Weekend Assignment: Get Summer Ready

June 11, 2015

I don’t know about your neck of the woods (is there a dorkier expression? If so, be sure to let me know in the comments below) but this week in Seattle has felt like Sum-mer with a capital S. We’re talking car-seat-heat burning off bum cheeks, flowers pulling that whole, “I’m melting!” act, and sweat. Just lots and lots of sweat happening everywhere.

Since we here at Live Simply are in the business of helping you bubble heart your i’s and curly-q your g’s, it seems only appropriate to promote seasonal preparedness. This weekend’s assignment is less a focused, singular task than it is an assemblage of tasks from which you may (delightedly, I’m sure) choose. If you already have the following items on your to do list–great, now you have further encouragement/nagging to get them done.

13 ways to get summer ready!

1. Double check your household’s SPF.

Many people I’ve worked with over the years aren’t abundantly aware of the fact that sunscreen expires, but it like, so does. Double check the expiration dates on the bottles of sunscreen throughout your house. If you can’t locate a date and have no recollection of purchasing, please pitch them and start anew. Believe me, fervently applying expired sunscreen and ending up with a nasty burn stings far worse than a burn incurred by throwing caution to the wind and going SPF-free. A friend told me.

P.S. After reading a post on A Cup of Jo, I’m newly obsessed with powder SPF.

2. Make sure that everyone who needs has a swim suit that fits them.

3. Ditto goggles.

4. Ditto lifejackets.

5. Ditto sunhats.

6. Check out the condition of the old Slip n’ Slide, the sprinkler, the arm floaties, and so on.

(Look out for holes in plastic inflatable things especially!)

7. For those with small humans, make sure you have some fun and easy summer activities, like sidewalk chalk, water balloons, and bubbles.

(For pointers on how to store these kinds of things, take a gander over here.)

8. Get yourself a fan whose ugliness doesn’t make you want to gauge your eyes out.

9. Sign your family up for swim passes.

10. Finalize summer travel plans.

11. Come up with a summer bucket/project/goal list

12. Treat yourself to a new pair of flip flops because I’m willing to bet that pair you’re rocking is haggard.

13. Make summer outings way Simpler for your family.

14. Got one of your own to share? Well don’t just leave us hanging!

 

5 Comments

  1. Rachel on June 11, 2015 at 5:51 am

    What I wouldn’t give for Seattle summer weather. I was there last summer and thought it was beautiful without all the humidity of the Southeast.

    • Annie on June 12, 2015 at 8:10 am

      So true; the fact that the humidity is so low is truly a gift. One thing I definitely DON’T miss about Michigan summers.

  2. Leanne on June 11, 2015 at 6:05 am

    A friend’s dad has cancer in his eye — the doc said it’s from years of sun exposure. Put sunglasses on those kids! And wear them yourself! I was born in Seattle, so I know what that real summer weather is like — as long as it lasts. When you grow up asking “Is the mountain out?” it gives you a slightly skewed idea of geology. Mt Rainier as a volcanic Brigadoon?

  3. Amanda B. on June 11, 2015 at 7:18 am

    I love the idea of creating a summer bucket ( I just made one actually!). It’s so easy to let summer fly by before you remember all of the fun things you wanted to do! The more you plan, the more fun you will have (IMHO) 🙂

    • Annie on June 12, 2015 at 8:11 am

      Love it! p.s. so like…what’s on yours??

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5 Comments

  1. Rachel on June 11, 2015 at 5:51 am

    What I wouldn’t give for Seattle summer weather. I was there last summer and thought it was beautiful without all the humidity of the Southeast.

    • Annie on June 12, 2015 at 8:10 am

      So true; the fact that the humidity is so low is truly a gift. One thing I definitely DON’T miss about Michigan summers.

  2. Leanne on June 11, 2015 at 6:05 am

    A friend’s dad has cancer in his eye — the doc said it’s from years of sun exposure. Put sunglasses on those kids! And wear them yourself! I was born in Seattle, so I know what that real summer weather is like — as long as it lasts. When you grow up asking “Is the mountain out?” it gives you a slightly skewed idea of geology. Mt Rainier as a volcanic Brigadoon?

  3. Amanda B. on June 11, 2015 at 7:18 am

    I love the idea of creating a summer bucket ( I just made one actually!). It’s so easy to let summer fly by before you remember all of the fun things you wanted to do! The more you plan, the more fun you will have (IMHO) 🙂

    • Annie on June 12, 2015 at 8:11 am

      Love it! p.s. so like…what’s on yours??

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