Comments on: Gearing up for 2019 summer fun https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/ Writer, Author, Speaker Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: wat ik deze zomer allemaal (niet) gedaan heb - vijf koffie graag https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/#comment-85330 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:22:46 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17259#comment-85330 […] een jaar verder. Daarom besloot ik aan het begin van de zomer, net zoals Laura jaarlijks doet, een Summer fun list te maken met allemaal leuke dingen die ik dit seizoen wilde […]

]]> By: Christina VanDergrift https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/#comment-76408 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 17:28:51 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17259#comment-76408 😜) 1. Build a car wash across from my real estate office. We should be breaking ground any week now...getting anxious! 2. 10 year anniversary of my office Mountain Valley Realty, and we are doing 200 chicken halves free to the public. 3. Hope to get to Cape May myself this summer with my boys. I didn't make it last year. 4. Sneak to our house in FL for some R&R with the family. 5. Lots of time home at night in the pool with the boys. 6. Lots of reading 7. Thinking about starting my own blog...maybe actually start it. 8. Collecting as many backpacks for the local kids' upcoming school year at my backpack drive. 9. Closing on a chalet on 10 acres near our house and will be turning it around quickly into an AirBnB. Hopefully will go live by 8/1. 10. Make time to ride my bike on our local rail trail.]]> Hey Laura! No trips to Cape May this summer? My summer list at minimum is what follows (😳😜)
1. Build a car wash across from my real estate office. We should be breaking ground any week now…getting anxious!
2. 10 year anniversary of my office Mountain Valley Realty, and we are doing 200 chicken halves free to the public.
3. Hope to get to Cape May myself this summer with my boys. I didn’t make it last year.
4. Sneak to our house in FL for some R&R with the family.
5. Lots of time home at night in the pool with the boys.
6. Lots of reading
7. Thinking about starting my own blog…maybe actually start it.
8. Collecting as many backpacks for the local kids’ upcoming school year at my backpack drive.
9. Closing on a chalet on 10 acres near our house and will be turning it around quickly into an AirBnB. Hopefully will go live by 8/1.
10. Make time to ride my bike on our local rail trail.

]]> By: Debbie M https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/#comment-75643 Sat, 25 May 2019 12:35:38 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17259#comment-75643 I did my first « official » summer fun list last summer thanks to one of your posts and because it felt so great to look back at the end of the season, have been working on this year’s version for weeks now. One item that I’m especially excited to check off my list is dinner with extended family at The Fireworks Feast (Inn at Bay Fortune, PEI). Also on my list is a visit to Mable Murple’s bookstore, a trip to Ministers Island, NB (where you visit during low tide as you drive across the ocean floor to access the island) and (at least) one day completely free from any obligations and technology

]]> By: Ana https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/#comment-75598 Fri, 24 May 2019 20:32:24 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17259#comment-75598 C’mon, you can splurge on a whole beer!

]]> By: Lori C https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/#comment-75515 Fri, 24 May 2019 01:50:39 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17259#comment-75515 Laura- if you haven’t been to Tanglewood before, I highly recommend it. Over the summer the Boston Symphony Orchestra plays there, and there is something magical about sitting amidst the Berkshires under the stars, sipping wine and listening to classical music. They even have a family friendly movie night with John Williams featuring scores like Indiana Jones, Harry Potter etc.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/#comment-75453 Thu, 23 May 2019 12:13:29 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17259#comment-75453 In reply to Sarah.

@Sarah – I love the idea of making it a huge list that the whole family can see! All of those sound like great ideas.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/#comment-75452 Thu, 23 May 2019 12:12:39 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17259#comment-75452 In reply to Kathleen.

@Kathleen – this is a great list, and it sounds like it will be a great summer! I wish my kids were adventurous enough eaters that dim sum could be a regular thing in our house…

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/#comment-75451 Thu, 23 May 2019 12:11:41 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17259#comment-75451 In reply to Julia.

@Julia – I’m not reducing work on talks. I’m giving a large number of speeches over the next few months. I’m just not going to push myself to come up with the next thing (book, or big new project like a new podcast). I think I need to survey the landscape and think about what I really want to do.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/#comment-75450 Thu, 23 May 2019 12:10:00 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17259#comment-75450 In reply to Sarah K.

@Sarah K – definitely make a list! And Yosemite should be fantastic. It’s been on my list for a long time.

]]> By: Sarah https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/05/gearing-up-for-2019-summer-fun/#comment-75374 Wed, 22 May 2019 21:09:48 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17259#comment-75374 I love your seasonal lists! Inspired by you I got my 11 and 13-year-olds to make one for our family for this summer. It is huge (like poster-sized) and they plastered it prominently up in the kitchen. It includes “make milkshakes”, “go camping”, “pick raspberrys” (sic), and “fly a kite”. I love having it hanging there and it makes me feel like we have a great summer to look forward to.

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