tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72986889626116551442024-03-06T00:53:51.703-06:00red.neck chicwelcome! step into my "red.neck" world and enjoy the ride!
red.neck Chic... stirring the pot - mixing vintage with the modern, shabby with the chic, eclectic with the traditional...duct tapin' the sophisticated!red.neck chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812119686879829153noreply@blogger.comBlogger598125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298688962611655144.post-10435481588107979002014-08-01T15:00:00.000-05:002014-08-01T15:00:35.493-05:00It's in the bag...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I think you should know something. Something <b><i>VERY</i></b> <b>important</b>.<br />
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<b>I stare.</b><br />
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<b>A lot.</b><br />
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<b><i>Sew-much-sew</i></b> that I sometimes I walk in to things. <i>Or trip over my own two feet.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bessgeorgette.com/blog/2013/10/14/a-pochette-of-1950s-handbag-wisdom/">source</a></td></tr>
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<i><b>OR</b></i> - I will stop in the middle of somewhere I probably shouldn't stop. <i>For example: I stopped while crossing the street one time.</i><br />
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To stare.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">That could have been bad.</span></i><br />
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I'm actually <i><b>REALLY</b></i> surprised that no-one has ever said anything to me...<br />
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but I <b><span style="font-size: large;">HAVE</span></b> noticed that sometimes the woman I'm staring at puts her hand protectively over her pocketbook.<br />
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<b>Yes</b>, <i>that's right...</i> I am always staring at women. <i>Well, not <b>AT</b> them...</i><br />
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<b>but at their shoulders or hands - to see what kind of pocketbook they are carrying!!!</b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">What did you think?!?!</span></i><br />
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When I was <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2014/07/i-went-i-poppedup-i-partied.html">poppedUP</a> at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cedarchestantiquemall">Cedar Chest Antique Mall</a>, I did a <b><i>LOT</i></b> of staring. It seemed like every woman that walked in the door was carrying a vintage - or retro - pocketbook! <b><i>I LOVED IT!!!</i></b><br />
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I have my own collection of vintage pocketbooks... <i>some I've found, </i>some I've inherited... <b><i>but</i></b>, I remember packing them very carefully in something, <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">and now I can't remember what that something was...</span></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This makes me laugh, because it came up on a search for "vintage purse". <i>hahaha!</i><br />
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<b>Do you ever carry a vintage pocket-book?</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin' to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> where I have a vintage pocketbook in my hands <b>RIGHT NOW</b> that I'm adding to my collection! <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">As soon as I locate my collection...</span></i><br />
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<b>Have a FANTASTIC week-end!!!</b><br />
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Oh my goodness - the <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2014/07/lets-party-like-its-2008.html">Soiree and popUP shop</a> at <a href="http://cedarchestantiques.com/">Cedar Chest Antique Mall</a> was <b><i>SEW MUCH FUN</i></b>!!!<br />
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Friday morning I loaded up, <i>loaded up some more</i> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">made the resident teen break a sweat before 10am</span> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>(after I had the red.neck in charge working with me half the night!)</b></span></i> - and set up! Shannon, the <a href="http://cedarchestantiques.com/">CEO of Cedar Chest</a>, gave up her own space right inside the front door, so when you walked in and turned to the right...<br />
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you couldn't miss me!<br />
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In the "<b>popUP shop</b>" section, I had just my "<i>fashion</i>" department <span style="font-size: x-small;">("home" and "life" stayed in my normal shop space)</span>... let me take you on a tour!<br />
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As soon as you entered, my "<a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">wear it</a>." pearl-snap shirts were waiting for everyone to try them on, and find the perfect name and/or design!<br />
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Right past the pearl-snaps, I had a "<i>sitting room</i>", because stuff like that is important, and it came in <b><i>VERY </i></b>handy!!!<br />
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Lendi (aka: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheThreadbareGypsy">The Threadbare Gypsy</a>) came to celebrate with me at the Soiree Friday evening, and Holli (aka: <a href="http://hollishootsandhollers.blogspot.com/">Holli's Hoots and Hollers</a>) brought me lunch, and hung out with me Sunday afternoon! The rest of the time, the chairs were filled with old friends, new friends - family and loved ones!<br />
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The chairs are also filled with bullet holes... <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*grin*</span></i><br />
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the "<a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">sparkle it.</a>" jewelry table. Complete with my <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/search?q=velvet+elvis">Velvet Elvis</a> as the table cover!<br />
<b><i>hunka-hunka-burnin' </i>love<i>!</i></b><br />
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And then, <i>of course</i>, was my shelf, and various <i>hang-it-on-it</i> things with my "<a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">carry it.</a>" pocketbooks!<br />
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I love the look on people's faces when they find out I made them, and <i>then</i> when they read <b><span style="font-size: large;">WHAT</span></b> they are made out of!!! <i>I don't discriminate... </i>if I can cut it and sew it, I <b>will </b>make a pocketbook out of it.<br />
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Friday night was the <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2014/07/lets-party-like-its-2008.html"><b><i>Soiree</i></b></a>. Did I take pictures of it? <span style="font-size: x-small;">No.</span><br />
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The food set-up was crazy cute and fun! "<i>the Mama</i>" made <span style="font-size: x-small;">mini</span> birthday cupcakes with sparkles, <i>and glitter</i>, and sprinkles, <i>and more sparkles</i>, so I parked them on the license plate cupcake stand you can see in the picture above. She had also thrown in a can of nuts, so the dump truck <span style="font-size: x-small;">(in the photo, hiding under the shelves!)</span> held a cute box with the nuts in it! <i>"the Mama" </i>also provided a <i><b>FANTASTIC</b></i> vintage metal cooler for ice <span style="font-size: x-small;">(she might not get that back!)</span>, and a cute little "redneck-<i>ish</i>" igloo for peach tea!<br />
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I attempted some cookies that looked <i>SUPER EASY</i> to make on Pinterest, but apparently they aren't <b>THAT</b> easy for the cooking challenged. <i>Luckily</i>, my "<a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2012/06/lucy-and-ethyl.html">Ethyl</a>" made some corn dip to go with Frito's that was so <b><i>GOOD</i></b> it had <b>ME</b> asking for the recipe.<br />
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That evening, the whole mall was <b><i>full of laughter</i></b>! Everyone came to visit, and shop, <i>and visit some more</i> - other vendors stopped in to <i>meet-n-greet</i> and have some fun... <b>My face still hurts from laughing!</b><br />
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I'm <b><i>READY</i></b> to go for many more years! I can't <b>thank <i>each</i> of you enough</b> for reading along, for coming to visit, the other vendors for entertaining my insanity, "<i>the Mama</i>" and "<i><a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2012/06/lucy-and-ethyl.html">Ethyl</a></i>" for feeding us all - and Shannon for opening the <a href="http://cedarchestantiques.com/">Cedar Chest </a>doors and welcoming a bunch of crazy red.necks!!!<br />
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Let's do it again next year!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin' to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide </i></span>where I made a really <i>grin-worthy</i> observation during the <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2014/07/lets-party-like-its-2008.html">Soiree and popUP shop</a>...<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/244/B918AC27828596253F4A90684EF3C033.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.buyhandmade.org"><img src="http://www.buyhandmade.org/images/100x100.jpg" alt="I Took The Handmade Pledge! BuyHandmade.org" width="100" height="100" border="0" /></a></div>red.neck chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812119686879829153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298688962611655144.post-17016733070307878672014-07-15T14:13:00.000-05:002014-07-15T14:14:55.927-05:00Let's Party Like it's 2008!In June of 2008 I went to a yard sael.<br />
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Seriously. The sign said "sael". This is the actual sign. <i>hahahaHA!</i><br />
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Piles of junk and<b> more jun</b>k, <i>alllll</i> spread out in front of a double-wide: the poster-woman for <b>TRUE </b>redneck <span style="font-size: x-small;">(i'm gonna let you use your imagination re: what she looked like. be very creative...)</span> was in charge. And - she <i><b>LOVED</b></i> my purse. After purchasing a pillowcase and some belts<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (even though I was short a quarter!)</span>, I got in my car to head home... <i>slightly traumatized</i> by the thought that only a <b>REDNECK</b> could appreciate my pocketbook made out of re.po'd vintage fabrics and other fun stuff.<br />
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I was 41 miles away from home. But, <i>you know how it goes</i>... by mile marker 3, I had thought of my business name, "red.neck Chic". By mile marker 9, I had my logo designed in my head. By mile marker 14, I had my tag line <i>(re.defining redneck Style...)</i>. By mile marker 17, I had my branding and packaging perfected in my head. All the rest of the miles home saw me jumping in my car seat with excitement and ridiculously happy JOY.<br />
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By the time I parked in my driveway, I knew that my passion and business had just collided in the way that is unique to me...<b><i> and I was off like a crazed roll of duct tape!!!</i></b><br />
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I started with a small "shop space" in <a href="http://www.thehillsboroantiquemall.com/">Hillsboro Antique Mall</a>, tucked safe and sound under the stairs.<br />
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I had <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>NO CLUE</b></i></span> what I was doing... but I had some <i>SERIOUS</i> fun figuring it out!<br />
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I continued to grow...<br />
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and <i>grow some more</i>!<br />
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Then - I decided it was time for my first<a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2009/05/let-loose-and-headin-north.html"> show</a> with red.neck Chic, sew I hit the road...<br />
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and found Jessica and Joe, aka: <a href="http://www.funkyfinds.com/">Funky Finds</a>!<br />
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After that, I felt like I was finding my groove, so I tackled my first <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/search?q=peach+festival&updated-max=2009-07-01T15:04:00-05:00&max-results=20&start=1&by-date=false">outdoor show</a>...<br />
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and thought I was going to have to lock myself in to the crazy farm.<br />
