I almost made a joke about Welcome Back, Kotter in the title, but I restrained myself. Consider yourself lucky.
So, I’m back. You’re back. We’re back. We’re here, at this blog, and I’m so happy about that! You may notice the blog is looking a little different…check it out! I changed my bio page, I’ve added links to my fave blogs; you should look at them!
How did my blog break go, you may be wondering? Oh, if only you knew. Which you will know, because I’m about to tell you. There was writing. There was hiking. There were late nights. There were early mornings. There was grading. There were new running shoes. There were some….shenanigans. There was my face losing a battle with the ground, resulting in stitches and bruising and dental work. Good times? For the most part, yes, especially that dental work part. (Am I being sarcastic? You may never know…hahaha.)
But the really important part, here, is that it’s now summer. My brain is switching from teacher-brain to summer-brain, and it needs projects. I don’t know about you, but I can’t just sit around with nothing to do and feel satisfied with that. I need to work on something, or somethings, and I guess part of it is I want to make sure my summer is well-spent.
So, it seems fitting that I take part in the Joy the Baker Podcast homework of creating a summer bucket list. I think all of us have some sort of summer bucket list….what’s on yours?
Christine’s Summer 2012 Bucket List
1. Re-commence my running program (interrupted by said lost battle between face and ground).
2. Hike at least two Fourteeners/raise money for MS via Multiple Summits for MS.
3. Hike to, but not limited to, the following locations: Maroon Bells, Monarch Lake, Hanging Lake.
4. Write. Write. Write. Figure out what I’m writing about. Write. Write. Write.
5. Make my living space a space I love.
6. Go camping.
7. Go to a film at Film on the Rocks (I’ve got my eye on you, Anchorman).
8. Go to a bluegrass festival/music festival.
9. Make frozen yogurt popsicles.
10. Climb the hill behind Red Rocks and listen to live music. (But don’t tell anyone because you’re totally not supposed to do that.)
11. Have a picnic.
12. Go to the zoo. Have pictures taken of me in a stare-down with a monkey, and testing how far I can jump compared to different animals.
13. Watch fireworks on a blanket with friends.
14. Complete photo shoots of friends.
Also, just because, here’s a pretty picture of a flower. Some people make fun of people (me) who take pictures of flowers. Ask me if I care (hint: I don’t).
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.
Yay! Summer bucket list! And you live in Colorado, go us! Yes, that was South Table behind me, and I guess we don’t live that far away from each other! We probably should band together for some of these summer bucket list items. Also, do you teach history? Because I am a total history nerd. I wasn’t quite sure what the “For History Nerds” on the side meant, but I was like, “I am one, so where do I sign up?”
Ahh! I would love to team up on the summer bucket list!
Yes, I am a history teacher. :) Actually, I’m a Social Studies teacher, which means the state has deemed me an expert in: American History, European History, US Government, Geography, Sociology, Economics, and Psychology. In reality, other than the history classes, I only took one class of each of those in college. So, really, I’m a history teacher, who sort of knows about the other stuff.
Thanks for coming to my blog, Anne!
I love your list–I am trying to make a space that I love too! Over from the Joy the Baker podcast!
You know, I think of all the items I have listed….that one may be the toughest for me! Mostly because I become really lazy when it comes to home matters. But we deserve living in spaces we love, right? Go us!
Great bucket list! Writing is definitely a big one on my list too. Glad to have found you via our hw assignment :)
Thank you for coming over! Your blog is fabulous! I really admire your writing goal… Go you! I’m doing this strange, amorphous writing about something that really doesn’t have a whole lot of point or story. I think that’s really what my writing goal is to try and figure out what the story is.
Great list! I admire all the physical goals.
Write, write write.
Thank you! The writing goal may be the hardest, though! Thanks for stopping by! :)
I just found your blog through homefries and I really like it! It’s really pretty and personal and your bucket list sounds awesome! You blog inspires me to create my own blog, thanks!
Your comment made my day, Elexis! Thanks so much! :) Let me know when you get your blog started; I’d love to read it!