Summer Means:

loopy82

What does summer mean to you?



For me summer means:
Grand Old Day
State Fair
Line dancing on a boat
Enjoying a cocktail while sitting on at and outdoor bar/patio

PaigeMcC

AH! SUMMER!!

Summer means no more sweaters!
Playing at the park with the dogs until dark
Road trips to New Brunswick
Tubing on the St. Croix River (sometimes I'm in Canada, sometimes I'm in the USA!)
Bare feet
Trips to our farmhouse with my family and friends
Swimming in the waterfall at the park
Walks along the waterfront
Adventures after dark
Irish tanning (aka freckles)
Drinks in the sun
Happiness!

I LURVE SUMMER! *dances* It's 20 degrees right now and I feel like dancing! wo0t!

[Deleted User]

Well... summer used to mean going to my favorite mayan restaurant in St Louis and finally getting to sit out on the patio that's been closed during the off season; going to the lake with friends; spending hot Saturdays running through the sprinklers with my nephews...

Now...I'm not sure what summer means - I guess I'll find out!  I have a feeling it means a lot of fishing trips on the boat, which is great news for me!

loopy82

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[QUOTE]It's 20 degrees right now and I feel like dancing! wo0t!
Posted by PaigeMcC[/QUOTE]

Since I'm used to looking at temps in F and not C its kind of funny to see a happy dance over 20 degrees.

katanne9

Ahhhhh.

- basking in the sun
- iced coffee
- wearing sundresses ALL THE TIME
- not blow drying my hair
- country music
- riding my bike all over town!
- cheeseburgers and baked beans
- tubing and waterskiing
- no TV! we always cancel our cable.
 - the smell of sunscreen
- big floppy hats and big sunglasses

noelle24

Summer means:

BBQs
iced coffee
frozen margaritas (I do enjoy these all year round, but there's something about sipping a frozen cocktail outside on a warm summer evening that's *awesome*)
beach time
skirts
plenty of sunshine
it stays light past 9pm

flightynightie

Summer:

Cherry cokes with grenadine

Waterskiing!

Walking outside barefoot (although I won't be doing it here at my apartment complex, I'd probably step on glass)

4th of July Camping with my extended family (luaus, dressing up like pirates, and much more)

Bonfires in the woods

Wild strawberries (more like late spring but it's coming up)

Homemade Sweet Tea (...well, I did that all winter too...)

Fireflies

hetshup

Summer means:
Toobing, it being over 100 for 6 weeks in a row, sweating at night, flip flops, swimming outdoors, jetskiing, burning my legs on my leather seats. Sorry guys, it gets REALLY hot here.

alianne87

Battling flies and mosquitoes both on and off my horse

Taking the horse swimming (she loves to swim, especially chase the fish)

Fishing until after dark

Camping in the woods

Opening all the windows

Thunderstorms!

Swimming and not freezing to death

Canoeing

Helping grandma and grandpa with the yard work (they're 87 and 88, they could use the help)

Fireflies somehow making it into my room

Trail rides

Horse shows

Fresh garden veggies

And so much more!

rickylee244

Staying inside trying to keep cool
Iced coffee that gets warm rather quickly
Going to the beach on cloudy days
Watching lightning storms
True blood night at oceanas

katanne9

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[QUOTE]Summer means: Toobing, it being over 100 for 6 weeks in a row, sweating at night, flip flops, swimming outdoors, jetskiing, burning my legs on my leather seats. Sorry guys, it gets REALLY hot here.
Posted by hetshup[/QUOTE]


So moving to NY or Maine might be a good experience : D

Just don't think too hard about December through April.

hetshup

Yes, winter in Maine is likely not going to have 80 degree days. Such as this year it was 85 two days before Christmas.

loopy82

I do like tubing down the river as well. I just tend to end up freezing and being miserable becasue I am so cold.

