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PAGE 4 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1994 Hard to believe, isn‘t it? Summer, as we measure it in the real world, is almost half over. If you are feeling the way I am, you have a lot of catching up to do when it comes to making this a complete summer. Naturally, Beth and I had grand visions at the beginning of the summer. And one of those, to give our children a quality and meanâ€" ingful summer filled with fun and good times, is happening. They‘re having a great summer Now, ahem, as for us, well, we‘re not exactly complaining, but to put it bluntly, our summer wish list is barely out of the starting blocks. Here‘s just a few of the things we had planned for summer ‘94, and an update on just how we‘re doing with each. I will golf at least once per week, and by doing so, will shave several strokes off my game. Going back to say, the May 24 weekend, I have golfed about once every other week, and while I have had some success on the links, I haven‘t shaved squat. Since this schedule isn‘t likely to change before the end of the summer, I shall seek out and focus on quality rather than quantity We will have a dinner party and invite several couples over for a delightful meal and evening on our infrequentlyâ€" used, yet beautiful deck. It will not rain, and the mosquitoes will pack up and head out of town for the affair. We‘ve given this one a good stab, but still come up nothing but air. Several times in the month of July, Beth has stated "let‘s have some people over for dinner Saturday." And then we would go through the list of who we would like to have, and proceed to talk ourselves out of it. "What if it‘s too hot? Are they on holidays? They myfindlttoobrmalACmnmpteathunwithmeoohn(? Cant invite them without inviting them." I‘m sure psychologists would have a field day with this one. My best guess is it ain‘t gonna happen til the fall. Alas, our poor neglected deck. Beth and I dedicated to going out just by ourselves one night per week during the summer, for simple pleasures such as a game of tennis, bike ride, miniâ€"golf or quiet relaxâ€" ing drink. Bebeve me, we had the best intentions on this one. For reasons really beyond our control, however, we are more likely to realize the above if we simply take out the words "per week." End of July we‘re halfway to nowhere Paint the exterior of the house. Another close but no cigar. We painted some of the interior of the house, so that when we have friends over for our summertime dinâ€" ner party (oh, ha, ha, ha), they will be impressed. But the outside? Second storey shutters® Whew. | get vertigo when I have to step over the garden hose. I‘d allow this a 50â€"50 proposition at best. See at least one new movie a month. The last movie we saw was, uh, let‘s see, the, uh, no, that was the second last, uh, I beheve back out, it was cold outside, we wore jackâ€" ets, no, it was midâ€"winter at the Frederick, no, that was last year. Honestly, I forget. But it was not, I repeat not, this summer. That is going to change next week. We are going to see The Lion King. I have madé promises. Not adult promises, but nevertheless, Try to get in touch with some old friends. One, | was going to have a round of golf with, but haven‘t had time. Another, we were intending to invite to a summer dinner party, but, heck, you know the rest. Yet another, we used to go to Create a beautiful garden. Absolutely the best of intentions. We worked our youâ€" knowâ€"whats off in spring planning and planting and weeding and fertihring and carefully nurturing. We have discovered since we get an A for effort, but alas, an E for timing. "Lookit it," sniffed Beth the other day. "Looks like a field of weeds." 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