Goals for the Summer
As a teacher, summers are extremely precious. It is a time to relax, rejuvenate, travel, learn new things, read, and work on projects. I am grateful for summer vacations.
This summer, I want to …
1) Learn to quilt. Make a t-shirt quilt with all of my race t-shirts. I’ve been saving them since 1997.
2) Garden : Plant hydrangeas. Start an herb garden. Plant a lemon tree. Move the Japanese Maple to a shadier spot. Nurse the gardenias back to health.
3) Go to Hawaii. Snorkel. Eat lots of pineapple and macadamia nuts. Hike around the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Relax.
4) Go outdoors : Hike in Utah. Hike in Auburn. Hike Mt. Tamalpais. Continue to run (and sign up for more short races). Bike more.
5) Cook more. Grill more. Learn at least five new dishes. Learn to cook tilapia. Eat more salmon.
6) Clean the closet. Seriously clean it so that I can walk in it — after all, it is a walk-in closet. 6/3/2010
7) Hold a yard sale. Sell some stuff and give the rest to Goodwill.
8)) Move Jim’s office to my old scrap studio. Convert the second bedroom into a guest room.
9) Host a crop at our house. Have friends over for dinner more often.
10) Pick fresh berries (6/4/2010) and make homemade jam. And another berry pie (or two).
11) Read : Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowlings . The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. And whatever else I find along the way.
12) Photography : Shadow a photographer. Learn the business aspect of photography. Practice taking better photos.
13) Get my finances in order.
14) Learn to bake red velvet cupcakes.
13) Scrapbook. Document the journey and continue to tell my story.
Posted: June 2nd, 2010 under The Everyday.
Comments
Comment from Theadora
Time Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 5:20 am
This list is fantastic. I hope you get to do ALL of those things. I might “lift” a few of those ideas…yard sale (for sure-already set the date), take better pics, and make that t-shirt quilt. Maybe you should make this list part of you “Stories for Summer” layout for Ali’s challenge!!??? Hmmm?
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Comment from Nathalie
Time Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 8:20 am
WOW!!!!!!! That is one busy summer you have in perspective!!!!!!! 
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Time Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 9:30 pm
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autumn Reply:
June 4th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
@Theadora, I’m making some progress on getting things done on my list.
I’m still thinking of layouts for Ali’s challenge. Thinking of turning the list into a layout.
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Thea Reply:
June 5th, 2010 at 4:53 am
I was thinking of doing the same thing. My kids and I made summer to-do list and posted it on the refrigerator. Maybe a layout would be good too—with an “at the end of summer” checklist bedside it. Then, I can see what I actually did accomplish.
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