We had a pretty awesome summer. The weather was AMAZING in every sense. It really could not have been a better VT summer. We were so thoroughly spoiled that I have even enjoyed some of these cold grey fall days. I certainly did not accomplish everything on my list, but it shows me that we really did A LOT.
Here is what we checked off:
camp at Branbury State Park (4 nights and LOVED it!!!) July 4th parade and festivities family parties—including Nora’s 85th SWIM SWIM SWIM (lake, river, pool, pond; anywhere and everywhere; as much as possible) swim lessons for J new, healthy foods ECHO Museum pick strawberries, raspberries, and blue berries BEACH!!!!! (I wrote this at the beach actually ;-) put food by—freeze and can fruit and veggies veggie garden ORGANIZE HOUSE!! donate lots ’o stuff hike Addison County Field Days festival-on-the-green see a free play at the library: we saw “The Jungle Book” and Mr. Energy sat entranced for the entire hour ;-) itsy-bitsy yoga boat ride Selma visit crafty projects less TV (which means ending my habit of turning the TV on for J while I take my shower . . . yikes) hang out with J and friends at his school figure out fall plan for work see live music with J stay home and do “nothing” girls night out craft nights with my crafty ladies catch up with old friends PROJECTS with J: crafts, learning, nature . . . read lots with J, and visit the library every week And here is what I did not get to, plus some new fall ideas:
Rokeby visit bake bread a class for me? sewing? make a book with J make something out of wood read my own books Shelburne Museum Shelburne Farms invite more people over here visit state parks and historic sites plant some flowers start a quilt ride a horse corn maze trick or treating more crafts with J! more of my own crafts! apple picking pumpkin painting make apples stuff to freeze or can: apple sauce, apple butter, maybe apple pie filling?? get back on weight watcher’s get a calf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Yup, if you read this far congrats and this is my current big excitement: we are going to get a calf next weekend! So excited!) work on getting health insurance think about my career next steps clean, organize, beautify the house!! (including getting rid of as much unnecessary stuff as possible) What I am actually doing is trying to go through the house one room at a time cleaning and organize all of it. Here is that list: kitchen, living room, stairs, laundry/utility room, J room, us room, car, garage storage, stuff still at Bob’s house. I wonder how many years it will take me to cross them all off? lots of family time! keep working on the healthy cooking goals get more photos printed and do something with all the old ones and all J’s accumulating art projects from the past . . . work on getting a list of all important dates (bdays, etc) and system for staying on top of them explore in the woods around our house cut the electricity bill get outside, walk, hike, exercise . . . dig down and discover more energy . . . become an organized person . . . and keep dreaming! And these will have to wait for next summer:
go to a baseball game try fishing Echo lake? more camping
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