Summer Love

Tonight is Bites for Rights and Back Fence PDX. I will be participating in both–but I will only be modeling a Popina swimsuit for one.

Everyone in Portland should go to dinner at a participating restaurant and then head over to Back Fence for a drink, storytelling and swimsuit modeling.

It’s summer after all.

The girls and I just returned from a camping trip. Without HG. I towed, detached, and set up the trailer BY MYSELF.

I then split three loads of wood.

BY MYSELF.

With my ax.

Seriously, I split it–

Do you see that look of determination? We won’t mention that by yesterday I couldn’t even pick up the ax because of the soreness in my neck. right shoulder, arm, and hand.

Here’s what the wood looked like–

Is that fine looking wood or what?

The camping was fun. DD#1 brought a friend so I was graced with two 13 year old girls. Across the camp were 15 and 13 year old boys. Do I need to tell you what the girls did the entire time? Casually hung out. With their hair did. Smiling. The boys came over and asked if the girls could play flashlight tag. I almost threw up. It was the first time a boy has come to ask permission to do something with one of my girls. The older boy called me “ma’am”.

I got out my gun and shot them on the spot.

The girls’ giggling and whispers brought me back to when I was their age. Only I was at the beach with my best friend Liza Babcock. The boys were Brett Ragsdale and Steven Carter. Steven Carter kissed me on the lips that summer. I didn’t know how to do it. Later I asked Brett Ragsdale if Steven Carter said anything (about the kiss.) He told me that I did it wrong because I opened my mouth. I was mortified.

Steven Carter was my boyfriend all summer long until we moved away and if I ever see him again I will probably kiss him to prove I now know how.

Summer Love. So sweet.