{"id":649,"date":"2018-08-13T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.248.97\/~frantas1\/?p=649"},"modified":"2018-08-13T08:16:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T12:16:12","slug":"august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frantasticfran.com\/?p=649","title":{"rendered":"August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/50.87.248.97\/~frantas1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-8.36.30-AM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-651\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/50.87.248.97\/~frantas1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-8.36.30-AM-300x151.png?resize=363%2C183\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.frantasticfran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-8.36.30-AM.png?resize=300%2C151&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.frantasticfran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-8.36.30-AM.png?resize=768%2C386&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.frantasticfran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-8.36.30-AM.png?w=923&amp;ssl=1 923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s August, again. I wonder, how does the year seem to go by so fast. Why, it feels as if I was just celebrating Mother&#8217;s Day with my kids!<\/p>\n<p>August is a thoughtful time for me. It is a month of family as well as friends\u2019 birthdays. I know it\u2019s not quite August but it starts the ball rolling \u2026July 31st; both my father-in-law and Tami (my daughter&#8217;s mother-in-law) celebrate. The next birthday is August 2, grandson Michael&#8217;s birth day and what a day that was. Next is August 8th, my husband&#8217;s day. The month marches on with friend after friend, a nephew, Leo&#8217;s all. Finally, August 28th is grandson Anthony&#8217;s birth day rounding out the month with a Virgo.<\/p>\n<p>A wonderful memory is of a BIG party we had for Phil\u2019s birthday on 8\/8\/88. What fun it was to plan. The invitations were problematic but Kathy and I persevered. Eights were around the border and even made up some of the words too. We had 8s everywhere! If you can recall the computers and software of the 1980&#8217;s, you will appreciate the task that was at hand. We worked on the invitation for weeks. I&#8217;ve never forgotten that one. AND August 8, 2018 was a fun reminder, another year ending in an 8.<\/p>\n<p>August, the dwindling days of summer. Hot days and Lazy days. Time to fill the few remaining <em>SUN<\/em> days with all the things we forgot to do and make plans for. You know, <em>One of these days<\/em>, make that trip to the museum. <em>One of these days, <\/em>go fishing at the lake,. <em>One of these days, <\/em> takethat weekend camping trip.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As we head into fall, it time for Back to School, High School\/College and Pro Football on TV, Yellow School Buses around the corner left and right, and Pumpkins, Ghosts and Goblins. The leaves begin to turn. Autumn is in the air.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t gently settle in to Autumn. Make <strong><em>\u201cOne of these days\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Today or Tomorrow.<em> \u2018Fall\u2019<\/em> into your tomorrows with promise and plans. I want to hear all about them. <em>One of these days\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Frances Graziano Copyright 2018 All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s August, again. I wonder, how does the year seem to go by so fast. Why, it feels as if I was just celebrating Mother&#8217;s Day with my kids! August is a thoughtful time for me. It is a month of family as well as friends\u2019 birthdays. 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