- Hold a baby
- Go to the IWWG (International Women’s Writing Guild) conference at Yale http://www.iwwg.org/2011-summer-conference
- Take art classes with my father and sister in Vermont http://www.black-horse.com/PDF/Art%20Event%20Flyer%202010.pdf
- Take H. and his friends to 6 Flags for his birthday
- Continue to work hard and have passion for my day job
- Take family to Ocean Grove, NJ, Jones Beach, or Shelter Island over 4th of July weekend
- Keep writing every day
- Toes in the grass and picnics in Riverside Park as often as weather allows
Get a mani-pedi
- Join Improv or comedy class
- Meet with agent again on book
- Revisit my young adult novel
- Read all books for book clubs
- Keep working out every day — tennis, Pilates, biking, or running
- Visit a church a day once kids go to camp
- Update my resume
- Get more help for Chris and household management
- Research joining a writer’s room or applying for writer-in-residence program
- Befriend new families in kids’ new Fall schools/classes
- Prepare kids well for camp
- Have a party while kids are at camp
- Replace or do something about annoying kitchen cabinets
- Eat more fish
- Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
- Comment on and read other blogs
- Tweet every day
- Do a reading of my work at least once a month
- Plan an international trip for me and the kids
- Get my bike tuned up
- Quit making lists
What’s on your Summer To Do list?