Southern Born and Southern Bred!~

Dear Journal,

It has been a beautiful weekend, but I have not been able to work in the yard even a little bit.  Hubby and I went to his Mom's a few days ago and burned some brush for her.  Hubby was on the tractor using it to push the brush away from the woods in a nice big pile, so we wouldn't set the woods on fire, as it has been quite dry lately.  I raked up the excess the tractor left behind.  I have severe blisters on both hands.  They have been very painful.  I had gloves with me, but left them in the truck.  Now ain't I jest real smart? :-P

Anyway, my Mom sent me this funny email about southerners, which I find to be mostly both true and hysterical, so I thought it would make a good post.  Here it is:

THINGS I'VE LEARNED BY LIVING IN THE SOUTH:

Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in The South.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in The South, plus a couple no one's seen before.

If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.

 

Onced and twiced are words.

 

It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.

 

People actually grow and eat okra.

Fixinto is one word.

There is no such thing as "lunch." You eat Breakfast, Dinner and
Supper.

Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking

it when you're two. And we do like a little tea with our sugar!

Backards and forwards means "I know everything about you."

DJeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what

time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see. 

You don't PUSH OR PRESS buttons, you MASH them.

 

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM THE SOUTH IF:
*You measure distance in minutes.

*You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

 

*You use "fixinto" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixinto go to the store."

*All the festivals across the states are named after a fruit,
vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

*You install security lights on your house and garage and leave

both unlocked.

*You know what a "DAWG" is.

 

*You carry jumper cables in your car ..........for your OWN car.

*You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.

*The local papers cover national and international news on one

page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

*You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
 

*You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
 
*You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.
 
*Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin' Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."
 
*You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good
pinto-bean weather.
 
*A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop... it's a Coke,
regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"
 
*Fried catfish is the other white meat.
 
*We don't need no stinking driver's ed... if our mama says we can drive, we can drive.
 
*You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from The South (and those who just wish they were).
 
Not EVERYONE can be SOUTHERN, it's an art form and a gift from God! 

***AMERICAN BY BIRTH -SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD***

 

 

Guess I will work on the bookwork I am so far behind on.  ::sigh::

 

Later,

 

Susan

 

 

 

 

 

Smart Soldier

Dear Journal,

My Mom sent me a hysterical joke today.  I thought I would share it with you:

Chelsea Clinton asked a soldier about his fears.  He said there were only 3 things he was afraid of:

Osama,Obama and Yo Mama.

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Now, I'm sorry............I just find that hysterical.

Later,

 

Another Beautiful Weekend!~

Dear Journal,

It was a perfect weekend, beautiful and sunny, so I will give you one guess as to where I spent it?  That's right, in the yard, the WHOLE weekend!  It looks so good.  Still not done by far, but I sure put a dent in it.  With this yard being on a slope, it makes it a little bit harder on me because of the faciitis issues in both of my feet, but I so enjoyed every single minute of it.

I cannot even begin to remember what all I have done.  All I know is my hard work is paying off.

I raked the grass after it was cut and burned off all the limbs, grass, leaves, etc.  I worked in the yard on Saturday until well after dark.  I was so sore when I woke up on Sunday morning and I slept until 11:15!!!!  Guess I wore myself out again.  On Sunday, I took it a little easier and took more resting periods.

We grilled out on Sunday afternoon.  We did barbecued chicken on the grill and my daughter did some green beans and mac and cheese on the stove.  She made some sweeeeeet southern iced tea.  It was all scrumptious!  Hubby and I watched Extreme Home Makeover on the tube in the family room and Desperate Housewives.

I did some much needed laundry and we went to bed.  I am still tired, lol.  But.......it's a good tired, as much was accomplished!

That's all folks!~

Thanks, Amy, for the graphic!~

I found them! I found them!

Dear Journal,

I FINALLY found the pictures I thought I had lost.  I am soooooooo happy, happy, happy!  Ecstatic would probably be a better word.  I had transferred them and saved them under my daughter's username on the computer.  Silly me.

She wasn't feeling well on this day and I know how she likes taking pictures, as I do.  So we decided to take a ride around some of the smaller towns in east central Alabama.  She and I both took these pics together.  It was a fun day and we got some great pics.

I have more to say, but will have to finish later, as it is after midnite and I must get in bed.  I am just sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy my pics are not gone as I thought!  Woo Hoo!

Later,

Susan

Down and Out!~

DEAR JOURNAL,

THIS IS HOW I FEEL TODAY:

DEPRESSED................

STRESSED...............

OVERWHELMED...........AND THIS IS WHAT I FEEL LIKE DOING:

Sometimes, I feel abandoned by God, but the real question is Have I abandoned Him?  Food for thought anyway.

Later.

HORRIFIC TRAGEDY!~

Tell me again why we do not need God?

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/virginia-tech-shooting/20070416102509990001

We have taken prayer out of our schools, we have taken the right away from teachers and parents to discipline our children, and we have turned our back on our Maker, and we wonder why this horrific tragedy has happened?

Let us remember these families of the slain students/professors in our prayers today.

God Bless America.

Pink Ribbon is in honor of Jeannette and Sugar and all other breast cancer victims/survivors.

