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June is here! Hoorah! Summer vacation officially starts in 24 hours! I. Can’t. Wait.

Lots of changes have been happening here in La Maison de AquaSeventy6. First and foremost, I’ve been hinting at it for a couple of weeks now, but as of this past Saturday at 4 p.m., I no longer work weekends!!

I took a weekend job 18 months ago while we were just back from VA, still living with relatives, and needed the extra income to get on our feet. “Weekends only” became “weekends plus some weekdays”, and soon I was dedicating almost every single day to my “weekend job”. Sadly, AquaSeventy6 fell by the wayside.

Thankfully, things have been better financially, and since my work schedule was putting a real strain on my family I began to consider resigning from my “weekend job”. Somehow, by the grace of God, everything lined up recently (and unexpectedly) and I was able to rededicate myself fully to my family and my business.

This all has worked out perfectly with the beginning of summer, and so I decided to use June 1 as the day to begin an ongoing project #100happydays. Follow me on Instagram and see how I find at least 1 thing that has made me happy each day. Will you join me? Just hashtag #100happydays and tag me using @aquaseventy6 so I can see what has makes you happy the next 100 days!

Finally, some of my newest branding items have arrived! Check them out!

My new business cards!

My new labels!

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The month of May has gone by in the blink of an eye! I can’t believe there are only 5 more days until summer vacation! I have had an amazing month!

My family took me to the beach for Mother’s Day. I was able to chaperone my daughter’s 5th grade dance, her band field trip and her field trip to Busch Gardens. My husband chaperoned my son’s 8th grade trip to Universal Studios and we spent the rest of that weekend in Orlando lounging poolside and visiting the Magic Kingdom. This past weekend we went back to the beach for our 16 year wedding anniversary where we swam, avoided stingrays, soaked in the beautiful weather, and even caught a 15-inning Tampa Bay Rays game! (Full disclosure: we left after the 10th inning.)

Here are some pics of our beautiful month so far:

This summer is going to be bitter-sweet for me. Both of my kids will be entering new schools in the fall. My son is starting high school and my daughter starts middle school. I officially no longer have babies. Our schedule next year is going to be insane, with my son’s first bell ringing around 7:10 a.m., and my daughter not starting until 8:20–even though the schools are right next door to each other and 8 miles away from my house. (Seriously, what kind of masochistic school board do we have out here?!)

My goal is to spend as much time with my kids and have as much fun as humanly possible in the 75 measly days we are given between school years. I will be starting a #100happydays project on instagram that will spill into the beginning of the new school year, highlighting at least one happy moment in each day. I hope this inspires you to do the same.

I will also have a lot more free time this summer…more on that after this weekend…

Finally, I will be giving myself a pass (or as my friend Autumn calls it, a Summer Card) when my lofty goals do not go as planned. La Casa de AquaSeventy6 will be a “guilt-free zone” this summer, or as guilt-free as a Catholic Cuban-American mom can be.

I want to be chill, like this guy, the most interesting kangaroo in the world: