Red Clay and Glitter: Tales of a Southern Mama

True and funny stories from the lighter side of raising my sons and daughter. As the Southern mama of this crew, I'm usually somewhere between "Bless your hearts!" and "Y'all act like you got some sense!" If we ever need to find our way home, we just follow the trail of red clay and glitter.

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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Bunnies

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(2012) I love the imagination of 4 year olds ... I was laying with Lily Claire last night in her bed while she fell asleep and she said, ...
Monday, August 27, 2018

Lifetime

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So I've decided I'm much more of a Hallmark Channel girl than Lifetime.  Lifetime movies always make me feel creepy and are either s...

Mean

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(2010) Lily Claire was playing with my cell phone (which was turned off) and I asked her who she was "talking" to.  She happily an...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Skippy

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(2013) Dylan, Dylan, Dylan...  I don't know where he comes up with half the things he does or says ... you just NEVER know what is next....
Saturday, August 25, 2018

Loaf

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Ummm.... Dylan just informed me that we need a new "loaf" of toilet paper in his bathroom. Boys crack me up!

Bamboozled

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(2013) I think I'm being bamboozled ... Lily crawled in my bed tonight and said, "See how much I love you, Mama, that I want to sle...

Aristocats

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(2013)Lily had a VERY exciting moment last night when she realized that our family is "exactly like" the Aristocats ... a mom, dad...

Bribery

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(2014) Mwah ha ha ha haaaaaa!!!!  That is my DEVIOUS, EVIL MOTHER LAUGH!! Yes, I have stooped to bribery  and it WORKED (don't judge a d...

Tattoo

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(2013) Hilarious teacher moment today ... My skirt today had a slit on the side and one of my 4th grade girls saw the unsightly veins on the...

Cheese Fries

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Being the non-sport person that I am, I may not have ever really WATCHED any of the kids’ football or baseball games n the past 15 years, bu...

Charcoal

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After a long week, I decided I looked like I’d been run over by a truck, so I decided I'd indulge in a little self repair, including col...
Friday, August 24, 2018

Soda Pop

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Sorry friends who are not from the South, but I hate the words  "pop" and "soda" ... Down here we say, "Y'all ...

Invention

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I know that Gutenburg's printing press gets the credit most of the time for the best invention of all time,  but I think the guy who inv...

Glug

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(2014) Should I be concerned that the toilet downstairs was making a loud "glug, glug, glug" noise and when I went to check it out...

Mountain Men

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Watching "Mountain Man" on the History Channel with Robert Skeet Taylor ... Completely fascinating,but I think the show should be ...
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