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To this day, I <i><b>STILL</b></i> shudder when I think of the <b>110 degrees <i>in the shade</i></b> - <span style="font-size: large;"><b>on ASPHALT</b></span> - that happened the day of the Peach Festival.<br />
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In between the shows, I got invited in to an <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-duct-tape-does-dallas.html">art gallery in Dallas</a>...<br />
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I've popped my duct tape roll in to various shoppes and boutiques, and I started rolling my duct tape in to <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2011/10/oops.html">Zapp Hall</a> for a few years...<br />
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and I kept growing in the Hillsboro Antique Mall.<br />
I moved in to the <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2010/05/redneck-chic-taj-mahal.html">second side of the mall</a>...<br />
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and I eventually spread <i>allllll</i> the way across the <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2012/05/gettin-down-to-business.html">back 40</a> of the second side of the mall.<br />
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Other shows, the addition of "<a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2012/12/soiree_10.html">soiree's</a>" and popUP shops, expansions to the product lines I offer (<b>fashion. home. life.</b>), and <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>THEN</b></i></span>: a <b>second</b> (<i>and NEW!</i>) <b>location</b> inside the <a href="http://cedarchestantiques.com/">Cedar Chest Antique Mall</a>!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>And now </b></i><span style="font-size: small;">that we are up to date?</span></span> It's time to <i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>celebrate</b></span></i> all of this duct tapin' <i><b>FUN</b></i>!!!<br />
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Yes... <i>it's belated</i>, but I'm just cool like that. <i>haha!</i><br />
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It's going to be <b>SEW FUN</b>!!! I have swag bags I'm building, and<i> "festive drinks and tasty eats"</i> I'm planning on finding someone to cook <span style="font-size: x-small;">(i'm thinking the fire department doesn't need to be involved in this celebration...)</span> for the<b class="Latn headword" lang="en"> Soirée</b>... pocketbooks, pearl-snaps, sparkly things, smell good soaps, paper stuff and concrete things - <i>ANY</i>thing and <i>EVERY</i>thing I can think of - for the <b class="Latn headword" lang="en">Soirée</b> and <b>popUP shop</b>!!!<br />
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I would love to see you there!!! If I can't, I'll keep you <a href="https://www.facebook.com/redneckchic">posted</a> over the miles - that way we can both pretend you're there!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin' to you</i> LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> where I can't <b>WAIT</b> to see what my next 6 years brings! It's been sew fun this far - <b><i>can you imagine how many giggles you and I are going to have in the future</i></b>? <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>hee-hee</i></span><br />
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<i>*i'm waving at you!!!*</i><br />
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Did you think I had been kidnapped? No. The kidnappers would have returned me immediately, citing "pain and suffering" while demanding a full refund.<br />
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<i>*grin*</i><br />
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<b>HOW ARE YOU?!!!</b><br />
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I've just been... HERE! Well, obviously not <i>HERE</i>, but <b>HERE</b>! One day at a time, <i>trying to stay out of trouble</i>, making great things, having ideas and more ideas, having <b><i>FUN</i></b>, taking lots of pictures, making more great things... <b><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></b>! Big <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">HUGE</span></b> things have happened,<span style="font-size: x-small;"> little things have happened</span>... we'll get back to those at a later date! You'll <b><i>love</i></b> it!<br />
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First and Foremost <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(and because I left off here!)</i></span>:<b> The resident teen graduated!</b> <i>AND!</i> He's already completed his first year of college!<br />
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Could I be more proud of him? nope. <i>Do I see him anymore?</i> nope.<br />
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He started college full-time <i>(honor roll!!!)</i>, then started working all of the <b>other</b> time, then - <i>you know</i> - he has to do all the things college kids do. I know he's still around because there are dirty dishes in the sink sometimes.<br />
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All kidding aside, I am <b>SO <span style="font-size: large;">proud</span></b> of the man he is becoming!<br />
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He still gives me hugs all of the time, and when I send the random, "what are you doing" texts, he answers - even though I know he's rolling his eyes.<br />
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<a href="http://www.redneckchic.com/">red.neck Chic</a> is continuing to go strong, and is just growing, and <i>growing</i>!!! I'm in <a href="http://www.thehillsboroantiquemall.com/">The Hillsboro Antique Mall</a> still, I've done a couple of shows, I keep rollin' the duct tape roll of <a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">red.neck Chic</a> fun in to various shoppes... <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">AND </span></i></b>I've moved in to <a href="http://cedarchestantiques.com/">Cedar Chest Antique Mall</a>!!! There is some <b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">celebrating</span></i></b> gonna happen, but we will get back to <b><i>THAT</i></b> too...<br />
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If you can't wait, you can always find me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/redneckchic">Facebook</a>, and on <a href="http://instagram.com/redneck_chic">Instagram</a>. But, <i>I promise on my duct tape</i>, I won't make you wait again. I <b>know</b> this 'cause I have about 10 more blog posts in "draft". <i>haha!!!</i> Some were started last year, some at Christmas, some <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">whoknowswhen</span></i>... do you <b><i>KNOW</i></b> how many stories I have to catch you up on? <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">hee-hee-hee</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">comin' to you <i>LIVE</i> from a single-wide,</span> where <b>have I told you that I have MISSED you?!?! I miss you.</b><br />
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it's become a big joke in the single-wide about how if you wanna know where i've been, or what i've seen, look through my camera card. it's also become a big joke that really strange things catch my eye through my camera lens and i feel compelled to photograph them... but that's a whole 'nother story...<br>
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<b>for now</b> - i've decided to tell you a pictorial story of my May... and because my camera card holds vast amounts of extremely random stuff <span style="font-size: x-small;">(and that isn't even including the picture folders on my phone!!!)</span> - this will be a two-parter...<br>
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(it started with the rabbit.)</div>
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the man-child had his very last high school band concert where he pulled a fast one and traded the trombone for the baritone... he does that sometimes.</div>
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then, one bright, saturday morning, i headed off for a tractor pull that the ultimate redneck - my Uncle - was pullin' in...</div>
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not t<i>ooooo</i> far in to this fun little road trip, i got sidetracked by an estate sale sign. on the way to the estate sale, i crossed this bridge and became fascinated with the yellow... so i pulled over.</div>
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when i was little - we used to swim in this creek...</div>
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instead of counting my age in years - i've decided i'm going to count it in dropping water levels... ;-D <b>OBVIOUSLY i was little a lot of water levels ago!!!</b></div>
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and i saw this... growing in rock and debris, yellow stuff and asphalt... that's pretty fun, right? so i took a picture of it.</div>
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i made it to the estate sale and found some barrels and an old tv stand and a various assortment of other fun... did i take pictures of any of it? no.<br>
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luckily - i didn't miss the Uncle redneck. well - <i>3 of his 4</i> pulls i didn't miss. he had 3 tractors out there... the two gorgeously restored and stylin' Allis Chalmers, and this one...</div>
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<b><i>don't judge a book by it's cover though...</i></b></div>
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he won four of these - and one on this tractor!</div>
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there were some other pretty cool tractors out there...<i> just don't tell my Uncle i said that, m'kay</i>?</div>
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and <i><b>this</b></i> one:</div>
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after the tractor pull, i made great things.<br>
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one of them was "<a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">mar.gie</a>":</div>
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not only a new <a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">pocketbook</a> out of re.cycled FUN - but a new pattern design as well!</div>
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THEN: it was senior picture time...</div>
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remind me next time to HIRE a photographer - not try to argue with the man-child and his hair for just <b><i>ONE</i></b> good photo!!!</div>
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since he hated posing for me so<i>oooooooooooo</i> much...</div>
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i saw this in an alley and i made <span style="font-size: large;"><b>him</b></span> the getaway driver <span style="font-size: x-small;">(for the first time <i>EVER</i>)</span> in a dumpster diving expedition.</div>
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he <i>KIND OF</i> thought that was amusing... but not as amusing as he found it when i told him i was going to report him to his Grandmother<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>(don't tell her, but he's really not as <i>skeert</i> of her as i am)</span> if he didn't straighten up and let me get good <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>graduation</b></i></span> invitation photos...</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~to be continued~</span></div>
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do you remember your high school prom?<br>
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your junior year prom? <b>SENIOR YEAR</b> prom?<br>
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oh... <i>i do</i>... but i had blocked it all out until a few weeks ago when my man-child reminded me his prom was about to happen, then <b><i>again</i></b> when Lendi (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheThreadbareGypsy?ref=ts&fref=ts">The Threadbare Gypsy</a>) mentioned that she and her daughter were going prom dress shopping... I had immediate flashbacks with those double-whammies...<br>
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my junior year - i decided <span style="font-size: x-small;">(and the household finances also helped with my decision)</span> to design and make my own dress. i was dating a young man that went to another school in Waco<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <i>(i considered that the BIG CITY at the time...)</i></span> so i had <i>TWO</i> proms to attend - mine and his! "<i>the Mama</i>" and i made a <b><i>biggggggg</i></b> trip to the fabric store - i had my sketch pad out...<br>
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i was in designing mode...<br>
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for <b>TWO</b> DRESSES!<br>
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oh - the <b>FUN</b>! the<b><i> THRILL</i></b>!!!<br>
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the dress for his prom was going to be sapphire blue and white... the dress for <i>MY</i> prom was going to be aqua blue with sparkles - both with fun sleeves and lots of "<i>flounce</i>"<br>
