You’re simply the best, better than all the rest.

Summer is officially over and the #100DaysofSummer results are in. Although I did not get everything done, I flew in a freaking helicopter over Hawaii!!! so I’m not complaining. Plus, I can happily say I NEVER have to slip & slide again!

1. See Shakespeare by the Sea***** 
2. Ride a slip & slide****: The last time I did this, I ended up in emergency with a fractured finger. This time it was only a bloody nose, bruised chest bone and utter embarrassment.
   
3. Hike Cape Chignecto*** 
4. Sleep in a tent**
5. Dance in the rain**
6. Go tidal bore rafting**
7. Go to a drive-in*
8. Go antiquing*
9. Wash the windows*
10. Night swim*
11. Run and jump off a dock without knowing the temperature of the water*: #10, 11, 26 and 78 were all accomplished at once! My friends like to make things happen.
    
12. Go sailing*
13. Run in at least one race! Injuries had me worried but I managed to squeeze in 3 races and 2 relays
    
14. Initiate Wine & Walk: Carrying this amazing idea into Fall.
    
    
15. Discover a new local hiking trail: Shannon Park is beautiful at sundown.
    
    
16. Visit an old favourite (Duncan’s Cove): For the win. 
    
    
17. Apply sunscreen every freaking day
18. Snorkle: Off a boat, in Maui!
    
19. Have a lunch date: Two birthday, two taco dates.
    
    
20. Have a brunch date: Edna’s!
    
21. Make salsa
    
    
22. Make peach jam
    
    
23. Make peach pie
24. Make rhubarb pie: Sadly not my best pies
    
25. Dine at Rhubarb: Put this on your summer dining list next year
    
26. Paddleboard on Lake Banook
27. Zipline: SO MUCH FUN
    
28. Visit Hopewell Rocks
    
    
29. Frenchys with friends
30. Eat strawberry shortcake for supper
    
    
31. Host a Beyond Meat BBQ
    
    
32. Surprise someone at work with a coffee: I did this on September 30. Sarah surprised her students with a puppy parade.
    
33. Dinner on the waterfront
    
    
34. Dinner on a patio: Celebrating Aimee’s 40th…
    
    
35. And drinks to go! Keeping it classy, always.
    
36. Only use the clothesline
    
    
37. Send flowers to a friend: When you can’t be there in person.
38. Go on a 13km run with Mike celebrating our 13 year anniversary
    
    
39. Dine at the Quarterdeck
40. Eat from a food truck
    
    
41. Go for a beach walk: Black Sand Beach in Maui – Waianapanapa State Park
    
    
42. Eat shaved ice
    
    
43. Eat ice cream
    
    
44. Eat a lobster roll
    
    
45. Have a Beergarden meet up
    
    
46. Go beachcombing
    
    
47. Taste Nova 7 in a can: At a HFX Wanderers Game – which I highly recommend! 
    
    
48. Drink my morning coffee outside
    
    
49. Bike a trail
    
    
50. Kayak a river
    
    
51. Scoot around on a scooter
52. Yoga outside AKA deep stretching
53. Take a tennis lesson
54. See a great show/concert/play: Saw David Sedaris at the Rebecca Cohn
    
55. Spend some time at Conrad’s Beach
    
    
56. Do one home improvement project: New desk, new laptop, same bad back.
    
    
57. Hang patio lights
58. Order a ridiculous fancy drink
    
    
59. Get a pedicure: It was a manicure because my toes are not worthy of love
60. Bang some bongos: Cabot Trail Relay, Team 71
    
    
61. Try the Dole Whip at The Chickenburger
    
    
62. Watch fireworks from my in-law’s patio
    
    
63. See a volcano
    
    
64. See the Pacific Ocean
    
    
65. See a Sea Turtle: TED
    
    
66. Hire a babysitter and go out
67. Drift down a river
    
    
68. Finish hooking my pillow
69. Participate in a neighbourhood cleanup
    
    
70. Go for a walk in Shubie Park
    
    
71. Go for a walk in Point Pleasant Park
72. Find a waterfall
    
    
73. Go for a run and jump in the water right after
    
    
74. Go prom-watching in the Public Gardens
    
    
75. Have a Humble Pie picnic party
76. Celebrate 40-40-10: Our trip to Hawaii was our present to each other. 
    
    
77. Celebrate Henry’s life at his special spot on the trail
    
    
78. Swim in the lake
    
79. Swim in the ocean
    
    
80. Swim in the river
    
    
81. Lay in the grass
    
    
82. Spend time with my sisters
    
    
83. Travel by plane
    
    
84. Explore a new state
    
    
85. Boogie board
86. Get my hair done
87. Make Front Porch Peach Tea
88. … And drink it while swinging on my front porch swing
    
    
89. Black Loyalist Centre in Shelburne
90. Plant some flowers
91. Buy a beach cover-up
92. Go on a road trip: See #93
93. Visit Maine
    
    
94. Visit Cape Breton
    
    
95. Barre with babes
96. … And go for dinner after!
    
    
97. Go to a movie (outside?): Technically, the theatre was in an outside mall…
    
    
98. Watch the sunrise at the ocean
    
    
99. Watch the sunset at the ocean
    
    
100. Play hooky: Student Strike For Climat Change
     
     

Total: 85/100 completed!

And I feel like some of the missed things can still happen this fall….

So here’s my fall list:

1. Go antiquing
2. Frenchys with friends
3. Dine at the Quarterdeck
4. Finish hooking my pillow
5. Hire a babysitter and go out
6. Have a Humble Pie picnic party I’m talking to you Anna
7. Black Loyalist Centre in Shelburne
8. Eye-roll and look in disgust at every PSL-drinking-person who says they love sweater weather.

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*2018 not completed **2017/2018 not completed ***2016/2017/2018 not completed ****2015/2016/2017/2018 not completed *****2014/2015/2016/2017/2018 not completed. Here are my lists from 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014