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I had plans for this summer, big plans. Now that summer is over, it seems that I didn't follow through too well. Here are the top ten things I didn't get done.

10. Harvest tomatoes. I was going to grow enough so that I could actually do some canning, including putting that wax on the top of a mason jar like my mom used to. I did manage to save two half green tomatoes, before the slugs got to them.

9. Get Buff. My workout regimen fell apart, on Tuesday of the first week. I did buy some expensive equipment though, so now I have a place to hang sweaters.

8. Read War and Peace. It looked too fat, so I didn't bother.

7. Hike the mountains. It seemed like a good idea in March, so I bought a backpack. You want it? I never opened it. I did drive near a big hill once, though.,

6. Make the lawn look like a golf course. I did have a little success here. My lawn looks like the part of the golf course where they test the effects of insecticide on grass.

5. Get a tattoo. That was a bad idea anyway. I shouldn't put things on here that I thought of when I was drunk.

4. Write a Concerto. There were two parts to this one. First, I was supposed to find out what a Concerto is, but I never did.

3. Buy a Speedo. I did actually try one on though. Some ideas are just scary, once you put them in motion.

2. Take the kids on a fabulous vacation to Europe, all at my expense. I have to admit that I kind of "settled," on this one. I chose to invite them over to watch the Chevy Chase movie European Vacation, instead. The good part was that none of them showed up.

1. Have a summer love. Lots of effort, no takers. Maybe I should have left my wife home when I was out trolling. I'll keep that in mind for next year.