This summer I will…
– Bike the scenic Little Miami River trail, often
– Try my hand at homemade ice cream – cherry, peach and chocolate are on the agenda! So are homemade popsicles.
– Go fruit picking
– Catch fireflies in a jar
– Take more bubble baths
– Steam and devour a fresh buttery lobster feast
– Explore the rides, games, pool, scenery and fireworks at Coney Island
– Catch up on reading all of my girly glamour and travel magazines that have stacked up, unread, since October
– Go swimming (my swimsuit needs the exercise)
– Have a backyard picnic with blankets, Adirondack chairs, a radio playing good tunes, fresh-squeezed lemonade, cold cuts, beer, s’mores piping hot from the fire pit, and glow sticks/sparklers
– Wash my car with the hose Drink, play in, and maybe eventually get around to washing my car with the hose water
– Call in sick and spend a weekday riding coasters at King’s Island or Cedar Point
– Road trip for a weekend jaunt in Lansing, MI where we can dine at all our favorite eateries, visit old friends, see a show at Stormfield Theatre, play washers and disc golf in Grand Ledge’s Fitzgerald Park, enjoy an ice cream at Korner Kone, browse Horrocks, and re-live our life from two years ago
– Frequent the farmer’s market for tasty seasonable fruits and vegetables
– Hang out at a few local festivals and concerts in the park
– See a movie at the drive-in theatre in Amelia (and quite possibly make a feeble dent in that 4 lb. cheeseburger at Great Scott diner)
– See our families on long weekends and invite good friends over for dinner
– Go rollerblading (bonus if I don’t face plant it on the pavement)
– Try to convince my husband that I need a pet bird
– Get a little color on my skin (Yes, I wear SPF!) by spending more time in the great outdoors
– Catch up on all the seasons of Deadliest Catch
– Relish a day swimming, napping, hiking, and relaxing at a lake
– Enjoy a week-long week-long honeymoon adventure extraordinaire!
– Break in the grill
– Take at least one luxurious nap a week
– Buy Kentucky Bourbon (you know because I live 0.5 miles from Kentucky and haven’t tried it yet)
– Try three new restaurants in three different areas of town
– Treat myself to a few new summer frocks or accessories. I’m thinking pale blue and orange will be my bright summery colors of choice :-)
And then there’s those few things I really should achieve, like…
– Finding us a new place to live
– Secure more freelance/permanent theatre work
– Get my prescription updated and shop for stylin’ new eyeglasses frames
– Design and print our wedding photo albums and artwork canvases for the house
What’s on your summer bucket list?
