DECORATING

I am having a hard time decorating for Christmas this year. It probably has something to do with me being fat, lazy, and tired. I did get the outside lights up yesterday. And I put up Rachel's Disney tree in the den. Well, I put the tree up and the lights on, she will decorate it tonight.

I asked her last night if she didn't want to put her own lights on this year. This was a big step for me because, you see, I am a fanatic about the tree lights. I have to have a lot (I mean a lot) of lights and they have to be on there just right. Jimmy said one year my tree was a fire hazard! Anyway, when I asked Rachel if she wanted to do the lights (only on her little tree - never on the big family tree) her response was, "No. I won't do lights until I am 25."

Not sure what the significance of the age is, but she was pretty adamant!

CONFESSIONS....

OK, hypothetical question here.....do you think it is a sin to break in line at the funeral home? I mean come on, not that I did, but if I really had to be home by 7:00 (not to watch Survivor or anything like that), and I really wanted to go to the funeral home to show my respects to the family of a friend that had passed away, don't you think God will forgive me for taking the opportunity to break in line and go through TCW and Miss Polly?

Now that I think of it, of course he will. It is not that big of a deal, and I was doing a good thing.

(I just hope the little blue haired lady that was behind me can get over it!)




Have a great weekend.

SOUTHERN FRIED THURSDAY

Starting a new theme for Thursday (to go along with Useless Info Tuesday) - I will blog about anything Southern - quotes, food, stories, people, what I love best about being Southern and living in the South, etc.

Today I have some really neat quotes by Eudora Welty. She was a writer from Mississippi.

"Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers, letter savers, history tracers and debaters, and - outstaying all the rest - great talkers."

"I am myself touched off by place. The place where I am and the place I know...are what set me to writing my stories. Southerners feel passionate about place. Not simply in the historical or philosophical connotation of the word, but in the sensory thing, the experienced world of sight and sound and smell, in its earth and water and sky and seasons."

"In a way, I think Southerners care about each other, about human beings, in a more accessible way than some other people."

"...at the end of the day...I'd have a drink, a bourbon and water - and then I could do anything I wanted to."

LUNCH

How come every time I try something new at a restaurant I am disappointed? OK, I am that person who can't decide what they want, orders something, and then wishes I had ordered what you did. My lunch suc_ed today! What is it with Wednesday and lunch suc_ing? I think it was Wednesday with the whole Steak and Shake fiasco. Anyway...

We went to Jason's deli. I knew I should have gotten the potato with chili and cheese, that is what I always get. But NOOOOO, I had to try something different - the Chicken Milano. It was described as bow tie pasta with chicken, artichokes, olives, tomato sauce, etc. It sounded delicious...

But it was cold and gross. I sent it back, but the moment had been ruined for me. When will I learn that once I like something at a restaurant, I need never order anything else or I will be disappointed. Does that make me crotchety?

Missed You!

HEY! I hope you missed me too! I had a wonderful Holiday...cooking...eating...sleeping! I really was not very productive except for preparing Thanksgiving Dinner, and then cooking big breakfast Friday before the big game.

I did not touch a computer from Wednesday at 5:00 pm until this morning. I was sick as a dog Sunday night and yesterday morning. Must have had a stomach bug! YUCK.

But I am better now, just super busy...so without further ado...

USELESS INFO TUESDAY

~ Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.

~ James Bond is known as "Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang" in Italy.

~ When the divorce rate goes up in the US, toy makers say the sale of toys also rises.

~ Former Green Bay Packers backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck has been struck by lightning twice in his life.

~ The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933.

Happy Tuesday!

Happy Thanksgiving

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING. HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

Miscellaneous Stuff

~ My mom told me this morning she is going to try and kennel train her dog - he is 13 years old.

~ Jenfer colored her hair a dark brown/auburn. She said people like it, but it is very different. I asked her if we were going to have to start making up names for her like the Cracker Barrel lady. I suggested Heinz 57 #2.

~ Watched The Exorcist again last night with Rachel and her peeps. We fast forwarded to the good parts.

~ Why are there no turkey breasts with pop up thermometers this year?

~ I heard I have a new blog reader. Shout out to Amy Sweep-hay. You know who she is. She owns a flower shop in Decatur. (Changing her name to protect the innocent)