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<b>imagine this:</b><br>
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the sapphire blue dress was tea-length, blue and white polka dots - lifts at the bottom <span style="font-size: x-small;">(secured with eyelet bows)</span> so the ruffles would peak out underneath, big cap sleeves with <i>more eyelet bows</i>... a sweetheart neckline, drop waist... WHITE SHOES... even worse: <i>WHITE HOSE</i>...<br>
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the aqua blue was tea-length, satin and lace... <b><i>FULL</i></b> super-pouffy LACE cap sleeves, sweetheart neckline, lace cutouts on the bodice that my Mom sat up all night <i>(the night before prom)</i> and sewed her very own crystals in each flower center, drop waist... <b>white shoes</b>...<br>
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the HORROR!!!<br>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>*shudder*</i></span></b><br>
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<i><b>but</b> i'm not done yet...</i> <b>i still have to shock and awe you with my senior prom dress...</b><br>
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Brandi was my best friend all through high-school. it was a tiny <span style="font-size: xx-small;">tiny</span> school in the middle of Texas. senior prom was a <span style="font-size: large;">HUGE</span> DEAL. months of prep and planning... "what am i going to do with my hair?", <i>"who is going to ask me to prom?"</i>, "<b>WHAT DRESS WILL I WEAR?!</b>",etc., <i>etc</i>.<br>
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well, Brandi and her mom were going to make her senior year prom dress, but neither of them knew what style to make. so - <i><b>off we go</b></i> on a day trip to the dress shop. in Waco at the time i think there was only <i>ONE</i> dress shop and it had ballgowns, prom gowns, pageant gowns, bridal gowns... a whole shop full of ruffles and lace and sparkles and flounce and "<i>poof</i>"... a <b>GIRL'S DREAM</b>!!! i will never forget when we walked in - i sucked in my breath and my eyes didn't know where to go first... i could have moved in to that shop and stayed for the rest of my life! <b><i>GORGEOUS</i></b> EVERYWHERE!!!<br>
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Brandi started playing around picking out and trying on dresses so that she and her mom had some ideas... i aimed straight for the ball gowns. <b>rows and <i>rows</i> and <i><span style="font-size: large;">rows</span></i> of ruffles...</b><br>
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<b>then i saw it:</b><br>
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the <b>gown of all gowns</b>, the <i>creme of the crop</i>... i swear to you - it had light shining down on it - and i'm not talking late 80's fluorescent light...<br>
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it was <b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>THE</i> DRESS</span></b>.<br>
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i held my breath, <i>WHISPERED</i> at the sales lady, <b>"oh please, <i>could i try this on?</i>"</b>, followed her - pretty much on her heels and <b><i>within an inch</i></b> of that dress - to the dressing room... pulled it over my head...<br>
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the zipper sounded as sweet as a summer breeze, the petticoats dropped and landed as if they were performing a happy dance of their own, the poufy sleeves settled on my shoulders as if they had come home... the drop waist sat right where it was supposed to and belled out for a mile each direction - making the sweetest music with each breath that i took...<br>
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sparkle and sequins and ruffles and petticoats...<br>
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<b>that petal pink taffeta, with lace and sparkle pick-ups along the bottom to show even <i>MORE</i> white lace, beaded bodice and drop waist <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Cinderella</i></span> dress had been MADE FOR ME.</b><br>
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it was mine...<br>
<i><b>it was destiny...</b></i><br>
it was going to make me the belle of my prom...<br>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I HAD TO HAVE THAT DRESS</b>!!!</span><br>
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i went home and told "<i>the Mama</i>" <i><span style="font-size: large;">allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll</span></i> about <b><i>THE</i> DRESS</b>... for days. <b><span style="font-size: large;">weeks.</span></b> <i>but</i>... i also knew telling her about <b><i>THE</i> DRESS</b> wasn't going to fix the fact that i was one of three for a single-mama with two jobs - and one of the 3 was in college. talking about <b><i>THE</i> DRESS</b> wasn't going to make the job that i had <span style="font-size: x-small;">(even if i had saved every penny)</span> add up <i>$$</i> wise to <b><i>THE</i> DRESS</b> amount... so while talking about <b><i>THE</i> DRESS</b> i was also trying to come up with a plan B.<br>
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my design brain hated plan B, my sewing machine hated plan B, the fabric store hated plan B. <b>i</b> hated plan B...<br>
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apparently "<i>the Mama</i>" wasn't a big fan of plan B, <b><i>BECAUSE:</i></b><br>
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she jumped through <b><i>hoops</i></b> for me to have <b><i>THE</i> DRESS</b>. and the hoops that she stumbled in, her friend volunteered to keep jumpin' through for her... <b>SERIOUSLY</b>!!! it's a mama-daughter legend of <b><i>all legends</i></b> 'cause <b>I WORE THAT DRESS TO MY SENIOR PROM</b>!!!<br>
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<b><i>THE</i> DRESS</b> hung in all of it's <b><i>majestic dreamy ruffly lacy sparkly glory</i></b> in my room, then in my bathroom so that i could squeeze by that great giant pile of petticoats and skirt just to hear it rustle all of the morning before prom...<br>
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the day of prom came and it was a day as <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">big</span></b> as <b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>THE</i> DRESS</span></b>. "<i>the Mama</i>" did my hair <span style="font-size: x-small;">(think: farrah fawcett wings and an insane amount of hairspray)</span>, she did my make-up, gave me her pink pearls to wear <span style="font-size: x-small;">(</span><i style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2012/02/mirror-mirror-on-wall.html">not the ones she had used ritt dye to make pink</a></i><span style="font-size: x-small;">, but the </span><b><i>REAL</i></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> pink pearls)</span>, i donned the white panty hose... and...<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> uhmmm...</span></i> the white shoes.<br>
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In this case though - the white hose and shoes were covered by the 19 layers of petticoats - then the lace - then the taffeta...<br>
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<i>*sigh*</i><br>
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my date my senior year was my older brother's best friend. when i was young i <b><i>TOLD</i></b> him he would be my date... he should have listened 'cause i never forgot that i had asked him to my senior prom! LOL <i>poor Snydley...</i> he had to hang out with a bunch of high school kids for an evening... but he <i><b>DID</b></i> have the prom queen as his date! <span style="font-size: x-small;">i think it was more the late 80's/early 90's Cinderella Princess petti-coated ball gown that won the crown than me...</span><br>
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i figured, since you can't <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"un-see"</span></i></b> fashion crimes once you've laid eyes on their atrociousness, i'd show you my <b><i>son's</i></b> prom pictures and just let you use your imagination regarding <i><b>my</b></i> prom outfits...<br>
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<b>you're welcome.</b> <i>*grin*</i><br>
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the man-child flew solo with a couple of wing-men in tow, but then found a dancing and dinner partner once he walked in. he had fun... <i>i think...</i> apparantly prom for a young man is not as important as prom is to a young lady, 'cause... <i>uhmm...</i> he acted like it was a regular Saturday night. LOLOL!!! <i>pffffftttt...</i><br>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin' to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> where, once-again, "<i>the Mama</i>" pulled the line and hooked the man-child up with a tuxedo... what a fun circle, right? <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*wink*</span></i><br>
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p.s.: did i fail to mention that the <b>petal pink taffeta, with lace and sparkle pick-ups along the bottom to show even <i>MORE</i> white lace, beaded bodice and drop waist <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Cinderella</i></span> dress </b>had a bow on the back-side the size of Cinderella's pumpkin carriage?<br>
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<i style="font-size: small;">*giggle* </i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">i'm resuming memory block-out mode now...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.buyhandmade.org"><img src="http://www.buyhandmade.org/images/100x100.jpg" alt="I Took The Handmade Pledge! BuyHandmade.org" width="100" height="100" border="0" /></a></div>red.neck chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812119686879829153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298688962611655144.post-67107281094107510012013-03-20T16:45:00.003-05:002013-03-20T16:46:48.244-05:00let me eat pie...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i'm going to make this pie:<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Peach IceBox Pie</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">1 baked pie crust</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">1 (303) can sliced peaches, drained</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">1 pkg. peach jello (4 serving size)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">2 tbsp. cornstarch</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">1 container Cool Whip</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">When above mixture is cooled, arrange peaches in pie shell. Pour jello mix over peaches. Place in refrigerator. When set - top with Cool Whip.</span></div>
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<b>surely</b> i can do this without the fire department...</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin' to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> where i have a timer... 3 minutes boiling time - i can <b><i>DO THIS</i></b>!</div>
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Although - in my defense - I can grow an <b>AWE</b><i>some</i> rock garden! <span style="font-size: x-small;">(and a stray animal<span style="font-size: x-small;"> sanctuary</span>... but that's a whole 'nother post (or 9) in itself...)</span>.<br />
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I can grow Cactus... which has buds on it...<br />
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and the birds all plant Hackberry trees for me... I like how limey green the trees are in the Spring! <span style="font-size: x-small;">And yes, I pull branches off of the tree and bottle 'em for my personal enjoyment!</span><br />
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I can grow Rosemary...<br />
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and it's blooming... but I think it's near impossible to murder rosemary. I know it grows even through lack-of-attention... <span style="font-size: x-small;">*hangs head in gardening shame*</span>.<br />
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My peach trees just kind of happen...<br />
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and they are all blooming!<br />
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And my Iris's are growing and blooming...<br />
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despite repeatedly being mowed down... <i>oops...</i><br />
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I tip-toe through my Buttercups...<br />
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and even rub them on my nose! <i>Then I sneeze...</i> but do it again!<br />
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I have some Sunflowers introducing themselves...<br />
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and these purple things. Used to I would have called this a weed, but I've since learned that if it is welcome in my yard, and it makes me smile because it's pretty - then it's not a weed!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin' to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> where I'm hoping your accidental Spring is in FULL BLOOM!!!
