Does My Summer Bucket List Save Money?

    I have been making a summer bucket list for several year now.  Being a teacher means that basically I get nothing done during the school year except school.  I started the summer with 20 list items and have since added a few.  I am not above writing down an item that wasn't on the list so I can cross it off!  12 of my 23 items are finished or scheduled.  2 items are pending.  I am working on painting a bedside table today (item #6).  Will and I are waiting to hear if he can rent a little cottage in Kalamazoo (item #22). According to my calculations I have 39 days left of summer break (putting myself back to school 1 week before I have students).  
    A bucket list works for me.  It helps me prioritize and focus.   Since things like writing a blog about saving money and reducing my cell phone bill are on the list it fits in with my summer of savings theme.  Other things are not quite as obvious for saving money but items such as preventative medicine (all those Dr. appointments), fixing gutters before I have a wet basement, painting the front porch (home value), getting my old pink bathroom redone (home value) and refinishing old furniture instead of buying new all save money in the long run.  I do believe a summer bucket can save me money!
Summer 2017 Bucket List
  1. have the grand girls spend a week with me in Detroit
  2. do a cottage get away with Don when school gets out
  3. write a summer of savings blog
  4. spend time with my mom  (June  25, June 30,july 26-29)(Aug 20 is)
  5. strip and paint dresser in upstairs bathroom
  6. sand and paint bedside table, repair table
  7. finish and hang closet door
  8. get Woodmaster going on downstairs bathroom
  9. have Don hang headboard
  10. clean out the basement
  11. clean out the gutters, repair downspouts, replumb leaking gutters
  12. keep reminding Greg about retirement monies (7/17 message sent and received)
  13. get together with Marion Z (call end of the month)
  14. paint the front porch
  15. finish painting the kitchen blue
  16. Cardiology appt:  (586)-498-0440 scheduled Aug 24
  17. OBGyn appt (586)771-4780 scheduled 8/22/17
  18. mamogram (get records)
  19. dermatology appt scheduled 8/3/17
  20. set better bill pay system
  21. reduce cell phone bill
  22. help Will find place to live in Kalamazoo
  23. Get Zoe’s cell phone fixed (appt Tue 7/18 9am-11am home





Item #6 on Summer Bucket List

Can't wait to show you the finished product.

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