Summer Bucket List Review // 2013

We're back to school (preschool :) )... so it seems like time to review the summer bucket list..

Here's what I did this summer!

1) watch Funny Face  (so good!)

2) open a safety deposit box

3) take a road trip, short or long (Omaha / Ozarks)

4) make a s'mores recipe from my s'mores pinterest board

We made these s'more cookies. YUM! - a lot like a regular chocolate chip cookie, but with a scone-y texture! Try them! Image credit to Crazy for Crust blog.

5) order a rivet and sway try on kit

I ordered two try on kits, please vote! I have one more coming soon! :) Try on 1. Try on 2.

6) read 5 books, 2 must be classics 
- I read 5 books, but only 1 classic.

7) see the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibit at the Nelson (I won tickets!)

8) buy new potted herbs and plant them
I bought lavender seeds, and then non-herb plants (viola seeds and a tomato seed plant)

9) play in the rain

10) try a new margarita recipe

11) start my travel scrapbook

12) go to a flea market ( a big one! )

13) Host 3 gatherings
-game night, dinner with each set of parents, several double dates out. :) 

14) have a sleepover with my sisters

15) make a recipe from Rustic Fruit Desserts

16) sketch
-ideas for our new place

17) find an apartment

18) finish reading Curly Girl

19) make plans for global movie nights

20) make inspirational wall art

21) experience somewhere completely new

22) try a new lemonade recipe

23) have a picnic

24) sew something

-Lots and lots of felt flowers :) 

25) see 5 new places in Kansas (glace, back road to new apt.,)

26) watch BBC's Persuasion

27) see Celtic Woman

In Omaha!

28) publish 15 blog posts (on this blog) (15)

29) make fresh angel food or pound cake to eat with strawberries and homemade whipped topping.

30) do something I wouldn't normally do

Went to a Royal's game. And it was actually fun! The experience was nice... not so much the baseball.. :) 

31) participate in the Lawrence Public Library's summer reading program

32) see a fireworks show
-at the Royal's game

33) go swimming
In the Ozarks!

34) see the ocean

35) make kebabs! (or just eat them..)
-do fruit kebabs count?? :) 

36) go to Schlitterbahn

37) go to birdies

38) try gelato

39) send mail 

40) meet 3 new people and get to know them!
-The couple we ate with on the cruise and three of Kyle's friends :) 

How did your summer bucket list go? Leave a comment with a link and I'll check out your list! :) 

Looking forward to fall, and making a list of things to do! :)

All for now,

Alexandra

Summer Bucket List 2013

Finally....

1) watch Funny Face

2) open a safety deposit box

3) take a road trip, short or long

4) make a s'mores recipe from my s'mores pinterest board

5) order a rivet and sway try on kit

6) read 5 books, 2 must be classics

7) see the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibit at the Nelson (I won tickets!)

8) buy new potted herbs and plant them

9) play in the rain

10) try a new margarita recipe

11) start my travel scrapbook

12) go to a flea market ( a big one! )

13) Host 3 gatherings

14) have a sleepover with my sisters

15) make a recipe from Rustic Fruit Desserts

16) sketch

17) find an apartment

18) finish reading Curly Girl

19) make plans for global movie nights

20) make inspirational wall art

21) experience somewhere completely new

22) try a new lemonade recipe

23) have a picnic

24) sew something

25) see 5 new places in Kansas

26) watch BBC's Persuasion

27) see Celtic Woman

28) publish 15 blog posts (on this blog)

29) make fresh angel food or pound cake to eat with strawberries and homemade whipped topping

30) do something I would never normally do

31) participate in the Lawrence Public Library's summer reading program

32) see a fireworks show

33) go swimming

34) see the ocean

35) make kebabs! (or just eat them..)

36) go to Schlitterbahn

37) go to birdies

38) try gelato

39) send mail 

40) meet 3 new people and get to know them!

Check out last years list, here.

What is on your summer bucket list?

All for now,

Alexandra

See how I did! Check out my end-of-the-summer review here.