I noticed Sara's comment on my mom's blog about the Alan Jackson concert. I need to elaborate on that. So here goes.
Way back when I was a young girl of about 11 or 12 years old I remember a summer I will never forget.......
That summer I spent 2 weeks at my cousin Sara's house. At the time, they were living in a "little bitty" ( it's alright to be little bitty) house on a "little bitty" lake. They had an old ski boat. We spent most of our days skiing and listening to Sara's radio. This particular summer, Sara's favorite song was "Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson. Now I put up a hard front with my opinion that country music was stupid. I only thought this because my brothers said it was, so it must have been. But when I was in Georgia.....I had "gone country". My southern accent suddenly came out. I said ain't and I listened to country music. That summer I learned every word to that "way down yonder song". Sara and I had the best tan's and fancied that all the boys on that lake were looking at us. Uncle Norman let us "drive" the boat sometimes and we felt like we looked old enough to be 16 when we were behind that wheel. We wore our fluorescent green and black sunglasses and poofed our bangs up. I can't remember a single summer as vividly as I remember this one. So I have to thank you Sara ( and Doh & Norman for letting me come) for forcing me to listen to that country stuff all summer. I'm a country girl at heart and enjoy the simple things in life. After I got back home from Georgia my brothers teased the accent back into it's usual place and swore if I ever listened to that country crap they'd break my radio, so I went back to just being a country girl in my heart.
But look out brothers...cause she's gone country and if you check my radio dial it's on the country station and if you listen to my kids they all use double negatives and say ain't. And at that Alan Jackson concert, I still knew every word to "Way down yonder on the Chattahoochie". So there!
I love you Sara!
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Those were the days!! It was also one of my memorable summers-skiing all day, playing in the water, eating mini hotdogs and having colas in the cooler for my visiting relatives. I am so thankful to have you as part of my many many memories. I love you. Doh Doh
I miss that little bitty house on that little bitty lake. Fun times were had by all!! Lots of great memories, but I really don't remember you staying a whole summer???
Hey there county girl. God knew at the time you were going to be living on a farm and you would need that summer to remember. I LOVE YOU. ma
OK Summer, so it was 2 weeks. It felt like a whole summer.
Ok, I am crying just remembering the fun times on the lake (not really but it did bring back a flood of emotions). Thanks so much for the tribute on your blog. I am glad that I could share a little bit of country "when country wasn't cool(that's another song)"!! We were so cool and I do think all the guys were DEFINATELY looking at us:) Love you too!! Thanks for taking the time to take us down memory lane.
YEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
I know my "blue eyes are crying in the rain"
This has got to be one of the cutest things I have every read!
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