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Where was I?<br />
<i>*hangs head in shame as I look at the date on my last post...*</i><br />
In my defense - I've been making great things!!! And doing great things!!! And in the middle of that - haven't had much to say that you would find interesting!!!<br />
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My last <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2012/12/soiree_10.html">Soiree</a> was INCREDIBLY great! April (the hostess), her family and her new home are GORGEOUS!!! It was such a joy to just park my duct tape and enjoy meeting new friends, chit-chatting with old friends and soaking up the fun!!! It all started with a squirrel thinking he was on the guest list and making his rounds through April's house...<br />
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and ended with<a href="http://talkingwhitetrash.blogspot.com/"> Mama Debinator</a> and <b>THEE</b> <i><b>Kitty Cat Daddy</b></i> comin' in to make sure <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts">Jenn</a>, April, Lezlee (aka: <a href="http://priorlives.blogspot.com/">Prior</a> aka: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElsieMaeOnMarket">Elsie Mae on Market</a>) and I were behaving ourselves!!! Of course we weren't... and to be honest with you,<a href="http://talkingwhitetrash.blogspot.com/"> Mama Debinator and Kitty Cat Daddy</a> weren't either.<br />
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A couple of weeks after that, I showed my freckle-face in the Ft. Worth area and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts">Jenn</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(my rep (</span><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*giggle*</span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (yes... i still giggle when i say "rep"...)))</span> took me to all kinds of <b><i>FANTASTIC</i></b> shops and stores!!! We tinkered around with checking in to <a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">red.neck</a> <i>"arriving"</i> in various shops in various zip codes, but it turns out - I don't really fit in anywhere that we have found yet!!!<br />
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Heading home that night I had a bit of a complex... my style isn't shabby awesome, it's not rhinestones and big hair, it's not subtle timelessness, it's not hippy coolness or cowgirl/western laid-back... I'm just me. <i>THEN</i> I realized: I don't "fit" anywhere 'cause I'm almost ready for a shop of my own - and I'll know that my random style that is SEW ME will fit in just perfectly - and I can freely and with GREAT JOY work in all of the other styles that make life so fun - and there will be something for EVERYone!<br />
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Until "<a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">red.neck Chic</a>" the general store throws her doors open, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts">Jenn </a>is lining up <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts">red.neck Chic Soiree</a> appearances for me... my next is on the 15th with <a href="http://museforthemasses.blogspot.com/2013/02/leave-britney-alone.html">Kristi</a> and Amy - <b>watch out San Antonio</b>!!! Luckily<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts"> Jenn </a>is ALSO keeping me in line and telling me where to be and when... a friend said it best, <i>"you finally have someone that will focus for you while you just dance around in your crazy duct tape roll forgetting what day it is."</i> If that wasn't true, I would probably be upset at that statement... but instead, I will just thank <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts">Jenn</a> yet again 'cause there is no denying the fact that I usually can't remember my own name. :-/<br />
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What else, what else...<br />
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I've made some new <a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">pocketbooks</a> - re.po'd and re.designed some new <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/redneckchic">pearl-snaps</a>, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/redneckchic">dishtowels</a>, soaps, etc. etc. etc. You know me... I set one thing down and pick up 3 new things to make. <i>*big grin*</i><br />
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The "<a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2010/05/redneck-chic-taj-mahal.html">Taj Mahal</a>" in <a href="http://www.thehillsboroantiquemall.com/">The Hillsboro Antique Mall</a> is going to get a major face-lift in a couple of weeks. I've been shopping my own barn, picking up things here 'n there, making MORE new things... <b><a href="http://redneckchic.com/about.htm">fashion. home. life.</a></b> is all fixing to collide in one big space... again. <i>Oh wait...</i> that's kind of an on-going thing, right?<br />
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I'm still harassin' <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HoneysHomeStyle?fref=ts">Honey</a> at <a href="http://honeys-home-style.com/">Honey's Home + Style</a> off and on. I've run in to some on-going health problems <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(no worries - it's nothing some duct tape, Wd-40 and time up on cinder-blocks can't fix right up!)</span></i> so if I'm stayin' home instead of going to lust over beautiful things at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HoneysHomeStyle?fref=ts">Honey's</a> store, it's with a big grin because I duck outside, run straight for the <i>lab.or.a.tory</i> and lock myself in!!! Let me tell you though: there's a post in "edit" right now waiting for me to take some pictures... <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HoneysHomeStyle?fref=ts">Honey</a> has swung me to the "fine linen" side of life. And, I'm not kidding, it was like SANTA came to visit me when she got new fabric samples in for her furniture! I sat and just touched them - and was kinda sad when I had to leave them! I know, I'm such a sick fabric hoarder! LOL!<br />
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In the meantime, I've sprinkled some random photos through this post because that's what I do... oh, and I also take photos of random stuff. LOL<br />
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The man-child is winding up to slide in to graduation!<br />
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We're in the second semester of his <b>SENIOR YEAR</b> - good GRIEF when and <i>how</i> did that happen?!?! - and Prom, Senior trips and skip days, Senior stuff in general... graduation... AUGH! - it's all being discussed in the single-wide.<br />
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A couple of weeks ago we had the Area Youth concert where he was first-chair trombone... then last week he had UIL Solo & Ensemble where he did so well he gets to advance to the State competition in 2 different ensembles! One with his trombone and one with his baritone!<br />
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hmmmm.... I think that just about sums up my last month! Laying low (check). Staying out of trouble (check) <span style="font-size: x-small;">(okay... maybe a question mark...)</span>. Making fun things (check check check). Taking random photos through-out the United States (check). Gettin' ready for my next Soiree (check). Enjoying the man-child (check). Keeping my blog updated... <i>uhmmm...</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">comin' to you <i>LIVE</i> from a single-wide</span> <b>where I do miss you... and even if I don't say anything - I'm still cyber stalking you and your blog... just thought you should know that.</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.59375px;">Would you like to host your own "</span><a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2012/12/soiree_10.html" style="background-color: white; color: #278a8a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.59375px; text-decoration: initial;">Soiree</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.59375px;">"? Contact </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?ref=ts&fref=ts" style="background-color: white; color: #278a8a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.59375px; text-decoration: initial;">Jenn</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.59375px;"> at</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?ref=ts&fref=ts" style="background-color: white; color: #278a8a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.59375px; text-decoration: initial;"> Give Me Props</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.59375px;">... she'll hook you up and then I can come park my single-wide in your back yard! Yee HA! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 25.59375px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">xo</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(I found this picture on a <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2010/06/welcome.html">past post</a>... I WISH <i><b>WISH</b></i> my laboratory still looked like <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2010/06/welcome.html">this</a>!!!! Instead? <b><i>3 years later</i></b> - utter, complete, and total annihilation... I wonder who broke in and set off the hand grenade(sssss)?)</td></tr>
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<b>towering piles of future pocketbooks.</b><br />
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After the <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2012/11/junk-hippy.html">Junk Hippy</a> Show in November I have been <b><i>SERIOUSLY</i></b> lacking pocketbook inspiration... or <b><span style="font-size: large;">ANY</span></b> inspiration!!! I have just stood in my sewing room <span style="font-size: x-small;">(o<span style="font-size: x-small;">r sometimes</span> not even stepping through the door!)</span> totally lost with <b><i>NOTHING</i></b> jumping out and screaming, <b><span style="font-size: large;">"make me! NOW!"</span></b>.<br />
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My sewing machine was on mute... <i>wouldn't listen to me OR talk to me...</i> my bobbins were gathering dust... my fabrics were growing their own spider webs...<br />
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<i><b>Then?</b></i> I was re-painting my bathroom and the paint fumes must have stirred something 'cause I now have entered in to some weird pocketbook making mode. I'm putting bags together in my head <i><b>WAY</b></i> faster than I can make them happen with my fingertips! I have a toppling tower of, <b>"to make next"</b>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">Pocketbooks</a> - 24/7. I'm almost skeert to sleep for fear the mad desire to make great things goes MIA again!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is MINE now! LOL I liked it sew much I dumped all of my fun things I think I have to have on a daily basis right in to it!</td></tr>
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I have my next <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2012/12/soiree_10.html"><b>"swa.ray"</b></a> Friday night... I'm thinking there are going to be a lot of <i>"never seen before"</i> <a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">pocketbooks</a> arriving for the par-tay...<br />
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<b>Are you feeling inspired to make great things or is your creative space growing dust-bunnies?</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin' to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> where I should proll'y move my piles and vacuum my dust bunnies so they don't feel compelled to grow some more... but that requires stepping away from my sewing machine and promptly tripping over my piles then landing nose first in more piles...<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <i>pffffttt...</i></span><br />