The Legend of the Dogwood Tree!~

An old and beautiful legend has it that, at the time of the crucifixion, the dogwood was comparable in size to the oak tree. Because of its firmness and strength, it was selected as the timber for the cross, but to be put to such a cruel use greatly distressed the tree. Sensing this, the crucified Jesus in his gentle pity for the sorrow and suffering of all said to it: "Because of your sorrow and pity for my suffering, never again will the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a cross. Henceforth it will be slender, bent and twisted and its blossoms will be in the form of a cross -- two long and two short petals. In the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints -- brown with rust and stained with red -- and in the center of the flower will be a crown of thorns, and all who see this will remember."

Later,

Susan

Odds and Ends!~

Dear Journal,

We had severe weather all around us today.  My daughter called me to the door and asked me what that noise was.  I said it was probably the music from the church next door.  She was talking to a friend on the phone and could hear it through his phone as well.  He lives in town where we live in the country, so there is no way it could have been noise from the church.  It finally dawned on me it was the sirens warning of bad weather.  I turned on the weather channel and there were tornadoes all around us.  I jumped in my truck and drove the few miles to my son's trailer.  I asked him to come to the house, but he elected not to.  I just thank God we are all okay and it bypassed us.  Other folks were not so lucky.  Some areas had golf-size hail.  It did damage to cars, even breaking the windows out on some.  I just walked Mary Jane for the last time tonight.  Stars are out now, thank goodness!

Since our son moved out of the basement, I now have a great place to work out.  I have made it a family room/gym.  It is my new favorite hangout.  I have attached pics.  The walls need painting and the floor needs covering, as it is just the concrete right now.  Won't do any good to put any kind of floor covering until we get the flooding stopped.

I am ready for the Spring-like weather to return!  Still have some reports to type before I turn in.  ::sigh::  We are shorthanded, as my coworker, Sandra, is out because her husband is in the hospital.  He has an infection and also just had to have his gallbladder removed.  Please keep him in your prayers.  There are so many needs out there tonite.  God knows what they are.  Joyce, I am praying for you in the loss of your Mom.  I am praying for Jeannette (jeanno43) and Sugar.  Please hang in there and know you are loved and being prayed for by many.  Barb, I hope things are better for you.  Amy, I hope you and family find the house of your dreams soon!~

Hugs and prayers to all, and especially our troops who put themselves in harms way for us every day!

Blessings!~

Susan

 

Easter!~

I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me (John 14:6).

I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:25-26).

Dear Journal,

Yesterday was Easter.  It was a most unusual Easter, to say the least, for my family.  My daughter has been pretty sick with an upper respiratory infection, so we stayed home.  I made chicken and dressing, macaroni and cheese, greenbean casserole, potato salad, and blackberry muffins.  We usually go to my Mom's for dinner and then to my MIL's for the egg hunt and more food.  I have great nieces and nephews there still small enough to want to hunt eggs.  With my children being 24 and 14, they don't hunt them anymore.  I miss those days; however, my daughter did want to still color them.

My niece and her boyfriend, my son and his roommate, and my Hubby, daughter, and my daughter's exboyfriend and me had dinner here at my house.  They seemed to enjoy themselves.  I hope so.

My daughter broke up with her boyfriend, but they are still friends.  She felt sorry for him because he was going to be alone on Easter and wanted to invite him here.  I think he is still hoping it will work out between them.  I am staying out of it.  I have grown attached to him, but it is a long story and I don't want to publicize it in an online journal out of respect for him.  I just pray for him.

Anyway, sorry I have been neglecting you, journal.  The days seem to go by so fast anymore.  I am still sick about losing my pictures.  I have searched this computer over with the hope that they really are not gone, but to no avail.  ::big sigh::  I hope for some pretty days soon to go out and take them again.  It has been pretty cold here as of late.  We had May weather in March and now in April, we are having February weather.  Go figure.  Only in the south.  ;-)

Easter snuck up on us so fast, I didn't even get my Easter decorations put out this year.  ::sigh::

Hope all my friends had a happy Easter with their loved ones.

Time for bed.  I am not feeling well and need to rest.

Later.

 

Arrrrrggggggghhhhh!~

ANGELS EXIST, BUT SOMETIMES, THEY DON'T ALL HAVE WINGS, AND WE CALL THEM FRIENDS!~

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Dear Journal,

I had to put something positive before I go into my tirade.  I am soooooooo frustrated right now.  My daughter and I went on a long ride through the countryside and took some pictures one day during my vacation.  There were several really good ones I wanted to share.  I FINALLY got to go to Bean's Mill and get photos of the waterfall like I had been wanting to for a very long time and wouldn't you know it?  They totally disappeared off of my computer.  They were in my Kodak Easyshare file.  I did not erase them from my camera and was going to transfer them again and guess what?  They are gone from my camera too!!!!!

ARRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I so enjoyed my vacation and got several projects done I wanted to get done.  Why did this have to happen?  Why?

There is no way to recapture a couple of those pics because of how the lighting was thatday.  THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!

Oh well, like my Nana always used to say, "Ain't no use in cryin' over spilt milk, darlin'."

On a lighter note, son has moved out and the basement is now what my FIL meant it to be, a family room/den.  That is my personal hangout now.  I have my workout equipment in there, a TV, stereo, daybed, etc.  I mean what more could I ask for?  ::giggle::

Oh and I have 343 emails/alerts to catch up on.  Egads!!!!!!!

Thanks Amy, this is too cute!  ;-)

Later.

P.S.  I pray the British soldiers in captivity be released from Iran to return safely to their families.