Suzie's Schtuff

Betty, a friend of my sister's,
  
has been President of the Connie Stevens Fan Club as long as I can remember, which was the early 70's, if not sooner.  My sister became Vice President somewhere along the line.  I remember as a young married adult driving with Betty and my sister to Cape Cod to see Connie do her show.  The Mills Brothers were warm-up, and were just superb.  Between shows, we took little Jolie and Tricia to dinner while Mom got ready for Show #2.  Tricia was about 8 or 10, and took a shine to my husband.  It was cute. 

Fast forward 30 years!  Poor Betty fractured her knee in several places and is still recovering via wheelchair and walker.  All of her Connie Stevens memorabilia is upstairs in her bedroom, and Betty can't climb stairs yet.  Jolie Fisher calls Betty to see how she is, and during the conversation Betty finds out that Jolie is throwing her Mom a 70th birthday party.  Jolie is making a slide show and wants pics from the past and some old movie posters to hang around.         

But they are all upstairs!  What to do!  Call two sisters who can climb stairs, that's what!  So, we drove to Betty's house, about an hour and a half from home, and were greeted with lunch and homemade salsa from Betty's sister's home-grown tomatoes.  Amazingly, both sisters are named Nancy!  But I digress, lol!  As luck would have it, my sister's gonna be in LA and can take all this amazing memorabilia Betty collected over the years to be at Connie's 70th!  I wish her a great big Happy Birthday which is coincidentally right after my birthday, lol.  It was a great occasion to see old friends!