Cutest Picture Ever

Well.  It's actually one of many cutest pictures ever of my nieces and nephews.  In this photo my nephew Tanner is playing with his new IPhone.   Tanner's niece, my great niece,  Mallie Belle is wanting to lend some advice.

Because it's the Cup....

Because it's the Cup I've decided to NOT watch Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals.  I'm hoping that will change the momentum of series and pull the Rangers through to a victory.

No couch coaching tonight....

Collection of Words to Live By

There comes a point in your life when you realize who matters, who never did, who won't anymore, and who always will. So don't worry about the people from your past, there's a reason they didn't make it into your future. Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. A sharp tongue will cut my own throat. If I want my dreams to come true, I must'n oversleep. Of all the things I wear, my expression is the most important. The best vitamin for making friends....B1. The happiness of my life depends on the quality of my thoughts. The heaviest thing I can carry is a grudge. One thing I can give and still keep...is my word. I lie the loudest when I lie to myself. If I lack the courage to start, I have already finished. One thing I can't recycle is wasted time. Ideas won't work unless "I" do. My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open. The ten commandments are not multiple choice. The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! It is never too late to become what I might have been. Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the one's who don't. Believe EVERYTHING happens for a reason and is controlled by God. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it. Friends are like balloons, once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and what's wrong. There are two sides to every story.  Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late. In order to keep mistakes and wrongs from happening again, remember the past but don't let it consume your future. Don't waste your life wallowing in the past, or dream of a future that may never be, but live today.

Turn Down for What

I laugh my head off every time I watch this video!!!

Southern Speak

More Southern Speak.  I keep writing down when I hear others say the phrases or when I actually say this stuff-or text to someone.  It's kinda scary how much I use Southern Slang in my everyday life!

• Piddle/piddling = killing time, wasting time, unproductive
• Family coming in = your family is visiting from who do not live locally
• Lands sakes alive! = exclamation
• Holy Moly! = exclamation
• Geez Louise = exclamation
• Country belief = When it's raining and the cows run for the trees for shelter the rain isn't going to last long.  If the cows continue eating or laying down in the field the rain is here to stay for a few hours.
• Take it = Guess.  "I take it we aren't going to go to the movies."
• Fiddle/fiddling = killing time, wasting time, unproductive
• Hob Knob = mingle with people of influence
• High flu-looting = people who think they are better than others
• I'm so hungry I could eat a sow and run a boar ten miles = hungry
• Hey honey buns = a greeting to a woman
• Doozy = big lie, big anything
• I'm as poor as Job's turkey = poor
• Quiet as a church mouse = someone who is shy, being quiet (I am often called this)
• Stick in the mud = no fun (I've been called that too.  Hopefully in a joking way!)
• I grew up there = church or community where you were raised
• Real go getter = hard worker
• Quit your nagging = stop complaining 
• Nag = complain
• Don't harp on me = stop complaining
• Loafing = killing time, wasting time, unproductive
• Out of it = asleep, drunk, crazy
• Great day in the morning = exclamation
• Plum give out = exhausted
• Don't need to rush off = stay a while
• Spitting snow = barely snowing
• Drizzling rain = barely raining
• Pouring rain = raining hard
• Really coming down = raining hard or snowing hard
• Neck of the woods = where you live
• Clean up = shower, getting ready to go someone
• You're welcome to it = you can have it
• Someone asks: How did you manage that?  The person replies: it wudn't easy.
• How on earth did that happen? = questioning exclamation
• Quite a few = a lot
• Y'all = you guys
• Don't be a stranger now = keep in touch, come see me again, visit
• Y'all come back now ya hear = visit
• Let me speak at her = let me speak to her
• Can't handle it = stressed out
• Don't let the screen door shut on you on the way out = get out
• Figured = thought
• Old fart = don't do nothing you tell him, his way or no way at all
• My way or the highway or your way or the highway = do it the way I want 
• Tan your hide = spank, discipline
• Dufus or dufus head = derogatory comment about someone
• Yes Sir E Bob = yes or agree
• No Sir E Bob = no or disagree
• Fussing = arguing
• Wore smack dab out = very tired, exhausted
• I'm so hungry my stomach is touching my backbone! = hungry
• Starving to death = hungry
• I'm so hungry I could eat my right arm off = hungry
• Wore to a frazzle = tired, exhausted 
• Wind is blowing leaves inside out on trees means there is rain on its way
• Turtle back in his shell

Attitude of Gratitude

I need to wake up with....