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Kids are starting to head back to school, August is half through and the promise of cooler fall weather is (hopefully) closer to a reality. As a celebration, Fun Contest Saturday is all about summer fun!
Share the top three highlights of your summer and we will pick three random commenters to win one of thof following three titles:
HOW TO BAKE A PERFECT LIFE from Barbara Samuel
BOOK OF SCANDAL from Julia London
THE PIRATE LORD from Sabrina Jeffries
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The first highlight this winter has been finding happiness and not cowing to my parents demands.
The second highlight has been getting my new laptop. Yeah I ended up going into debt for it but it was worth it since it is brand new and I have never had a new computer.
The third highlight has been reading lots of books and catching up on must see movies.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 4:44 am.
Congratulations both on the laptop and the freedom from other’s demands. Both are wonderful.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 7:25 am.
First highlight was hanging out with my mom more often due to her living in another town an hour away while I live with a cat by myself. Second highlight was reading tons of books and getting into new series. Third highlight was signing up for a class at a local college made my parents proud due to that they wanted me to do something to exercise the mind other than not doing much for the summer or the seasons other than reading books despite already having a college degree that doesn’t count towards anything. Oh well.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 6:33 am.
The top three, huh?
1. The weekend we found a lake we’d wondered about for years and found a playground for the kids there, too. We went there, to Chuck E. Cheese, and to get ice cream, all in one day. It was wonderful.
2. My husband got picked up as an instructor at work. The hours and pay are better than the job he had and it’s just a nice environment to work in.
3. Just getting to spend the summer with my kids after their first year of school. We are all on summer vacation and I am so grateful that I get to spend this time with them. Tickle fights are my specialty and we had dozens of them. We played Uno, and participated in the summer reading program at the library. It has been a golden time and I’m so happy that we got it.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 7:24 am.
Read a lot of books; got to spend quality time with DH when he was on vacation (he is still working, much to his dismay) and hearing that a good friend who was going through chemo most of this past year got the good news that the cancer was gone.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 7:30 am.
Good Morning!!!
Its been a very busy summer here and I am so glad it is finally winding down. I do not need to be entered into the contest as I’ve already read or already own each of the books
My top 3 for the summer:
1) The munchkin started the summer on Swim Team. I made lots of new friends and she LOVED it and excelled too
2) We traveled to Ohio for my cousin’s wedding (that the munchkin was a flower girl in). Got to see lots of family who we’ve not seen in a very long time.
3) We traveled to Philly (just last week) for my nephew’s baptism. I’m his Godmother and I’d not met him yet since we live so darn far apart. I got to play with my other nephew, hang out with my sister, see a bunch of old friends (we used to live in Philly), visit with my parents and my grandma decided to hop a Greyhound bus from Cleveland to come too (she is 87!)
Overall it has been a VERY busy summer. The munchkin starts back to school on Monday!! We met her teacher yesterday and I am really excited about 3rd grade for her! Happy Saturday!
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 7:46 am.
1) Got a puppy! After months of pouting and begging hubby for a puppy, he caved! We are now the proud parents of an English Pointer/Spaniel mix
2)The Olympics – yep, was one of ‘those people’ whose life revolved around the television 24 hours a day
3) Built a fence – yep, my life is that pathetic that a fence made my top three choices! Honestly though, I love being able to walk around the yard in the middle of the night with pupster in my pajamas and not have to worry that people are looking at me – and its a really nice fence, a stick-built stockade fence.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 8:41 am.
My current sublime vacation in places west with good friends and without humidity, heat and cities is the highlight of my summer. Yeah!!!
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 8:47 am.
1. I’ve started writing again after a ten year break due to being a full time caregiver to my daughter.
2. I’ve got to spend the summer with my three grandsons who I adore.
3. I attended a national workshop for the deaf.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 9:09 am.
The summer started off with me leaving the kids with Grandma, hopping a plane to California, meeting DH there, and then helping him drive the company van back–via the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, and showing him the city of my birth–Clovis, NM. It was a great week to reconnect. Daughter was on swim team, and well, that was fun to volunteer to stand and time races. She did really well. Third, we got a kitten. We went to the Farmer’s market for produce and came home with a cat in addition to peaches and corn.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 9:53 am.
