The 52 Dates Weeks 12 – 16

Holy Cats! We have a lot of weeks to catch up on! Here we go…

March 21st – Week 12: Ice fishing!!

So if the weather was still winter-y which I’m betting it was go ice fishing. It’s a nice activity done in the fresh air of the beautiful outdoors. So put on your mittens, get your gear, a couple of chairs and a thermos of your choice, just go do it. If you’re enjoying what you’re doing and who you are doing it with the cold wont matter that much. Refresh yourself on ice safety before you head out there though, would hate to see any accidents happen. Have fun kids!

March 28th – Week 13: Get your garden started!

We are nearing the end of winter (hopefully) and soon the ground will thaw and the last frost will come and go and it will be time to put in a garden and buy the jump started tomato plants and flowers for planters. Why not buy the seeds and make your own jump-start plants for the garden? Its cheap, its fun, and your making something you can either eat or enjoy. Get out there kids, get some potting soil, a little tray to plant you plants in and some seeds to plant, your choice. A lot of plants need an indoor start, so get on it and reap the benefits in a few months!

April 4th – Week 14: Rock Climbing

So since everyone is eager for spring to sprung, you’ll probably be seeing a lot of people out chomping at the bit to become active outdoors again. While all these people are soaking up the weak welcoming rays of spring go hit the rock wall. Its active and indoors, but if you like it it could be priming for an outdoor climb. Go do it! Take a class on belaying, or if you already know how to belay get on that wall. Can anyone spell trust exercise for me. You are relying on your date to keep you secure and tight on a rope while you mountain goat up a rock wall. Even though it may be an artificial one it can still be pretty high, and requires trust and energy. Get at it!

April 11th – Week 15: I have a feeling at this time winter may have returned for a short stint, so take advantage of it and go build some snowmen and a snow fort, heck why not even get into a snowball fight! The air is warming up so it’s not entirely unbearable to be outside in minimal winter clothes, and the snow should be in prime conditions to build and maybe hit stuff. Cheap free and fun, get at it and enjoy the curve balls mother nature throws during spring.

April 18th – Week 16: Volunteer

Now is the time of year everyone is itching to get out and do something, so why not go do something nice for someone else? Go walk some dogs together, or help a neighbor scrape and paint their fence, or volunteer at another kind of event like a charity run, some sort of fair or other local event being put on. Look online there are tons of options, because it may still be too early for a lot of yard work I suggest going and walking dogs from the shelter, who knows maybe you’ll come home with a little friend. 🙂

Ok there are 5 ideas, stay tuned for the rest – leela

Long time no post

I realize it has been quite awhile since I have posted. Being busy is not a very good excuse to consistently use, which I have in the past. The truth is I haven’t been that interested in posting lately that I have made a point of carving out time to write something on any given Friday since March 14th. Sometimes it was because I was actually busy with other plans, was working, or just didn’t feel like doing, and if I dig deeper into the last reason it’s because I didn’t think these posts really had any importance. The truth is they do, maybe not to any significant number of people who use the internet, but they do matter to me and that within itself is reason to keep going even if it is maybe a little inconsistent. I enjoy writing and although I haven’t felt like it lately this blog and these posts are a great way for my to relax, express some of the things that are going on upstairs and laugh at my own little jokes as I write them in these posts. (I actually just giggled writing this thinking of word puns, nerdy but hey its my blog and that’s part of me).
So I apologize in advance to those who will be reading this but I’ll try to keep it coming hard and fast at you.
Next post will be a catch up of all the missed 42 dates, followed by a Cardio Across Canada update, and another report on the 14 things since we are just about halfway through 2014.
Ready. Set. GO!

Oh yeah this is a picture of us catching crabs (the ones you eat not the human ones!) in PEI. Keep doing new things!

-leela