Know and Tell Friday

This KATF is a celebration of all things summer! Are you enjoying it? Is the weather global-warming-hot where you are? If you're a parent with school age kids, are you enjoying having the kids home? We will delve into these and other exciting topics, RIGHT NOW...

• Which is your favorite season? Why?


• Are you a bikini or one piece gal? Do the same rules apply to your daughter, if you have one?


• What is your favorite summer getaway? Beach? Lake? Mall? Indoor ice skating? Why?


• You're on a sandy beach, looking out at a perfectly blue ocean. The weather is perfect. What's on the table next to you? What book are you reading? Who is sitting next to you? What are you drinking?


• Do you tan? If so, are you an all-natural tanner or do you go to a salon?
  


• What is your favorite summer clothing?


• You're suddenly able to transport yourself to any summer in your past. What year would you choose to be in?

Reese's answers:

Which is your favorite season? Why? Very, very hard for me to choose. I truly love them all and feel cheated if I live in a place that doesn't have very defined seasons. Frankly, the English summer isn't currently impressing me much. I'd like a little more heat. And by the end of summer I'll be looking forward to brilliantly colored trees and rain that brings out the wet earthy smells. Then the snow falls and I love that. By the time I'm tired of the cold, spring shows up with some sun and blooms galore.

Are you a bikini or one piece gal? Do the same rules apply to your daughter, if you have one? I'm a no-swim-suit girl. And by that I don't mean I swim nude. I just don't swim. I wouldn't subject the world to the sight of me in a swimsuit. As for my daughter, it's a one piece only, or a tankini.

What is your favorite summer getaway? Beach? Lake? Mall? Indoor ice skating? Why? The beach. I love the beach. One of my favorite summer memories was of out time in Italy and the beach chairs we rented on the beach. It was gloriously hot and the water was beautiful. No, I was not wearing a swimsuit.

You're on a sandy beach, looking out at a perfectly blue ocean. The weather is perfect. What's on the table next to you? What book are you reading? Who is sitting next to you? What are you drinking? On the table next to me is the tall iced tea I'm sipping. I'm reading an enthralling book by an author I have yet to discover, and Tim and the kids are next to me, leaving me in peace with my book while they all have a blast ignoring me.

Do you tan? If so, are you an all-natural tanner or do you go to a salon? I don't tan. I'm very fair skinned. I've become very happy with my light complexion and don't attempt to change it. I used to go to a tanning booth when Tim and I were separated in the late '90's- I found it soothing and stress relieving. The last time I tried it though, I burnt myself to a crisp, including my butt. I couldn't sit down without pain for a week. No more!

What is your favorite summer clothing? Capris, a tank top (I hate covering my arms at all in the heat), flip flops.

You're suddenly able to transport yourself to any summer in your past. What year would you choose to be in? The summer of 1989 was an eye-opening summer for me. I didn't do anything naughty, but I was discovering that I was an independent person. It was a coming-of-age summer, I guess. I wasn't with Tim, though. Maybe I'd go back in time and throw myself at Tim and experience all the non-naughty coming-of-age stuff with him!

Heather's Answers:

Which is your favorite season? Why? Oh, this is very easy! Summer! Did I mention that I L-O-V-E summer? I love the warmth, the late nights, the sun...I love it all! In our town it can get past 100 but, I even love that! LOL!

Are you a bikini or one piece gal? Do the same rules apply to your daughter, if you have one? I'm with Reese. I do not wear a swimsuit, at least if I can get away with it. I wish I was brave enough. As for my girls, my oldest will barely wear a swimsuit but she's a one piece girl. My youngest would be nude if I let her. She's definitely a two piecer.

What is your favorite summer getaway? Beach? Lake? Mall? Indoor ice skating? Why? I love the mountains. It's so peaceful and quiet. I especially love going when it's close to/or over 100 in our town because it's so much cooler.

You're on a sandy beach, looking out at a perfectly blue ocean. The weather is perfect. What's on the table next to you? What book are you reading? Who is sitting next to you? What are you drinking? I am definitely drinking an endless supply of Pepsi. I am reading some wonderfully enthralling book but right now I have no clue what that is. Hopefully Dan and the kids are off playing while I spend my time reading this wonderful book. Actually, this sounds like a wonderful girl-get-away trip, so maybe I have all my girlfriends around me and we are lounging away the day soaking up the sun.

Do you tan? If so, are you an all-natural tanner or do you go to a salon? LOL! I remember when Dan's sister (who was my youth pastor at the time) and I would go tan at this "secret" spot down on the river. We'd time ourselves and flip every 1o minutes or so to get the perfect tan. I also used to tan in the salon and, like Reese, found it to be so relaxing. I love to be tan! Do I tan now? Nope. I'm too scared. If I wasn't so scared, I would in a heartbeat! I haven't quite come to terms with the fact that I am whiter than white, but I know it wouldn't be wise of me to tan.

What is your favorite summer clothing? Capris (sometimes shorts), tank tops & definitely my flip flops!

You're suddenly able to transport yourself to any summer in your past. What year would you choose to be in? That is hard! Summers were so care free for me. I would say any summer would be great! We had the run of the neighborhood, we'd leave at 9:00 a.m. and run, run, run, run until dark and then come home. My mom was awesome about sleep overs so I was either at a friends house or a friend was with me.

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