summer list: your turn

Happy Friday, Lazyhood. Some more additions to the Summer List from the always-imaginative lazy brethren:

Heidi wants to have a water balloon fight with her niece.

Jessi B wants to go camping with her hubs, build a gigantic fire, drink wine directly out of the bottle and cook just-caught fish over the open flame.

Joan is looking forward to lightweight cotton dresses, skirts and summer quilts.

photo by Thayer Allyson Gowdy from Quilting for Peace, by Katherine Bell

A Captain’s Wife wants to build a tree house.

Sarah wants to take naps with her kids.

Colleen wants to try different flavors of snowcones and enjoy as many root beer floats as possible.

Erin wants to teach her kids to play Kick the Can and Ghost in the Graveyard.

And Netrez wants to sit on the back deck of her childhood home with her mother at dusk and listen to the cricket chorus.

What about you? What are your lazy plans this weekend?

summer list: your turn

Here are some additions to the Summer List* from like-minded, summer-loving readers:

Terri wants to lay in a sandbox with her kids and look at the stars with her husband.

Sarah want to ride her bike along the river and have a picnic with friends.

Lynda wants to take a convertible ride to get some ice cream.

Charlotte want to set up the hammock in the garden.

Simone wants to go on a waterslide, play bocce ball and go night swimming (ooh, yes please!).

And Bethany has already crossed off a couple items on her list: hanging a swing in the backyard and fishing with her dad.

What's on your list? Feel free to share in the comments below. As for me, this weekend I hope to catch a small town parade, read a book outside, and drive down country roads with all the windows down. Have a wonderful, lazy, star-spangled weekend.

*By the way, this whole idea of compiling and checking off a Summer List is inspired by Maggie and her Mighty Life List. Check it out.

summer list

Inspired by my friend Maggie’s Mighty Life List, I'm creating a Summer List. On Fridays, I’ll highlight a few ideas and launch us into the weekend with visions of simple summer lazyness.

This weekend, I hope to walk barefoot through the grass, eat a ripe peach, and read the Sunday papers outside. What are you planning this weekend? Send in your own ideas and we can create the Summer List together. Have a wonderful lazy weekend and see you on Monday.

beautiful image from Tanjica PerovicWalk barefoot • Take a nap outside • Make suntea • Pick berries • Spend time in hammock • Go on picnic • Make herb water • Eat an ice cream cone • Host outdoor brunch • Hang birdfeeder • Make a sunprint • Grow vegetables • Make a skirt • Put lemons in your hair at the beach • Go for a swim • Watch a movie outside • Go to a farmer’s market • Catch summer play • Make popsicles • Read the Sunday papers outside • Take a roadtrip • Learn a summer constellation • Go camping • Go on boat ride • Read a summer book • Take off your watch • Eat a ripe peach • Make a summer mix tape • Make July 4th cupcakes • Pick wildflowers • BBQ outside • Blow a dandelion • Rent a convertible • Play hookey for a day • Watch fireflies • Make lemonade • Make an outdoor  teepee • Watch a small town parade • Listen to a thunderstorm • Take an outdoor shower • Sing around a campfire • Roast marshmallows • Watch a meteor shower • Eat a watermelon • Go bodysurfing • Tube down a river • Take a walk on a dirt road