And just like that, it’s summer again! This is how I feel:

Hello, long weekend and hello to the official start of my fifth annual 100 Days of Summer: Let’s Do it list where I try and make the most of the sweetest but shortest season with a bucket list on 100 things to do. I may not get it all done, but here’s hoping… And, I hope you can join in on some of the fun.

The rules are simple, summer starts this weekend (the long weekend of May) and ends on the last day of September.

Note: I always start with the ones I’ve yet to complete… There are also pick-ups from previous years because awesomeness is always worth repeating. Oh, and the bolded ones are from my forty before forty list.

100 Days of Summer

1. see Shakespeare by the Sea**** 
2. ride a slip & slide***  
3. hike Cape Chignecto** 
4. have a water balloon fight** 
5. go to a concert*
6. hike the Skyline Trail* 
7. start designing my 2019 calendars*
8. sleep in a tent*
9. play croquette* 
10. dance in the rain* 
11. tie dye* 
12. clean my office*
13. go tidal bore rafting* 
    ***
14. run the full Rum Runners Trail (but not all at once – it’s 119 km!)
15. buy a pair of white jeans
16. buy a silk blouse
17. apply sunscreen every freaking day
18. host a cocktail potluck (with biscuits)
19. make pickles
20. change a tire. change the oil. learn these skills.
21. paddleboard
22. tube down a river
23. picnic in a park
24. hangout in a hammock
25. dinner on the waterfront
26. dinner on a patio
27. and drinks to go!
28. relay once, relay twice
29. read a magazine outside
30. visit Kouchibouguac National Park
31. bike to the market
32. bike across the bridge
33. bike a trail
34. ride a ferry
35. get bangs
36. high five all seven of my nephews and nieces (but not all at once)
37. have a Butterbeer
38. swim in the Lido Pool (Chester)
39. go to a drive-in
40. dinner at The Canteen
41. go antiquing
42. eat from a food truck
43. go for a beach walk
44. eat corn on the cob
45. run through a sprinkler
46. wash the windows
47. hear bagpipes
48. have a campfire
49. smores and (veggie) dog roasting
50. run the trail to Laurencetown beach
51. day trip to Lunenburg (eat at the Salt Shaker Deli)
52. eat strawberry shortcake for supper
53. explore a new country
54. swim in the lake
55. swim in the ocean
56. swim in the river
57. run a marathon
58. run through the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)
59. lay in the grass
60. travel by train
61. travel by plane
62. get a pedicure
63. have a lunch date
64. have a brunch date
65. night swim
66. bake for a friend
67. buy flowers for a friend
68. host a bbq
69. eat peas from the pod
70. watercolour
71. run the 30km trail to the Tatamagouche market and celebrate with a beer at the Tatamagouche Brewery
72. go strawberry picking
73. make jam
74. make rhubarb pie
75. eat a lobster roll
76. family-time in PEI
77. run and jump off a dock without knowing the tempterature of the water
78. only use the clothesline
79. mail a card or letter every week (life list goal)
80. buy a coco clock in Germany (life list goal)
81. drink my morning coffee outside
82. drink beer from a cooler
83. oysters with a cocktail
84. build a sand castle
85. go for a walk in Shubie Park
86. go for a walk in Point Pleasant Park
87. go for a run and jump in the water right after
88. go prom-watching in the Public Gardens
89. after work meetup at the Stillwell Beer Garden
90. outdoor pizza party
91. learn and perform the full Footloose dance
92. run the gulf shore loop in Pugwash
93. plant some flowers
94. yoga on the beach
95. go sailing
96. go to a yard sale
97. run up the Needham hill stairs with David… 3 times in a row
98. watch the sunrise at the beach
99. watch the sunset at the beach
100. play hooky

*2017 not completed
**2016/2017 not completed
***2015/2016/2017 not completed
****2014/2015/2016/2017 not completed.

Here are my lists from 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014