To do list: Summer bloggin'

I don't think my summer blog is going to look quite like my non-summer blog.  Since this is the first summer I've been writing this blog, I'm trying to get a sense of what it will be and look like.

This is what I'm thinking, so when I have no idea what to blog about, I can see my list, and see how I'm doing. 

First though, I just have less time to myself these days.  We play a lot, with friends, at the pool, at playdates, riding bikes....you know, the normal summertime fun stuff.  We went fishing on the Shenandoah River this weekend a fished from the canoe: yes, I bait hooks and take fish off.  It was awesome!  But.....all this fun leaves little time for projects.

So here goes from ideas I'm playing with:
House Crashing: Starting with my friend A, I'm going to take you to her house to see her beautiful new brown/red living area.  I wasn't excited about brown and red??, but she pulled it off, and it's beautiful. We'll check it out.

Where we went Wednesdays: Ideas for traveling from favorites spots we've found; will also motivate me to digitally stores those old photos!

New blog find: I love to surf the blogosphere, and if I find a really awesome new blog I hadn't see before, I'll pass it a long.

New blog topics:1) Families that create zero trash:Now I can learn something there I know.
2)minimalism: living with less: I crave this!
3)Finding and sharing some good "how to" blogs/articles on decorating, since I'm clueless on how to pull a room together. And decorate while being a minimalist. Who creates no trash in the process.

And other, random things we want to do around here:
Outside projects: Deck build
Basement: Scour Craigslist for some awesome budge friendly finds since we spent the budge for that on our vacation coming up.
Recover cushions on outside chairs on porch (Material already purchased)
Make baseball quilt (Material already purchased)
Make new curtains in FR (Material already purchased)
Re-cover ottomans in funky fun fabrics. 
Do SOMETHING in the dining room. 
Go retro to the 70's and create some String Art for the states represented by our families. 
Re-do boy's room.
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Oh-kaaaaay. There. A list for the summer. Hmmmm...This week is crazy; we leave on vacation shortly.  By the time we're back, unpacked and back in sync with reality, It will be July 4th. There will be 7 weeks of summer left at that point. 

I'm hoping that at least some of these things will happen around here!!