tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post5526777497171568400..comments2024-03-28T23:06:10.904-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: What Are Y'all Fixing To Do?Ms. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-10575631187241544912012-12-23T19:00:42.595-05:002012-12-23T19:00:42.595-05:00I'm fixin to wrap presents and count my blessi...I'm fixin to wrap presents and count my blessings. you, dear mary, are one of them. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-18986688263160713212012-12-23T18:07:33.203-05:002012-12-23T18:07:33.203-05:00I'm thinking next year you just pay someone to...I'm thinking next year you just pay someone to wrap those damn Christmas presents!! ha!ain't for city galshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938751007704247232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-85789034098071807142012-12-23T17:51:21.992-05:002012-12-23T17:51:21.992-05:00I'm fi'n ta go to the grocery store to get...I'm fi'n ta go to the grocery store to get the ingredients for macaroni and cheese. And maybe for a cake although I royally suck at baking. <br /><br />The BHE is fi'n ta fall asleep in front of football. He can never wait until NFL Sunday but always dozes off on the late games. It's funny to watch. <br /><br />Oh well. That's all I'm finna do. As you can see, I ain't no count. (Real Southern stuff, here!)gradydoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639816377218206777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-64053350260386922022012-12-23T17:45:25.095-05:002012-12-23T17:45:25.095-05:00fixin', yes, with no 'g'. When I was ...fixin', yes, with no 'g'. When I was 20 and at art school in Chicago, I had a pottery class and the teacher was giving us a tour of the studio. I happened to see a slip mold balanced very precariously on the edge of a counter and the edge of a stool. One little bump and it would be broken on the ground. So being a good girl I got the teacher's eye, pointed at the mold and said, 'that thang's fixin' to fall' dragging out the last word as we tend to do down here. He looked at me and asked 'where are you from?' like I was from outer space or something.<br /><br />I am fixin' to juice a bunch of meyer lemons.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-49125684486772009232012-12-23T17:29:38.377-05:002012-12-23T17:29:38.377-05:00Fixing to bake some cookies and try to push missin...Fixing to bake some cookies and try to push missing my mother to the back of my mind, since she's where she needs to be right now. And I'd love the eggplant recipe too...Mama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-81189304054779638762012-12-23T16:24:49.451-05:002012-12-23T16:24:49.451-05:00Happy Holidays Mary to you and your family!
When ...Happy Holidays Mary to you and your family!<br /><br />When it comes to a "Southern draaawwwwllll" I can whip it out since I have some Southern blood in my veins. I say fixin' and there is many y'alls. It's how you say it...and I was just saying to my hubby and daughter I miss hearing a good Southern drawl. Say it slow and easy, like you have all the time in the world. Not like here in CA where everyone speaks so fast. <br /><br />Yesterday was the traditional failed cooking day. I think it is important to have one day during the holidays that you have issues with cooking and then everything else thereafter works. For me it was making Biscotti. Just isn't working for me this year. I'm thinking of passing it on to the hens as treats...<br /><br />Today I'm baking bread and so far so good.<br /><br />So far our dogs have been good but I'm keeping the gate up so my Tucker can't go in where the gifts are and chew them up. He has had his bath and Stewie never seems to smell....Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912709342270151365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-14990951396085462252012-12-23T14:39:11.350-05:002012-12-23T14:39:11.350-05:00Mr. Downtown- Duly noted. Hope you're having f...Mr. Downtown- Duly noted. Hope you're having fun today! I always love what you make.<br />And I love you.<br /><br />Elizabeth- I'll send it to you. I put way too much tofu in mine this year. <br />Oh well. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-18568461287360730002012-12-23T14:13:35.676-05:002012-12-23T14:13:35.676-05:00In MN we don't use the fixin' or fittin...In MN we don't use the fixin' or fittin' terms. Nope - we use going or goin'. We also say things like "holy buckets", as in "holy buckets it is cold outside".<br /><br />I'm glad the piney smell got you and you're enjoying xmas - I'm stil waiting for it to get me, but I am "fixing" to gather with family today for ham and other goodies, so maybe it'll get me then.<br /> Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-43980996972057743232012-12-23T13:33:34.796-05:002012-12-23T13:33:34.796-05:00I sure would love that eggplant recipe. I'm fi...I sure would love that eggplant recipe. I'm fixin' to get dressed and get on with the day myself.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-68351512876280433672012-12-23T13:12:24.179-05:002012-12-23T13:12:24.179-05:00Mama, you are not allowed to die at 70. I'm so...Mama, you are not allowed to die at 70. I'm sorry, but that is simply unacceptable. <br /><br />Now, I am fittin to make all my Xmas presents today. Last minute!That Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514310999129694443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-45214287123507312372012-12-23T13:08:17.361-05:002012-12-23T13:08:17.361-05:00Heartinhand- When Mr. Moon takes the dogs out he s...Heartinhand- When Mr. Moon takes the dogs out he sternly admonishes them to PEE! and POOP! "Go poopy!" says this almost-seven foot tall man. And they do. So I guess that's how you do it. It does not work for me.