Barry Goldwater Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Anyone else feel, like we do, that Summer should be strictly observed till the Autumnal Equinox?!? I hate that the pool is closing, that some PS districts are already in session, and vacation season is apparently over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I always wish for at least one more week of summer at the pool after school is back in too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I agree! It is still August for pity's sake! Fortunately, we have our own pool, which we don't close until scooping out the falling leaves gets to be too much of a hassle! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Yes. Hate it. We don't get warm, lovely weather here until mid-July, though the light is admittedly autumnal, and it does feel not so much like a warm summer day but a warm fall day. But it will continue to be lovely until about mid-October, so we typically start school late September-ish or early October and continue through July 1-ish. I work on a college campus that holds graduation every year in mid-May, and that is *months* before summer starts! Ridiculous. Every year that I've been here in the northwest, more than half my life, I have felt cheated of summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I'm not so strict about summer all the way till the autumnal equinox, but at least till after Labor Day, people! Fortunately, up here things seem to agree with me - most schools and all our activities don't start till after Labor Day. But here I am planning and trying to relax and everyone's talking about their first month of school - what's up??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalom22 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I know what you mean. I have noticed that they are already pushing the fall stuff at the stores. It chaps me that the pools closed on Labor Day when our summer weather usually lasts until October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I know what you mean. I have noticed that they are already pushing the fall stuff at the stores. It chaps me that the pools closed on Labor Day when our summer weather usually lasts until October. :iagree: The Halloween candy has been in the stores for almost two weeks now, maybe three. We will have temps in the 80s in October and in the 90s in September. I am not ready for it to be over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibbis Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I agree! Summer isn't over until mid-September! But I just moved to northeast Ohio and apparently summer is over here. It was almost chilly this morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Our town pool closed on Sunday. :glare: I hate it. The beach we go to doesn't have lifeguards after Labor Day. Hate that, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMW Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I love, love, love, love, LOVE summer.... and do not like to get cold at all... So, nope, I don't want it to be over. This year was mostly 15 degrees cooler than all other summers... every day just about... but I enjoyed it anyway... and I don't mind the heat. Yesterday was hot! Yippee! I love going out at night under a dark sky in warm air and hearing chirping of crickets and watering and smelling the hot ground... just love it... today will be a very wonderful hot day, too. I know... most of you detest the heat and love the fall and winter... you'll have your wonderful seasons real soon! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I'm kind of glad that the pool is down to just the weekends now. I was taking the kids to the pool every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Now I have my evenings back. I still have to take them on Saturdays, but that's not as big of a deal. The pool is open on the weekends just until Labor Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 It is 110 degrees here today. I definitely agree with you that summer is not over. But I don't agree with your sentiment about it. LOL. Give me the cooler temps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey in NY Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 :iagree: Hold on to summer as long as we can. We don't start our new school year until 9/8 and even then we ease into it. If we have a great day we are outside, nature studies! I hate that everyone rushes into the next season, I went this past weekend to get a patio table, and couldn't find one anywhere. I was told by 2 stores that they had to get rid of the summer stuff to put up the Christmas displays:blink: Are you kidding me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 PS started here yesterday. We won't start until the 1st of September. Winter 'round here is long enough. I like to take advantage of all the days above 50*F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyK Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Yes. Hate it. We don't get warm, lovely weather here until mid-July, though the light is admittedly autumnal, and it does feel not so much like a warm summer day but a warm fall day. But it will continue to be lovely until about mid-October, so we typically start school late September-ish or early October and continue through July 1-ish. I work on a college campus that holds graduation every year in mid-May, and that is *months* before summer starts! Ridiculous. Every year that I've been here in the northwest, more than half my life, I have felt cheated of summer. Exactly. I really get bummed when the pools close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 We're trying to enjoy our last bit of summer over here. We don't have our own pool unfortunately and all the town pools will close. But we'll keep our kiddie pool out til it's too cold to use them and we won't start school til Labor Day at least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeacademy Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 :iagree: Hold on to summer as long as we can. We don't start our new school year until 9/8 and even then we ease into it. If we have a great day we are outside, nature studies! I hate that everyone rushes into the next season, I went this past weekend to get a patio table, and couldn't find one anywhere. I was told by 2 stores that they had to get rid of the summer