My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE:
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning!"
My mother taught me RELIGION:
"You better pray that comes out of the carpet."
My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL:
"If you don't straighten up, I will knock you into the middle of next week!"
My mother taught me LOGIC:
"Because I said so, that's why."
My mother taught me MORE LOGIC:
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."
My mother taught me FORESIGHT:
"Make sure you wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident."
My mother taught me IRONY:
"Keep crying. I'll give you something to cry about."
My mother taught me the science of OSMOSIS:
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM:
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"
My mother taught me about STAMINA:
"You'll sit there until that spinach is gone."
My mother taught me about WEATHER:
"This room looks as if a tornado went through it."
My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY:
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"
My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE:
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION:
"Stop acting like your father!"
My mother taught me about ENVY:
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have parents like you."
My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION:
"Just wait until we get home."
My mother taught me about RECEIVING:
"You are going to get it when you get home!"
My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE:
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."
My mother taught me ESP:
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"
My mother taught me HUMOR:
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT:
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
My mother taught me GENETICS:
"You're just like your father."
My mother taught me about my ROOTS:
"Shut that door! Were you born in a barn?"
My mother taught me WISDOM:
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."
And my fav-o-rite~
My mother taught me about JUSTICE:
"One day you'll have kids, and they'll be twice as bad as you."
25 Reasons I Owe My Mother ~
Just Another Trigger Moment
Julie Conn.And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour."
A-Day Spring Football Game~
A grim forecast of rain didn't stop an estimated 84,050 Crimson Tide fans from attending today's practice game at Bryant-Denny Stadium! ESPN brought it to national television and Tuscaloosa rocked once more as another record was set. Today's attendance was the second highest A-Day game in school history, and the second largest crowd to witness a spring game at any SEC school. The first was the 92,138+ fans, that arrived in 2007 at Tuscaloosa, with many being turned away at the gate. Last years game drew 78,200, the third largest crowd at any SEC school. {John wanted to be there badly, but a fishing tournament and work put a stop to those plans. I was downtown in the shoppe all day, but kept informed with customers wearing the colors and listening to newscasts.} Previous best is believed to be Tennessee's 73,000 in 1986 and we nearly doubled Florida's 47,5000 in 2007. Today's practice game brings an end to Spring Practice and we wait now for the games to begin!
There's something about football that stirs my blood. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the guy I loved in high school was a football player and I was a cheerleader, or the fact that I married a guy that was his high school's quarterback and our main rival. I will always remember Marbury High School Friday night games and Saturday's Alabama and Auburn college games. It just doesn't get any better ~
Do They Hear Us?
Do you think they will listen?Here are a few snapshots
from a local tea party
held in Montgomery~
Let the people be seen~
Let our voices be heard~
We were not able to attend a local rally, but thanks to all of you that did!
And Some More Easter~
Three of the most adorable men in my life ~
along with our baby girl and her precious man,
makes for one blessed woman ~ me ~
and with Noah waving 'hey, Nan'Jonah & Sister, Claire
and her husband, Allen.
They were too cute not to post on today!Family & Friends~
Austin ~ don't you know he really wants to be
Ian liked the Easter bunny.
Noah did not.
Two of our three daughters,Leslie & Stacey~
we are truly blessed.
Now I need for Jenny to send me the snapshotsshe took at her house Sunday~
and here are some dear friends
that we miss a lot!
Hey Buck's!!
Elle Elizabeth Maddox~
Making Dreams Work~
It's always heart warming to me to read of inspirations in our world and I read of another one this morning. The Feathered Nest is a spot I love to visit and I always leave a better person for having brought a bit of Dawn Edmonson back with me. She has written of a friend of hers that came to the edge of losing her business, only to work hard, do without, and make a return with hard work, determination, and faith. She did this without a government bailout or whining. Here's a bit about her ~
Dawn Dallaire ~ the owner of Clearly Fun Soap; successful business owner. Dawn was awarded Business Person of the Year for Georgia in 2008 and right after winning, lost $200,00 dollars when Linen 'N Things went belly up and bailed on debts. Dawn's company overhead was drastically affected, and she went without a paycheck for nine months (take THAT overpriced execs, AIG, GMC and Ford MotorCompany!). Slowly, but surely, Clearly Fun Soap is recovering. A wonderful team of workers, and family members are bringing it back. CNN and Brook Baldwin recently interviewed Dawn to learn more of her survival story.
Visit her website. The soaps are too cute, shipping and handling are cheap, and you'll be helping someone much like yourself. I think you'll want a bit of everything, just as I do!
For you Bunco girlfriends, check this soap out!! Bunco Babe Bar Soap ~ you gotta have it!
