "favorites playlist" so to speak. I love pop, hip hop, contemporary, r&b, gospel, opera, country, and pretty much any song that has a good beat and meaningful lyrics. I try not to just listen to whatever is popular. I want the music I listen to to have a heart and soul of it's own.

My fourth love is Fashion. There's a quote about fashion that I absolutely love:
"Fashion says 'me too.' Style says 'only me.'"

And it's true. Throughout history humans have been striving to be considered "fashionable." But when you try to dress like everyone else, it starts to eat away at your originality. Then all that you are is a slave to fashion, and there's no fun in that. You should always dress in a way that makes you happy.

The third thing about me: Sometimes my clothes get strange looks. But that's because I dress for me and I dress for Him. I want to please myself in my style, but I also want to please Him by dressing in a modest fashion. It's hard sometimes, but I try to make it work.

So that's me in a nutshell, albeit large. So I hope that you stick around!! We are going to have SO much fun together!!

Until we meet again!!
Callan

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