• Mamie said on Aug 25, 2008....

  ya know you are right...I need to find my wish list and get back to accomplishing those things that were my hearts desire at the brand new summer....maybe we can get an extension to september 30? Good luck with yours too! enjoy!!

• beyondtheveil said on Aug 25, 2008....

  Ed- My wife and I try to get away in the summer, just the two of us once a year. I'm a strong believer in couples having this time together. With life as busy as it is, having these days and nights alone is almost like getting to know each other once again.
  
  We missed it this year and we both feel it and long for it.
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Aug 25, 2008....

  I regret not taking more time off to spend with my daughter.  I also regret not taking a day off to go visit my son at his dad's.

• the_infernal_optimist said on Aug 25, 2008....

  We were going to take the kids to the aquarium at the beach and/or hit the zoo a few hours in the opposite direction from here, but we just never got around to it.
  
  ~Infernal
  

• Eilan said on Aug 25, 2008....

  Like Infernal, we had plans to take the girls to one of the zoos in our state, but it never happened. I also wanted my husband to take me to the town/area where he started his career with the Patrol. It's not anything spectacular, really, but I like seeing stuff like that from his past, given that he's a bit older than I am and I'm a relatively recent addition to his life.
  
  I'd love to be in a position to take a proper vacation during the summer--the last time we had one of those was when we went to Florida during Christmas break in 2001.
  

• skald said on Aug 25, 2008....

  Well my summer has been eventful. Tenerfie, Quiet and Polar here. hospital not so good and Berlin. What else can I ask for? 

• woman said on Aug 25, 2008....

  Hmmm. Let's see. I spent time with the grandchildren. I visited with old friends. I spent considerable time with my father who had a stroke this year and started writing his life story. I spent oooodles of money and time on the house remodel. I went on countless walks and said outloud at least 100 times I LOVE SUMMER! So, I can't really complain but I do feel a little sad that I did not travel nor see the ocean. I can't remember a summer that I didn't take a little trip. That will have to wait a bit.

• CreativeWoman said on Aug 25, 2008....

  I gave some thought to going off by myself to do some writing this summer, but that never materialized.
  
  CW
  

• RollingC said on Aug 25, 2008....

  If I could go back and do things over again sure I'll go back and re-do all the things that I did wrong but I can't. 
  Learn from your mistakes and move on is the only thing left to do.
  The only true regret that I have is not planning better for the future.
  Rc
  

• Battycat said on Aug 25, 2008....

  I regret nothing this year :-) Just a shame the weather hasn't been better, maybe I'd have got more done.

• phie said on Aug 25, 2008....

  This year my summer has been more important to me than most, as i leave for uni for the first time in september.  Here in England everyone hypes up the summer after your A levels as the best one of your lives, it stands as glowing beacon when we are out on the stormy sea that is our final exams, revision and course work.  Often our hours in the libary were spent talking over dreams of sitiing in the sun with friends drinking, taking trips to the beach, going to the theatre, farewell meals all adding to the beacons glow.
   
  BUT in reality none of these dreams were truly acheived.  For a start weve only had about 4 days of sun (typical!) but part of me thinks had we ever got round to doing those things we'd dreamt ofwe would only be left with bitter disappointment.
   
  So instead summer was spontaneous, a couple of parties here and there, chats over coffee, meeting new people.
   
  When i first began to write this i was going to talk about my regrets but now i think of it, im glad the plans we dreamt of never materialised, my summer hasn't been spent travelling and nothing truly amazing has happened but its been a long sigh of relief after two years of hard work, and i have only happy memories.
   
  Gosh this could have been a blog in itself! What can i say Silver you triggered something with this one =) thank you x

• callingyou said on Aug 25, 2008....

  
  ughhh well I didn't want to be live a cave woman staying inside while the weather was nice...but I did =\
  And the other thing was that before summer started I decided to take a break from dating because I just ended a relationship before the star of summer... And I found that it left me lonely and I don't feel as "in the mix" as I was before...
  Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

• wombat said on Aug 25, 2008....

