Beach Baby...

Beach Baby, Beach Baby, give me your hand.....la la la la la la la la la la.......I LOVED this song...still do....when I hear it play, it takes me right back to when I was in 4th or 5th grade...yep, I can still remember way back then! LOL

Anyways, every Labor Day weekend, my parents would take a vacation up to a dude ranch (my dad fancied himself quite the cowboy..in fact, I have his Stetson hat, one of my prized possessions)and sometimes, they would take my sister and me with them. In the evenings, after a day of trail riding and hanging out with the horses and cows, we would all gather up at the "trading post" which was a cool gift shop/bar of sorts. While the adults would sit around the bar with their beers and what have you, us kids would venture into the back room to shoot pool or play air hockey and of course, dump quarters into the juke box! I spent most of my quarters playing Beach Baby by First Class. What makes it even more special a memory for me is that I had this incredibly painful crush on one of the young cowhands that worked at the ranch....he was a dream..all tall, and rugged in his jeans and boots and hat! I know that he never once gave me a look, but that didn't matter, I was in 'love" with him....I would play "Beach Baby" and bat my puppy dog eyes at him all night long....and, how sad is it that now I can't even remember his name?! I can, however, close my eyes and see him perfectly....what a sweet memory.

Tonight, after dinner I happened to pop on my satellite radio (I listen to the 70's station of course) and Beach Baby came on....instantly I was transported back to my youth, to my young crush and to that little dude ranch my parents took me to so many years ago...I thought it fun to pop it onto my blog for all of you to enjoy....

So tell me, do you still remember your crush? The one that set your heart all a flutter? The one that never knew you loved him?

Until next time,
Blessings!