Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Summer #Listography : 5 Good Intentions For The Summer Holidays

I've missed Listography and would love to do some summer lists. But Kate from Kate Takes 5 is moving next month and just doesn't have the time for it atm. So, she's letting me borrow it until she's settled in her new home. Good luck for the move Kate!

The topic this week is: 5 Good Intentions for the Summer Holidays. I suspect most of us have a vision of how we want it to be. Write your 5 good intentions for the summer holidays, post it, and add your name to the linky below, it's open for a whole week. Please don't forget to link back so your readers can see all the entries if they want to. If you want to do a follow up post in September with feedback it's up to you but I promise I won't check up on you. Mine are below.

5 Good Intentions for the Summer Holidays

I'm ready! I tested them in the bath.
1. Have a plan. Don't let the whole summer slip away watching dvds and counting the hours until DD's bedtime. Plan something for every day - it doesn't have to be a major outing. I have a list of possible activities that would only interest you if you lived in Jerusalem but I'm quite capable of not doing half of it. #procrastinatorsRus

2. Buy a pass to the local pool good for the whole of August. Use the pass every weekday morning before other activities. Well maybe not every weekday morning. And maybe not morning..... No, EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING!

3. Our summer holidays are very clearly defined as July and August. DD has kindergarten camp until 2pm during July so, being a teacher myself, I have some free time. I also have an electric piano that I bought 20 years ago with the intention of learning to play. Since then I've got almost all the way through the John Thompson's First Grade Piano book - about three times. And I have my original recorder books from school (aged 11), level 1 and 2 for descant recorder. My Recorder is not the original but bought about 10 years ago with the same purpose as the piano. I intend to spend at least 20 minutes on each instrument every day during July. This morning I set up the piano, dusted it, and located Middle C.  Well it's a start.

4. I'd like to say that I'll make a weekly meal plan but I won't. Or if I do we won't stick to it. Instead I've made a list of healthy DD-friendly meals and my good intention is to choose from it and cook the meals on time so that we don't resort to toasted cheese sandwiches every day out of desperation.

5. Teach DD to read. I know that's a biggy but I believe she's ready and she has all the pre-reading skills pretty much learnt. The goal is for her to read Harry Potter to me on September 1st. Just kidding. No goals, just see how far we get but definitely do some 'reading' every day - even if it's only 10 minutes.


12 comments:

  1. Every summer since 1998 my goal has been simply SURVIVAL. If we are all alive when school starts, summer has been successful. Or even if it's just me.

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    1. LOL - Survival is also important, I'm just trying to raise this summer to a higher level. I know what you mean though.

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  2. I completely agree with no 1. A plan is most important. *Starts googling 'Summer holiday activities!*

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    1. After that, the next most important thing is to follow the plan - this is where I fall down.

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  3. Excellent intentions. I'll think about contributing but I think based on what I've just blogged about I'm a total lost cause!

    Oh, and definitely do the piano thing!

    Good luck

    xx Jazzy

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    1. *ahem* missed the piano thing today. Must try harder tomorrow.

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  4. Wow, yours is a very admirable list! I'm just going with 'get through the move and stay sane' at this point. Thank you for resurrecting poor old Listography - it needed an airing :)

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  5. Well it's July 3rd and I'm already behind and paving the road to hell nicely thank you.

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  6. I was chuckling at DD reading you Harry Potter, nothing like setting your goals high! Good luck with your list. Mich x

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    1. Good job she won't understand it as the subject matter is way above her level ;).

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  7. This made me laugh.... I don't why, it just did - it's your sense of humour! I am with you - I need to come up with a plan for lots of outings and visits for Little A and I. I plan to have one free day a week though - a chill day for both of us. I am also going to take a break from the blog, if that's possible, but I think it will be healthy for me. Have fun with all your instruments! X.

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    1. It's now July 10th and I'v not done any of it. Turns out coming home from kindy-camp at 2pm isn't so different from coming home at 3.30 during the year - so why bother getting all busy.

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