A Southern Girl

Happy 100th Birthday Oreo!

Random Ramblings

In honor of 100 years of America’s Favorite Cookie, here are a couple of vintage Oreo commercials… the first is from 1986. I actually remember this one. 🙂

 

 

And here is another from 1959… I have no recollection of this one… a little before my time. 😉

 

Dr. Seuss Week

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How much fun was Dr. Seuss week? I know we had a ton of fun with it at our house. Lane thought is was hilarious to be able to dress all silly for school each morning.

 

Monday was Silly Hat Day

Tuesday was Green From Head to Toe Day

Wednesday was Wacky Wednesday

Thursday was Silly Sock Day

Friday was Pajama Day

 

I have to say, I got a little worried when I dropped him off on Wacky Wednesday, when I didn’t see many kids wearing their wacky clothes. I saw a little apprehension on his face too when I was letting him off at school.  The look said “Mom, are you sure I’m supposed to be dressed this way?”  All was well though, when I picked him up he was all smiles. The teachers had on their wacky clothes, and many other kids did too.  He giggled this morning as he put his shoes on while still wearing his Spiderman jammies.  It’s good to be silly sometimes. 🙂

 

His ‘Wacky Wednesday’ outfit. The one boot and one shoe was his idea. 🙂

A Southern Girl on Etsy

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I decided to start with an Etsy shop to see how it goes before added a store to my blog. Check it out here A Southern Girl – Etsy Shop 

So far I have just added a few listings for my handmade jewelry, but I will be adding some awesome hand crafted western lamps my husband has been working on.

I still plan on adding a store here to my blog, with cute ball caps, purses, wallets, sunglasses, etc.  In the mean time, please check out my Etsy Shop. Thanks guys!

Valentine Goodie Bags

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I have been anxiously awaiting the day that I could finally make cute little treats and fun things to take to Lane’s class. I think that might be part of the reason I didn’t completely go into a full blown breakdown when he started Pre-K.  Of course, I had the “Oh, my baby is growing up..” thoughts, but I was totally ready to be one of the Mom’s like my Mom was.  I could always count on her to be there when classroom parties were going on, and to have something ‘homemade’ to bring along. 🙂

I found this idea on Pinterest.. yes, another one. Ok, so I’m not very original.. hush!

 

 

First we had to cut out the ‘From Lane’ strips his teacher sent home so we could attach them to the Valentine tags.

( This isn’t really a necessary step to the process, but he’s so dang cute that I had to include it. 🙂 )

 

 

Basically, all I did was order the shovels, buy some thin red ribbon, cellophane treat bags, and assorted ‘goodies’.

You can either write ‘I Dig You’ on the shovels themselves with paint pens, or do as I did (because we had to have something to attach the ‘From Lane’ labels to) and print tags using card stock.

Fill the bags adding 1 shovel and goodies, then tie with a strip of ribbon.  I attached the tags by using a hole punch and running the ribbon through the hole before tying the bow.  Pretty simple, and they are too cute!

Here is the PDF for the printable Valentine Tags  I used.

Just a dog…

Family • Random Ramblings

Today, I heard a friend of mine lost her dog.  She had done everything to try and get him well. Countless sleepless nights and trip after trip to the vet.  Sometimes, though, nothing is enough.. God has other plans.  Those who aren’t ‘dog people’ or animal lovers just don’t understand the love we as humans have for our 4 legged friends and the love we get in return.  Anytime we decide to share our lives with an animal, we know that, chances are, we will be faced with having to say goodbye at some point.. and regardless of the heartbreak we feel when that time comes, the joy they bring to our lives in the short time they are on this earth makes it all worthwhile.

The unconditional love we get from our pet… they don’t care how much money you make, what you look like… all they care about is a belly rub and a kind word.  They would be happier with you on a cold street somewhere than by themselves in a mansion curled up by a fireplace.

Anytime I hear someone say “It was just a dog” I am reminded of Baxter Black and his thoughts on the matter.

 

I remember it like it was yesterday having to say goodbye to my Ladybug or “Bug” and “Buggers” as we affectionately called her.  It felt like my heart had been ripped from my chest… and that is no exaggeration. If you have never experienced it, then you don’t know… and if you have, then you know all too well.

Rest in peace my sweet girl… dogs most definitely will be in ‘my’ heaven too, Baxter.

A day at the ranch…

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A few weeks ago we went for a long overdue visit to Uncle Ronnie’s ranch.  He invited us out to give Lane a little taste of ‘ranch life’.. and boy that’s all it took.  This little boy wants a ‘ranch’ now so bad he can hardly stand it.

 

Lane watching the horse get warmed up so he can ride.

Gotta hang tight to that hat!

Well, after riding for a while, Uncle Ronnie tells him that it’s not all about having fun…

you have to work too, if you’re going to be a real cowboy.

Feeding time!

And the horse stalls need cleaning…

He had entirely too much fun cleaning poop… goofy kid.

Overall, we had the best time! Like I said, it was a long overdue visit. This little boy has got it bad…. he went from only wanting a horse, to thinking he needs a couple of cows… a sheep… a pig… and a goat.  I would have to say, this Mama would be just fine with that.  Something about seeing him do all of these things just makes my heart smile.  The responsibility is teaches a child is priceless.  Now, we just have to convince Daddy… 😉