This is a long list of summer fun, I’ll admit. But this is the good stuff, friends!! I am ridiculously excited about everything on this list, and I plan to check off every single one. My advice, if you’re planning to make your own: print it out! Ours is hanging on the fridge where we can see it every day, which just plain makes me happy, but also helps us remember to get out and do! In no particular order, the list to enjoy before September 21… — go to a Bulls game — feed June her first solid food — road trip to Maine — host my childhood friends for the weekend — roast s’mores — make bruschetta with our garden produce — jump off the wharf at the Island — outdoor movie at Koka Booth — outdoor movie at the Art Museum — make strawberry lemonade — picnic at a Back Porch Music concert — spend a day at the beach — make chicken souvlaki — finish our June in June movie — watch fireworks — ice cream at Maple View — road trip to Connecticut (I have a whole other list I’ll share of CT fun!) — take June swinging at a playground — pick blueberries — make a pizza with our garden produce — lemonade at the Honeysuckle Tea House — camp with friends (June’s first camping trip!!) — buy a new flag for our house — visit our friends in Brevard — squeal over June in her adorable swim outfit — BLTs at Merritt’s — renovate our backyard What’s on your summer fun list

Oh my word, we’re in the second half of the year! And I feel pretty good about that! I didn’t do particularly well with my June goals (completed about half), so you’ll see many of them on my July list. One thing we did complete — by the skin of our teeth — was the raised bed. We got it in in between two waves of storms on Thursday, finishing after dark. But when we woke up in the morning, it still looked good! This month I will… – Organize the loft – Sharpen knives – Hang some art downstairs – Get a rain barrel – Take our bikes in for a tune-up – Enroll in life insurance for me (John already has it through his job) For the rest of my July goals, please see this post :) You can see all of my 101 in 1001 goals here and my 2013 daily goals here. If you’d like to share your goals for July, I’d love for you to either list them in the comments or leave a link, and I promise I’ll check them out!

I missed the official first day of summer by a few days, but it feels like my summer will really begin tomorrow, when John and I leave for our big road trip to Michigan! Here are a few other things I’m hoping to “accomplish” this season… — Host an adventure dinner party (!!!) — Bake something with fresh berries or fruit — Order from a local food truck (I’m eying this one) — Swim in the Eno — Go to an outdoor country concert — Watch an outdoor movie at Koka Booth and the NC Museum of Art — Spend a day at the beach — Watch fireworks — Pick blueberries — Canoe down the Haw River — Stargaze during the Perseids meteor shower — Buy a grill — Make flavored lemonade — Jump off the dock at the Island — Eat lots of bruschetta :) What’s on your list? I’m always inspired by what y’all have planned!

Happy first day of summer, friends! This new season is really announcing itself, isn’t it? I don’t know about y’all, but it’s forecasted to be in the mid-90s here today! Yeesh! I make a summer to do list almost every year, but I feel like it’s even more important this year, as wedding craziness (inevitably?) descends. Hopefully these to dos will be a reminder to pick my head up every once in a while, have simple fun with John, and savor the warmest months of the year! Jen Huang via Snippet & Ink Special for 2012: — Take a calligraphy class (whee!) — Host a picnic — Bake something with fresh berries or fruit — Try a gourmet popsicle — Order from a local food truck — Have a staycation at our apartment complex :) — Read three new novels — Take some sort of dancing lesson with John Must dos every year: — Take a walk on River Road in Mystic — Swim in the Eno — Watch an outdoor movie at the NC Museum of Art or Koka Booth — Spend a day at the beach — Go to a Backporch Music concert at the American Tobacco Campus — Camp — Take walks before or after dinner as often as possible — Watch fireworks Printing this out and sticking it on my fridge! What’s on your summer to do list? P.S. Spring 2012 and summer