Weekly Perspectives Round Up: Here Comes Summer

This week our Local Perspectives bloggers have offered up a little something for everyone, including a big heaping dose of get geared up for summer ideas.

Author:: Erin Caserio
Updated:: Nov 16, 2018
Original:: May 22, 2010

There’s no denying it, Summer is right around the corner. Oh, I know, the official start to the season doesn’t occur until June 20th but I’m surely not alone in thinking of Memorial Day weekend as the kick off weekend to the season of fireworks, popsicles and slip-and-slide burns.

This week our Local Perspectives bloggers have offered up a little something for everyone, including a big heaping dose of get geared up for summer ideas.

Happy Reading!

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Always a Mother by Beth Vrabel

A Voice for Ethan Stacy by Marcel Walker

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Shopping for Gifts for the Child with Special Needs and Simple Ways to Encourage Speech and Language Development by Julie Liberman

Tips to Help in the Job Search by Camille Langston

What’s Up with Hang-ups? by Hillary Gorman

Making memories on Memorial…by Jenn Crozier

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Photographing Our Four Legged Friends by Jessica Grieves

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SUMMER PREP

Library Picks for This Week with a Spring Theme by Vanessa Brown

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Get a Head Start on Summer Reading by Aimee Cook O’Brien

20 Tips for Selling at a Garage Sale by Clair Boone

Disco Party by Raejean Roberts

What a cool way to celebrate the end of the school year!

A Trip to the Theater by Tina Seitzinger

Summer is Approaching, How is Your Energy Level? by Amelia Maness-Gilliland

FOOD AND FINANCES

No Peek Stew from Karen Petersen

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A Healthier Way to Satisfy Your Sugar Cravings by Emily Hill

An Introduction and Amazon sale on Pamela’s Gluten-Free Products! by Katie Fries

Grocery Shopping? Print These First! and Blu-Ray Deals for Father’s Day by Erin Collard

IRA, what is that?? by Megan

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This week our Local Perspectives bloggers have hit it right out of the park. They’ve shared great ideas for saving money, cooking, connecting with teens, capturing everyday moments with kids, getting fit in the carpool line and oh, so much more.

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What a packed week! Take a break from your Easter prep and enjoy some of the great posts from our team of Local Perspectives bloggers.

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Wow. This week just blew right by! Maybe rolling through life on an Easter-candy fueled high is the way to go. Enjoy some of the fantastic Local Perspectives posts from the last week:

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Check out some of the fantastic posts from Local Perspectives - including a fabulous recipe for Snickerdoodle Cupcakes. That's right. I said Snickerdoodle Cupcakes.

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One of the things I love about reading posts from moms all over the country is how universal our joys and obstacles can be. Our Local Perspectives bloggers have offered great posts to ponder and enjoy.

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I can’t help but feel like a few bloggers were feeling my vibes and writing posts to help me navigate the sometimes exhausting world of parenting.

Birthday Blooms

I’ve just returned from Costco with the most glorious dose of happy flowers. I’ve been known to splurge on a $9 bouquet every once in awhile, but since it’s my birthday this weekend, I thought I’d go crazy and blow twenty bucks. The results are delightful.

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Here we go, kids. Tomorrow it will be May - the bridge month between the school year and summer time, the (hopefully) last month that you’ll even have to consider dragging a sweater along, “just in case”.