  Plenty of things I wanted to do and didn't get to....mostly visit the coast and enjoy my favorite thing---lighthouses.  Not enough fishing trips, either (where I just sit and read anyway, but still that's a nice place to be.)

• PRoGNoSTICo said on Aug 25, 2008....

  Summer is not the only season of planned disappointment - how about winter and those New Years resolutions? Spring and the guilt trip of cleaning?

• lionesss said on Aug 25, 2008....

  Aup, im sorry to say i didnt do very much this summer,iv not been away either, i may get to visit my best friend again, but i just spent the summer with my grand,daughter, doing every day things, but i enjoyed the time spent with her,,, lionesss x  

• silver_phoenix said on Aug 25, 2008....

  ed~ the only thing i wish i could have done is travelled somewhere i've never been before. but given time restraints, little funding, and an unwillingness to fly by air, well..i have not travelled.

• hotaka said on Aug 26, 2008....

  Well, all throughout the year I have lists of things to accomplish and I never catch up. I went to the places I planned to visit this summer. Of course I would have liked to visit more places but I scheduled realistically and my only real regret is that one Sunday at the end of July when the sun came out for an hour I should have taken more photos of the mountains instead of assuming the weather would remain fine for the rest of the day and continuing along the trail only to become enshrouded in clouds for the rest of the trip.
  
  I will get the film from my last trip back soon and there are bound to be regrets there.
  
  Other than that, I accomplished a major goal, at least my end of it, this summer and I am satisfied with that. My panic time will hit in October when I will realize I have only two months or so to complete everything on my projects list. Then I have to start prioritizing! 

• Fallyn said on Aug 26, 2008....

  my summer was so full.......i don't actually think i had any regrets.
  
  i didn't get everything done that i wanted to.........but that's okay, cause i wasn't expecting to.
  summer is only so long.
  
  i just got back from our last camping trip of the season. and now i'm ready to buckle down and concentrate on more serious things.
  no....i can't think of any regrets. it was a good summer.
  *grin* too short though. .....i guess that's my only regret.....
  
  this past winter SUCKED.
  

• day2day said on Aug 26, 2008....

  hi ed,
  I regret not having a veggie garden this year......again.
  day

• woman said on Aug 26, 2008....

  Do not even type the word WINTER. Cold, snow, wind, ice, high gas bills, bad driving conditions, and never really being warm. Oh, let's add, no sun! Whatever summer brought, it brought a smile to my face.

• Fallyn said on Aug 26, 2008....

  woman. exactly.
  there is no way i could complain about not getting everything done i wanted to this summer....just the fact it was here at all was glorious!
  

• Expendable said on Aug 27, 2008....

  I wanted to write more.

• silverwhisper said on Aug 29, 2008....

  mamie: you know, i really like the idea of filing for an extension--it's like your taxes, after all, and summer doesn't officially end for a while longer yet anyway, darn it!
  
  beyond: i'm a firm believer in that, too, although obviously it's a lot easier when you don't have kids. crazy question, can you take a day off maybe just to spend time together & recharge a bit?
  
  u-i: well, it's not like it's been easy for you to take time off, as i recall. yeesh. any chance you can squeeze in something over the long weekend?
  
  infernal: goodness infernal, it's not like you didn't have a closing to worry about this summer! it should still be nice for a while yet, maybe you can do something once that's settled?
  
  eilan: ah, i can understand about that area where your husband started his career. what about this weekend though, maybe a zoo visit could work? heh...i haven't been on a proper vacation in a while now, i'm gonna have to do that soon.
  
  skald: the trick to being happy is finding joy in what you have i've always felt, and you seem to do that very well. :>
  
  woman: o wow, i don't think i realized that about your father--how's his recovery going? i don't know how far you live from the ocean, is there a chance you can go while it's still nice out?
  
