Summer 2012 bucket list

Two weeks from today, I will be sipping a giant glass of wine somewhere. Why, you ask? Because two weeks from today is the last day of the 2011-2012 school year. And in two weeks and one day, summer 2012 officially kicks off. What a glorious, glorious thought! 

A few summers ago, my friend Jerra told me she always gave her summers a theme. She said this was a way to avoid that typical question teachers get, "So, what are you doing/did you do this summer?" 

I dubbed the summer of 2009 The summer I ran in to things (because I started running) and the summer of 2010 The summer I saw things clearly (because I got LASIK). The summer of 2011 was The summer I got really happy (because I was happy where I was -- mind, body and soul). 

So, with summer 2012 just hours away, I've been wracking my brain to come up with something fantastic to focus on. I just couldn't pick one thing. Therefore, summer 2012 is going to be The summer of the bucket list. Below, 53 things I really intend to do this summer. Some of them, I realize, will make little to no sense to you. And I apologize for that. I also realize that some of these things might be laughable to you (like, for instance, cooking one meal a week (because I don't do this. I know. I'm a let down to my mother!)) but it's my list, darnit, and I'll put these things on there if I want to! 

What's on your list? 

Home:

1. Buy better television for downstairs
2. Switch couches
3. Put a wall hanging at the end of the hallway
4. Hang sconces and basement picture
5. Hang pictures upstairs
6. Organize Tupperware cabinet
7. Organize extra room
8. Organize gift giving
9. Organize finances/retirement

Work:

1. Organize newspaper
2. Revamp JHE curriculum with more challenging items
3. Look for information on understanding and internalizing reading

Personal:

1. Rip CD’s to iPod
2. Sign up for my next half marathon
3. Beat 27 minutes on my 5K
4. Go see Nanc’ in Louisville
5. Plan a trip where I have to use my passport
6. Kiss Dan in the rain
7. Workout in a swimming pool
8. Do personal training sessions with J
9. Bike rides with dad
10. Go to the library
11. Clean closet and clothes drawers
12. Host a girl’s night in
13. Trader Joe’s
14. Go on vacation
15. Farmer’s Market
16. Eat a blizzard
17. Go mini golfing
18. Eat a cookie skillet
19. Go out on a lake
20. Spend a day doing nothing
21. Go wine tasting
22. Dress up just because
23. Enzo’s
24. Brewster’s
25. Polito’s
26. Ritter’s
27. Fro yo
28. Run 150 miles
29. Go on a picnic
30. Write a letter to a friend
31. Make something from Pinterest
32. Cook a meal during June 4
33. Cook a meal during June 11
34. Cook a meal during June 18
35. Cook a meal during June 25
36. Cook a meal during July 2
37. Cook a meal during July 9
38. Cook a meal during July 16
39. Cook a meal during July 23
40. Cook a meal during July 30
41. Cook a meal during August 6