Spring Bucket List Finish

Another season, another bucket list. Our main goal is to get out in nature weekly.

1. Read 45 Books ✓

2. Movie Month - We scrapped this one for now.

3. Go on 12 Hikes ✓

4. Have an Indoor Picnic

5. Check Off 50 Hours Outside ✓

6. Visit the Zoo 3 Times (2/3)

7. Monthly Bingo/Trivia Nights (1/3)

8. Use the GetOut Pass 3 Times (1/3)

9. Make Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

10. Make a New Dessert

11. Have an Ice Cream Sundae Night

12. Two Lincoln Excursion Days

13. Three State Park Visits ✓

14. Day trip to Des Moines

15. Plan out curriculum for next year ✓

16. Plan an Indiana trip for summer complete with mini trip ✓

Next Up on the TBR Pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #2

Another season, another bucket list. Our main goal is to get out in nature weekly.

1. Read 45 Books (38/45)

2. Movie Month - We scrapped this one for now.

3. Go on 12 Hikes (8/12)

4. Have an Indoor Picnic

5. Check Off 50 Hours Outside - We’re getting there…

6. Visit the Zoo 3 Times

7. Monthly Bingo/Trivia Nights (1/3)

8. Use the GetOut Pass 3 Times (1/3)

9. Make Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

10. Make a New Dessert

11. Have an Ice Cream Sundae Night

12. Two Lincoln Excursion Days 

13. Three State Park Visits (2/3)

14. Day trip to Des Moines

15. Plan out curriculum for next year - Working on this

16. Plan an Indiana trip for summer complete with mini trip - Working on this

Next Up on the TBR Pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #1

Another season, another bucket list. Our main goal is to get out in nature weekly.

1. Read 45 Books (20/45)

2. Movie Month - We scrapped this one for now.

3. Go on 12 Hikes (5/12)

4. Have an Indoor Picnic

5. Check Off 50 Hours Outside - We’re getting there…

6. Visit the Zoo 3 Times

7. Monthly Bingo/Trivia Nights (1/3)

8. Use the GetOut Pass 3 Times

9. Make Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

10. Make a New Dessert

11. Have an Ice Cream Sundae Night

12. Two Lincoln Excursion Days 

13. Three State Park Visits

14. Day trip to Des Moines

15. Plan out curriculum for next year - Working on this

16. Plan an Indiana trip for summer complete with mini trip - Working on this

Next Up on the TBR Pile:

Spring Bucket List

Another season, another bucket list. Our main goal is to get out in nature weekly.

1. Read 45 Books

2. Movie Month February

3. Go on 12 Hikes

4. Have an Indoor Picnic

5. Make a Snow Globe

6. Check Off 50 Hours Outside

7. Visit the Zoo 3 Times

8. Monthly Bingo/Trivia Nights

9. Use the GetOut Pass 3 Times

10. Make Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

11. Make a New Dessert

12. Have an Ice Cream Sundae Night

13. Two Lincoln Excursion Days 

14. Three State park Visits

15. Day trip to Des Moines

16. Plan out curriculum for next year

17. Plan an Indiana trip for summer complete with mini trip

Next Up on the TBR Pile:

Spring Bucket List Final

A new season has begun! The global pandemic has really put an interesting twist on planning for the spring. We didn’t end up traveling anywhere this month and have loaded up on home activities and schedules. And due to the uncertainty of the near future, I’m shortening the Spring Bucket List to create some manageable goals.

We are still at home and we haven’t really accomplished most of the items on this list. 3/15 items completed. This season of life was really not great at all.

1. Read 50 books ✓

2. Make fun cupcakes

3. Create an Easter Egg Hunt ✓

4. Make a planter for the front porch

5. Find two good parks

6. Tie Dye Shirts with the boys

7. Create a spring Spotify playlist

8. Mini golf family night

9. Go berry picking ✓ - Our local berry farm opened just in time. They had multiple restrictions, but we still got to go and get some strawberries.

10. Sign Arthur up for summer camps - Camps have been canceled.

11. Go on a hike

12. Have a picnic

13. Put together the littles’s room - In progress

14. Monthly Massage - The place the I got my birthday massage and then bought a membership has officially closed.

15. Go antiquing

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #3

A new season has begun! The global pandemic has really put an interesting twist on planning for the spring. We didn’t end up traveling anywhere this month and have loaded up on home activities and schedules. And due to the uncertainty of the near future, I’m shortening the Spring Bucket List to create some manageable goals.