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Would you like to host your own "<a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2012/12/soiree_10.html">Soiree</a>"? Contact <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?ref=ts&fref=ts">Jenn</a> at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?ref=ts&fref=ts"> Give Me Props</a>... she'll hook you up and then I can come park my single-wide in your back yard! Yee HAW! xo<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.buyhandmade.org"><img src="http://www.buyhandmade.org/images/100x100.jpg" alt="I Took The Handmade Pledge! BuyHandmade.org" width="100" height="100" border="0" /></a></div>red.neck chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812119686879829153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298688962611655144.post-42833412414766234642013-01-20T14:07:00.000-06:002013-01-20T14:12:20.619-06:00i'm hungry.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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if you know me well AT ALL, you know "i'm hungry." are two of my <b>favorite words</b> in the vocabulary.<br />
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if i didn't know better i'd think i had a sugar-craving tape worm. but... i know better 'cause the scale tends to slap me in to reality...<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">stupid scale.</span></b><br />
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anyway - my favorite food group is: peanut butter.<br />
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i like bananas too... and butter...<br />
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2-3 Ripe bananas </div>
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8 Slices white bread </div>
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3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter </div>
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3 tablespoon honey </div>
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1/2 cup butter</div>
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1 tablespoon cinnamon</div>
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In frying pan melt 3 tablespoons of butter - make sure butter does not burn. In a small bowl mix together peanut butter, honey and cinnamon. Slice bananas into 1/4 thick slices. Spread the peanut butter mixture on four slices of bread and cover with banana slices. Top with remaining 4 slices of bread. Spread butter on both sides of sandwiches. Grill sandwiches in frying pan until each side is golden brown.</div>
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<a href="http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/print_view/321/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Recipe Courtesy Paula Deen</span></a></div>
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it's on now...<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">i'm hungry.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin' to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> where i figure i'll call the fire guys and give them a head's up 'cause this is what i'm makin' for dinner!!!<br />
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I had blogged<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2011/05/light-up-my-life.html">(here)</a> </span>before about how I <b>ADORE</b> and <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">WANT</span></i></b> an <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2011/05/light-up-my-life.html">Arco lamp</a>!!! However... the ol' pocketbook screams and runs when looking at the price tag on a real <span style="font-size: x-small;">(aka: vintage)</span> Arco, and though <i><b>I think the sky is the limit when it comes to decorating my house...</b></i><br />
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my ceiling height tends to put a lid on my imagination.<br />
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Enter Target and their lamp department:<br />
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The frame of it is close enough for me - the height is just right - the PRICE TAG was fantastic!!!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide</span></i> where sometimes my determination <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(and total dis-respect for cooking equipment)</span></b> to have something I like just makes me <i>laugh</i>... but <b>happy</b>!!!<br />
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<b>What do you use <i>YOUR</i> mixing bowls for?</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>comin' to you </em>LIVE<em> from a single-wide</em></span> where I have fun digging through my barn and finding chairs after I've spent<em> tooooo</em> much time on home-dec sites and <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/redneckchic/">Pinterest</a>! <strong>LOL</strong><br />
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i saw this windmill a couple of weeks ago and <b><i>OF COURSE</i></b> had to park in a <b style="background-color: yellow;">"no parking"</b> zone to get pictures!!!<br />
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i live in Texas - windmills <i><b>EVERYWHERE</b></i> - so i'm not sure what my fascination was with this one...<br />
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it turned. and i saw <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">GRAPHICS</span></b> on the tail!<br />
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again - i live in Texas where there are windmills<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> EVERYWHERE</span></b>... but i don't recall <b><i>EVER</i></b> seeing one with the graphics still legible on the tail!!!<br />
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just some <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">random fun</span></i></b>! hope you are having a <b><i>FANTASTIC</i></b> week-end!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin' to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> where i'm out <i>chasin' windmills</i>... literally. <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">hee-hee</span></i><br />
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First – <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Happy New Year</span></strong>!!! I went to sleep on the 31st and time travels must of happened ‘cause I woke up and it was a <em>NEW</em> YEAR!!! <strong><em>Merry 2013!</em></strong><br />
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In my HEAD I had this long in-depth blog post about my "<strong>WORD"</strong> for 2013. For <em>DAYS</em> I have been sure that I had my PERFECT "word".<br />
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<strong>JOURNEY.</strong><br />
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My “<em>word</em>” was initially <strong>Journey</strong>. About how life is a journey... <em><span style="font-size: x-small;">blah, blah, blah</span></em>. <br />
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We all already know that, right? The ups and downs and all-arounds... how we think we’re going to be one place only to find we’ve been mis-placed but it’s ‘cause we’re in the place where we’re supposed to be...<br />
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Cassandra Wilson summed it up for me: <em>“I know you’re supposed to set goals for yourself – and I do. But, I’m all into the journey. It’s fascinating to me. So if I make certain what I want moment to moment, I’m cool at the crossroads.”</em><br />
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I trust in my journey – <em>as crazy as my journey may be</em> – that everything happens for a reason... the lows are low because they are... the highs are high because they are... the <em>“hmmm ho”</em> days are just <em>“hmmm ho”</em> because they are... so<strong> journey</strong> is not really a good "word" for me because<strong> I operate on blind faith and trust in my journey</strong> and... my trust in my<strong> journey</strong> isn’t going to change in 2013.<br />
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THEN I thought: “<strong>fascination</strong>”. Now <strong><em>THAT</em></strong> is a good word for me! I am always so fascinated by big things – <span style="font-size: x-small;">little things</span> – <em>all things in between things</em>...<br />
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One time I had a bumper sticker that said “easily fascinated – watch for brake lights” and that is <em>SOOOOO</em> true! A road trip <strong>always</strong> takes me longer because something <span style="font-size: x-small;">(or many things)</span> I see along the way<strong> fascinate</strong> me and I stop to check them out. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Then I figure out that I got lost and my GPS is completely baffled.</span><br />
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People fascinate me. <strong>Objects fascinate me.</strong> <strong><em><span style="font-size: x-large;">EVERYTHING</span></em></strong> fascinates me. <span style="font-size: x-small;">I’m easily entertained.</span><br />
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And I was <strong><em>fascinated</em></strong> when I did a search for a quote about <strong>journey</strong> and found one with <strong><em>fascinating</em></strong> in it! I thought about how my <em><strong>fascination</strong></em> with <strong>ALL THINGS</strong> isn’t going to improve this year over last year because my <strong>fascination</strong> with being <strong>fascinated</strong> is just who I am... so I guess that’s not a good word for me.<br />
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Which led me back to my mind’s question, “Robelyn, what is your word for 2013?”<br />
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<strong>Word.</strong><br />
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Yep – <strong>my "word" is <span style="font-size: large;">word</span></strong>. I am going to make it a point in 2013 to say more words.<br />
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Written words, entertaining words, encouraging words, silly words, bigger words, happy words, informative words... I STINK at communicating <span style="font-size: x-small;">(example: my SERIOUS lapse in blogging and <strong><em><a href="http://museforthemasses.blogspot.com/">Kristi</a></em></strong> – I promise –<strong> I WILL</strong> call <a href="http://museforthemasses.blogspot.com/">you</a>!),</span> so I’m gonna work on my <strong>words</strong>. If the thoughts in my head need to be somewhere other than in my head – I will give my thoughts words and voice.<br />
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<em>“All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.”</em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> - Khalil Gibran</span><br />
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Of course – they will not be harmful words because that’s not the way I roll... “<em>Death and Life are in the power of the tongue</em>” <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Proverbs 18:21</span></strong> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(one of my favorite scriptures!!!)</span> but, <strong>important words</strong>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">*** note: i did <strong>not</strong> say my words would be spelled correctly or even <em>kinda</em> close to grammatically correct. ***</span><br />
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Because my "<em>word"</em> for 2013 is <strong>WORD</strong> – doesn’t that mean that I can have a whole <em>plethora</em> of <strong>words</strong> as my <em><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">word</span></strong></em>?<br />
