Good Day Tushkateers!!!  It is officially summer.  Not so much because the summer solstice has come and gone; not so much because Memorial Day and July 4 have come and gone, but because this morning I woke up and declared it to be SUMMER and in so doing decided to pretend that I am in NYC (I am; that part of this is true) but only for the summer!  Dig it!  I’m on a sort of vacation.  (In my mind’s eye, at any rate!)

Most of us take where we live and what it has to offer for granted. We figure, since we live here, we’ll do ‘that’ later, and do what we ‘have to’ do first!  So … for this summer, I pledge not to take for granted where I live and what it has to offer.

I am dedicated to arranging my day in a way that supports ‘vacation mode,’ and enables me to do more!  Enjoy more!! (I’ll have a second helping of ‘enjoy,’ please.)

This stems from yesterday’s fun day.  We (Peter and I) walked to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see the McQueen exhibit (2 miles in each direction, according to Google Maps).  We left the house in the morning (before it got too hot or humid), saw the exhibit, had a bite to eat (just one bite :), and were home before 1 p.m.   Imagine that.  Culture, 4 miles of walking and a meal before 1 p.m. leaving plenty of time for nighttime fun and fireworks!

I invite you to make this the Summer of Appreciating Where You Live and what it has to offer by simply making enjoyment a priority.  We have more daylight; we have better energy (don’t we???) – so let’s get with it!!!

Join with us Tushkateers on Facebook!  A Kick in the Tush!!!

Please let me know what you like best about where you live, and how you are going to take full advantage of it this summer!!!  You can post photos, videos, whatever you like!!!  Fun, yes?!

Spread the word … NOT the icing,

Janice
wise * fun * utterly useful

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