A Southern Girl

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I’m a sucker for anything that promises to make me look better. Eye creams, wrinkle creams, ‘use this so you don’t get a wrinkle’ creams. I seriously bought stickers that you stick to your forehead to ‘iron’ out wrinkles while you sleep and keep the frown lines at bay.

frowniesThat’s all well and good if you don’t mind trying to sleep with cardboard on your face, and even risking the occasional paper cut. That’s basically all they are.. thick paper with sticky stuff on the back. Maybe I didn’t give them a fair shot, so I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away. I may try them again later out of desperation.

In my milling around on the interweb I came across Ipsy. What is Ipsy you say.. well, Ipsy is a monthly membership for beauty products to try before you buy. Well, I guess you are ‘technically’ buying them already since the membership isn’t free, but anyway… each month they send you several beauty products to try for the bargain price of $10 a month. You fill out a little questionnaire about your beauty style and hair color/skin tone/etc. and they send you products according to your answers.

My first bag was in July and I got some bronzer, a lip crayon, some eye shadow, some beach spray for hair, and a couple of other things.  That’s another thing, all of your products come it a cutesy makeup bag. The jury is still out on if it will be worth $10 each month or not.. but that’s the beauty (see what I did there 😉 ) of Ipsy… you can do a month to month membership and cancel at any time. If you want to check them out and maybe try it for yourself here’s the link to their site. IPSY

 

Kiss that annoying nighttime cough GOODBYE!

Family • Reviews

MIRACLE IN A JAR!

We’ve all experienced it.. you’ve got a cold, bronchitis, etc.. you may start feeling better, but that nagging dry cough, tickle in your throat keeps you from sleeping at night… not to mention your significant other may be secretly plotting your death from the other side of the bed due to your constant hacking… Well, I have read about this trick several times online over the past year or so, and thought, “No way.. it can’t possibly be that simple.” Well, let me tell you IT WORKS!!!

The trick:

Rub Vicks Vapor Rub on the soles of your feet and then cover with a pair of socks before getting into bed at night.

I was desperate last night.. I grabbed an old bottle of Vicks that I’ve had since Lane was a baby.. didn’t even know if it was expired or not, but it’s all I had. Much to my amazement… I did not cough one single time after slapping this stuff on my feet.  Not sure why it works, but it does.

The next time you or your kiddos are coughing at night, try it.. you’ll be a happy camper and so will they.

It’s that simple.. all the years I’ve suffered.. all the sleepless nights.. who knew?

Doing Dazed and Confused ~”I get older.. they stay the same age.”

Just For Fun

 

Once in a while a movie comes along.. that even if you’ve seen it a gazillion times, you still laugh as if you are watching it for the first time. For me.. Dazed and Confused is definitely one of those movies.  It’s in the same category as any John Hughes/Brat Pack movie, as far as I’m concerned.  Back in 1993, when the movie was released, no one had heard of Matthew McConaughey, or even Ben Affleck for that matter.   This hilarious movie is a cult classic… and one of my all time favorites.

We were in Austin, Texas last month and I couldn’t resist checking out some of the filming locations for the movie.  With the help of my husband… who laughs right along with me, and our trusty GPS, we found most of them and had a total blast from the past.

 

First stop, Robert E. Lee High School.. which is actually Bedicheck Middle School.

Had to see where the freshman hazing took place.

“Fry like bacon you little freshman piggies! Fry! Fry!”

Next stop.. Top Notch for some Jalapeno Burgers and soggy fries.

(Actually we had a burger and onion rings… and it was really good)

“Hey batter, batter, batter…”

These were a little tricky… there weren’t any open gates, so I had to James Bond myself into the dugout through the fence.

On to the Emporium… Looks a little run down 🙁

“I get older.. they stay the same age…”

Surely this qualifies me for Mother of the Year.

And last, but certainly not least… I had to do it.. I had to get it… the 50 yard line shot.

This was the one that had me sweating bullets.. because trespassing is obviously illegal… and I do not condone such behavior.  However, I had to get the picture… couldn’t leave without it. Mission accomplished. 🙂

So there it is… my ‘Doing Dazed and Confused‘ tour.. we really did have a lot of fun.

Don’t own the movie? Grab it here.

Where I’m From…

Family • Random Ramblings

A friend of mine… my sista from anotha mista, if you will, did a blog post that I absolutely loved.. so I thought I would give it a shot.  You can see her blog HERE.

 

I’m from the smell of fried chicken at Grandmother’s on a Sunday afternoon.

I’m from Shawnee Wolves Football on a Friday night.

I’m from peddling until your legs were sore, while riding bikes on washboard roads.

I’m from folded notes passed in hallways.

I’m from the sweet smell of fresh picked honeysuckle at Summertime.

I’m from friends you’ve had since birth because your parents have been friends just as long.

I’m from small towns with big dreams.

I’m from lightning bugs in mason jars because they make the best night lights.

I’m from late nights with best friends, and giggling while talking about boys.

I’m from cousins playing football in the yard after a great meal at Christmas.

I’m from 1 cent bubble gum at Ben Frankin’s.

I’m from graduating high school, thinking about how great it is.. only to realize you have no idea how good you had it.

I’m from cool breezes and driving down dirt roads.

I’m from Grandma’s amazing biscuits and gravy….. and her Coke Ham on Thanksgiving.

I’m from Bob’s Roll-A-Way Rink, skates with hot pink wheels, and band aids on blistered toes.

