Our Summertime To-Do

It's summertime and the living is easy.

And that girl right there, yeah - she's been living it up.

I'm not even going to bother telling y'all how nice it is to have summer's off as a teacher. 

Because quite frankly, my non-teacher friends might give me a good ol' kick in the rear.

All I will say, it's really, really nice.

(but totally deserved after a long school year, am I right teacher friends?)

I feel like through all of the end of the school year chaos, with Harper getting sick so much over the past year, with me putting home life on the back burner - follow up post about why I quit Beachbody coming next week by the way! - I feel like our house has been held up by sticks and string. We look like we have our life together when you walk in, just don't open any cabinets or closets. Can you say JUNK CITY!? So, my hopes and goals for the summer are to get back on track, simplify our home and clean the dang thing. So come the end of July, when I'm in full on back to school mode, we won't be living in hidden junky chaos. 

But through all of the house chores, I want to make sure our time this summer is used to the MAX.

I want Harper to have fun and for us to make memories as a family. I want Cody and I to focus on our relationship. I want to visit friends and family. I want to take care of myself and grow. There's just so much to do, and if I don't write it down and set some goals, this sweet little time of year will quickly slip away and I'll be in back in the classroom before I know it.

So, I've set some goals, a to-do list if you will, to help us kick TOTAL BUTT this summer. I thought it would be fun to set it up like I did my 101 in 1,001 list - just not as lengthy. :)

Start: May 24, 2017

End: July 26, 2017

Family Fun

1. Food Truck Friday

2. Have a picnic at the park

3. Pick blueberries/black berries

4. Play in the sprinkler

5. Go on vacation - Rosemary Beach

6. Visit Babyland General

7. Take Harper to the Game Ranch

8. Have a cookout with family

9. Celebrate July 4th

10. Make cookies with Harper

11. Take Harper to have lunch with Daddy

12. Visit with Nannie

13. Go to the Farmer's Market

14. Have family pictures taken

15. Go get ice cream

Cody + Me

16. Celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary

17. Have a movie night

18. Go on TWO dates in July

19. Have a parent's night out with the besties

20. Read a book together

Friends

21. Splash pad!

22. Attend friend's birthday party

23. Have a cookout with friends

24. Play outside past bedtime (Harper's, not mine :P)

Personal

25. Workout five-six times a week (at least)

26. Eat healthy

27. Read six books

28. Take time for myself (blogging, workout out, relaxing, etc.)

Home Cleaning

28. Maintain clean kitchen

29. Pick up living room/playroom daily

30. Clean bathrooms once a week

31. Pick up Harper's room daily

32. Clean and maintain our bedroom

Simplifying

33. Organize kitchen cabinets + junk drawers and under sink

34. Pack away some of Harper's old toys

35. Organize foyer closet

36. Organize hall closet

37. Pack away Harper's old clothes, organize closet

38. Donate household items to Goodwill

39. Organize guest room and future playroom

40. Organize/simplify below bathroom cabinets

41. Donate old clothes, organize closets and drawers

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I've kinda already knocked a few things off of this list since I posted it later than I wanted, but hey - nothing wrong with getting a little head start on our summer to-do. :) 

What's on y'all's summer bucket lists? I can't wait to here and maybe add to ours!