Summer Shandy! How could I forget that from my list?!?
Going to the water park by my house.
Having it still be increadibly warm outside at night (this doesn't always happen every night in MN)
Getting a tan

PhilliesPhan23

Iced Coffee!!!
Flip Flops
The shore - New Jersey - but not MTV Jersey Shore style!
Building sand castles with my nieces (5 and 2)
Doing some work around the house
Phillies games (of course)
Getting together more with friends
And humidity that brings many bad hair days

chipypony

Well it use to mean:

Huge bonfires and drinks with friends (but all my friends are the fd so who would complain)
Scuba diving every day or more than once a day...night dives with my search and rescue team doing boat tows and crashing into various things underwater cause its dark....
Fairs every weekend showing horses, cows goats and whatever else needs to be shown
Horse draws
The beach!!
Reenacting (although we do this in winter too is much more fun in summer time)
BBQ

now... I live in the middle of wheat fields with no real friends or activities so I  guess we will see. I imagine summer means going to lots of conferences for grad school and finally finishing the training on my crazy horse

zaneopal

To me, normally:
Cookouts, fireworks, the beach (OBX), sunscreen (love the smell), freezer pops, lime frozn-fruit, mosquitos the size of my hand, fireflies, swimming when I get off work, burning my hands on the steering wheel

This year: BF coming home, starting a new job, county fairs, the air smelling like cows (new apartment is across the street from a farm), walking to the farm stand, and huge flies.

PaigeMcC

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Summer Means: : Since I'm used to looking at temps in F and not C its kind of funny to see a happy dance over 20 degrees.
Posted by loopy82[/QUOTE]

Haha! I forgot about that... 20 C is like 68 F...but it's now 22 C!!!! (which is like 72) *even happier dance*

[QUOTE]Yes, winter in Maine is likely not going to have 80 degree days. Such as this year it was 85 two days before Christmas. [/QUOTE]
Weather in Maine is like it is here usually.  I lurves me some trailer camping in Maine!

PS: Move to Maine =-P

Button5807

BBQ
Ice Coffee
 Flip Flops
 CAMPING!!

dwest2201

Mutley, I totally thought the same thing at first... had to think about who was posting it!


Summer to me is...

• Grilling out my famous turkey burgers or bbq chicken (sorry veg-heads)!
• Beers and guitar playing/singing around the fire pit.
• Roasted Marshmallows around the fire pit.
• Outdoor concerts
• "Camping" at the river with my dad... I put the quotes because its more like a vacation home... river front has a huge covered patio, outdoor bar and fire pit and his neighbors on both sides have hot tubs!  They all have cable and A/C too... but since we sleep in a camper it's still camping, right?!
• Flip flops
• Sundresses
• My Birthday!
• Taking my son to the water park to play.
• Soft serve Ice-cream at out favorite spot!
• Drinking insanely large quantities of sweet tea and lemonade!
• Listening to country music more than other types... appeals to me more in the Summer for whatever reason.
• Fruit that is actually delicious! 

I LOOOOOOOOOVE SUMMER!

desertsun

Monsoons!

oceana919

Our electric bill going through the roof
Disgustingly hot humid weather
Cookouts on the beach
Quiet downtowns (ie. all the tourists and snowbirds are up north! YAY!)
Scuba diving without a wetsuit
Anniversary with FI
Weekend roadtrips to Jupiter Beach
TRUE BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ::passes out like a fan girl::

PaigeMcC

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[QUOTE] TRUE BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ::passes out like a fan girl::
Posted by oceana919[/QUOTE]

OMFG HOW COULD I FORGET!?!?! *swoon*

chipypony

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[QUOTE]Our electric bill going through the roof Disgustingly hot humid weather Cookouts on the beach Quiet downtowns (ie. all the tourists and snowbirds are up north! YAY!) <strong>Scuba diving without a wetsuit</strong> Anniversary with FI Weekend roadtrips to Jupiter Beach TRUE BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ::passes out like a fan girl::
Posted by oceana919[/QUOTE]

Jealous...it never really gets warm enough in CT for that

ekathleen684

**Country music
**Beer
**Dairy Queen
**Summer Concerts
**Working full time

oceana919

Mmmmm, Dairy Queen. Now you've got me seriously craving one of those things that has the vanilla softserve in the middle with cherry icey around it. Those were like crack for me as a kid.

loopy82

Oceana - I don't think I have ever heard of this creation before. Sounds interesting.

Right now my fave DQ treat is the ooey gooey carmel brownie blizzard. Yum!