Wrangler Dani

I know, I know. I’m always stealing stuff from my endlessly generous friend Katie, but what can I say? She’s a more consistent blogger than I and I need prompts, or else this little corner of the internet gathers dust and my thousands of screaming fans fall silent.

Anyhoodle.

Today I’m giving you my Summer Manifesto – everything I want to do, embrace, eat and be this summer:

• Garden. (I’ve told you guys about my abysmal gardening skills, but I am not to be dissuaded. Plants within a 25-mile radius are cowering in fear of coming to my Deck of Doom, but I WILL OVERCOME. They will live, and they will LIKE IT.)
• Lay in the hammock.
• Swim laps at least three days a week. (Adam and I have already started this trend, but my goal is to keep it up. Skinny swimmer body, here I come!)
• Go fishing with my handsome Hubs. (Since we can walk to the water, we really don’t have an excuse.)
• Take a couple of long paddle trips in the kayaks – preferably overnight!
• Take friends kayaking.
• Grill some tri-tip. Eat it. Eat it all.
• Go camping.
• Keep my house clean. (An impossible task for a chronic clutterer, but I am trying!)
• Experiment with new summer-y recipes.
• Make smoothies.
• Get tan. (Let’s face it, this is my goal every summer. Shallow? Maybe. Awesome? You know it.)
• Read lots of books. Relish them, talk about them, enjoy them.
• Wear skirts.
• Make time for friends.
• Eat fro-yo.
• Roll in the hay with my fella.
• Get a massage.
• Star-gaze.
• Work and write in a way that brings joy and hope and sunshine to the mundane and finds beauty in the everyday.