Obviously things have not gone back to anywhere near normal. I imagine that very few of these items will be accomplished, but I’m still going for the ones we can do from home.

1. Read 50 books (34/50)

2. Make fun cupcakes -

3. Create an Easter Egg Hunt ✓

4. Make a planter for the front porch -

5. Find two good parks -

6. Tie Dye Shirts with the boys -

7. Create a spring Spotify playlist -

8. Mini golf family night -

9. Go berry picking -

10. Sign Arthur up for summer camps - Camps have been canceled.

11. Go on a hike -

12. Have a picnic -

13. Put together the littles’s room - In progress

14. Monthly Massage -

15. Go antiquing -

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #2

A new season has begun! The global pandemic has really put an interesting twist on planning for the spring. We didn’t end up traveling anywhere this month and have loaded up on home activities and schedules. And due to the uncertainty of the near future, I’m shortening the Spring Bucket List to create some manageable goals.

Obviously things have not gone back to anywhere near normal. I imagine that very few of these items will be accomplished, but I’m still going for the ones we can do from home.

1. Read 50 books (34/50)

2. Make fun cupcakes -

3. Create an Easter Egg Hunt ✓

4. Make a planter for the front porch -

5. Find two good parks -

6. Tie Dye Shirts with the boys -

7. Create a spring Spotify playlist -

8. Mini golf family night -

9. Go berry picking -

10. Sign Arthur up for summer camps - Camps have been canceled.

11. Go on a hike -

12. Have a picnic -

13. Put together the littles’s room - In progress

14. Monthly Massage -

15. Go antiquing -

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #1

A new season has begun! The global pandemic has really put an interesting twist on planning for the spring. We didn’t end up traveling anywhere this month and have loaded up on home activities and schedules. And due to the uncertainty of the near future, I’m shortening the Spring Bucket List to create some manageable goals. - It looks like I was very optimistic a few weeks back and thought we would be able to do more things than we can. Focusing on the home activities.

1. Read 50 books (17/50)

2. Make fun cupcakes -

3. Create an Easter Egg Hunt ✓

4. Make a planter for the front porch -

5. Find two good parks -

6. Tie Dye Shirts with the boys -

7. Create a spring Spotify playlist -

8. Mini golf family night -

9. Go berry picking -

10. Sign Arthur up for summer camps

11. Go on a hike -

12. Have a picnic -

13. Put together the littles’s room -

14. Monthly Massage -

15. Go antiquing -

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List

A new season has begun! The global pandemic has really put an interesting twist on planning for the spring. We didn’t end up traveling anywhere this month and have loaded up on home activities and schedules. And due to the uncertainty of the near future, I’m shortening the Spring Bucket List to create some manageable goals.

1. Read 50 books - I came so close to my winter goal of 45 books. Here’s hoping settling into the new house and health concerns lead to more reading.

2. Make fun cupcakes - I want to try some new-to-me recipe for these.

3. Create an Easter Egg Hunt - I need to put this on my calendar to collect small items and brainstorm some ideas.

4. Make a planter for the front porch - I want to do something to spruce up our front porch. It’s so boring right now…

5. Find two good parks - One of these days, the kids will be able to play outside. We need to scout out some fun parks!

6. Tie Dye Shirts with the boys - We have shirts and some dye, just need to get it all out and play!

7. Create a spring Spotify playlist - I need something fun to listen to in the house or when doing chores.

8. Mini golf family night - Hoping we can go in a few weeks.

9. Go berry picking - I hope we can go again this late spring…

10. Sign Arthur up for summer camps - I’m waiting for this due to health concerns.

11. Go on a hike - Maybe a state park? Or along the river?

12. Have a picnic - Even if we just have lunch or dinner on the back deck…

13. Put together the littles’s room - Right now everything is very much in pieces.

14. Monthly Massage - Yes please!

15. Go antiquing - I’m loving finding mid-century pieces for our new house. Hoping to go out soon.

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Update Finish Line

Spring is done and we’re on to summer. I ended up completing 13/25 activities. A very respectable number this past season.

1. Read 50 books ✓

2. Eat at 3 new-to-me restaurants ✓

   • Zios - Good family pizza

   • Brasa (Minneapolis) - Loved this restaurant! I got the pulled chicken and gravy with a side of rice and beans and collard greens.

   • Sushi Train (Minneapolis) - Super fun sushi place with good rolls.

