Sweet Summertime

Last summer I jumped into the pool in my wedding dress, more on that to come later!

Well it's Memorial Day weekend, for many this basically kicks off the summer season, and with the weather reaching 90 today, I'd say I'm feeling summer. I really love summer, my mood is all around better with the warmer weather and the brightness of the sun. I'm very excited for this summer, and I want to make the most of it. So I am creating a list of things to accomplish this summer. I've done this plenty of times, mostly when I was younger. Now that I'm older, more independent and more in charge of my own decisions, I feel like maybe I'll be better at accomplishing everything on the list (hopefully). I plan to add things as I think of them, and cross things off as I do them. I am all about making the most of "free" or relatively cheap things to do, and using this as a way to discover more about where I live. Many of my friends and family know me to be on the up and up when it comes to local events like festivals, concerts and other activities. I like this reputation and want to live up to it even more this summer! I also plan to do some traveling and exploring of new places. So I hope this inspires you and helps you to look forward to this season and all the fun things that come with it! Live it up!

By the way this list is in no particular order, and things that are too general or time sensitive I plan to update with dates and places as I find more info. Here goes:

• Attend a strawberry festival
• Attend a wine festival (or two)
• Visit a winery 
• Vacation at a beach
• Visit Aunt Suzie in Florida
• See The Newsie's in NYC
• Travel to Chicago
• Travel to Philly
• Go To Erie
• Attend The Art's Festival
• See Boogie Hustler's at the Art's Festival
• See a jazz performance at the Art's Festival
• See a cinema in the park at least 4 times
• See a jazz concert at Riverview park at least 3 times
• Take Kevin to the West End overlook
• Attend "African Arts in the Park"
• Shop downtown
• Go salsa dancing
• Go to Kennywood
• Go to the wavepool!
• Have a few cook-outs
• Get a tan
• garden
• Regularly purchase things from the local farmer's markets
• Make new friends
• Attend a concert, or two
• See The Boogie Hustlers
• Do something special with my siblings
• Go to Ohiopyle
• Go for bike rides
• Pirates games
• See fireworks
• Run a 5k
• Visit/shop the strip district
• Visit Waynesburg
• Go to Kyle's cabin
• Blog about our wedding
• Celebrate our 1 year anniversary
• Read 3 books
• Listen to a book on cd
• Journal
• Find a new graveyard to explore
• Go to the drive-in

I know there's stuff I'm forgetting! Obviously I have lots to do!

Is there anything you definitely want to do or accomplish this summer? Have something I should add to my list? Leave it in the comments!