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Monthly Musings: June 2025

 Happy Thursday! Today I am linking up with Holly and Patty for the June edition of Monthly Musings!

Today we are talking all things summer vacay....

1. Share you summer trips for 2025. My mom's best friend lives at the beach, so we have visited her once and plan to go back at least one more time. We just back from a super fun trip to Charleston! As of now, those are our only plans.

2. How do you manage the post-vacation laundry? Ha! I love this! As my bags are still not unpacked (I got back on Monday😂)......I guess I am going to try and knock that out today. 

3. Most memorable summer vacation? When I was growing up, my mom's entire side of the family would get a big beach house together, and it was SO much fun! Some people stayed the whole week and some would come and go throughout the week. I have so many fun memories from those trips!

4. Do you cook or eat out on vacation? At the beach, we have always cooked most nights and then had at least one night where we dresses up to go out. If we aren't somewhere that we have a house (or somewhere with a kitchen), we eat out.

5. Are you an overpacker, underpacker, or just right packer? I am an OVER overpacker. 😂 I like to have options.

6. Beach, lake, or mountains? I like the beach in the summer, mountains in the summer OR winter, and never the lake- ha! 

7. Road trip or fly? We are usually road trippers. Unless it's a suuuper long drive.

8. Favorite vacation activities? I like to shop no matter where I go- ha!

9. Best packing tips? Packing. Cubes. They are seriously amazing! Also, when I am getting ready to pack, I like to pack as I am doing my normal daily routines. So, when I brush my teeth, toothbrush and toothpaste get packed. When I do my skincare, it all gets packed.

10. Favorite road trip songs? I think y'all probably already know my answer 😂. I don't really switch up my music too much.

Have a happy Thursday!!



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  1. Hall Around TexasJune 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM

    Charleston is definitely on our list! It looks amazing! I'm with you on the "shipping wherever I go". Thankfully, my boys don't mind it much either.

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    1. Everyday MaddieJune 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM

      That was my second time to visit Charleston, and I really love it!! I would not mind going back again and again! The shopping there is really good😉

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  2. Joanne June 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM

    I almost always unpack the minute we walk through the door... I hate it and don't know why I do that to myself but I do. I guess at least it's over that way. My husband grew up with his mother's side of the family doing that-- I joined them a few times when I was in high school and college and it was SO much fun! I have to do some sort of shopping or at least browsing or else it's just not a vacation.

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    1. Everyday MaddieJune 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM

      I wish I would unpack as soon as I get home!! I'm such a procrastinator- ha!

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  3. nicole orriensJune 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM

    I have to confess my favorite vacation activity is staying home and reading lots of books while lying in my hammock between our two pear trees.

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  4. BrianneJune 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM

    Oh I love Charleston! I would love to go back!

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  5. JeanneJune 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM

    Family reunions and Family gatherings can be amazing - I hope my kids will cherish their memories of past gatherings.

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    1. Everyday MaddieJune 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM

      Family memories are always so special to look back on💗

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  6. HollyJuly 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM

    A big family trip at a beach house would be my #1 vacation goal- sounds so fun and just perfect!

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    1. Everyday MaddieJuly 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM

      It was always so much fun! I think we all wish we still did it, but with how big our fam has gotten we would need multiple houses😂

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  7. NatashaJuly 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM

    Oh, I loved vacations with my extended family when I was a kid. It just felt like one huge sleepover!

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