The South Is Risen Again!!!

Well, we are getting ready to leave today for North Carolina and I thought I would leave you with a big post, ya know, go out with a BANG! I have also decided to "talk" with a drawl today. I would have loved to live in the South before the Civil War, on a big plantation with a huge house with white columns and a porch fit for a ball. We would wear big hoop skirts and hats with vegetables on them and talk about things like fainting spells, coming out parties and folks who are neuvo riche! (I can see it in my mind, Clarke, and it's beautiful)

Yesterday mah darlin' sistah called me in the mornin' and said she was makin' her new favorite meal (chicken with sundried tomatoes) in the crockpot and she was fixin' to whip up some extra for us. She serves it ovah angel haih pasta and it is fabulous! Ahh went up the road a piece to her house to fetch our suppah and when she removed the lid Ahh was ovahwhelmed with the aroma! We stood there like two barbarians eatin' straight out of the slow cookah, angel haih pasta hangin' off our chins. Thank- you kindly, sugah!

Alright, enough of that, it irks me to misspell words and now my spell checker thinks I am completely addled.

Last year we went to North Carolina, this is our third year, and our van broke down. We got stranded there for four extra days and it cost us a small fortune for food, lodging and repairs to the van. We had to vacate the beach house because another family was coming to stay there, so off we went to Wilmington where the van was being repaired.

The old "Southern hospitality"adage is completely true. Everywhere we went, we were treated with kindness, patience and empathy. We sat in Chick-Fil-A for about three hours waiting for news of the van. The boys were playing in the kids play area with some other children and the mother of one of the kids began to talk to me. Small talk at first and then I shared of our plight and how Chick-Fil-A was starting to have a real homey feel to it. She actually gave me her husband's business card and sheepishly told me that they had an extra room that we were welcome to use. A complete stranger! We were really blessed by a lot of people. When we originally broke down we ended up in a daycare parking lot and every single person who went in or out offered us a ride or help. Aside from the breakdown, it was a great trip!

Now, just for fun, there are two movie quotes in this post. Can you name them?

I will be back in a week, my mother will answer any questions or concerns you may have in my absense. She is, after all, the captain of the world!! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! (Family joke)