WHO ARE YOU? WHO WHO WHO

In this picture are two of my most loyal blog readers.  Can you guess who they are?  This was back in the day, 1973.  Back when they were young, innocent, and sweet.  What Happened?

PS  Loving the shoes and with the gymnastics apparel!

Love and Happy Weekend!

SOUTHERN FRIEND THURSDAY

Found these on a website today.  If you have seen them before sorry.  I left the book at home that I was going to blog about.

• Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.


• Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."

• Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."

• Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is -- as in: "Going to town, be back directly."

• Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.

• All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.

• Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin!

• Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.

• Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.

• No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.

• A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.

• Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines. We don't do "queues," we do "lines"; and when we're "in line," we talk to everybody!

• Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.

• Southerners never refer to one person as "ya'll."

• Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.

• Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.

• When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!

• Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it --- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.

• And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say, "Bless her heart" and go your own way.

• To those of you who're still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!

• And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!

• And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, ya'll need a sign to hang on ya'lls front porch that reads "I aint from the South but I got here as fast as I could."

• Bless your hearts, ya'll have a blessed day.

~Anonymous

THROW DOWN WITH BOBBY FLAY AND PIONEER WOMAN

A must see tonight on Food Network!  A one hour ThrowDown with Bobby Flay taking on the Pioneer Woman for Thanksgiving Dinner Throw Down!  I am so excited!  I love Pioneer Woman and read her blog everyday.  I have been following her for years.  I have her cookbook.  I feel like she is a personal friend of mine.  Oh, and her husband, Marlboro Man, is HAWT!

USELESS INFO TUESDAY

 ~  The modern aerosol can was invented in the early 1940's by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and was first used as a "bug bomb" by U.S. soldiers in the Pacific to spray malaria - and other disease-carrying insects.

 ~  Genericide is the process by which a brand name - such as Thermos or Aspirin (or in the South Coke) - becomes a generic name.

~  Movie producer George Lucas originally intended to name his archaeologist-adventurer Indiana Smith.  When director Steven Spielberg objected, Smith was changed to Jones.

 ~  When Jello was first introduced in 1942, it was a big flop.  It was first marketed with a cola flavor.

~  In Chinese, chop suey means "mixed pieces" or "mmiscellaneous scraps."

WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING?

I love TV.  No, I mean I REALLY LOVE TV.  I have lots of different shows that I am very loyal to.  I do not have on-demand or DVR, so it is really important that I watch my shows at the time they first air.  And, believe me, I do.  Not much can come between me and my TV. 

Here is a sampling (sampling hell) of what a typical week of TV for me looks like.

Sunday - (one of my favorite nights)

Amazing Race, Boardwalk Empire, The Walking Dead (I wish I could fit in Undercover Boss, but there is just no way).

Monday

Antiques Roadshow, The Event, Hawaii 5-O

Tuesday

Not much on for me here.  Usually watch Food Network, maybe a movie, then House Hunters and House Hunters International

Wednesday

Survivor (LOVE IT), Modern Family, Cougar Town, House Hunters duo.  This Wednesday I have to watch Throwdown with Bobby Flay on the Food Network at 8.  He is challenging The Pioneer Woman (love her blog) to a 1 hour Thanksgiving ThrowDown!  I am missing Hell's Kitchen.  It comes on this night too at 7.  Wish it would move to Tuesday or Thursday.

Thursday

Fringe, Project Runway (was watching, now it is off), I can take some suggestions here too.

Friday and Saturday I just wing it.  Of course Saturday is mostly filled with football.  WAR EAGLE.

So there, I have posted on my blog today after taking a needed break last week.  I am a little rusty, and I know not very interesting, but it is something.  You should consider yourself lucky.  I almost blogged about "Items Currently in my Purse."  Hey, wait, that is what I can blog about Wednesday!  I know you can't wait!

TAKING A BREAK...

...TO GET THE CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING...BE BACK MONDAY...LOVE!

USELESS INFO TUESDAY ON WEDNESDAY

~  FORTY is the only number that when spelled out has its letters in alphabetical order

 ~  The basilisk lizard is commonly referred to as the Jesus Christ lizard because of its unique ability to run on water when fleeing predators.  Their web like hind feed make this possible.

~  TIME magazine picked Albert Einstein as the 20th Century's Person of the Century.  In its January 2, 2000 edition, the news weekly described Einstein as "the genius among geniuses who discovered, merely by thinking about it, that the universe was not as it seemed."  (HUH?)

~  Grammium is the special alloy used in making the music industry's Grammy award.  It is a custom zinc and aluminum alloy developed specifically for the Grammies.  After the miniature gramophones are cast in grammium, they are plated in 24-karat gold.

~  Emergency shutdown buttons on control panels in nuclear power plants around the world are routinely labeled "SCRAM" buttons.