3. Attend two theater performances

   • Dragons Love Tacos @ The Rose

4. Make fun cupcakes

5. Create an Easter Egg Hunt ✓

6. Make a planter for the front porch ✓

7. Find two good parks

8. Host a cookout

9. Have fun at OnStage! ✓

10. Tie Dye Shirts with the boys

11. Check out three new museum/zoos ✓

    • SAC Museum in Ashland — We do enjoy our Air and Space museums!

    • Joslyn Art Museum — We went for storytime, but did check out the galleries while there.

    • Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines — Fun zoo on our way to Indiana!

12. Check out The Makery

13. Create a spring Spotify playlist

14. Buy a sprinkler for the yard

15. Smoothie month

16. Mini golf family night ✓ - We visited Prehistoric Putt and had a great time! Next time we’ll have to check out Pirate Putt in Council Bluffs.

17. Make a rain gauge ✓

18. Buy and fly a kite

19. Go berry picking ✓ - The little boys and I went strawberry picking at the beginning of June. We had a great time and picked over 3 pounds of berries.

20. Sign Arthur up for summer camps ✓

21. Find a Farmer’s Market

22. Make a trip to Peacetree for root beer and beer ✓ - The boys and I stopped at the new Des Moines store on the way back from Indiana.

23. Go on a hike ✓ - We’ve gone on a few short hikes this past month.

24. Visit Old Market ✓

25. Redo my hair

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #3

A new season has begun! 7/25 activities completed so far.

1. Read 50 books - Up to 46 books!

2. Eat at 3 new-to-me restaurants ✓

   • Zios - Good family pizza

   • Brasa (Minneapolis) - Loved this restaurant! I got the pulled chicken and gravy with a side of rice and beans and collard greens.

   • Sushi Train (Minneapolis) - Super fun sushi place with good rolls.

3. Attend two theater performances

   • Dragons Love Tacos @ The Rose

4. Make fun cupcakes

5. Create an Easter Egg Hunt ✓ - The boys had fun finding 70 hidden eggs in our yard.

6. Make a planter for the front porch ✓ - Q and I took a trip to the garden center and bought some pretties! I actually have two planters out front now plus another planter and some potted herbs in the backyard.

7. Find two good parks

8. Host a cookout

9. Have fun at OnStage! ✓ - It was so much fun!

10. Tie Dye Shirts with the boys

11. Check out three new museum/zoos

    • SAC Museum in Ashland — We do enjoy our Air and Space museums!

    • Joslyn Art Museum — We went for storytime, but did check out the galleries while there.

12. Check out The Makery

13. Create a spring Spotify playlist

14. Buy a sprinkler for the yard

15. Smoothie month

16. Mini golf family night

17. Make a rain gauge ✓ - We ended up buying one, not making it, but we have one!

18. Buy and fly a kite

19. Go berry picking

20. Sign Arthur up for summer camps ✓

21. Find a Farmer’s Market

22. Make a trip to Peacetree for root beer and beer

23. Go on a hike

24. Visit Old Market ✓

25. Redo my hair

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #2

A new season has begun!

1. Read 50 books - Up to 31 books!

2. Eat at 3 new-to-me restaurants

   • Zios - Good family pizza

   • Brasa (Minneapolis) - Loved this restaurant! I got the pulled chicken and gravy with a side of rice and beans and collard greens.

   • Sushi Train (Minneapolis) - Super fun sushi place with good rolls.

3. Attend two theater performances

   • Dragons Love Tacos @ The Rose

4. Make fun cupcakes

5. Create an Easter Egg Hunt ✓ - The boys had fun finding 70 hidden eggs in our yard.

6. Make a planter for the front porch

7. Find two good parks

8. Host a cookout

9. Have fun at OnStage! ✓ - It was so much fun!

10. Tie Dye Shirts with the boys

11. Check out three new museum/zoos

12. Check out The Makery

13. Create a spring Spotify playlist

14. Buy a sprinkler for the yard

15. Smoothie month

16. Mini golf family night

17. Make a rain gauge

18. Buy and fly a kite

19. Go berry picking

20. Sign Arthur up for summer camps ✓

21. Find a Farmer’s Market

22. Make a trip to Peacetree for root beer and beer

23. Go on a hike

24. Visit Old Market ✓ - The boys and I stopped by for lunch and ice cream one day after story time.

25. Redo my hair

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #1

A new season has begun! !

1. Read 50 books - So far, I’m at 15 books. I will definitely be hitting this goal by the deadline.

2. Eat at 3 new-to-me restaurants - Nothing yet, although we did use a Bar Ticket at Old Chicago last weekend. This coming weekend, I’m hitting at least two new-to-me restaurants while in Minneapolis.