We camped for a week-end with our son and his family. The grandchildren loved it. In July we had two nephews visit us. They live in SC. Next Wednesday we will get our second dog. Pepper is a younger sister to Chewie…same parents different litter.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:00 am.
Top 3…well here goes:
1- This is the biggest. I taught my youngest 2 children (and Hubby) how to fish. They are now ‘hooked’ on fishing. LOL
2- Hubby found a job after being laid-off in Feb.
3- Got my laptop back after it crashed and had to get a new hard-drive. Didn’t realize how addicted I was to it until it was gone.
Also, read a lot of books including the 50 Shades Trilogy (hugely disappointed).
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:16 am.
Spending the weekend with my Aunt and her Grandson in going to Niagara Falls and Buffalo shopping…. Bought myself a Coach bag that I got for a toltal of 70%off… Now that was the best highlight of the summer..
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:18 am.
1.) Birth of my third grandchild.
2.) Celebrating the birthdays of my two older grandchildren.
3.) Watching my daughter graduate from college.
Lots of family stuff this summer!
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:25 am.
1. My daughter loves swimming now after her first swimming class!
2. Got some great dresses this summer!
3. Love my new pedicure!
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:25 am.
this summer has been the best for me in awhile with my son going to go to college in a few weeks we didnt have soccer practice everyday which is the first since 3rd grade i slept in everyday except on doctor days but we had alot to learn with our youngest daughter needing to go on a gluten free diet its been fun tring new things out i got alot of reading done which was great i read some really great book from my to read pile and found some great new authors i really like.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:27 am.
Top 3…
Spent 4 weeks with my daughter and grandsons while recovering from surgery. My grandsons made great nurses.
Talking to my 1 year old grandson on the phone…he won’t let mom hang up till he talks to grandma.
Spending quality time with my hubby motorcycle riding on many scenic routes.
Bonus one….catching up on all the great books out there…
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:33 am.
First would be taking my son, 21 months, to CA to meet our families. That was amazing! (The plane ride, not so much) hehe
Second would be all the time spent in the ‘wa-wa’ This kid is obsessed with water and would spend all day in there if you let him!
Third would be, I taught myself to crochet. So now I have something to do during ‘Mommy time’ and that will be amazing for a long time!
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:39 am.
A friend from elementary school that I have not seen in 20 years called a week and a half ago. She and her son came to Montana from Texas to visit his father/her ex and step-daughter/step-sister. It was a very unexpected phone call. I enjoyed the visit.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:41 am.
Good Saturday morning.
1. Winning a Kindle Fire – a big “thank you” to Kate Angell.
2. Discovering a lot of new authors.
3. Getting a new person added to my personnel that I will be responsible for and learning some new things in the process. And right now about to start working on getting the garage cleaned out.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:47 am.
The first highlight is to learn that in order to beat your fear you have face it. Second highlight there will always be a light in the darkness of the life
. Third lesson never feel afraid to be yourself 
.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:48 am.
my first highlight is reading book, second is checking update status on fb and twitter and third is go hang out with my friend
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:59 am.
1. The vegetables from my husband’s garden
2. My son being home from college.
3. A day shopping with my daughter.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:59 am.
Let’s see top three:
1)Celebrating my grandmothers 82ND birthday!!!
2)Getting to see my cousin and her three beautiful girls and seeing them play with my 7 year old daughter.
3)My family not driving each other crazy while home for the summer together!! Love my daughter, but ready for school to start.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:03 am.
Top three:
1) celebrating my birthday with a relaxing massage
2) choir starting back up after the summer off and not losing my voice and high notes at all
3) cross-stitching with my left hand (I am right handed) and being able to teach my self to do that
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:25 am.
Top three:
A High School classmate now living in Arizon was back home and I got to spend a whole day with her reminicing about old days.
My son told me he is thinking about going back to school
Going camping for a week in Minnesota. Leaving tomorrow
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:28 am.
1- Living in Scotland
2- Living with hubby
3- Fresh start
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:12 pm.
1. Spending 2 weeks at my sister’s home in Athens, Georgia, taking care of the dog, bunny and guinea-pigs while the family travelled to Germany.
