July: Month @ a Glance {07.01.25}

 

Hello and happy July friends! It's so hard to believe we are already half way through 2025. So far this year, we've had some fun and exciting things that we've done and I've been steadily working on my goals for the year too. This year, July is filled with fun events and I cannot wait to partake in all of them. 

ON THE AGENDA THIS MONTH

1. Thrills and Chills Book Club. I am so excited because a fellow YouTuber invited me to participate in a book club that she hosts. In July, we have a reading sprint stream and then a live discussion of the book later this month. If you want to check out her channel, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHDT-7iJdnk

2. Cake Decorating Class. I am so excited because a few friends and I are going to decorate cakes in a class and it will be so fun. I haven't taken a decorating class in SO long and this one looks like it will be so much fun. 

3. Sleepover 4th of July weekend. A few of my girlfriends will be coming over 4th of July weekend to do a fort sleepover. The plan is to watch Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, do crafts and eat delicious food together. I am so excited.

4. Book Clubs. In July, I am participating in several book clubs. I'm back to reading a bunch of books this month and it will be so much fun. 

• Thrills and Chills Book Club
• Cocktail Book Club
• But Wait There's More 
• Trigger Warnings Book Club
• Silent Book Club
• Mystery/Thriller Book Club
• An ARC from an author for which I previously did an ARC

5. Kalamazoo Weekend with mom. I am excited because mom and I are heading to Kalamazoo for the night so we can spend some time together and attend my cousin's bridal shower. I haven't done a day in Kalamazoo before so it will be so fun.

6. Birthday celebration for a friend. A few of us are taking a Friday off work and spending the day together in Detroit doing all the fun things - brunch, DIA and book stores. It will be so much fun.

7. Lavender Picking with Vicki. Vicki and I have gone lavender picking for the past three years and I am excited we get to go again this summer. I made my first lavender simple syrup with lavender I picked last year and I loved it. I'm excited to make some with fresh lavender. 

8. Chicago for the weekend. Vicki and I are heading to Chicago at the end of July and I am excited. We went a few years ago so we wanted to go again. She's in school right now so we decided to take advantage of her breaks between classes. It will be so much fun!

 

GOALS FOR JULY

1. 5k Training. I signed up to run a 5k with my friend in August and I am starting the Couch to 5k Program this week to get myself ready to run the race later this summer. So my goal is to complete all four weeks of training that I would be doing for the month to prepare. 

2. Basement cleanout. Over Memorial Day we started working on cleaning up the basement in order to get it ready for us to move my husband's office and our game room to the basement. My goal for this month is to continue going through everything down there because we've amassed a bunch of junk over the years living at our house and it's time we get things fixed up. 

Like previous months I will be using a tracker that I created which was inspired by Evermore Paper Co.. Their website is still down, so I am using my version I created for tracking this month. I'm hoping their site will go back up soon, but if you'd like to use mine, just click on the image at the end of this post - to be clear their version was free and this version is free. I will not earn any income from this printable.

Well I think that is everything for today! I hope you have a great month!



Question of the Day: What do you have planned in July?

Have a wonderful day,
Jackie
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