Welcoming Summer & Setting Goals
I hope you enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend. To say we did would be an understatement. We had a blast. So much freaking fun! Three fun days filled with great food, lots of laugh, and plenty of sunshine.
Summer has unofficially begun. I find this time of the year inspiring. There’s abundant sunshine, the happy sounds of birds singing, and plenty of time for outdoor fun. When the weather is pretty I find myself in a near constant state of delirious happiness. There’s so much to enjoy and look forward to. Summer is wonderful.
Kyla Roma’s recent post about her summer intentions inspired me to reflect and think about what I want out of this summer. We’ve got about seven weeks left in Indianapolis and plan on visiting Vermont, New York’s North Country, Massachusetts, New York City ( for Blogher) and Toronto, Canada before the Fall semester begins.
I’m thrilled that we’ll get to spend unrushed time with family before getting back on the MBA grind but I wanted to have a tangible reminder to make the most of this short season.
I crossed the first item off my list yesterday. We took the kids to their very first little water park. They loved it.
Can you tell?
Here’s my summer wish list.
Take the kids to a little water park.- Make frozen yogurt at home.
- Learn the Zone system.
- Give Indian food a (sincere) try.
- Do something really special for Father’s Day for my husband.
- Swim in a (hopefully non gross) lake (that doesn’t have huge fish that touch me. Ew.)
- Throw Preston an awesome third birthday party.
- Photograph Shelburne, Vermont. One of My favorite places in New England.
- Take kids to fireworks for the first time.
- Wean Cameron (!!!).
- Lose the last ten pounds of baby weight (I’m so close).
- Photograph a hood car show in Indy.
- Take pictures of my father in his office with the kids.
- Read three novels (not business books!)
- Complete a portfolio review with Stacie
- Start driving lessons.
Nothing crazy. My goals are small and totally within reach, pressure free and very fun. I can’t wait to get started.
What is your number one goal for this summer?
My number one goal this summer is to plant my container vegetable garden. I’ve given myself a deadline of June 1st.
Hugs and Mocha,
Stesha
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Those are some great goals.. looks like a blast was had at the park!
My goal this summer is to get out and shoot pictures.. of anything 
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@bibsandbaubles
my summer will be spent adjusting to being a mommy of two. baby is due in July. outside of that… I just want to enjoy my new little family and get out as much as possible.
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@rosesdaughter
I’m Going to have to “borrow” from your list of course: the zone system, take Pookah to the water park, and loose 15 pounds( yikes)
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@SewSoDef
My big summer goal is to return to our frequent train trips to the city, to just walk around & see whatever. We used to do this a lot but need to pick it back up. Also I want to use our association pool as often as possible, hopefully daily. In order to do that I’ll need to get home at a decent time, so that’s a good motivator for me. The pool is closed by the time I’ve been getting home lately.
Ooh, I also need some novels and interesting non-fiction. We haven’t been to the library in a while and we used to go weekly if not more often.
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@clevercarlia
that looks like so much fun! i can’t wait to see the pics from all your summer plans. you are such a great photographer!!!
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