Comments on: THREE MONTHS OFF???? What I Would GIVE for a Summer Vacation

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Thank You, Sharknado, For Rekindling My Childhood Fear of Pool Sharks | — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:59:05 +0000

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Thank You, Sharknado, For Rekindling My Childhood Fear of Pool Sharks | — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:16:22 +0000

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By: thexenophilediaries

thexenophilediaries — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:26:57 +0000

YES, thank’s for bringing me back to summer!

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Is it Summer Yet? | Sharon Lee Hughson's Information Outlet — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:04:07 +0000

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By: Suzy Turner (@suzy_turner)

Suzy Turner (@suzy_turner) — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:26 +0000

Yikes! I’ve always had an unnatural fear of sharks in swimming pools (blame James Bond) so this picture scares the living daylights (see what I did there?) outta me! 😉

By: Joanna Aislinn

Joanna Aislinn — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:07:11 +0000

Luckily, field day at my kids school was a bunch of carnival-type games that racked up points. Everybody plays against a clock and not so much each other. At the end of the day, one of the teams (denoted by color) comes in 1st-4th. Beats having that individual event stuff we dealt with. I was always picked last for every team, lol.

As per summer vacation: sigh. I work in a school system and do extended school year. I miss some of the cash, but don’t miss the six week, 5-hour days; it’s been decreased to about 3.5 weeks and 4 hours, of which I only go in 2-3 days. Still makes things hectic.

August: home with WHOLE family. Not a bad gig but so little time alone. Makes for lame writing karma.

Great post, Kristen! Thanks!

By: creativityorcrazy

creativityorcrazy — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:31:44 +0000

Loved summer vacation from school, but hated field days. Often my sister and I would stay with our grandparents for several weeks during the summer. We eat fresh from grandpa’s garden, swim in the pool, play outdoors for hours on end, and catch fireflies in a jar in the evening.

By: Deb Scarfo

Deb Scarfo — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:37:04 +0000

In reply to Author Kristen Lamb. Me too! :) Thank you again for inspiring such a wonderful time in my life! I've linked your blog on mine and mentioned your book, as well! Looking forward to reading it! Thanks for the opportunity. Keeping my fingers crossed! :)

By: sowmya

sowmya — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:34:20 +0000

totally relate with your posts, though I live on the other side of the world…

summer holidays during my time 30 years back was being packed off to a relative’s house ( usually my aunt and grandmother who lived in another city), sleeping late, playing, playing playing…and then inventing some more games to play!
no I-pods, i-pads, TV, or computers to keep us bored….that came later;)

no playdates, or mothers organising our time…we did it all by ourselves Thank You!!

yet, kids nowadays are also equally resourceful, if they can disconnect long enough….

loads of craft work was learnt over the holidays…
and many indoor games…we played, carroms, cards, and Ludo!!

By: catchersrule

catchersrule — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:31:28 +0000

I always hated summer vacation as a kid, but then I had a horrid childhood so being home wasn’t a good thing. As an adult, therefore, I never equated the idea of “vacation” as a good thing – honestly I had no clue what to do even while I was able to work. Now that I don’t officially “work” a day job (not the 9-5 kind), I still don’t have much of a clue. So I kind of envy those who do know what they want to do on such time off, even if they can’t do it or can’t do as much of it as they want. I used to really love going to museums in college, and I still do it when I can get out of the house – lol usually when my husband’s on HIS vacation or has time off!