I'm Just a Country Girl

Had a great weekend! The sun finally decided to come out on Sunday and yesterday turned out to be absolutely beautiful. I took Mom to her doctor's appointment yesterday in Nashville. She had a good check up, and we are on track to having her cataract surgery scheduled as well. I know that she'll be glad, when that's done. Mom is an avid reader, and her reading has really been impaired lately. So, we should have her surgery scheduled soon. We had a really nice lunch at Ruby Tuesday's. We also stopped by Aquatic Critter to confirm the reptile program for Celebration Pet Day with Danielle. We are still on and everything's a go!! I think that she is planning on bringing a cayman, a 20 foot boa constrictor, some really cool frogs, some geckos, and a really cool Jackson's Chameleon!! I can't wait. All in all, it was a really successful Nashville trip yesterday.

After I got home, it was time to get ready and go to teach obedience with Jennie. It was really exciting last night. She brought Fergie, one of the shelter dogs that we've been working with since February, for me to work. We are trying to get her ready to be a "STAR" as our adoptable dog at Celebration Pet Day. She is a very shy dog, but she did absolutely beautiful in a different place last night. She started out timid at first, but after a few minutes both her tail and her confidence came up! It was so rewarding to see her really come out of her shell and shine in class!! It makes teaching obedience so rewarding, especially knowing you're helping out a dog that needs to be adopted. I can't wait to see how she does at Pet Day. I hope that it helps her to get adopted. She is SUCH a great dog!!

We have our very last planning meeting for Celebration Pet Day scheduled tonight. We are all meeting out at the pavilion to get a floor plan in mind. I've worked all day on the update on the food donation lists, booths confirmed, and an arena floor plan to hand out tonight. Hopefully, that work will keep us on task, and we'll be finished before dark. Other than that, not much else going on. I'm posting some Tennessee'isms that I received in an e-mail today. Since I'm from Tennessee, I couldn't help but share them with you all. Hope everyone has a great evening!! Enjoy!!

Things I've learned about Tennessee and being a Tennessean....

1. Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Tennessee.

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Tennessee plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. Squirrels will eat anything.

5. Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.

6. Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are ripe.

7. If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.

8. Onced and twiced are words.

9. It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.

10. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

11. People actually grow and eat okra.

12. Fixinto is one word.

13. There is no such thing as "lunch". There is only dinner and then there is supper.

14. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

15. Backards and forwards mea! ns "I know everything about you."

16. Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

17. You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you' re done or it's too dark to see.

You know you're from Tennessee if:

1. You measure distance in minutes.

2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

3. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store "

4. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

5. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

6. You know what a "VOL" is.

7. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.

9. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and catsup.

10. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

11. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

12. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".

13. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.

14. You know whether another Tennessean is from east, west or middle Tennessee as soon as they open their mouth.

15. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as"goin' Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World".

16. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.

17. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"

18. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

19. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from Tennessee (and those who just wish they were). Not EVERYONE can be a Tennessean, it's an art form and a gift from God!