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My options are endless!!! <em>Scrabble in my brain -</em> <strong>24/7</strong>!<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">What’s <em>YOUR</em> word?</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>comin’ to you LIVE from a single-wide</em></span> where I found the<strong> journey</strong> to find my "<em>word"</em> very <strong>fascinating</strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (slightly exhausting)...</span> and I'm even <em>MORE</em> <strong>fascinated</strong> that somehow or another I looped around and ended my <strong>journey</strong> back at <strong><span style="font-size: large;">word</span></strong> as my <em>word</em>. <em><span style="font-size: x-small;">*big grin*</span></em><br />
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<strong><em>“If every word I said could make you laugh, I’d talk forever...” - <span style="font-size: x-small;">unknown</span></em></strong><br />
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I hope you have a <b><i>BEAUTIFUL</i></b> Christmas Day full of friends and family - lots of grins and giggles...<br />
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and something really sweet!!!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Merry <i>Merry</i> Christmas!</span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide</span></i> where I have my eyes on a pecan pie... <i>yummmm...</i>
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<strong>Where's my ta-da list?</strong></div>
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<strong>O'er the floors I go,</strong></div>
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<strong>What fun it is to play and browse</strong></div>
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<strong>before the goods are gone.</strong></div>
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<strong>OH-H-H!!!</strong></div>
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<strong><a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7f7f7f; text-decoration: initial;">Red.neck chic</a> pocket-books,</strong></div>
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<strong>Shopping all the way.</strong></div>
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<strong>Oh what fun it is to buy</strong></div>
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<strong>at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts" style="color: #7f7f7f; text-decoration: initial;">Red.neck chic Soiree</a>!</strong></div>
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<strong>HEY!!!</strong></div>
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<strong>Oh what fun it is to watch</strong></div>
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<strong>C'mon let's have some fun!</strong></div>
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<strong><a href="http://red.neck/" style="color: #7f7f7f; text-decoration: initial;">Red.neck</a> brought the goods.</strong></div>
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<strong>I threw some hors d'oeuvres out.</strong></div>
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<strong>What joy it brings to see my friends</strong></div>
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<strong>primpin' all about!</strong></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Contact Jenn at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts" style="color: #7f7f7f; text-decoration: initial;">Give Me Props</a> for hosting information. Trust me...it's the hippest, coolest thing ever to hit the asphalt!)</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I had SEW much fun!!! And - after I get over the shock of Christmas being only 2 days away - I'm ready to do it again! Perhaps next time I will get my <i>OWN</i> camera out of my car!!! <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Can you believe that?!</b> <i>Didn't even un-load it!!! </i>Luckily <a href="http://www.talkingwhitetrash.blogspot.com/">Debbie</a> pirated some pictures so that I could pirate some pictures...</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Thank You </span><i style="color: #cc0000;">everyone</i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> for your on-line support here and on </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/redneck-Chic/212979230658?group_id=0" style="color: #cc0000;">Facebook</a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> - and </span><i style="color: #cc0000;">Thank You</i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> to all of you </span><i><span style="color: #38761d;">CRAZY</span></i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> red.necks that came over to play!!!</span></b></div>
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I can't believe it's already December. <i>Geesh,</i> I can't believe it's almost the <b><i>MIDDLE</i></b> of December! I could have <b><i>SWORN</i></b> it was still August!!! <span style="font-size: x-small;">THAT could have a bit to do with the fact that this winter it's rarely been below 80 degrees...</span><br />
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We are just a couple of weeks away from <b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Christmas</span></b>! <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh Noooooo!</span> </i>I'm hoping that there <i>IS</i> a Santy Claus 'cause I haven't done <i>ANY</i> Christmas shopping <span style="font-size: x-small;">and/or</span> gift makin' yet!<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>Dear Santa,</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000;">If you exist, <span style="font-size: x-small;">(I think you do!)</span> I will send you my Christmas gift list along with addresses and just leave it all up to you. <i>M'kay</i>?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000;">Love, Robelyn</span></b><br />
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I have Christmas decorations strung from <i>here-to-there</i> all the way through the single-wide and <b>VERY LITTLE</b> of that has found a home yet! <span style="font-size: x-small;">Well, unless the middle of the floor counts as a home.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>Dear Santa,</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000;">If you exist, <span style="font-size: x-small;">(I think you do!)</span> could you please send your Elves to finish spreading Christmas cheer through-out the single-wide?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000;">Love, Robelyn</span></b><br />
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Wanna know what I've been doing instead of cleaning, shopping, decorating, making gifts, putting away, hanging, fluffing or glittering?<br />
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Gettin' ready for a <b><i>Soiree</i></b>.<br />
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You know how God sometimes lasso's you with his duct tape roll and drags you along so that you're <b>where you're supposed to be - <i>when you're supposed to be there?</i></b> He did that to me a few years ago. <i><b>You were with me</b></i> - do you remember when we went to <a href="http://winnieandtululas.blogspot.com/">Winnie and Tulula's</a> in Athens and met Debbie <span style="font-size: x-small;">(aka: <a href="http://www.talkingwhitetrash.blogspot.com/">Talking Trash</a>)</span>, her daughter Jenn <span style="font-size: x-small;">(aka: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts">Give Me Props</a>)</span>, and <b><i>THEN</i></b> we fell head-over-heels <span style="font-size: x-small;"><strike>in love</strike></span> in to the litter box for <a href="http://www.talkingwhitetrash.blogspot.com/">Kitty Cat Daddy</a>? <a href="http://redneckchic.blogspot.com/2009/11/slime-sparkles-and-squirrels.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(here's a memory refresher)</span></a><br />
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Well - <b><span style="font-size: large;">who knew</span></b> that 3 years later <span style="font-size: x-small;">(almost to the day)</span> I would find myself the topic of conversation between <a href="http://www.talkingwhitetrash.blogspot.com/">Mama Debinator</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts">Jenn</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(or that I would have adopted myself another Mama and sister!)</span> - and THEN have myself a REP?!<br />
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Yep - you read that right - <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have a REPRESENTATIVE</span></b>!<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <i>That just makes me giggle...</i></span><br />
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And <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">WHO KNEW</span></i></b> that 3 years later <span style="font-size: x-small;">(almost to the day)</span> I would find myself preparing to <span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">pull the single-wide off it's cinder-blocks and start pullin' it in to <b><i>YOUR</i></b> 'hood?!</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">"...unexplained events become explainable when you realize it was the hand of God moving through your life helping you achieve success." <span style="font-size: x-small;">(from <a href="http://www.thewhisperofgod.com/">"The Whisper of God"</a>)</span></span></b><br />
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So - though red.neck Chic <b><i>Soirees</i></b> were not in my 3 year business plan - <b>THEY ARE NOW</b>!!!<br />
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Just think about it: <b><i>comin' to you LIVE from <span style="font-size: x-large;">YOUR</span> single-wide!</i></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">All things</span></i></b> <a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">red.neck Chic</a> spread out <i>alllllllll</i> over your home for you, your friends and your family to play with! All things <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">fashion. home. <i>life.</i></span></b> spread out <b><i>alllllllll</i></b> over your home for you, your friends and your family to play with and <b>take home</b> to <i>THEIR</i> house - or keep in your own home!<br />
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Imagine a group shopping trip...in the comfort of your living room. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Think of yourself as the CEO of Bloomingdales or Neimans!)</span> No need to go to the boutique...<b>the boutique comes to you</b>! Soaps, candles, towels, pearl-snap shirts, jewelry, pocketbooks <span style="font-size: x-small;">(and more pocketbooks)</span>, greeting cards... the list goes on and on <b><i>and on</i></b> and is <i><b><span style="font-size: large;">continuously growing</span></b></i>... <b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">THEN!</span></i></b> Your friends and family can host their <b>OWN</b> <a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">red.neck Chic</a> <b><i>Soiree </i></b>and have even <b>MORE</b> things to play with! Everything I do is one-of-a-kind sew there is <b>no tellin'</b> what will come from my brain and out through my fingers at <b><i>any given moment</i></b>, everything is "re.po'd, re.cycled - re.defined"... do you realize how much fun this is going to be?! No <b><i>Soiree</i></b> will <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">EVER</span></i></b> be the same! <i>Geesh...</i> the <b>red.neck WORLD </b>will never be the same! <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">hee-hee</span></i><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">"...unexplained events become explainable when you realize it was the hand of God moving through your life helping you achieve success." <span style="font-size: x-small;">(from <a href="http://www.thewhisperofgod.com/">"The Whisper of God"</a>)</span></span></b><br />
