Summer has come along like gangbusters with its soaring temperatures and longer hours of daylight. A perfect time for us to tackle some projects that have been calling out to be done for months. I have a long “to do” list of things that have either been met with procrastination or have fallen to the prey of neglect. I am hoping to tackle at least two or three of these a week until we head back to school full time. (We leisurely school part time during the summer tying up loose ends.)

• Clean out the garage
• Clean out the attic
• Organize the classroom
• Re-set a working schedule
• Plan 3 months of menus to be rotated out throughout the year
• Tackle one room in the house at a time for thorough cleanout
• Whistle while I work to drive the kids nuts
• Paint the upstairs bathroom
• Paint the downstairs bathroom
• Finish my e-books that I started a year ago that have been waiting to be done
• Go through schoolbooks
• Sip iced tea at leisure
• Catch up on reading (or at least attempt to read something other than a manual)
• Lay out next year’s lessons
• Teach old dogs new tricks
• Get back yard in some sort of order
• Clean out files on computers and back up files
• Put pictures on discs
• Make a scrapbook of the past 5 years of school
• Sing along off key to the songs on my IPOD
• Make a liner with a zipper for Homeschooling with Heart tote bag so I can use it as a pocketbook
• Sew the kids activity patches on their duffle bags
• Pat the cat and dogs
• Walk a mile a day
• Eat less junk food
• Eat more fruits and vegetables
• Make more homemade goodies
• Laze around when it’s too hot to do anything
• Enjoy spending loads of time with family
• Don’t sweat the small stuff

While this list may not be all inclusive, it gives me a place to start.

So what do you plan to do this summer?