JUST FOR FUN

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JUST FOR FUN

• 1 Go outside and blow bubbles.
• 2 Go barefoot more often.
• 3 Fill the baby pool and sit in it.
• 4 Pick dandelions for fun, not for weed control.
• 5 Have a three legged race.
• 6 Chase the dog, instead of him chasing you.
• 7 Sleep out under the stars.
• 8 Eat your breakfast outside.
• 9 Run through the neighbor's sprinkler.
• 10 Play Hop Scotch.

• 11 Eat a messy ice cream cone.
• 12 Watch an ant hill.
• 13 Pick wild flowers (not endangered ones).
• 14 Go to the lake or pond, and feed the ducks.
• 15 Go to an amusement park, and let go!
• 16 Sleep out on the porch.
• 17 Have a squirt gun fight.
• 18 Wash your hair in the rain.
• 19 Act your shoe size.
• 20 Collect pretty stones.

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LEARN SOMETHING NEW

• 21 Learn the constellations.
• 22 Identify all of the different trees in your
  neighborhood.
• 23 Visit an Arboretum.
• 24 Learn to paint with water colors.
• 25 Try to start the Barbecue with two sticks.
• 26 Take up bird watching.
• 27 Grow a tree from seed.
• 28 Learn the botanical names of your plants.
• 29 Go 24 hours without electricity, and see how
  it was in the "good old days".

• 30 Learn to drive a stick shift.
• 31 Love horses? Read all about them.
• 32 Learn to cook outside.
• 33 Take up Photography.
• 34 Read a Thesaurus.
• 35 Read the Bible like a book, from front to
  back.
• 36 Read about other countries.
• 37 Learn a new language.
• 38 Learn all about thunder storms.
• 39 Learn to sew.
• 40 Take up needlepoint.

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SUMMER AT WORK

• 41 Have your lunch outside.
• 42 Keep a live flowering plant on your desk.
• 43 Join the company softball team.
• 44 Move your desk to face the window.
• 45 Wear a flower in your hair.
• 46 Go barefoot under your desk.
• 47 Put a snow globe on your desk.
• 48 Play tropical music.

• 49 Use a spray bottle, with a fan attached..
• 50 Wear a tie dyed T-shirt under your work
  cloths.
• 51 Surprise your coworkers with a veggie platter
  lunch.
• 52 Put a fresh breezes air freshener in the
  office.
• 53 Bring fruit or veggie kabobs for lunch.
• 54 Keep a picture of your favorite lake, on your
  desk.
• 55 Change your hours, if possible, to go in an
  hour earlier and leave an hour earlier.

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JUST FOR YOU

• 56 Spend a day at a spa.
• 57 Grab some rays (sun).
• 58 Soak in a hot tub.

• 59 Get a new haircut.
• 60 Buy a nice cool dress, or pair if slacks.

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FOR YOUR HEALTH

• 61Take up hiking.
• 62 Ride a bike to work.
• 63 Run in a 10K race.
• 64 Use a manual lawnmower, instead of gas
  powered.
• 65 Eat only fresh veggies, no frozen or canned.
• 66 Eat only fresh fruit, not frozen or canned.

• 67 Try an exotic veggie.
• 68 Try an exotic fruit.
• 69 Join a health club, or gym.
• 70 Cook everything outside. You will cut way down
  on fat.
• 71 Take a walk, every day, after dinner.

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WHERE TO GO

• 72 Vacation where you did as a kid.
• 73 Take a nature hike.
• 74 Visit a national monument.
• 75 Visit a national Park.
• 76 Regularly go to the local park.

• 77 Check out the local museums.
• 78 Visit a game farm.
• 79 Check out the closest botanical gardens.
• 80 Go to the nearest mountain.

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JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUMMER

• 86 Read a comic book.
• 87 Get a tan.
• 88 Wear funky sunglasses.
• 89 Eat ice cream for dinner, just once.
• 90 Watch TV outside.
• 91 Take a personal day.

• 81 Spend an entire day in your bathing suit.
• 82 Spend a Saturday lounging around the yard.
• 83 Spend lots of time daydreaming.
• 84 Eat a Popsicle.
• 85 Try catching fire flies.

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FOR THE CHILD IN YOU

• 92 Play marbles.
• 93 Talk on the phone for hours.
• 94 Pick one day, and eat all of the junk food you
  want.
• 95 Buy a pair of flip flops.
• 96 Make a mud puddle, and play in it.

• 97 Put a pinwheel on the front of your car.
• 98 Wine to the kids, "There's nothing to do".
• 99 Blow on fluffy dandelions.
• 100 Color your hair with Kool-Aid, ask the kids
  how.
• 101 Take an afternoon nap!!!

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• Submitted by Jose Cotto,
• Resident Assistant,
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst