SUMMER ESSENTIALS
30 reasons why June, July & August have everything there is to love about the 99 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day
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1
Forgoing the shower
in favor of the pool
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2
Books that
involve brainpower.
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3
Going to a dark,
air-conditioned
movie theater in
the middle of a
100-degree day.
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| 4 A constant supply of ice cream. |
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5
Fresh Fruit. Bonus
points if you picked it
yourself.
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6
An outdoor
concert.
(It's OK if it's
your son
playing
Somewhere over
the rainbow
on his
ukulele.)
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7
Flirty sneakers you
can wear
anywhere.
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8
Holding on to a porch swing with one hand and a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade in the other.
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| 9 Wet grass stuck to your feet. |
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| 10 C-grade fireworks display at the park. |
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| 11 Defending your right to wear flip-flops to dinner. |
12
When nobody's
looking, angling
the AC to your
side of the car.
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13
Casting your vote for
"Song of the Summer."
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14
Refusing to eat any desert that requires utensils.
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15
First time
you fire up
the boat
on the lake.
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16
Trying out "Carnaval."
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17
Realizing you're
just
not made for
"Carnaval."
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18
Being next in line for the drop slides.
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| 19 Discovering sand in your sheets...and not caring. |
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| 20 Singing along to "Big Time Rush" (Windows Down) with the windows down. |
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| 21 Bicycles, bicycles, bicycles. |
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| 22 Sleeping over at your cousins house. (Mid-afternoon water fight? Yes, please.) 23 Seven pairs of sunglasses on rotation. |
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| 24 Checking out (Timp. Cave) tour guides who are half your age. (No judgement.) |
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| 25 6 p.m. bike rides. |
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| 26 Trading concealer for freckles. |
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| 27 Spending far too long picking out a nail polish color to match the color of sunset. |
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| 28 Bug spray. (You're too smart to have red welts all over your body.) |
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| 29 Arriving at the drive-in. |
30
Going barefoot.