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Sew- where is the first <b><i>Soiree</i></b> and when? Where else other than at <a href="http://talkingwhitetrash.blogspot.com/2012/12/home-for-your-holidays.html">Casita de Trash</a> with Mama Debinator and Jenn hostessing! <b>And it's this Friday!</b> I can't decide if I'm freaking out - <b>super excited</b> - <b><i>skeert to death</i></b> - or <b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>none</i></span></b> of those things because who has time to <i><b>THINK</b></i> when I'm <i>s'posed</i> to be sewing and making great things?! <b><i>Crazier than that</i></b> - word has it that I've got another appearance to make in January booked already!<br />
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<b>What an amazing gift God continues to re-gift me</b>... life and the ability to revel in each second of it. A brain that doesn't stop creating things, then fingers that have the ability to make my creations come alive.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/talkingtrashwithdeb">Debbie, Danny</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts">Jenn</a> to wrap my duct tape around and call my own.</b> <i><span style="font-size: large;">Their unwavering faith in me... their </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">belief</b><span style="font-size: large;"> and </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">encouragement</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> in all I do...</span></i><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">"For I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." -<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Jeremiah 29:11</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin' to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> that I think <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Me-Props/224153477651601?fref=ts">Jenn</a> cut the brake lines on when she pulled me off my cinder-blocks 'cause we're headin' out together on one HECK of a <b><i>fun</i></b> ride!!! <b>Are you ready?</b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">hee-hee</span></i><br />
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If you ever want to shut me up, hand me a bowl of <a href="http://www.aroundmyfamilytable.com/2012/02/broccoli-cheese-soup/">Brocolli and Cheese soup</a> - then just step away.<br />
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It's gray and drizzly and a <em>lil' bit cool</em> outside this morning and my stomach is <span style="font-size: large;">growling</span>...<br />
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<strong>4 tbls butter<br />½ onion, roughly chopped<br />2 1/2 tbls flour <br />2 cups whole milk<br />1 cup chicken/vegetable stock<br />1 large head broccoli, roughly chopped<br />1 ½ cups grated cheese<br />additional milk and cheese may be needed<br /><br />Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onions and cook for about 4 minutes. Stir in flour and cook for a minute or two. Pour in the milk and broth. Add the broccoli. Season with a dash of salt and black pepper.<br /><br />Cover and reduce the heat to low. Simmer on low until the broccoli is tender, 20 to 30 minutes. <br /><br />Puree soup using a blender (in two batches), immersion blender, or even a potato masher. Stir in the cheese and allow to melt. Taste the seasonings and adjust if needed. Thin with additional milk to desired consistency. <br /><br />To make it a little heartier, stir in some diced ham or leftover chicken/turkey. Serve with extra cheese and crackers.</strong></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide</span></em> where I've got my google search up and running because I'm having to look up "<em>puree</em>" and "<em>immersion blender</em>"... my tater mashers are photo holders...</div>
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So... yesterday I worked for the afternoon at <a href="http://www.thehillsboroantiquemall.com/">The Hillsboro Antique Mall</a>. <i>It was fun!</i> I <i>“fluffed”</i> my space a little bit... it needs <b>A LOT</b> of work <span style="font-size: x-small;">(I’m thinking major over-haul again)</span> – but that’s okay! Having to move and shift and pile in new fun <strike><span style="font-size: x-small;">junk</span></strike> <b>goodies</b> is <b><i>ALWAYS</i></b> a good thing, right?<br />
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On my way home – <i>a trip that is normally 52 minutes from point A to point B</i> – I hit traffic and <b>more traffic</b> and <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">more traffic</span></i></b>...<br />
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And I watched the new<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(ish)</span></i> <span style="color: blue;"><b>Smurf</b></span> movie through my windshield and the back window of a big SUV while sitting completely still on the interstate.<br />
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Completely.<br />
Still.<br />
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At first I thought nothing of it since I’m a die-hard <b><span style="color: blue;">Smurf</span></b> fan <span style="font-size: x-small;">(do you remember the Smurfberry cereal? Turned your tongue blue!)</span>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Then I started laughing <i>and my mind just kind of wandered off on its own little road trip</i>:</span><br />
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When I was little and “<i>the Mama</i>” would load us up for a road trip – <b>we didn’t watch movies</b>!<br />
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<b><i>Heck</i></b> – when I was little I don’t think the VCR was even invented yet! <i>Or <b>i</b>Pods and <b>i</b>Phones and <b>i</b>dontknowwhatelse... </i><b><i>or the internet</i>...</b><br />
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For entertainment my brothers and I would beat the living daylights out of each other, and...<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Wait,</span></i> that sounds so harsh.<br />
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<b>Let me re-phrase: </b>For entertainment my brothers and I would concentrate very <i>very</i> <b><i>very</i></b> <span style="font-size: x-large;">very</span> hard on spotting slug bugs <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(<b>actual</b> slug bugs or <b>imaginary</b> slug bugs that go so fast no-one but you can see them... we weren't picky)</span></i> so that we could slug each other... <span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: x-small;">there – now you know that “<i>the Mama</i>” didn't condone random brutality – we beat the living daylights out of each other with purpose...</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">and we would sing!</span></i></b><br />
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Music was always front and center in our house – didn’t matter if it was the piano – stereo – clarinet or bass clarinet – trumpet – drums – guitar - very large speakers that my brother built just so he could torture us with The Beach Boys or Chopin <span style="font-size: x-small;">(he used to conduct the orchestra inside the speakers while standing on his bed – my little brother and I used to watch and laugh as his arms flapped wildly <i>shushing</i> the timpani and trying to get the woodwind section to build more volume in to their crescendo - <i>more power</i>)</span> – a flute - a banjo – I think one or 3 of us had a harmonica and bells - an accordion – an organ... <i>a tuba or two...</i><br />
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But mainly – <b>our voices</b>.<br />
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We would pile in to the car and <b>just start singing</b>... “I’ll Fly Away” or “Lil’ Bunny FuFu” or “You Are My Sunshine”... rounds of “Alleluia” and whatever other songs we could make rounds of <span style="font-size: x-small;">(proll’y some that weren’t intended to be rounds)</span>... “Rocky Top” and “You Can’t Get to Heaven in a Rocking Chair”, "B.I.N.G.O"...<br />
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if we even <b><i>THOUGHT</i></b> we knew the words to it – <b>we sang it!</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I think we even sang the Smurf song!!!</span></b></div>
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Yeah... I know... now <b><i>YOU</i></b> will be singing the <b><span style="color: blue;">Smurf</span></b> song the rest of today.<br />
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You.<br />
Are.<br />
WELCOME!<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Any</span></b></i>way – <b>the moral of my story is</b> – I can’t decide how I feel about movies in a car! What happened to searching for slug bugs and <i>chit chat</i> and <b>music</b> and <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">fun</span></i></b>?<br />
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On the flip side of that DVD...<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>I would have LOVED having a movie to listen to and watch when one time my Dad took us to Denver, CO from Crawford, TX and not <i>toooooooo</i> far out of Crawford, TX my little brother made up a song about an <span style="font-size: x-large;">ant</span>.</b></span><br />
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<b>The Ant Song - </b><i><b>that was completely made up by a 4yr old </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(he might have even been 3...)</span></i><b> - was the <span style="font-size: large;">continuous theme song - our SOUNDTRACK -</span> for our <i>cross-a-few-states</i> journey. Hours long... <span style="font-size: x-large;">miles long...</span> seemed like <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>DAYS</i></span> long... verse <i>after verse</i> </b><i>after verse...</i><br />
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stupid ant.<br />
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I <i>still</i> step on ants given half a chance and then I start giggling... and then I sing <i>"dead ant, dead ant, dead ant dead ant dead ant dead ant dead annnnnnnt... <span style="font-size: x-small;">dadadadummmmm</span>" </i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(read that again and think: "Pink Panther theme song")</span>.<br />
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<b>Do you have a movie theater in your back seat or do you have a mini-choir that watches for Volkswagens? </b> If you have a theater – <i>and if I’m behind you</i> – can we watch <i><b>“Princess Bride”</b></i> next time?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">OH!</span> And can I have some popcorn? <i>With extra butter? <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">are we there yet?</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin’ to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> where while I was watching the <b><span style="color: blue;">Smurfs</span></b> I had my stereo on full-blast and was jamming to some <i><b>Bill Withers</b></i> followed up by <i><b>Pink</b></i>... then I popped in some <i><b>Debussy</b></i> to confuse the people next to me that were staring at me as I sang really loud <span style="font-size: x-small;">(and a few times whipped out my air guitar and percussion section)</span>... and then I parked on an ant pile.<br />
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Today on Thanksgiving Day,<br />
My blessings I recall;<br />
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The things I am most thankful for,<br />
I recollect them all.<br />
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You are really special,<br />
In all you say and do.<br />
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You have made a difference in my life;<br />
Today - <b>and <i>EVERY </i>day</b> - I am thankful for <b><span style="font-size: large;">YOU</span><span style="font-size: large;">!</span></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll!!!</span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">comin' to you LIVE from the single-wide</span></i> where if you c'mon over I will share my cranberry sauce with you!!! <span style="font-size: x-small;">(cranberry sauce 'cause it doesn't require a stove and whatever else all that kitchen stuff is... the local FD has the burn ban on my kitchen still in place...)</span><br />