<br /><br />Syd- Bonfires are terrific! And not so ecologically horrible. Really. Go ahead! Do it! <br />Some friends of ours have an annual tree-burning party. You bring your done Christmas tree and there's a huge bonfire and they burn all those trees. Snap! Pop! Flame! <br />It's real. <br /><br />Photocat- Except Estelle probably didn't have whiskers.<br /><br />Jo- We get ourselves through these holidays with fat and sugar and booze. And then...sleep. Lots of it. Good luck!<br /><br />Mrs. A- I think the world needs a good meat-loaf pot luck party. Everyone could bring "their" meatloaf and we could all sample all the meatloaves. Does Tony use bacon on the top of his? I do.<br /><br />Chrissy- Oh. Thank-you! Granny M would love her story to be told. She probably wouldn't like the part about the whiskers though. She lots of moles, too. But she was still beautiful. And she didn't wear a bra!<br /><br />NOLA- I'd rather die like that at seventy than to dwindle and get dementia and linger for years and years and years. I swear. I would. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-31915673404830272832012-12-23T12:48:43.360-05:002012-12-23T12:48:43.360-05:00Two of my good friends died when they were 70, eac...Two of my good friends died when they were 70, each after a good day of gardening - one in her sleep, the other with a beer in her hand still in the garden. That sounds absolutely perfect to me, though of course 70 looms pretty close now.<br /><br />I'm fixinta go get me a cafe au lait and order of beignets at the Morning Call that opened up in City Park which is not far from me. I've been wanting to do that for months since it opened, and today seems a good day. And get money to pay the carpenter an advance. I'm always surprised at how bad people are at managing money (I've paid him thousands of dollars lately) and time (he hasn't started shopping for Christmas presents), but all I care about is him getting my house done so no judgment. NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-3712137342495298902012-12-23T12:18:36.880-05:002012-12-23T12:18:36.880-05:00I think I'm going to tell the Granny Matthews ...I think I'm going to tell the Granny Matthews story on Christmas Eve to my family, instead of The Night Before Christmas; it's that good!<br /><br />Glad to see that all is still just as beautiful as it was since I last visited your words, MM. <br /><br />xo, <br />ChrissyChrissyhttp://www.silverfinofhope.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-16679755075472599392012-12-23T11:52:00.470-05:002012-12-23T11:52:00.470-05:00cleaning and rewriting my resume to make it look l...cleaning and rewriting my resume to make it look less teach-y and more administrative-y if that makes any sense. tony is returning bottles so we can make meatloaf when we come home from his family's christmas on tuesday (because there is no finer christmas dinner than my husband's meatloaf).<br /><br />xxalainaxxmrs.missalaineushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542984504965262088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-10690612151555479512012-12-23T11:41:51.113-05:002012-12-23T11:41:51.113-05:00Lord, I better fix to do something: we wnet swimmi...Lord, I better fix to do something: we wnet swimming, ate some high fat carbohydrate takeaway after, and now I just want to snooze. I need to make some sort of baked goods for my grandmother, chocolate cherries, nut stuffing and red cabbage, as I'll be gone for the day tomorrow. Busybusy sleepysleepyJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-11503379198801510392012-12-23T11:25:14.012-05:002012-12-23T11:25:14.012-05:00You do sound merry Ms Moon. Your casserole will be...You do sound merry Ms Moon. Your casserole will be a success, and the spirit of Granny will be amongst you all. I can just imagine her with the clothes and the cigarette. Your description of her makes me think of Estelle, Joey's agent in "Friends". <br />Have a lovely celebration with your family in the coming days. Photocathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915353764183007346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-33041787119963175202012-12-23T11:15:22.569-05:002012-12-23T11:15:22.569-05:00We still have to cook for the 36 coming on Boxing ...We still have to cook for the 36 coming on Boxing Day. I sure hope that they don't bring their boxes though. Enough is enough. I would likely not recycle them but use them to make a huge bonfire in the yard which would be all ecologically wrong. But hell.....a momentary lapse of reason happens to all of us. Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-54104701485750064562012-12-23T10:46:13.614-05:002012-12-23T10:46:13.614-05:00It's -30C-ish here this morning. My dog had to...It's -30C-ish here this morning. My dog had to be coaxed outside to go pee. How do you convince a 60 pound dog to pee?<br /><br />It sounds like you're well into the whole Christmas thing now. High five! <br /><br />Have a cheerful day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com