Little Jack's CornerThe Life & Times of Jack-Evan and Family

1. Eat frozen Grapes
2. Suck on a Freezie Pop
3. Rub Ice (or cold water) on your wrists
4. Put a cold rag on the back of your neck
5. Turn the ceiling fan on high
6. Break out the box / floor fans
7. Shut all windows and doors (to insulate the house better)
8. Take a cold shower and wet your hair
9. Take a nap
10. Strip (be sure to do #7 first)
11. Go to the lake
12. Head to the beach
13. Drink a large glass of iced tea
14. Freeze a half bottle of water, fill the rest with cool water, drink!
15. Resign yourself to staying inside
16. Have a Lord of the Rings (or other trilogy DVD) marathon
17. Start a new blog
18. Sort those pictures from last year!
19. Make some old fashioned lemonade (Country Time Powder Mix will be fine in a pinch though)
20. Make popsicles out of that lemonade (pour into small cups, add a craft stick, freeze!)
21. Go to a water park
22. Visit the YMCA swimming pool
23. Buy a slip & slide and get down and dirty with your kids (or husband!) outdoors
24. Break out the sprinkler, or have fun squirting each other with a hose pipe
25. Go to an aquarium
26. Wash your car (apply a liberal amount of water)
27. Wash your neighbor’s cars (and make money)
28. Wash your Dog
29. Wash your neighbor’s dog (and make money)
30. Go Ice Skating (many cities have a nearby rink)
31. Find a local farmer’s market and buy watermelon (then have a seed spitting contest)
32. Have a water balloon fight
33. Have a water gun fight
34. Set up a neighborhood lemonade stand
35. Go fishing
36. Crank up your netflix subscription and catch up on Lost
37. Go White Water Rafting
38. Head to the mall and get a head start on christmas shopping
39. Clean your house
40. Make up a menu of 15 no-stove-heat-needed meals to have on hand
41. Have a read-a-thon with your family, with everyone reading quietly
42. Read aloud to your family (preferably books with cold themes!)
43. Visit an indoor arcade and challenge your family to ski-ball
44. Visit a local museum or art gallery (they’re always cool inside)
45. Head to the local library
46. Have a “girls day in” and invite friends over for iced tea and a home-spun manicure
47. Go to a movie theater where it’s dark and usually very cool
48. Drink water, drink water, drink water!
49. Stay home and do absolutely nothing (it’s quite refreshing sometimes)

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