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Have fun - <i>enjoy your day of </i><b>Family, Friends and Fellowship! </b><br />
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Are you getting ready for Thanksgiving with family and friends? Pulling out the extra chairs? Do you have your "kid's table" and your "grown-up's table" all laid out - the settings ready to go?<br />
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How about entertainment - do you have that covered? Movies rented so that you can watch them on the big-screen? Background music? The perfect lighting for your Thanksgiving feast?<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide</span></i> where this is <b><i>NOT</i></b> my yard - but I swear... I would <i>TOTALLY</i> crash this party just 'cause I find the set-up so fun! There are chairs set around tables... keyboard organs and stereos... bbq pits... a television...<b><i> oh yeah... </i></b>red.necks <b>CERTAINLY</b> know how to gather and celebrate friends and family... <b><span style="color: #783f04;">how are your Thanksgiving preparations going?</span></b><br />
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And I've stopped to look at it <i>mannnnnnny</i> times since!<br />
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I <b><i>ADORE</i></b> the “old school” cross-stitch mixed with metal! I think it’s one of the greatest contrasts that I've seen in a long time – and <b>I’m all about contrast!</b> Since the bracelet was part of an art exhibit <span style="font-size: x-small;">(and rightfully so)</span> I quit looking for where to buy it and decided to use it as my PinSpiration.<br />
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Cross-stitching abilities are <b><i>NOwhere</i></b> on the <a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">red.neck Chic</a> resume because I get all confused, <i>tangled</i> and lose count of whatever stitches I was supposed to be stitching and end up with strings <b>everywhere</b> but where they are supposed to be... <b><i>Instead?</i></b> Here’s what I did:<br />
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Plus some E6000, clothes pins and a small piece of leather.<br />
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There are filigree findings in all of the crafty stores right now – so I am <i><b>SURE</b></i> that you can find some that tickle your creative bone!!!<br />
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I took the flat filigree flowers and broke them in half - then broke the third part off - to make the leaves...<br />
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and started running various colors of embroidery floss through all of the holes...<br />
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making my flowers and my leaves. I would like to say that I used some magical technique, but... there was absolutely <i><b>no</b></i> method to my madness <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(you know me - I just roll with it...)</i></span> so just stitch the stitch that makes you happy!<br />
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I stitched all of my flowers and leaves in to place using the holes in the silver cuff bracelet I found. If you don’t have holes in your cuff bracelet:<br />
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E6000 and some fantastically <b>red.neck</b> clamps <span style="font-size: x-small;">(aka: clothes pins)</span> work wonders!<br />
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Because I had stitched the flowers to my cuff, I secured a strip of leather to the inside <span style="font-size: x-small;">(to hold my ends)</span> then I glued some sparkles in to my <b><i>happy flower</i></b> centers... and I dropped some glue in all kinds of other places to hold leaves a little flatter, <span style="font-size: x-small;">(got some in my hair)</span>, etc. etc.<br />
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Super simple – <i>super happy</i>! <b>Are you going to make one?</b> I think I’m going to call mine my <b><i><span style="color: blue;">“wrist garden”</span></i></b> because actual <i><b>gardening</b></i> is MIA off the <a href="http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/">red.neck Chic</a> resume along with cross-stitching... <span style="font-size: xx-small;">and cooking...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>comin’ to you </i>LIVE<i> from a single-wide</i></span> where I needed to find some inspiration – <b>what has been inspiring you lately?</b><br />
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½ day setting up (that included a tent frame malfunction, an “<b><i>oops</i></b> – forgot about jewelry display” <span style="font-size: x-small;">(which <a href="http://www.talkingwhitetrash.blogspot.com/">Kitty Cat Daddy </a>helped me out with!!!)</span>, and a <i><b>verrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyy</b></i> steep ramp <span style="font-size: x-small;">that worked leg muscles I didn't know I had</span>)..., uhmmm... <span style="color: #990000;">in the red</span>. <br />
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A day packed with sales and <i>giggles</i>... <b>in the black</b>. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">ONE FULL DAY</span></b> spent set up next to <a href="http://www.talkingwhitetrash.blogspot.com/">Mama Debinator and The Kitty Cat Daddy</a>, hanging out with old friends and <b><span style="font-size: large;">meeting new ones</span></b> that one day will be old friends because I plan on keeping them!!!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide</span></i> where I'm <b><i>almost </i></b>recovered and ready to do the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JunkHippy?fref=ts">Junk Hippy RoadShow</a> again... <span style="font-size: x-small;">and maybe next time I will be over my <a href="http://www.instagram.com/">Instagram</a> addiction and back to my big girl camera</span>. ha<i>HA</i>!<br />
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While I've been locked away in my sewing room - <b><i>what have you been doing</i></b>?<br />
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Thank You for coming to visit today. I would like to explain the meaning of the items on this special table.<br />
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The table is round - to show our everlasting concern for our men and women still missing.<br />
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The cloth is white - symbolizing the purity of their motives when answering the call to duty.<br />
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The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones and friends who keep the faith, awaiting answers.<br />
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The vase is tied with a red ribbon, a symbol of our continued determination to account for our missing.<br />
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A slice of lemon on the bread plate is to remind us of the bitter fate of those captured and missing in a foreign land.<br />
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A pinch of salt symbolizes the tears endured by those missing and their families who seek answers.<br />
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The Bible represents the strength gained through faith to sustain those lost from our country, founded as one nation under God.<br />
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The glass is inverted - to symbolize their inability to share today's toast.<br />
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<b>The chair is empty - the soldier is missing.</b><br />
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This is a "<a href="http://mssuede.tripod.com/id22.html">Missing Man Table</a>" which is part of the "<a href="http://mssuede.tripod.com/id22.html">Honors Ceremony</a>". The ceremony calls attention to the fact that "<b>the missing are with us, here in spirit,</b>" and serves as a reminder to all Americans to <b>never forget</b> the brave men and women who answered our nation's call to serve.<br />
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Our freedom is a gift from our forefathers. The passing of that gift between generations has been left to the Veterans who have served, and the soldiers currently serving our nation when called to duty. You are responsible for carrying on the history, the stories, and the valor of those that are your neighbors, your teachers, your family and your friends. Today let us honor those who have defended our country and the principles under which we live. <span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">We say <i><b>"Thank You"</b></i> today to our Veterans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide</i><b></b><i>... hee-hee </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">p.s. Most of everything on the table has a story behind it... and yes, this is a <b><i>"refreshed"</i></b> post from a couple of years ago!!!</span><br />
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My Grandfather was in the U.S. Navy - and this is his hat. "He was based out of San Diego, CA for two tours in the South Pacific on PBY 5A Catalina's <span style="font-size: small;">(amphibious airplane)</span> - assistant mechanic on first trip, head mechanic on second. He spent some time in Kanoe Bay, HI for training on both trips, followed by assignment to Banana River NAS <span style="font-size: small;">(Cape Kennedy, FL)</span>. He was assigned to be head mechanic on PBM's <span style="font-size: small;">(large flying boat)</span> but refused to fly on them. I never got a straight answer as to why, but all consideration involved adjectives. The hellcats and PBM recon had disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle about then. May have had more to do with it than the <u style="color: blue;">#@$*^ PBM</u>. He had enough friends to get an assignment to DC as crew chief on JRB's <span style="font-size: small;">(Small two engine personnel type plane)</span> and flew with Admiral Hoover on many occasions, along with other suits. Apparently his airplane had a very good record for minimal breakdowns. My Grandfather said all the other crew chiefs spent all their time doing tear downs for inspections... he kinda figured that if it cranked, it would probably stay running! He needed all that extra time to go fishing or something!" <span style="font-size: small;">~ as told by my Uncle (the senior red.neck...)</span><br />
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The silver, crystal and "napkin" on the table were my Grandmother's. The silver is "Fairfax" by Gorham (a gift from her Aunt), and the Crystal is "Canterbury" by Duncan Miller that she got as a wedding gift in 1944. The "napkin" is actually a tea towel from my Great-Grandmother with an "A" monogrammed on it... from about 1906.<br />
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The white plates belong to the <b>"<i>the Mama</i>"</b> and they are "Heritage" by Johnson Brothers. "<i><b>the Mama</b></i>" is solely responsible for pulling all of the table setting together for me... <span style="font-size: small;">as well as handing a print out over with directions for where everything goes... </span><i><span style="font-size: small;">she's just cool like that...</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I hope you enjoyed your day today and spent it with friends and family - laughing and enjoying each moment! And! <b><i>T</i></b><i><b>hank a soldier</b> - </i>be it Veteran or one currently serving... they have all paid a price for our freedom...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.buyhandmade.org"><img src="http://www.buyhandmade.org/images/100x100.jpg" alt="I Took The Handmade Pledge! BuyHandmade.org" width="100" height="100" border="0" /></a></div>red.neck chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812119686879829153noreply@blogger.com