Take it in folks – the long weekend in May has come and gone and that means summer is coming! In celebration of this joyous occasion and back by popular demand is my 100 days of summer to-do wish list! The rules are simple and I welcome all of you to join in with your own list – it started this weekend and ends on September 30. Get what you can get done because summer is here for a short time so it is best to make it a good time.

(You can see last year’s list here and the results here)

I am not going to lie – it’s hard to get them all done, and because I didn’t finish all of them last year, I am going to pick up a few and try again. I am also adding some from my thirty-six before thirty-six (because I am not 36 yet) and a few completed repeats because they were awesome and worth doing again! Have fun and remember to wear sunscreen.

1. swim in a lake*
2. swim in the ocean
3. swim in the Wallace River
4. go in a sail boat*
5. hike Cape Split*
6. go strawberry picking*
7. make strawberry jam
8. watch an outdoor movie*
9. play corn hole*
10. play croquette
11. play washer toss
12. night swim*
13. make smores and eat them*
14. have a campfire and sing a campfire song
15. roast veggie dogs over a campfire
16. leave the province*
17. accidentally get a sunburn*
18. buy a rash guard
19. train for a marathon
20. sleep in a tent*
21. go to Cyclone 5 times in one week*
22. see Shakespeare by the Sea*
23. ride a horse*
24. mini golf*
25. take David to Citadel Hill*
26. fly a kite*
27. bike over the MacDonald bridge with David*
28. picnic at the ocean
29. picnic at Public Gardens
30. do a kart-wheel
31. go the the Bicycle Thief
32. clean my black car (mike told me to put this in)
33. make iced coffee
34. run laps (speed work) at least three times
35. hill train once a week
36. run in 5 races
37. visit Taylor Head Provincial Park
38. jump on a trampoline
39. redecorate our bedroom
40. plant a vegetable garden and enjoy its bounty
41. plant basil and make pesto
42. run the golf shore loop (again)
43. make rhubarb pie
44. host a women and whiskey night
45. eat a banana split
46. kayak down the river
47. tube down the river
48. play sandbar soccer
49. eat on an outdoor patio
50. drink on an outdoor patio
51. hang out on the Halifax waterfront
52. go to Shubie Park
53. go to Point Pleasant Park
54. drive in a convertible
55. buy a summer dress
56. wear summer dresses everyday for a week
57. wear heels
58. hear bag pipes
59. watch a parade
60. dance
61. visit the new North End farmer’s market
62. have a taco party
63. run in a race
64. go for a run and jump in the water right after
65. bike to the skate park and watch David in the skate park (this was David’s request)
66. watch fireworks
67. watch 500 Days of Summer
68. watch Dirty Dancing
69. make a spiralized dinner (this)
70. start and finish Jill’s bathroom makeover
71. attend a party
72. go to 2 movies
73. make ice cream sandwiches
74. finish my rug hooking pillow
75. cheer on David’s first triathlon
76. play hooky
77. read a magazine outside
78. read a non-fiction
79. read a fiction
80. eat from a food truck
81. only use the clothesline
82. try rock climbing
83. buy new running sneakers
84. visit a cottage
85. drink beer from a cooler
86. drink a road rocket. “kidding”.
87. run across the bridge before they close it to pedestrians (June 29)
88. ride the ferry
89. get muddy
90. get sandy
91. ride a slip & slide
92. ride a water slide
93. visit magic mountain
94. hike Cape Breton Highlands National Park
95. get highlights
96. go to a yard sale
97. watch a sunset
98. watch a sunrise
99. declutter
100. have David plan a prefect pre-first-day-of-big-school / end-of-summer-day

* 2014 not completed