Summer Re-Runs

TV at this time of year isn't the best. However, we are heading into what I like to call "The Golden Triangle" of end-of-season baseball, beginning-of-season football and new shows in the fall lineup. At the moment, it's summer re-runs and I maintain that they are good things.

You can catch up on that show everyone told you about. You can ignore them completely if you prefer, but I've got a few favorites... and each one will show my age.

2) The Love Boat


3) WKRP in Cincinnati


1) Happy Days


Bonus Re-Run

The Cure for the Summertime Blues

Are you ready folks? It's that time again, Friday's good things list of lists day!

With the kids already headed back to school, and the stores stocking up on Halloween candy and what-not, summer is sadly drawing to a close. Now, I know you purists out there will say summer's not over to the official start of fall on September such and such, but let's face it - It's over!

So today our list of lists features S U M M E R! Let's begin . . .

Good songs with the word "summer" in them:

Sue

1. Summer Nights (Grease)
2. Hot Fun in the Summertime (Sly and the Family Stone)
3. The Boys of Summer (Don Henley)

Brian

2) Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince)
3) Summer of Love (John Mellencamp)
1) Summer Wind (Frank Sinatra)









Good foods to eat in the summer which may not be as tasty at other times of the year:

Sue

1. Seedless watermelon
2. Fresh sweet corn
3. Lemon Italian ice


Brian

2) Peaches
3) Fudge sicles
1) Bratwurst

Good activities to do in the summer, but not during other seasons especially where we live:

Sue

1. Visiting the beach
2. Catching fireflies, then letting them go
3. Roasting marshmallows to make S'Mores

Brian

2) Swimming/water parks
3) Softball
1) Street Fairs

Show us some summer lovin' and share your good thoughts about summer. Come on, we know you can do it!

Summertime, summertime . . .

sum sum summertime! Today marks the very last day of school for the year, which really is the less-than-an-hour, pick-up your report card day, but who's counting?

Two very excited kids! And one sort of excited, and a little bit melancholy mom. As a kid, summer seems to last forever. As a parent and a former teacher, summer can go by in a flash! One day you're watching fireworks or toasting marshmallows, then before you know it, you're at Target loading up on new school supplies and the latest fall fashions.

In honor of this day, I will note three good things about summer vacation:

1. Sleeping in. No alarms, no five more minutes, no catching the bus. With the exception of sports camps and other activities, we are no longer on a tight morning schedule. Ahhhhhhh!

2. No homework. No spelling tests or reading logs. No huge social studies projects. No notes to sign or papers to check. No multiplication facts, geometry problems, or Internet research. No nagging, "Did you do your homework yet?"

3. Sacking the sack. Lunch that is. No nightly ritual of packing lunches for the kids. Although we will still need to make and eat lunch, our choices can be much more flexible than sandwiches, yogurt, fruit, and a juice pouch. The kids can have hot foods like soup and mac and cheese, or cold foods like popsicles and ice cream. Hey, we can even go to Portillo's for hot dogs. Fancy that, Brian! ;-)

Summertime, ooh ooh ooh!