The writing prompt I chose is:
30 things you vow to do this summer.
I don't want to commit myself to anything chore-oriented, so I am vowing only to have fun in the following 30 ways.
1. Make old-fashioned hand-churned (and by "hand" I mean "electric") ice cream. I am thinking blueberry cheesecake and butter pecan.
2. Get my backyard gardens going. I have strictly been a front yard girl thus far.
3. Run (when my ankle is back 100%).
4. Go on at least four new hikes from the Summit Hiker. Someday I will do them all. I always make a little notation of the date and who I went with (including which dogs we took) but I still have a long way.
5. Start writing a memoir and work on that a little each day.
6. Rent a convertible and take a Colorado road trip. Maybe Mesa Verde or Steamboat? Matt can drive and I vow just to look cute. Note to self: Buy a sassy scarf to wear around my head.
7. Eat more fresh foods (does homemade ice cream count? what if I milk the cow?).
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9. Ride our tandem bike down Vail Pass with our dogs in the baby wagon.
10. Have at least one bbq/fire pit bash.
11. Host Girl's Keeno in July.
12. Paint my toenails a fun color. Maybe blue or green or silver.
13. Call my 90 year old grandmother more often and send her a few letters while I am at it. She is my only living grandparent : (
14. Book a late fall trip to Cozumel to visit my dad (and his Irish bar, Kelley's).
40th B-day in Cozumel
15. Go to a Rockies game and have a hotdog.
16. Visit my in-laws in Fort Collins and play a lot of cards and drink a lot of Coors Light in their sunroom.
17. Take the water taxi from Frisco to Dillon and have a RumRunner or a Dark & Stormy at the Tiki Bar.
18. Go to the Keystone Jazzfest.
19. Go to all (or most) of the free summer concerts at the Dillon Amphitheater, including Jimmy BLuffet.
20. Make a new friend.
21. Sit on my porch and just look at the mountains.
22. Play a game of golf with Matt (not on the Wii).
23. Go fishing.
24. Make fried chicken and a pie and go on a picnic at the lake.
Photo: FoodNetwork.com
25. Redecorate my office if the mood strikes.
26. Go to both the Frisco (June) and Dillon (August) BBQ challenge.
27. Less Perez Hilton, more Murphy. That is, get my bo-hiney off the internets and take my dogs on more walks (btw I haven't used the word "bo-hiney" since elementary school. You can reverse it and say "hiney-bo"-- it means the same thing. At least it does in Oklahoma)
28. Buy new pillows and silk pillow cases (will that prevent face wrinkles?).
29. Walk the entire shoreline of Lake Dillon (not all at once, of course). Matt and I came up with this one at the end of last summer.
AND FINALLY,
30. Have a few Friday night dance-offs in my living room. So what if I am the only participant? I have three spectators (if you count the dogs) that think I am fabulous! Plus, I win every time.
31. Oh wait, I have one more (that's right. I am a rule-breaker). Celebrate my wedding anniversary with Matt on August 20.
Hope your summer is off to a booty shakin start,