stuff to put up the Christmas displays:blink: Are you kidding me! I couldn't agree more. Summer is WAAAAAY to short here in the frozen Northland. ;) I refuse to have the kids inside trying to do school until after Labor Day anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 It's not over, but I wish it was. These 100+ temps are about to do me in. We probably have several weeks of them left. PS started this week, but it's way too hot to be doing anything, so might as well be in school. I usually start our school year earlier just so we can finish mid-May and enjoy the cooler weather at that time of year. The neighborhood pool is only open weekends until Labor Day, but since the lifeguards are mostly high school students, they would have a hard time staffing it during the week anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 :iagree: Hold on to summer as long as we can. We don't start our new school year until 9/8 and even then we ease into it. If we have a great day we are outside, nature studies! I hate that everyone rushes into the next season, I went this past weekend to get a patio table, and couldn't find one anywhere. I was told by 2 stores that they had to get rid of the summer stuff to put up the Christmas displays:blink: Are you kidding me! One of our beach chairs broke last winter. I had to buy chairs at the thrift store because I couldn't find them anywhere! We are not starting school until 6 September. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanyanTreeMama Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Move to Miami and you'll never have to worry about summer being over. NEVER. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Anyone else feel, like we do, that Summer should be strictly observed till the Autumnal Equinox?!? I don't know... Feels to pagan to me. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I agree. This is when I am so thankful for the state park up the road with its empty swimming beach now that school is in session... as long as the college students don't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 It is 110 degrees here today. I definitely agree with you that summer is not over. But I don't agree with your sentiment about it. LOL. Give me the cooler temps! :iagree: we're ready for cooler weather. However, since that won't happen for awhile, we'll enjoy our empty neighborhood pool. Instead of closing it when school starts, they just go without lifeguards. We'd probably protest if they tried to close it when it's still well over 90! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Yes! Sept 21st is the last day of summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Goldwater Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 I don't know... Feels to pagan to me. :lol: :lol::lol: Good one!!! Would be even funnier if you knew us IRL! I saw the Halloween candy too, last week...Betting that people who buy now will be back for re-fills BEFORE Halloween arrives! :drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Of course it's over! Stop hogging it and send it down our way, I'm thoroughly fed up with winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 You know, I like it when the kids go back to school. Then we have the town to ourselves during the day. No worrying about hitting a group of kids jaywalking in our downtown area. Don't need to worry about a hoard of texting teens plowing into us as we pass the Apple store. The library is quiet (except for rude cell phone guy.) But, with that comes the pool closing ... they don't have the staff to keep it open with many going back to college or high school. I do like enjoying the last days of summer in the peace and quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I think everyone needs to get to work, hunker down, remaster what was supposedly mastered last year, and save it up for a great vacation that STARTS at about the time of the Autumnal Equinox. It's hot here. I am done with hot. I want to stay inside and reign supreme over children conquering algebra until it's cool outside. And then I want a nice long break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Of course it's over! Stop hogging it and send it down our way, I'm thoroughly fed up with winter. Ugh you can have it. Not only are our temps over 110 all summer this year, but the humidity is higher than I can remember. So much for, "But, it's a DRY heat." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna A. Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Anyone else feel, like we do, that Summer should be strictly observed till the Autumnal Equinox?!? I hate that the pool is closing, that some PS districts are already in session, and vacation season is apparently over! YES. And Halloween and Christmas decorations should be illegal at least until summer's overwith. Btw, who made up the rule about no white shoes after Labor Day? IT'S STILL SUMMER, FOLKS! :glare: Why should we have to put away the white sandals just because a particular federal holiday has passed when it's still 80 degrees out there? And what did they wear during the first 21 days of September before 1883? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Goldwater Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 Of course it's over! Stop hogging it and send it down our way, I'm thoroughly fed up with winter. :001_smile:Please forgive my America-centric perspective...it was unintentional... Is it still called the 'autumnal' equinox in the southern hemisphere? You know, since it's going to be spring for you? Also, I don't think school should start before the regular season of the NFL either! :D But today I caught myself inspecting dead trees to cut for firewood. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfizzle Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I couldn't agree more. Summer is WAAAAAY to short here in the frozen Northland. ;) I refuse to have the kids inside trying to do school until after Labor Day anyway. Same here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfizzle Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 But today I caught myself inspecting dead trees to cut for firewood. :tongue_smilie: LOL You too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 (edited) Yes!!! In fact, I have given serious thought to not starting our school year until fall has arrived. There's just something not right about merchants hauling out the Halloween candy, the apple-cider-scented candles, and the fall-motif table runners when it's still technically summer. They've got deck chairs on clearance, and it's supposed to be 90 degrees here this weekend! (If I actually *needed* deck chairs, this would be a good thing. :D) I don't like the fact that Someone On High has decreed that summer "starts" on Memorial Day (no, it doesn't) and "ends" on Labor Day (no, it doesn't). Is it any wonder that I can never remember whether the first day of fall is the 21st or the 22nd of September? Of course I can't -- no one takes the real changing of the seasons seriously anymore. If people in ancient times, for whom the changing of the seasons was a pivotal event in the year and cause for a (non-Madison-Avenue) celebration, could see us getting a "jump" on fall and every other season ... they'd think we were nuts. And may I just say, sir, that I am a big fan of Barry Goldwater. The Conscience of a Conservative is a classic. Just want to clarify -- it's not that I want to hold on to summer. I don't. I can't stand summer. It's that I think that it's blasphemy to be acting as if it's fall when it's still summer! Edited August 26, 2010 by Maverick_Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I saw the Halloween candy too, last week...Betting that people who buy now will be back for re-fills BEFORE Halloween arrives! :drool: I think that was the idea behind putting it out in the first place. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Anyone else feel, like we do, that Summer should be strictly observed till the Autumnal Equinox?!? I hate that the pool is closing, that some PS districts are already in session, and vacation season is apparently over! Well not the equinox, but starting before Labor Day does seem a bit strange, since that was the key date for me all through school. I was seriously bummed that the summer reading program ended August 1st, even though there was almost a whole month of vacation to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 One of our beach chairs broke last winter. I had to buy chairs at the thrift store because I couldn't find them anywhere! We are not starting school until 6 September. :) September 7 for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Move to Miami and you'll never have to worry about summer being over. NEVER. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Yes, well, there's another place where it's always hot, and I don't wanna move there, either. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Is it still called the 'autumnal' equinox in the southern hemisphere? You know, since it's going to be spring for you? Nope :D Spring has sprung, my apricot trees are in blossom, the daffodils are starting to flower and the cat is moulting. Now kindly finish up with summer and send it down. All we need is the warmth to go with the rest of the signs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Heh. I think we're the last hsers on earth to start school: Oct. 4 baby!!! The best part of the summer for us has just started. Vacationers are leaving, and the best weather is coming (unless we get a hurricane). Sept. is full of "field trips." :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Heh. I think we're the last hsers on earth to start school: Oct. 4 baby!!! The best part of the summer for us has just started. Vacationers are leaving, and the best weather is coming (unless we get a hurricane). Sept. is full of "field trips." :D What is it about the Jersey shore and hurricanes in September?! We used to go to Wildwood in mid-to-late September, until we figured out that the hurricanes always knew when we were there and would ruin our week. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jessica* Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I don't know. It's 65 degrees here and yesterday I saw trees with orange leaves! Feels like autumn to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellyndria Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Btw, who made up the rule about no white shoes after Labor Day? IT'S STILL SUMMER, FOLKS! :glare: Why should we have to put away the white sandals just because a particular federal holiday has passed when it's still 80 degrees out there? And what did they wear during the first 21 days of September before 1883? Luckily this rule doesn't apply anymore! It's perfectly fine to wear white after Labor Day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniferlee Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 We're late starters here too. Just love september in the northwest - lots of "nature study":D. Can't seem to bring myself to buckle down when it's still so beautiful outside. Knowing that there is 6 months of rain ahead of me doesn't help... Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna A. Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Luckily this rule doesn't apply anymore! It's perfectly fine to wear white after Labor Day! Aaahhh! Thanks for letting me know! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Anyone else feel, like we do, that Summer should be strictly observed till the Autumnal Equinox?!? I hate that the pool is closing, that some PS districts are already in session, and vacation season is apparently over! I go more by what I see and feel outside than what calendar says. Trust me, it's usually not very springy around here in March. :glare: Nor is it autumn-like in mid-December. The leaves are already starting to turn on the some of the trees, and there's a nip in the air, so it seems about time for fall. I will wait until after Labor Day weekend to put out pumpkins and mums. Holidays, on the other hand, are done strictly by the calendar. No Halloween stuff until October. No Thanksgiving stuff until November. No Christmas stuff until December (although I will put the Advent wreath and the nativity out on the first Sunday of Advent if that happens in November). Valentine's Day does not need more than a two-week lead-in. And so forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Heh. I think we're the last hsers on earth to start school: Oct. 4 baby!!! Just curious -- do you school year-round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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