Summer, summer, summer time...
Summer is my jam. As a kid I swore when I grew up I was going to be either an Olympic swimmer or a mermaid. My favorite food is ice cream. My favorite thing to buy my girls is swimsuits. And if you know me at all, you understand I LOVE swimming pools, beaches, the smell of suntan lotion AND chlorine, wearing swimsuits all day long, digging in the dirt, lounging in parks for hours, eating outdoors, and don't forget...an outside Grapefruit Shandy! I also love the drink Painkiller which I discovered during my time in St. John, USVI. The other day Kate was watching the news, heard that Prince died from an overdose of painkillers and she turned to me and said, "I guess you better give up painkillers, Mom." NO NO NO NO NO NO.......very different painkillers. Anyway, back to the real reason for my post. I am giddy with excitement in anticipation of summer. So much so that I want to treat this entire summer as vacation. Like a mindless summer, chicklet novel set in Nantucket I