ok...since i'm southren let me educate some of ya'll....
in the south when we go to the store we get a buggy...not a cart!
We mash the button, not push it
we drink soda....
when we order tea...we just know it's sweet.
the civil war is STILL known as "The War of Northren Aggression"
We do re create battles from the civil war (just like in Sweet Home Alabama)
when the clothes go from the washer to the dryer it's called..."turning the clothes over"
and if you're nervous it's likely you are "as nervous as a witch in church"
and last....I don't care if you're 105....your mother and father have been, will be forever Mama and Daddy!

Here is the best one ever, comes from a pig farmer. "Cuter than a little pig pi$$ing".

and let me add this lest anyone really consider asking.....
Yes we really do take our pagents SERIOUSLY! LOL If I could do it...DFD would have already been in a baby pagent this year!

There was a book a few years ago....."We're Just Like You Only Prettier...confession of a Tarnished Southern Belle"... i read it at school and laughed and laughed...it was just like bein' down home!

Goodnight Ya'll!

Good Evening Everyone!

I just came in from working at the school. OK... well I didn't just come in... actually I came in 30 minutes ago.... it has just taken 30 minutes to read the 5 pages of post that have already been written today. Hee Hee!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Wendy and Nicole...a little belated, sorry!

To add to the "Grandma Sayings":
My grandmother says "There ain't nothin' worse than 'woke-up-love' or 'cold coffee'! She first informed me of this the night before my wedding with all my bridesmaids sitting around!:o
I actually thought it was funny but didn't bother to tell her I disagreed with the 'woke-up-love' part...:devil:

Southern Slang:

Around here in Georgia we don't say "I am going to ....." we say "I'm fixin' to...."

Children Slang:

Remember I'm an elementary school counselor? Well, I had a little girl refer to her mom's live-in boyfriend as her "Fake Daddy". I got a little tickled with that one.

MY COD:
I didn't make it to my COD for WI today but I thought I would mention something new they introduced last week. My COD now offers pre-prepared package meals (like the ones Nutrisystem advertises). They don't have to be refrigerated. They just got them last Wednesday. I haven't tried any yet. Has anyone else seen these???

Got to go get a few winks!

Night all!

The only thing I can relate to is pop. In the NW it was pop but here in S. Cali it is soda. When I was growing up we had the PoP factory that made every flavor you could imagine. It was like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory to us as kids. It's long gone now... *sniff*

Otherwise, the West Coast seriously lacks culture. Well, except for when I was in Alaska and everything is an inside joke at tourists. At least there is a large enough Jewish community in S. Cali to introduce me properly to Jewish food and enough deli's to provide me with Challah and Kishka when I get the urge.

Did anyone have a POP day? I was close... I brought a nice salad with Tuna and lots of veggies into work for lunch. I forgot there was a little potluck kind of thing going on. I gave into the Ruffles. I hadn't had them in sooooo long. I'll be drinking lemon water tomorrow I guess. They were so good though!

We were sorta POP... It all started out well, but we broke down and went to Mickey D's for dinner.. Liz and I had a burger with a side salad, and split some fries.. We both needed starches, so I figure we're ok, even though fries are verbotten... That said, we didn't really have that many.. Are we forgiven?? At least we had salads, right?

Anyway.. Last post before leaving.. I'm just getting some last laundry done while Liz snoozes peacefully upstairs.. :lol:

Talk to y'all soon..

Nicole - I too am a wuss! I not only close my eyes at violence or suspense but I hide behind a book or magazine or sometimes just leave the room all together! And horror?!? I've never seen one and I don't intend to! YUK! Not my cup of (Southern Iced) tea!
As for crying at commercial... there are some that make me cry because I have to see them again, like the "cave man" commercials for insurance! I am known for "tuning out" commercials, even on radio. The kids will ask what did he say and I'll say who?!?
Here are a couple from out our way: It's hotter than He|| on a Summer's day!
My late FIL used to say a woman of ill repute was "just like a horse, she looks like she's been rode hard and put up wet".
Another from my late FIL - A man that had a reputation for being a ladies man was a "Rounder".
You don't take a "peak" at something, you take a "gander".
If you need a "drink" it's hard liquor or water. Otherwise, it's a soda or tea (which is ALWAYS sweetened, never boiled but brewed, and never EVER has sugar granules in it!) ;)
We run to the store, mall, etc. We drive each other crazy.
From our ex-Pastor, we don't argue, we have intense fellowship (and if it gets too intense, it's a domestic).
We don't get out of bed or roll out of bed, we just get up.
We don't turn off the light, we turn out the light.
Okay, it was a long night at work and one of the a/c units is out, so it was hotter than Hades on a summer's day! :rofl:
My brain is tired so I'll say good night (morning) for now.
Blessings,

