Spring 2017 Bucket List

Our Spring 2017 Bucket List.

Last year I wrote out several “bucket lists” related to specific seasons & I really enjoyed that. I loved having to sit down and actually visualize the months to come & write out goals for those months. I also loved the accountability that those lists brought – if I wrote it down, I wanted to check it off the list!

SO! I’m bringing it back around for 2017! The last bucket list I wrote was for the fall, but I wrote it late in the season, so it seemed only a few weeks went by and it was already officially winter. So, my “fall” bucket list turned into my “fall/winter” list. Since spring officially started this week, I thought it was the perfect time to revisit those fall/winter goals, and write new ones for this new season!

Fall/Winter 2016 Bucket List

1. Go somewhere to rake leaves so Braelynn can jump in the pile – COMPLETED (blogged about it here)
2. Have our tree cut down – COMPLETED (blog coming soon!)
3. Read 5 new books
4. Finish scrapbooking Braelynn’s 1st year photos (I’m beginning to worry that this is never going to happen!)
5. Have the best 27th birthday ever – COMPLETED
6. Take Braelynn to the Children’s Museum (to see the Daniel Tiger exhibit) (I’m so disappointed we missed this!)
7. Write Derrick & I’s love story
8. Attend & photograph Irwin’s Light Up Night – COMPLETED (blogged about it here)
9. Submit fall photos to 50th Annual Autumn Glory Festival Contest – COMPLETED
10. Finish decorating the upstairs (hanging mirrors & pictures in the bedrooms) – COMPLETED (blog coming soon!)
11. Kick off off-season with a week OFF – COMPLETED
12. Learn to make & practice baking macarons (for Ellen’s bridal shower) (we were totally going to, but decided it would be wiser to make creme puffs & eclairs instead – I still want to learn how to make macarons!)
13. Bake an apple pie – COMPELTED
14. Trim the bushes in the front of the house
15. Attend a wedding as a guest (Derrick’s friend Jake is getting married next month!) – COMPLETED (blogged about it here)
16. Have Ellen take our annual family photos – COMPLETED (blogged about it here)
17. Take evening walks with Derrick & Braelynn
18. Get all my Christmas shopping done before December 1 (I was so close!)
19. Plan Ellen’s bridal shower (December 4th) – COMPLETED (blogged about it here)
20. Learn to play Daniel Tiger’s theme music on piano (I did look online to see if I could find some & I couldn’t find any)

So, 11 out of 20 tasks completed isn’t the best statistic, but I’m okay with it! Some of the items were gigantic tasks that I knew would take a lot of time (like writing Derrick & I’s love story or scrapbooking Braelynn’s 1st year photos) and since they are still goals, they have gotten carried over into my next list. In fact, 5 items are getting carried over – fingers crossed that I’ll be able to check them off this time!

Also, I thought it would be helpful (entirely for myself) to put an end date on this list – so it starts today & will end on June 20th – the last day of spring! So, here we go!

Spring 2017 Bucket List

1. Read 5 new books*
2. Finish scrapbooking Braelynn’s 1st year photos*
3. Write Derrick & I’s love story*
4. Take a day to learn to bake macarons*
5. Trim the bushes in front of the house*
6. Have the most wonderful vacation & week in Texas!
7. Completely potty train Braelynn
8. Convert Braelynn to a toddler bed
9. Take Braelynn to the library
10. Find somewhere we can go & see baby animals
11. Have the last 2 new windows installed so our entire 2nd floor is done
12. Fix the roof/insulate the 3rd floor/turn it into livable space
13. Explore the possibility of opening an Etsy shop for designs or writing a Mom blog
14. Host Easter dinner
15. Participate in the Just Between Friends sale (and have all my items tagged at least a week in advance)
16. Plan a fun way to celebrate Derrick’s birthday
17. Clean out my personal inbox (230 emails full right now)
18. Plant flowers around the house (and grass where the tree used to stand)
19. Invite at least 3 different couples over for dinner
20. Have new business cards/note cards made

Did I miss something? Is there an activity we should do, somewhere we should go, or an experience we simply should not miss that will happen this spring? Leave me a comment & let me know!