1. Go to Erie
2. Go Camping
4. Host a dinner party outside, with a fire.
5. Go to Yellowcreek State Park in my hometown
6. Go hiking
7. Go to the drive ins
8. Make Lemon Blueberry cupcakes
9. Go to Soergel's Farm and have ice cream
10. Make organic Banana Pudding Pops
11. Campfire bananas - (Thank you Burgh Baby!)
12. Landscape the back yard
13. Play basketball with Kurt
14. Teach Scouty to really ride her bike.
15. Get my very first pedicure.
16. 30 days of smoothies
17. Edit my book
18. Take a nap
19. Go to the movies with my husband
20. Take Scouty to an outdoor play
21. Have a snow cone
22. Go to the strip on Saturday morning with Daddy and the girls
23. Go out for breakfast
24. Persuade Kurt to call off work one day and have an adventure.
25. Smell a newborn
26. Mulch the flowerbeds
27. Complete my entire summer to-read list*
28. Have an awesome giveaway
29. Bobby pin updos
30. Go to the park first thing in the morning before everybody else gets up
31. Get a hammock stand
32. Commit a completely random act of kindness
33. Iced Herbal Coffee Lattes with decadent flavored cream
34. Get rid of all the stuff we don't need
35. Lose 20 lbs
36. Swim in the ocean
37. Make Louisey's birthday cake, from scratch, all by myself
38. Play an awesome game of Kickball
39. Go to Idlewild Park
40. Picnic on Mt. Washington
41. Go to Raccoon Creek State Park on a weekday, just me and the girls
42. Read a whole book on the beach
43. Make the yummiest dessert in the world and share it
44. Catch fireflies with Scouty
45. Camp in the back yard
46. Visit the country
47. Pick berries
48. Tomato sandwiches from the garden on homemade bread
49. Visit GG's grave
50. Bring flowers to someone
3. Play in the waterfall on the North Shore
What are you up to, this summer?
*My summer reading list:
American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
+ the Blogher bookclub books I'm reviewing
What are you reading this summer? Have you read anything lately that I simply HAVE to try?
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Fun! I think I'll do a similar post on my blog! Two things...beware of #15, once you start it is hard to stop. Also, Midwives is a great book.
ReplyDeleteI will second that previous comment: Midwives is really good!
ReplyDeleteAdorable pictures and some awesome stuff on your list. Love Raccoon and Yellow Creek!
I LOVE the water steps on the North Shore but Eden has a bad habit of taking off running right now so I'm a little wary of taking her anywhere where she could run right into the river. :(
You may be right... cutest picture ever!
ReplyDeleteLaurie and Stacy, I started Midwives a few nights ago and it's great so far! The birth where everything goes wrong is so intense. I'm glad I decided to read it!
ReplyDeleteAnd Laurie, I know! Even though neither one of my girls came close to falling into the river, I still had nightmare daydreams about it for the rest of the day!
Your girls are so cute! I have a redhead too. :)
ReplyDeleteI've read the first three books on your list and they are all excellent. I think you should read The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch. I think you will really relate to it based on what I know about you. It's an AMAZING book. She's a writer on the Rumpus.
Your summer sounds like it's going to be fun! I want to make my own list, but let's face it, I probably will forget. ;)
i LOVED extremely loud and incredibly close! so good. i'm hoping to read water for elephants since it's all the rage these days. i want to know what all the hype is. last summer i read "st. lucy's home for girls raised by wolves" by karen russell. it's a collection of short stories, all beautiful but also on the macabre side. i loved it.
ReplyDeletehave a blast checking off your huge summer list. it all looks like a whole ton of fun!
Stacy, I can't wait! I have no idea what's so great about getting a pedicure, but everybody loves it and EVERYBODY can't be wrong!
ReplyDeleteLeslie, I love redheads. They're special. ;)
ReplyDeleteI added The Chronology of Water to my to-read list. I'm excited. I'm excited that you read The Rumpus, too. You're kind of pretty much awesome.
Kim, I read Water for Elephants a few summers ago at the beach and liked it. It didn't like... blast me out of the water or anything, but it was a nice summer read.
ReplyDeleteI added St. Lucy's to my to-read list, too! Thank you for the suggestion!
Amanda,
ReplyDeleteJust having the 30+ minutes in the chair with no kids, no husband, but reading a good ole trashy magazine makes pedicures totally worth it.
great pictures! so happy & cute! i rarely find the time to read these days but i ADORE jonathan safran foer. also, murakami is coming out with a new trilogy in september which i will definitely be making time to read... so there's my quasi-summer reading list! heehee!
ReplyDeletexo!