Sunday Stealing: Polka Dot Tops and PigTails

1. Who was your FIRST date?His name was Steve. He was the preacher's son. You know what they say about preacher's kids...I'm here to tell ya it's true.
2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love?No. He became an alcoholic. See what I mean?

3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink?

Steve (you saw that coming, didn't ya?)

4. What was your FIRST job?I was fifteen years old and the world's worst waitress in my grandmother's restaurant. I hated every minute of it and so did my customers. Well, the little blue uniform and my hair in pigtails was fun. **I scanned these grainy photos taken the summer of 1976 on a trip to the mountains of Tennessee. This one didn't come out very well but voila - the pigtails. I can't believe I just posted that on my blog off-the-shoulder tops were in if my mother knew I wore that I'd still be grounded**  

5. What was your FIRST car?
It was red. Small. Cute. No air. And it matched my top.

6. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane?

New England

7. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk?  
She moved away to Florida. We wrote real letters for years and years. Then we stopped. Life happens. But I do have some very cool shots of us in bikinis at the lake. Circa 1500 BC. They are in a vault somewhere in the dungeon where - trust me - they will remain.

8. Whose wedding did you attend the FIRST time?
My uncle's wedding in Maryland. Oddly, I remember people crying!

9. Tell us about your FIRST roommate.Technically, my sister. She hated sharing a room with me. Most people do.


10. If you had one wish, what would it be (other than more wishes)? That Steve remembers, occasionally, the freckle-faced girl who nearly fell off Blue Ridge.

11. What is something you would learn if you had the chance? How to keep a top the size of a cocktail napkin on your body in strong winds atop mountain. Tops.

12. Did you marry the FIRST person you were in love with?No. I was too young to know what love was.

And besides, it was 1976. I was long on hair but short on brains.

13. What were the first lessons you ever took and why?

The top you save may be your own.

14. What is the first thing you do when you get home? 
Take off ...things...and kick my shoes into the closet.

I'd better go to bed now. I'm bloggin' awful brave tonight.....

I'll probably be back in 20 minutes to remove the photos.

I think I might be sleep-blogging.

This is Pocahontas.
Signing off.