8 things i want to do before summer is over...

ok, let me preface this by saying i consider 8/31 the "last day" of summer, even though - seasonally, speaking - the actual last day of summer is 9/22 (or so). the end of august feels like the end of summer, because 9/1 always brings this onslaught of back-to-school feelings and preparation, not to mention "september" just sounds more "fall" than "august". so there.

so anyway, once again, summer has snuck up on me, and is now threatening to sneak by me altogether. i thought i'd make a list of a few things i want to do/see/accomplish before the "end" of the summer. here we go:

1. purge & organize our house. (it seems this needs to happen quarterly.)
   
2. purge & organize my studio. (this gets it's own line because it's that big a project.)
   
3. eat at our picnic table again. (i'm surprised how little we've grilled this year, in contrast to last year, and thus, how little we've used our new picnic table.) :(
   
4. have friends over to grill. (that sounds funny.)
   
5. walk green lake.
   
6. go swimming at the lake once more.
   
7. do some serious scrapbook-related shopping with allie before i lose her to boston for the fall, again.
   
8. go on a picnic.

well, now that i went and posted that publicly, i guess i have to make good on it, don't i?