{"id":18,"date":"2013-05-28T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/have-yourself-a-very-simple-summer\/"},"modified":"2013-05-28T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:30:00","slug":"simple-summer-vacation-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/simple-summer-vacation-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Have Yourself a Very Simple Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
It seems that all of my friends have big summer plans.<\/div>\n
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Maybe I didn\u2019t plan well enough, but summer around here is going to be pretty simple. Cash reserves are short because of a car repairs and a refrigerator that decided it\u00a0couldn\u2019t\u00a0last even one more day.<\/div>\n
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And the boss already warned me that because of a short supply of workers, that my services would be needed \u2013 all summer.\u00a0 I could probably squeeze in an afternoon here and there or maybe even a day with advance notice he generously offered.<\/div>\n
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So, I listen to the plans of all the others and think of colorful and entertaining alternatives. I can\u2019t compete. Or can I? <\/strong><\/div>\n
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John is headed to Italy for an eight-week cooking school. \u00a0I can\u2019t afford that kind of adventure, but\u00a0 maybe I\u2019ll treat myself to Olive Garden for lunch one day.<\/div>\n
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A friend\u2019s daughter is going on a big college tour on the East Coast. Instead, I\u2019ll go to the community college open house where they will serve free chili cheese dogs.<\/div>\n
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Some acquaintances are travelling to New York City to see four successive Broadway performances. I\u2019m kind of thinking about the local little theater where they are performing, Annie Get Your Gun. <\/i><\/div>\n
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A coworker is traveling to Napa Valley\u00a0to see the lush vineyards. For me, it\u2019s tending to the small garden plot that I\u2019m hoping will yield a few vega<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>tables that I can pick before they ferment on the vine.<\/p>\n

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They can have their fancy plans. But for me and my house, it will be \u00a0a simple this summer.<\/div>\n
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What are you doing this summer?\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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Sometimes the best summers are the ones lived on the fly — with simple little trips, ice tea in the backyard, and a free concert on the town square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2375,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,570,596,800],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadway-theatre","category-napa-county-california","category-olive-garden","category-simple-summer-plans"],"yoast_head":"\nHave Yourself a Very Simple Summer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everyone has great summer plans. But around here, things are going to be pretty simple. 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