You're Reading My Blog - Bless Your Heart

The other night at dinner we were eating and my son looks at me and asks me if I was going to write about it in my blog. I asked what he was talking about. He said I finally made "southern food" and he wondered if I was going to tell everyone. Ppppsssshhhh, no, of course I'm not going to blog about that! Who wants to know that I've been in TN for almost three years and have finally made my first southern dish?! Then, the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to share...so guess what? After being in TN for nearly three years - I made one of my favorite southern dishes. Pulled Pork. mmmmmmm! It's so yummy. It's my favorite. Oh sorry, I already said that. It's typically served on a bun with coleslaw but I just like it by itself with the yummy BBQ sauce. My next item to learn to make is the BBQ sauce. Next thing you know I'll be saying y'all and talking really slow and calling people ma'am and honey. I will tell you in southern speak, if you want to insult someone it's perfectly okay as long as it is accompanied by "bless their heart." Just remember, if anyone blesses your heart, you were just insulted. And if they throw in a honey or sweetie, well, it doesn't get much worse than that. The only time blessings are a good thing in the south, is when you sneeze. Don't say you weren't warned.

Tomorrow is a big day. It is S.A.T. testing day. Daughter has to get up at 7 AM!!!!! Did you know they added a whole other section to the SAT? It used to be 1600 points was a perfect score but now it's 2400. They have the reading and math sections but now they have a writing section as well. So Jordan took an online practice test and without a calculator (they are allowed one during the test) she scored a 1940. The scoring part gave the recommendation or suggestion or information or whatever that to get into an Ivy League college you usually need 2000-2400. I wonder how well she would do if she actually studied and possibly took a few more practice tests....I'm not sure Stanford is ready for my silly 16 year old.

The other day I get to work and sitting on my desk is a paperclip in the shape of a hanger with a paperclip in the shape of a pair of shorts attached to it as well as one in the shape of a shirt. One of the girls I work with loves the fun shapes of paperclips. She also gave me one that is shaped like a thought bubble. I really want another thought bubble and then I want to add them to one of those headbands with the springy wires coming off the top to make little thought bubble dealie bobbers. Although, now that I think of it, it would be really fun to have the thought bubble on one side and then a light bulb on the other - for when you have those moments of brilliance and BING, the little light bulb comes on just like in the cartoons. OH - they should light up! There could be a little button on each side to light up whichever one was appropriate! Like when I had a totally amazing idea (like this current one) I could just push this little button on the side and it would go BING and the light bulb would light up! Or when I'm having a crazy entertaining though, I could press the button the other side and the thought bubble would light up. I would love that!

My children informed me that Sesame Street got rid of cookie monster and replaced him with a "veggie monster." I sincerely hope this is not true. Cookie Monster is awesome! I get it though, promote the whole healthy eating thing...but that's what Veggie Tales is for. Plus, Sesame Street could totally be making some major cash right now. With this whole vampire craze going on with Twilight and True Blood, Sesame Street needs to be promoting The Count and getting his image out there. They should totally be marketing The Count and the little kids would be begging their parents for him since they want to be included in the whole vampire frenzy. BING! (the light bulb side of my dealie bobbers just went on)