Share 4 Somethings in August; 2025
Since the last Saturday of the month is tomorrow it's just about time for Share 4 Somethings with Jenn. As always we're sharing some things we loved, some things we learned, some things that went well, and some things we let go of.
Some things I've loved: We've had lots of delicious food and ice cream this month.
We loved playing cornhole with my sister in law and nephew one night.
We loved exploring the botanical gardens with my mom.
Some things I've learned: I learned that I won a summer reading prize through my local library and in doing so I also learned that there is a cute new bakery in the next town over! I can't wait to check it out. I hardly ever win anything and now I've won two things in one month.
Some things that went well: Whelp, Alec and I managed to pack the car and fit nearly everything into it! The only thing we couldn't fit was this new cool wagon I had bought to help us transport his stuff and since his building doesn't have an elevator anyway we figured it would be pretty useless. Good thing too as we were not fitting one more thing in the car-- we barely had room for the 3 of us!
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| he put the bin with his 7 (yes 7!) plants on his lap... |
His room is lovely and move in day was a breeze; we all remarked on how much easier everything went this year and tried to figure out how/why that was. Within just an hour and a half we had everything unpacked and put away and headed out for a late lunch.
I forgot to take photos of anything unpacked (except for the bathroom!) but here's what his apartment/area/complex looks like:
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| kitchen |
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| living room |
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| one of the bathrooms off to the left; the washer/dryer in the closet in the hall. All the bedrooms are off the hall on the right. |
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| the bathroom Alec and his friend are sharing (there are 2 sinks behind me with a storage cabinet in between them). There is another bathroom just like this one for the other 2 roommates to share. |
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| Alec's room; each of the 4 bedrooms has a lock/key and thick steel door so they can be as open/closed as they want to. He has a HUGE closet too. |
Some things I let go of: I've packed up 2 boxes of puzzles, book and things to give to our library. Each fall they have a sale to raise funds for the library and take donations of books, puzzles, movies, and things like that. I try to store up our "stuff' for them each year and drop off at least a few boxes of goods.
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Congrats on winning the summer reading prize! Love all these wonderful moments.
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DeleteGood job on letting things go and to a worthy cause! Congrats on winning the prize! Great college apartment and I love the 7 plants!
ReplyDeleteThank you! They definitely made his room very homey.
DeleteWhat a great month! Hope your fall is equally wonderful.
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DeleteAlec's apartment is AWESOME- what a great place to live while in school. The botanical gardens do look so beautiful but I am admiring how beautiful your yard/beach is- incredible place to live!
ReplyDeleteIsn't that amazing?! We love his apartment so much. I just hope the 2 roommates he'd never met before move in day are good ones.
DeleteI'm impressed you fit everything for an apartment in one vehicle with three people in the car! We realized that three of us and Alyssa's things were not going to fit in one car (for the tiny room she's sharing...) so Alyssa and I headed up to her school with my car filled to the brim and then Donnie met us over there with his car pretty full, too. Love the pictures from the botanical garden. So, so pretty! Looks like great family get togethers, too!
ReplyDeleteIt was not easy but we were very impressed with ourselves. It helped that we kept all cleaning supplies, most toiletries, paper goods-- pretty much anything we could buy later that day out of the car. Alec only gets one parking pass for the day so we figured worse case I could always run up with a second load of non-essentials another day if I had to.
DeleteGabbie is living in a very similar sounding apartment for 4, with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms! Glad it all went well!
ReplyDeleteIt was such a relief; though we still never saw the elusive 4th roommate. I'm assuming she's moved in by now! None of the 3 had heard a peep from her all summer long and she wasn't there for the 2 or so hours that we were either.
DeleteCongratulations for winning this prize. I enjoyed reading with fun!
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DeleteHahaha!! My son would be all about the plants, too! He is constantly FaceTiming me to show me his plants. He has more than I do now. Congrats on winning two contests! I remember lugging things up stairs to unpack my kids. Not fun, but it was extra time with them.
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Thank you! It was not bad at all. We each took 3 trips and were done.
DeleteWinning something (no matter the size) is always fun. It looks like a good month of fun and, some changes...
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DeleteThats a great way to get rid of stuff.
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DeleteWell, I can't say I'm surprised that you won a summer reading prize! Haha. You always impress me with how many books you read each month!
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DeleteI'm glad the move-in process went smoothly. His college apartment looks like the one Grace had for the last two years. It was furnished and owned by the university. It made it so easy to move in and out, especially from out of state! Hope you have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteHe's hoping to snag one of these apartments for the next couple of years if he can. I think he prefers cooking for himself rather than eating in the dining halls.
DeleteThis was such a fun post. Looks like a wonderful time of family!! I love your son with his plants! It makes me smile! Congratulations on winning a prize. I never win things ever. Have fun at the bakery!
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DeleteCongratulations on the summer reading price! The botanical garden looks lovely. I really treasure visiting beautiful gardens.
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DeleteAllec's room sure doesn't look like a student room we here have! It looks huge and clean!!
ReplyDeleteThey are always very clean on move-in day which makes it nice and easy to move right in. We could not get over how large these apartments were. It's much nicer than I was picturing.
DeleteCongratulations on your win, and that's great that the moving process for Alec went smoothly. All the best for a great year at college!
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DeleteAwesome post, Joanna. Congratulations on your library reading award and getting your son all situated in such a nice place. I'm sure your nest is going to feel empty, but he's spreading his wings in the right place, from the looks of it. :)
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DeleteGood job with that move-in! Looks like a really nice apartment. Here's to a great year ahead! And kudos to donating those books and puzzles. They do accumulate, don't they? Hooray for a great August!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It is such a lovely apartment and so far it sounds like he is getting along well with all his roommates.
DeleteOur local library takes donations for their used book store--love that you donated so many things!
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DeleteWell done on the reading prize. I've never heard of cornhole. Great job with the move.
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DeleteYum to that ice cream and the cornhole looks like fun! The botanical gardens are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWell done on winning the prize from the library and how cool to find a new bakery.
That was good going fitting almost everything in the car! I hope he has a great year, the apartment looks great!
Thank you! Cornhole is a lot of fun; weirdly it seems to be the only game that requires hand eye coordination that I'm any good at.
DeleteOkay, that ice cream looks like a dream, and that college apartment looks spiffy! There will be some good memories made there, I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteI sure hope so!
DeleteAlex's set up this year looks fabulous! Wishing him a wonderful year ahead!
ReplyDeleteRight?! I can't get over how lucky he is to have scored such a wonderful campus apartment when he's only in his second year.
DeleteAlex's apt has a beautiful setting. Wishing him a great year. #MMBC
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DeleteCongratulations on your wins! I won a Goodreads Giveaway recently, it's so nice to win stuff :) Alec's room/space looks so nice, I hope he has a good school year. You had a lot of lovely things this month, I hope September is just as good :)
ReplyDeleteIt really is such a wonderful surprise to win something!
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