no guarantees

okay, in a former post, perhaps my last one though i didn't go back to check, i remember promising to try to blog more often. my last post was announcing our pregnancy with sweet josie jane. she's now eight months old. i'm busy for sure. i hate not keeping my promise.

i am back today and i give you this new post with no guarantees, no promises of future posts BUT the promise that i am doing my best at these things: being a great mom to my children, keeping up with all of your blogs by reading them almost daily, and praying for your families. i long for a time when i can maintain this site a little more regularly but in the meantime thank you for the time you set aside to chronicle your lives and share them with me and here is a little contribution from me that will hopefully inspire you:

the sun has finally arrived and so this morning it became time to create my list. every summer i make a list of things i want to do while the weather permits and then i add to it and cross it off throughout the summer. here is the start of this year's list. i hope it inspires you and i hope you make your own list and share it with me.

Summer 2010
Make and drink homemade lemonade
Harvest and eat everything I grow
Sit on the stoop in the evenings with a cold glass of iced tea
Wear more sundresses
Camp
Wear more bold dangly earrings and maybe more bangle bracelets
Make and eat homemade popsicles with the kiddos
Call my sisters more often
Make caprese with my basil and tomatoes
Make fresh pasta with fresh from my garden pesto
Drink cold-brewed iced coffee in the morning
Eat avocado right out of the shell with salt and lime
Eat tomato, cucumber and mayo sandwiches on fresh seedy bread
Make and eat lots of strawberry shortcake
Make Sophie a sundress out of a vintage pillowcase
Get too hot
Hike somewhere
Read outside in the shade
Wear my new oversized sweatshirt with shorts barefoot
Buy some fun sandals
Drink Rosé
Shop Farmer's Markets
Walk the Eastside waterfront with the children
Eat outdoors most nights
Keep up my pedicures
Swim laps and swim with the children
Nap with Josephine
Get tipsy
Can and pickle things with Gen
Drink more water with lemon (& sometimes cucumber)
Sleep in a tent in the backyard with Jonas
Take more pictures
Go on a long car ride with the sunroof open
Have a picnic with a rustic baguette, salami, brie, and a reisling
Have cocktails in our backyard
Grill more
Try new recipes for summer
Get more outdoor exercise
Cook seasonal food simply
Freeze surplus produce
Grill more peaches
Pick berries with Marisa & Jennie
Go on family bike rides
Make homemade ice cream and sorbet
Make a rhubarb galettte with sour cream ice cream
Eat our tomatoes off the vine
Wear sunscreen
Shop more garage sales with Tiff
Remember to pray more throughout the day
Buy expensive olive oil
Start doing yoga again
Take an overnight trip with Micah and no children
Go wine tasting
Go to the zoo lots
Wear my cute aprons
Play in the dirt with Jonas and his trucks
Help Sophie learn to walk