October 20, 2008

• Do y'all remember my Stevie Nicks kick?!

  I think I talked about it IRL to my family and friends, LOL...

  I need to blog more--again, I am in this mode of getting on-line to read, but not feeling in the mood to blog!

  Yesterday, I was looking for a song on-line--I would love to find a CD of it, or an old video...  Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker used to do a puppet show on the 700 club and my mom bought a record of "Susie" and "Allie" (the alligator) for my sister and me.  We LOVED that record!  We had every song memorized, and we would take turns being Susie and Allie.

  I sing a couple of the songs to my children--the ones that I remember the best are, "Jesus Takes a Smile" and "I Wonder, When I Grow Up" (I don't even know if that's the right title on that second one!).

  So, I was googling anything and everything to find this music, and I came across Tammy Faye's website.  Got totally distracted, reading her last posts to her fans and listening to a radio interview.  Then, I looked on youtube, where I found a clip from Tammy's 40th birthday, where they do this flashback into their early days on the show--and Tammy is giving this homekeeping tip to all of the moms out there:  unwrap your soap and let it dry out--it will last twice the amount of time!  She finishes by guaranteeing that this is a great tip--and Jim interrupts and asks, "Why don't you do that at home?"  LOL--she cries, "Jiiiimmmm!!!"  He totally blew her "endorsement" of this tip, LOL.  It was too cute.

  For the first time ever, I actually was interested in Tammy Faye's life...I would love to read her books.  As a child, I had no idea who the people were who played Susie and Allie--in fact, I didn't know it was the Bakkers until way after their "scandal"--when my oldest was a baby, I asked my mom about that record and that is when I found out!

  I read that their daughter, Tammy Sue Bakker, sings.  I tried to find a sample of, "Hello, God" on-line, but came across Dolly Parton's "Hello, God" and ended up adding it to my play-list...

  And, if Rebecca and Elizabeth are reading, and think that my next short-term obsession will be Dolly Parton...I'm not feeling it right now, LOL!  (Actually, I was reading up on Dolly a few months ago and all my curiosity was satisfied, LOL!).

  I did call my mom--she is going to find the record and give it to me!   

  

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