Summer Bucket List, Part A.

I read a lot of magazines for work, and this week I was buried in an issue of Whole Living when I ran across their 2012 Summer Bucket list. Just for fun, I thought I'd see if I'd accomplished anything they suggested. Surprisingly, I had a productive summer!! Wanna see how I did?

1. Prep all of your meals without using your stove or oven for a day. I'm going to guess eating out doesn't count? :) I'm sure I did this via the magic of yogurt for breakfast, sammich for lunch, and chips for dinner, but I can't prove it.

2. Skinny dip.  HA. Right.

3. Take in a music festival. Well as a matter of fact...this past weekend...

...I attended Fandana! (This was during sound check...hence the lack of audience.)

4. Run through a meadow, a la The Sound of Music. I was a bit early on this one...accomplishing this one on Easter weekend, but still...

5. Find a strapless bra that actually fits. Um we're not going to talk about that. What kind of list is this, anyway?

6. Be the first one at the farmers' market and score the best heirloom tomatoes. I was not the first, and I purchased nothing, but I did go to a farmers' market for the first TIME. Does that count?

7. Take more pictures. Define MORE. :) I am pretty sure I accomplished this!! Want an example? OKAY!!

Proof that I'll have a picture of anything. The port-a-potties I swore I'd NEVER use...turns out you should never say never.

8. Reread your favorite novel. Oh that I'd had time for this. I adore reading. And novels for that matter.

9. Get caught in the rain - and like it. Dance in it, even. It's no secret that I'm not a big fan of storms (and therefore I tend to avoid rain). But I did eat dinner on the porch one night this summer during a gentle rain (porch is covered, of course) and another night I stayed out there for a bit watching it and smelling its goodness. This is progress, my friends.

10. Take a road trip. CHECK! Times two!! Granville and Asheville, baby!

Apparently cars dehydrate me. :)

11. Use those miles already. I don't travel enough to accumulate points. No can do.

12. Get the room with the view. Does this count?

The parking lot might not be exciting, but check out those mountains in the background! Mmmmm!!

13. Catch lightning bugs with the kids. 1. No kids. 2. No lightning bugs this year! I seriously remember seeing them ONE night. And it was a billion degrees outside. I wasn't going to catch anything. Thankyouverymuch.

14. Nap so long and hard that you can't remember where you are when you wake up. CHECK!!!! Every Sunday afternoon, baby!

15. Play a new kind of hide-and-seek and let someone stash your phone for a day. That's not even funny.

Tomorrow? Part two....or B. Whichever.