  CW: on the other hand, i suspect that you'll have more opportunities to get away in the coming weeks, to be honest.
  
  rollingc: mm...indeed, learning from our mistakes is really important--i mean, why not take the irritation of a mistake and turn it into something positive?! :>
  
  battycat: you know, i think you and skald are the only people who are satisfied with how summer has gone, and i think that's pretty good company. :>
  
  phie: ah, that's really disheartening about the weather--but surely the spontaneous gatherings are themselves somehow intrinsically summery, no? i don't know, maybe it's me, but i always think that a lot of planning is kind of contrary to how summer should be: carefree, you know? and i'm really glad to see that you're happy with how your summer's been. :>
  
  callingyou: a belated welcome to my blog--thanks for visiting! that's a shame you were stuck indoors--why was that? and i hope you don't mind my saying so, but it sounds to me like there was a lot of you invested in that relationship if it's left you feeling that way. ?
  
  wombat: you know, i've never been particularly interested in lighthouses--what is it that draws you to them so?
  
  prognostico: welcome to my blog! those are completely true about disappointments in other seasons, to be sure.
  
  lionesss: you know, i didn't realize you were old enough to have a granddaughter--you've always struck me as being younger than that!
  
  silver phoenix: surely there's other modes of transportation that are available to you, no?
  
  hotaka: all right, so what was the major goal you set? jeez, for a lot of people, becoming a parent for the first time would kinda do it!
  
  fallyn: hey there, been a while! hey, that's the third camping trip in the past few months, isn't it? i don't think i realized you enjoyed camping so much! :>
  
  day2day: stupid question, but will you have the time to tend a garden now?
  
  ex: i wanted to write at all!
  
  ed

• day2day said on Aug 29, 2008....

  hi ed,
  No, i wouldn't have the time to tend a garden. I guess it's just the thought of growing my own fresh tomatoes. yum. It would take a lot of work, i know.
  I live in north Texas close to the Red River. And, that's not the only thing that's red. The ground around here is red clay.   I'd first need to have someone deliver some black dirt. ahhh!!   Maybe next year. Thanks for understanding.
  day

• beyondtheveil said on Aug 29, 2008....

  Ed- We do take a day now and then to recharge, but they don't come often due to my wife's travel. Her job, which she likes and is very interesting is unmerciful with her time. On weekend days, she generally wants to slouch and pet the puppy (sometimes me too!).
  
  At this moment she is looking into another job which will keep her in this city.
  

• silver_phoenix said on Aug 29, 2008....

  ed~ I suppose there are other modes of travel, but to go where I want to go you have to fly (Europe).

• lionesss said on Aug 29, 2008....

  hiya silver, i know when i mention my grand,daughter, you didnt realise that im in my early 41yr i was young when i had my children,and  when im out with her every1 thinks she is my daughter, as i must say i look young also,pusscat said i look about 29/30 so im plz'd when they look horrorified when i say no im her granma~~~lionesss x

• Fallyn said on Aug 29, 2008....

  ed......yes, my family once spent every single weekend camping. it was the best.
  i do love camping. i'm much more outdoorsy than i let on.
  and yeah, this is the third this summer.
  my mom hated it....but once when i was about 6, we lived in a tent for 2 months at a youth camp while my dad sawed the lumber for their buildings.
  ideally, i'd be a city girl in the winter and a beach bum, country girl in the summer.
  

• woman said on Aug 30, 2008....

  I wrote a post about my dad some time ago. He had a stroke in November. Sadly, I live no where near the ocean but I try not to go too long between visits.

• newbeginnings said on Aug 30, 2008....

  Im a bit like edith piaf on this one... new life new beginning x nb

   

• silverwhisper said on Sep 05, 2008....

  day2day: ah, that would make a massive different, esp vis a vis what i was gonna say!
  
  beyond: i wish for her incredible success beyond imagining, my friend.
  
  phoenix: ah, that's certainly understandable! :>
  
  lionesss: honestly, i had no idea of your age--color me surprised! :>
  
  woman: o jeez...i'm so sorry about your father, woman: i understand being physically too far away from our loved ones to be of any help.
  
  nb: i can totally see that. :>
  
  ed

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