Liza - I had a tuna day yesterday myself...all proud that I had planned and prepared...and I gave in to some ranch flavored d*r*tos (may as well sensor it like it's slang!). I feel quite puffy today. Lots of water for sure. And I conveniently forgot to weigh in as part of the Chicks to the Finish challenge....but nothing wrong with not weighing myself every frickin day!!

It's going to be quiet without Dan here this week. I cracked up when he was still up doing laundry while Liz was sleeping. I swear, I obviously missed the life lesson on finding a house husband! Okay, just to remind myself, I am happy for all I've got!

Close to 100 degrees here again today with humidity out the roof. It's actually hard to breath outside. Guess I'll hit the treadmill inside. Too bad I can't get the dogs to walk on it.

I need to go plan some healthy meals.....at least all the ranch chippy things are out of the house!

Haha, I love seeing everyone's sayings. If you tell my grandma that you are pregnant with a baby girl, she will congratulate your husband, telling him that "It takes a real man to get the plumbing on the inside." Also in my family, farts are bucksnorts, if you get your shirt dirty, you have been smirched, and someone who has done you wrong is a swill hound or a dirty swiller. Can you tell that I was raised on a pig farm?

One more about my grandma. She can be a little scary at times. If she want to tell someone off, they had better run. She has really embarrassed me at stores and restaurants on many occasions. You just do not cross her! My SIL coined the phrase, "Going Pfeiffer on their a$$". Grandma's last name is Pfeiffer. So now, if you are going really go after somebody for some offense, you are sure to go Pfeiffer on them.

Once when we were camping, she came into the camper and said, "Have you got a match?" I headed to the cupboard for a match and she said, "I will give you a match, your butt and my face. I mean, my face and your butt! No, no, I mean your face and my butt!" I laughed myself silly.

Joni- Is a house husband like a house elf?

Those are too funny Katie. My favorite so far is my Fake Daddy from Renee. I had always heard the term "it takes a real man to blow their balls off".

GM all and here's to another POP day. I had a POP day yesterday after they added the buffet to my daily allowance. I really enjoyed all that extra food. I haven't had that much to eat a day since the middle of May when I started.

Here in AL we use the term Coke and yes it does mean for any type of soft drink. We EXPECT sweet tea and if you don't have it we dont' bother. We will take water with lemon.

I have boss who uses the term "finer than frogs hair" when you ask him how he is doing.

Good Morning! These posts are just too funny.... Here in NC

Everything is coke and the iced tea better be sweet. I was appalled on my first trip to Boston when I ordered tea and got a cup of hot tea...:)
The roads are slicker than owl s#$@

When you wash off instead of a bath it is a whore's bath.

Instead of nervous as a witch in church it is nervous as a whore in church.

Barbecue is a food, not a verb. This is "grilling out".

Stories are like pancakes, no matter how flat you try to make them there are still two sides!

A bad person is a "snake in the grass"

Oh, and a guy with a big belly is "pussel gutted"

Living together is "playing house"

When you meet an old friend on the street the appropriate greeting is "Hows your Mama and them?"

Welll I better run get some work done, another busy day. I've had 3 POP days in a row so I better see some scale movement.

Ok, you guys who are trying new sizes on will relate to this phrase for a woman wearing much too tight pants: "You could stick a quarter down her jeans and call heads or tails." I love that!

I'm down 4 good pounds for this first week...good pounds meaning I have not been on total sodium patrol and they have stayed off. I am a little too busy around dinner time to make everything totally according to plan...calories are ok, but I am having to resort to some prepackaged help for some things so the sodium is probably too high. At least I am making steps in the right direction, though.

Joni - I was laughing over the house husband thing too! I'd settle for someone who could change a toilet seat out for me.. Heaven forbid they do laundry too!!!!