3. Attend two theater performances

4. Make fun cupcakes

5. Create an Easter Egg Hunt

6. Make a planter for the front porch

7. Find two good parks

8. Host a cookout

9. Have fun at OnStage! - I’m going this weekend!!!!!

10. Tie Dye Shirts with the boys

11. Check out three new museum/zoos

12. Check out The Makery

13. Create a spring Spotify playlist

14. Buy a sprinkler for the yard

15. Smoothie month

16. Mini golf family night

17. Make a rain gauge

18. Buy and fly a kite - In progress. I bought kites for the kids’s Easter baskets. Just have to wait until Easter to pull these out and fly them!

19. Go berry picking

20. Sign Arthur up for summer camps ✓ - He going to attend one week at the Omaha Children’s Museum and one week at Omaha Zoo.

21. Find a Farmer’s Market

22. Make a trip to Peacetree for root beer and beer

23. Go on a hike

24. Visit Old Market

25. Redo my hair

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List

A new season has begun! We’re currently in Indiana visiting family, but will be home this weekend. This season’s bucket list was harder to put together than I thought!

1. Read 50 books - I blew away my Winter goal of 45 books, so hoping to keep up the momentum!

2. Eat at 3 new-to-me restaurants - Five seemed to be too many last season, so I adjusted it down to three.

3. Attend two theater performances - The Rose has Winnie the Pooh and Dragons Love Tacos coming up! Can’t wait to see them.

4. Make fun cupcakes - I want to try some new-to-me recipe for these.

5. Create an Easter Egg Hunt - I need to put this on my calendar to collect small items and brainstorm some ideas.

6. Make a planter for the front porch - I want to do something to spruce up our front porch. It’s so boring right now…

7. Find two good parks - One of these days, the kids will be able to play outside. We need to scout out some fun parks!

8. Host a cookout - Speaking of outside, we need to get the grill set-up and make something scrummy!

9. Have fun at OnStage! - I’m meeting a friend for a weekend in Minneapolis at the Stampin’ Up! convention. I can’t wait!

10. Tie Dye Shirts with the boys - We have shirts and some dye, just need to get it all out and play!

11. Check out three new museum/zoos - I know we want to go to the Durham Museum, but maybe also the Union Pacific Museum or the Lincoln Zoo.

12. Check out The Makery - They offer an array of fun craft events. I want to try one out.

13. Create a spring Spotify playlist - I need something fun to listen to in the house or when doing chores.

14. Buy a sprinkler for the yard - it will be hot before we know it!

15. Smoothie month - I would love to move away from coffee every morning and make more smoothies. I might do this as a monthly project in April or May.

16. Mini golf family night - I would love to start this family activity tradition.

17. Make a rain gauge - One of those random crafts I’m thinking of doing.

18. Buy and fly a kite - Living in the plains should give us perfect weather for flying kites!

19. Go berry picking - I know of a few farms around here that do it, just need to research the when.

20. Sign Arthur up for summer camps - He wants to do an animal themed camp, but I need to find a couple and decide.

21. Find a Farmer’s Market - There’s gotta be some around.

22. Make a trip to Peacetree for root beer and beer - Maybe make a little weekend trip out of it?

23. Go on a hike- Maybe a state park? Or along the river? (after all the flooding subsides of course)

24. Visit Old Market - The boys and I haven’t gone yet as it’s too darn cold!

25. Redo my hair - I’m thinking about doing all-over color, or potentially an ombre look.

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Wrap-up

Spring (at least in our house) is over. We're heading into summer, but first let's see the finally tally. 12/25 

1. Have an Easter Egg Hunt ✓ 
2. Dye Easter Eggs ✓  
3. Beach picnic ✓ 
4. Ride the steam train at Tilden ✓
5. See the baby goats/sheep/pigs at the farm ✓
6. Go to the farmer's market
7. Make fun cupcakes
8. Make a fairy door
9. Have a cookout ✓
10. Visit Happy Hallow ✓
11. Create a gardening project for Arthur
12. Paint my nails a springy color ✓ -- I painted them a shade one darker than Stampin' Up's new Highland Heather
13. Play with sidewalk chalk
14. Go to a botanical garden
15. Visit five different parks ✓ 
16. Fly a kite
17. Make strawberry shortcake ✓
18. Have an ice cream sundae night
19. Visit Chabot twice before our membership runs out ✓
20. Blow bubbles ✓
21. Make a rainbow craft
22. Host a tea party
23. Make dirt pudding
24. Bake flower pot bread
25. Go berry picking