I’m from thinking you’re cool jamming to New Kids on the Block at Eufaula Lake, while working on a tan.

I’m from tractors on the ‘main’ roads.

I’m from “I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

♬ Music… Food For My Soul ♬

Random Ramblings

 

Anyone who knows me, also knows that music is and always has been a major part of my life.  My music ‘talents’ begin and end with me being able to play Hot Cross Buns on a recorder, and a little of Europe’s The Final Countdown and Motley Crue’s Home Sweet Home on the piano. (and that is only after a few “oops, I messed up, let me start over”)  Needless to say, I’m not musically inclined.. not even a little bit… but that’s beside the point.

Music can make you laugh.. it can make you cry like a baby.. out of the blue while driving down the road (true story, don’t judge).. it can instantly zap you back to an exact moment in time as if it were only yesterday.  It can make you cringe at a memory that you wish you could completely erase from your brain (again, true story… and if anyone knows what I’m speaking of.. shut up)… Music really is the soundtrack to life, in so many ways.

Any who… I always describe my taste in music as being a little on the Bi-Polar side… Ok, a lot on the Bi-Polar side.  Seriously, one playlist on my iPod has got Gym Class Heroes immediately followed by Johnny Lee’s Cherokee Fiddle.  I would be the one who would be rocking my Tony Lama boots with a Rolling Stones shirt, while blaring Snoop Dogg.

My husband Brock often get’s pop quizzed on the art of voice recognition and ‘name that tune’ while driving, or whenever the occasion arises.  Most of the time, he fails miserably.. but he’s getting better.. and that’s really all I can ask.. right?  He bears the brunt of my music obsession and he does so with a smile.. most of the time.  Although, I don’t know how much smiling he was doing when he was installing my new super way cool radio he bought me for my birthday… until 11:00 at night.  But he knew I couldn’t possibly be expected to wait until the weekend.. just staring at it sitting in the box.  I mean this thing does it all.. Plays my iPod.. my Sirius Radio.. CD’s… DVD’s.. and the regular radio.. but why in the heck would I need to listen to the regular NOT commercial free radio with all of my other options?  It truly was the best gift ever.  Definitely the gift that keeps on giving.

My son and nephew are already making me proud.

 

Proud Moment #1

A few weeks ago AC/DC came on the radio and Lane said “Mom, this is the song from Megamind.”  Actually, it wasn’t.. but there is an AC/DC song in Megamind, just a different song.  Point being, he recognized the fact that it was the same group because the two songs sound a lot alike..

Proud Moment #2

My 11 year old nephew Austin is already showing promise in the ‘voice recognition’ department.  The other day, my sister calls me and asks me if I had heard a song that was playing on the radio, because Austin thinks that Adam Levine (swoon) sings part of it.  Well, I hadn’t ever heard the song and much to my surprise he was right.  He identified him by voice alone.  I’m telling you, it made my heart swell with pride and almost brought a tear to my eye.  (not really, but it was still pretty cool)

I’m doing my best to see that I pass my appreciation for good tunes on to my child.

 

And they can both do a mean rendition of Moves Like Jagger that will have you rolling…

Lane showing his Jagger Moves…

 

I’m a ‘Dallas’ junkie… It’s ok, I was born this way.

Random Ramblings

I chose the first picture they had with Jock, because any true Dallas fan knows that things just weren’t the same after he died.

 

Ok, most of the people who know me also know that I am a HUGE Dallas nerd. I grew up with J.R., Sue Ellen,  Bobby, Pam, Miss Ellie, Jock and the others who resided at or visited South Fork.  Before the days of VCRs or being able to DVR something, my Mom and Dad were found faithfully in front of our television on a Friday night awaiting the next hour of Ewing drama.  Seriously, we have a photo of when I was younger and Dallas is literally on the screen of our television in the background.

When we lived in Georgia, my Mom remembers that as soon as Dallas was over my Pa Pa would call and discuss J.R.’s latest underhanded, dirty dealings from that night’s episode.  It was just another way they stayed connected while living half way across the country from one another…. so when I say “I was born this way” – I really, truly was. 🙂

That all changed when Bobby died and then returned in the shower.. the whole ‘dream season’ ordeal.. yeah, that was the end of Dallas in our home.  My parents Dallas viewing kind of dwindled off after that because it became too much of a soap opera… like it wasn’t all along? 😉

When I was pregnant with my son, they were showing old Dallas reruns on Soap Net and that is when my love for Dallas was rekindled.  I now own all of the DVDs.  Yep, grade A nerd.  My son can even recognize the Dallas theme… I’m just doing my job… the tradition continues. 🙂

Soooo, imagine my SURPRISE and EXCITEMENT when they announced that Dallas was coming back to TNT this summer.  I absolutely cannot wait and I really hope it is as good as I would like it to be. I’m trying not to set my expectations too high… you know, don’t wanna set myself up for disappointment and all. 🙂  I know nothing will compare to my beloved original, but maybe they’ll do it justice. Either way, I’ll be watching.

 

The old…. They disabled embedding on the original opening credits.. so, this will have to work.

 

The new…

Did you get chills just watching it????? No? Oh, well…

 

I have to add that Lane came in here as I was adding these videos, and said “Hey, that’s Dallas!”  That’s my boy. 🙂

 

DALLAS PREMIERES ON TNT WEDNESDAY JUNE 13TH

Find my other post about Dallas HERE