How I Did on my Summer Bucket List - 2023

 

Hello friends.  I can't believe that August is over and tomorrow is September 1st.  I hope you enjoyed the summer months.

  

I did a Summer Bucket List 2023 at the beginning of the summer.  

SUMMER BUCKET LIST 2023

• Go to the beach
• Go to Coney Island
• Take a vacation with my husband
• Gardening - Take care of my plants, herbs, and veggies
• Annual family summer BBQ
• Visit outdoor concert
• Get ice cream
• Barbecue some new recipes
• Try out a new recipe
• Try a new restaurant
• Read books
• Stream movies & tv shows
• Visit a farmer's market
• Work on my crochet market bag
• Clean out garage
• Declutter my basement
• Visit a museum
• Take a day trip to a new place

HERE IS HOW I DID ON MY SUMMER BUCKET LIST: 

• We went to our nearby beach and we also went to the beach in New Jersey.
• We went to Coney Island for hotdogs at Nathans and ate them on the beach.
• My husband and I didn't get to go on vacation to Las Vegas as we planned at the beginning of July.  You can read all about that here.  We did manage to take a car trip and vacation to the Jersey Shore last week.  
• My flowers and veggies did great this summer.  I grew kale, cherry tomatoes, romaine lettuce, zucchini, eggplant, basil, oregano, and watermelon.  My husband makes us protein shakes every day and he added kale to our shakes.  I made a few salads with the romaine lettuce I grew and threw in a few cherry tomatoes that I planted.  I made eggplant with olive oil and garlic.  I made pesto a few times with the basil I grew and made it with pasta. 
• We had our annual family BBQ last month which was a big hit.
• I didn't go to any outdoor concerts.
• We had ice cream a few times this summer.
• We didn't BBQ any new recipes.
• I did not make any new recipes, but I'll have to try some this fall.
• I did try out a new restaurant.  My husband and I went to an Italian restaurant called Nonna Dora's.  We both enjoyed our dinner.  I will be doing a blog post about our dinner.
• I did read some books over the summer.  I will be doing a blog post of what I read.
• We did a lot of streaming tv shows and movies this summer.  I will do a blog post about what I saw.
• I did not visit any farmer's markets this summer.
• I did not work on the crochet market bag that I had started at the beginning of the summer.  I'll have to work on crocheting this bag in the fall.
• We did clean out our garage.  We also got a new garage door installed.
• We are working on decluttering our basement.
• We did not visit a museum.
• We did not take a day trip to a new place.  I would love to do it this fall.

I had a nice summer even though the month of July was very hot and we had a lot of rain storms.  

I'm looking forward to cooler weather and enjoying fall.

 

 Did you accomplish everything on your summer bucket list?

Click HERE to see the blog parties I will be linking up to.

Julie