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #3

Not a great showing, but I did finish a few more items off the list. Let's see how we've done so far this season. 8/25 

1. Have an Easter Egg Hunt ✓ 
2. Dye Easter Eggs ✓  
3. Beach picnic ✓ -- It was a bright and sunny day with minimal wind, so perfect! Although I did burn the top of my scalp. 
4. Ride the steam train at Tilden (planned for May 27th)
5. See the baby goats/sheep/pigs at the farm (planned for May 27th)
6. Go to the farmer's market
7. Make fun cupcakes
8. Make a fairy door
9. Have a cookout ✓
10. Visit Happy Hallow ✓
11. Create a gardening project for Arthur
12. Paint my nails a springy color
13. Play with sidewalk chalk
14. Go to a botanical garden
15. Visit five different parks ✓ -- Castro Valley Park, Seven Seas Park, Coyote Pointe, Hellyer County Park, Children's Wonderland in Vallejo
16. Fly a kite
17. Make strawberry shortcake ✓
18. Have an ice cream sundae night
19. Visit Chabot twice before our membership runs out -- Went on April 19th (planned for May 24th)
20. Blow bubbles ✓
21. Make a rainbow craft
22. Host a tea party
23. Make dirt pudding
24. Bake flower pot bread
25. Go berry picking

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #2

Not a lot of tasks checked off this section. Hopefully May goes better. Let's see how we've done so far this season.

1. Have an Easter Egg Hunt ✓ 
2. Dye Easter Eggs ✓  
3. Beach picnic (too cold this month, hopefully we can in May)
4. Ride the steam train at Tilden
5. See the baby goats/sheep/pigs at the farm
6. Go to the farmer's market
7. Make fun cupcakes
8. Make a fairy door
9. Have a cookout ✓
10. Visit Happy Hallow ✓ -- We went yesterday!
11. Create a gardening project for Arthur
12. Paint my nails a springy color
13. Play with sidewalk chalk
14. Go to a botanical garden
15. Visit five different parks -- Castro Valley Park, Seven Seas Park, Coyote Pointe, Hellyer County Park, 
16. Fly a kite
17. Make strawberry shortcake
18. Have an ice cream sundae night
19. Visit Chabot twice before our membership runs out -- Went on April 19th
20. Blow bubbles
21. Make a rainbow craft
22. Host a tea party
23. Make dirt pudding
24. Bake flower pot bread
25. Go berry picking

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List Update #1

A slow start to this season's bucket list. Let's see how we've done so far this season.

1. Have an Easter Egg Hunt ✓ -- We attended a hunt at our favorite indoor play place and we had a hunt at home on Easter.
2. Dye Easter Eggs ✓ -- Arthur and I dyed a few eggs right before Easter. 
3. Beach picnic
4. Ride the steam train at Tilden
5. See the baby goats/sheep/pigs at the farm
6. Go to the farmer's market
7. Make fun cupcakes
8. Make a fairy door
9. Have a cookout
10. Visit Happy Hallow
11. Create a gardening project for Arthur
12. Paint my nails a springy color
13. Play with sidewalk chalk
14. Go to a botanical garden
15. Visit five different parks
16. Fly a kite
17. Make strawberry shortcake
18. Have an ice cream sundae night
19. Visit Chabot twice before our membership runs out
20. Blow bubbles
21. Make a rainbow craft
22. Host a tea party
23. Make dirt pudding
24. Bake flower pot bread
25. Go berry picking

Next up on the TBR pile:

Spring Bucket List 2018

I almost completely forgot about this! Thankfully I remembered in just the nick of time. I've been thinking about the activities we want to do before the summer comes.

1. Have an Easter Egg Hunt
2. Dye Easter Eggs
3. Beach picnic
4. Ride the steam train at Tilden
5. See the baby goats/sheep/pigs at the farm
6. Go to the farmer's market
7. Make fun cupcakes
8. Make a fairy door
9. Have a cookout
10. Visit Happy Hallow
11. Create a gardening project for Arthur
12. Paint my nails a springy color
13. Play with sidewalk chalk
14. Go to a botanical garden
15. Visit five different parks
16. Fly a kite
17. Make strawberry shortcake
18. Have an ice cream sundae night
19. Visit Chabot twice before our membership runs out
20. Blow bubbles
21. Make a rainbow craft
22. Host a tea party
23. Make dirt pudding
24. Bake flower pot bread
25. Go berry picking

Next up on the TBR pile: