{"id":2455,"date":"2013-07-05T20:48:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T00:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2013-07-05T20:48:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T00:48:14","slug":"full-on-summer-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=2455","title":{"rendered":"Full-on Summer: Part Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always hate questions that ask you to definitively pinpoint your favorite thing in a designated category, like your favorite restaurant or book or color. I could spend the rest of my life contemplating those questions and still not feel entirely confident of my answer. Because, what if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m torn between multiple options or what if I name something and then later realize I forgot to account for another option?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m aware of my issues. Some of you are my people, so you feel my pain. And some of you are married to people like me, so you join support groups and\/or embrace the fetal position.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to tell you my favorite thing about summer, because I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t.<\/p>\n<p>But I will confess to this:<\/p>\n<p>One of the top three absolute, without a shadow of doubt, best things about summer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?attachment_id=2449\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2449\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2449\" alt=\"100_7567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/100_7567-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?attachment_id=2450\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2450\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2450\" alt=\"100_7568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/100_7568-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"635\" height=\"482\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?attachment_id=2451\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2451\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2451\" alt=\"100_7577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/100_7577.jpg\" width=\"635\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a>is the gift of moments of unfettered time<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?attachment_id=2452\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2452\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2452\" alt=\"100_7396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/100_7396-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?attachment_id=2453\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2453\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2453\" alt=\"100_7389\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/100_7389.jpg\" width=\"633\" height=\"482\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?attachment_id=2454\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2454\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2454\" alt=\"100_7390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/100_7390-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>to just run free.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Summer, y&#8217;all!<\/p>\n<p>Also see Full-on Summer <a title=\"Full-on Summer: Part One\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=2424\" target=\"_blank\">Part One<\/a>, <a title=\"Full-on Summer: Part Two\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=2430\" target=\"_blank\">Part Two<\/a>, <a title=\"Full-on Summer: Part Three\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=2440\" target=\"_blank\">Part Three<\/a>, and <a title=\"Full-on Summer: Part Four\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=2446\" target=\"_blank\">Part Four<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always hate questions that ask you to definitively pinpoint your favorite thing in a designated category, like your favorite restaurant or book or color. I could spend the rest of my life contemplating those questions and still not feel entirely confident of my answer. 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