And just like that, summer is over, so I suppose it’s time to check in and see how I did on my Stuff I Would Like To Do This Summer But Probably Won’t Because I’m Going To Collapse On My Couch With The A/C On And Watch House Hunters (SIWLTDTSBPWBIGTCOMCWTA/COAWHH for short) List.
(Editor’s note: I surprisingly didn’t watch a lot of House Hunters. Mind you, I watched a lot of other things — it’s not like I was out dining alfresco or enjoying the [blistering hot] weather — but I just didn’t watch a lot of HH.)
– Go to yoga once a week
I did this! I think. I started going to free yoga at work Mondays and Wednesdays whenever I could swing it and continued to go to my local place on Sundays, so while I didn’t keep a strict tally, I did go as often as possible. Namaste, bitches.
– Start training for a half marathon
Hey, I did this too! I am so awesome at Goals, the keeping of.
– Sign up for a half marathon
Well I haven’t done this, but I really should have because I think the price just increased, dammit.
– Go on a hike
Nope, although I did drag my brother-in-law on a hike-ish run while we were in Seattle.
– Buy a contraption for Chris to wear to tote LG around on a hike
Nope, but maybe next year she can hike her little self around.
– Go on bike rides
I think we went on one bike ride! It was fun, and I’d like to go again, but…
– Buy a contraption for Chris to put on the front of his bike for LG to sit in
…We never did buy one of these, either, so unless we’re both free on a weekday, I don’t see this happening again soon. I mean, I could go alone, but then who would I complain about the wind to?
– Buy LG a helmet for the above bike contraption
Nope, no need.
– Go camping
HAH, NO. Oh, I mean, sorry Chris.
– Catch a fish
Sorry again.
– Take a train somewhere
Not this year.
– Ride a boat
Nope.
– Take LG to the park often-ish
I think we went once and she screamed when I put her in the swing, soooo…That was fun.
– Print pictures of LG from Christmas until now
I DID THIS TOO! I still need to buy an album to put 2012 pictures in, but LG circa 2011 has been forever memorialized.
– Print new pictures of LG for me and Chris to take to work because the rotund baby pictures we currently have are not very representative of her anymore
Check! But I still need to print the updated picture of LG and Chris in their Seahawks gear.
– Eat lots of BBQ — ribs, steak, HOT DOGS, etc.
I don’t think I ate a hot dog. What kind of American am I?! Wait, I might have had a bratwurst. EVEN BETTER.
– Make s’mores
NO! I wish. I need to get on this.
– Depending on how the garden does, pickle and can lots of vegetables
No canning, but we made and froze a bunch of marinara sauce.
– Learn how to pickle
Nope.
– Learn how to can
Nope.
– Make our own yogurt
YES! I am hippie, hear me roar.
– Buy the contraption Ashley recommended to make our own yogurt
Nope, becaaaaaaause, through the wonder of the Internet, Kate sent me one that she had, but had never used. Thanks, Kate!
– Wear a lot of dresses
I think I did this.
– Maybe buy some dresses that don’t show my ass when I bend over
Nope.
– Chris says maybe don’t do that
You’re welcome.
– No he doesn’t, but I bet he would if he was here
I think the sentiment remains the same.
– Go to Bakersfield at least once to steal my best friend’s new baby squish on my best friend’s new baby
We did this and I even let her keep her baby, aren’t I nice?
– Also to swim in my parents’ pool
According to my parents, this was the most fun they’d ever had in their pool. It was a good day, indeed.
– Also to dump LG on my parents so we can go out without a kid
WE DID THIS.
– Run down the streets of Bakersfield, hands in the air (like we just don’t care), screaming, “Sans kid! Sans kid!”
No, but we may have high-fived.
– Schedule a family photography session using the gift certificate my best friend got us
I really need to do this.
– A year ago
Like, really.
– Go to a cheese tasting in the little town over from ours
Keeping this on the list for autumn because hello? CHEESE TASTING.
– Sans kid!
Yes please.
– Find and drink Ramona’s Pinot Grigio
I didn’t, but yesterday Holly give me a bottle THAT SHE GOT JUDGED FOR BUYING WTF, so I’m trying it tonight.
– Try one of Bethenny’s SkinnyGirl drinks
I did! I tried the original margarita and I liked it. It wasn’t as sweet as I thought it might be (good), but needed a little extra fizz, so I added some club soda. Also Grand Marnier. So it probably wasn’t “skinny” once I was done with it.
– Continue to bankroll the Real Housewives franchise
Yup.
– Get more pedicures
NOT A ONE. Criminal.
– Try threading
Nope, but I did let my eyebrows grow out, so that’s…Something?
– Get my hair done sometime
Nope.
– Go pee when I have to, instead of holding it for hours
I actually did get better at this! Go me!
– I have been holding it for hours
Not today!
– Read some new books, let’s say four
I totally did this and I am, like, SUPER proud, guys. (I read Mockingjay, Killing Lincoln, The 8th Confession (*mumble mumble* James Patterson), On Beauty, and Gone Girl.
– Keep up with weeding the garden
Hahahahahah, no.
– UGH
Seriously, I am so sore from breaking down the second garden last weekend. Grass up to my SHOULDERS, guys. It was embarrassing how much I let it go.
– BBQ a pizza
No! I need to do this. This and s’mores stay on the list.
– Find a job
*weep*
– See my grandparents more often
I think I saw them twice? NOT OFTEN ENOUGH.
– Buy Us Weekly…weekly-ish…so I’m not all, “I thought Justin and Jessica broke up and now they’re ENGAGED?”
I didn’t do this, but I DID check in on their website monthly or so. This is very important stuff!
– Hang pictures in LG’s room
No, still trying to figure out where to hang them. I suck at picture-hanging decision-making.
Hey! I am actually surprised at how much I accomplished (“accomplished”). Now to start plotting my autumn to do list…What’s on yours?
Sell a house. Buy a house.
See–now, this is why I don’t keep “goals” lists, because all of mine would have a “didn’t have time/forgot/never got around to it” at the end! Better not to even bother setting myself up for failure, you know? #highstandards 😉
I don’t go to the bathroom when I have to, either. And then Dan announces that he has to go to the bathroom, can I hold the baby, and I get MAD because I HAVE HAD TO GO FOR LIKE AN HOUR.