2. Celebrating my mother’s 80th birthday in Vienna, Austria.
3. Spending evenings with friends at garden parties, enjoying the warm weather.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:13 pm.
Celebrating my 25th wedding anniversary with my husband, a fun weekend trip with my two daughters and a their friend to see a concert in another state and getting together with the neighbors for long morning walks before the heat and the rest of the day’s obligations kicked in. It’s a good life!
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:24 pm.
My biggest highlight won’t happen for about 4 weeks. My son gets married and it will over shadow anything else this summer.
Finding a dress for the wedding was a biggie also but I still need to find shoes
Spending time with the grandkids. That always makes me happy
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 1:24 pm.
Summertime Highlights:
1. Watching DD1 earn her MFA in New York City
2. Having DD2 stay home this summer with us because she wanted to spend time with her sister.
3. Everything else is a distant third but probably seeing all the hard work of saving the garden from the drought pay off in fresh vegetables now.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 2:09 pm.
My summer highlights:
1. Vacation in California to visit my sister
2. RWA Literacy signing while in California
3. Seeing friends I hadn’t seen for years while in California
Basically, the highlight of my summer was my vacation in California.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 2:28 pm.
The Olympics definitely comes first.
Followed by seeing all my dearest friends at least once this summer.
And finally seeing Les Miserables for the first time eer, while in the West End.
The weather’s improved a lot over here which also helps!
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 4:29 pm.
The first highlight of my summer was getting out from under a job that was slowly sucking the life out of me. The second highlight was taking massive steps with updating the house and getting it ready to put on the market. Finally, I loved spending a lot of time with my beloved.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 5:28 pm.
I wouldn’t have said that one is a “highlight” but it is definitely an event that is stuck in my mind.
Anyway, here they are:
1. My eldest brother and his wife surprised my mom on her birthday when they came to visit the family for two weeks. And it IS a surprise since it has been about ten years since they visited the family.
2. My mother began her chemo sessions this past month. It will continue until next month.
3. I’ve taken two summer classes. One finished two months ago, while the one I’m taking is going to end this upcoming week.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 6:15 pm.
Top 3
1) a relative’s six year anniversary being cancer free
2) My nephew’s high school graduation
3) receiving a Nook Color for my birthday
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 6:31 pm.
my 3 top things for summer is watching the robins come back and laying eggs in our tree out back…
my nieces doing sidewalk chalk and watching to see how many rain falls it takes to wash it all off…
the smell of the first cut grass of the season…and watching the blooms of the lily of the valley flowers open up..
i’m a simple person and have very simple likes ..enjoy them as life goes by so very fast…thanks
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm.
The decision to take the month of March and spend it at the Alabama beach.
Celebrating the life of my 101 year old great aunt!
The retirement of my husband from teaching!!!
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 8:23 pm.
1. Its summer and it’s my favorite time of year.I love summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. My husbands 50th birthday party. A bunch of family came in town for it and we had a wonderful time.
3. I’ve read a lot of great books this summer and it’s made my summer and my life truly better.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 9:12 pm.
My top three highlights will be (they haven’t happened yet):
1. Celebrating my granddaughter’s FIRST birthday at her party tomorrow.
2. Celebrating her actual first birthday with her and my daughter on Thursday since I took the day off work.
3. Celebrating my birthday on Monday…the first one I can celebrate with the munchkin.
Sensing a theme? LOL
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 9:18 pm.
It’s been a rough summer (had to buy a new car and two new computers because the old ones died!). My highlights have been that my kids went to camps that they loved and they both want to go back again next summer.
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 9:40 pm.
1. cleaning the house
2. getting to read more books
3. celebrating my grandma’s birthday
Posted on August 19, 2012 at 12:24 am.
Summer means the beach . I LOVE going up to the coast.
The fruit in season in Summer is divine.
Catching up with family for a BBQ.
Posted on August 19, 2012 at 3:40 am.
1. My new bike
2. Lots of reading done
3. Short vacation trip to Phillie with my sister.
Posted on August 19, 2012 at 4:00 am.
Building a screened in porch to sit and read
Celebrating my nephew’s 2nd birthday
Vacation with husband.
Posted on August 19, 2012 at 4:38 pm.