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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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Chew Toy

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A typical Skeet/Jen conversation last night, this time about Buddy… Skeet, disgustedly looking at a new chew toy that Buddy has already de...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Not Guilty

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(2011) I walked into the kitchen this evening to find that Lily had drawn a big flower right on the refridgerator with a purple marker!!!! T...

Birthday

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(2012) Lily just told me, "Mom, you can come to my birthday party because you're my best friend."  Sniff. Sniff.  Love that li...

Obscure

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(2012) Bran wasn't sure if I could help him with his Language Arts homework last night because it was about some obscure, little known b...

Big Time

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(2013) Bran thinks he has hit the BIG TIME being on his highschool baseball team.  Why?  Because he gets FREE sweet tea AND lemonade at prac...
Sunday, February 24, 2019

Papaw

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(2012) Today Lily and I were driving to Dylan's scrimmage game and Lily asked, "Mom, how do you know how to get to the park?" ...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

Hank

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While riding with Bran in his truck today, he turned to me and said, "Hank Williams Jr. A Country Boy Can Survive.  Best. Song. EVER....

Ordeal

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Those who know me will attest to the fact that I'm adventurous and will try just about anything once (exempting anything illegal  or imm...

Shoes

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(2014) I have to share my "Mother of the Year" story from this week. I have been crowned once again.   I noticed that Dylan's ...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Crossfit

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I'm pretty sure I just completed an entire CrossFit routine trying to get on my black tights to wear with my dress tonight. I'm exha...
Sunday, February 17, 2019

Coyote

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We got a message from our HOA that a coyote was spotted walking around our neighborhood!  Yikes!  Guess the Roadrunner will be the next to m...
Friday, February 15, 2019

Fluff

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Oops ... I had set up to record some shows on a retro channel and accidentally recorded 69 episodes of Love American Style!! Hahaaaa!  I...
Thursday, February 14, 2019

Mean

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(2013) As we were all getting ready for bed tonight, we were talking about all of our Valentines and cupcakes and chocolate and fun from the...

Peppermint

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I made the HUGE mistake of putting Peppermint scented lotion on my feet tonight before bed! Buddy has been licking my feet nonstop and there...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Freshen Up

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(2011) Me:  Lily, let's go upstairs and freshen up before we go to Bran's basketball game. Lily:  Ok, Mama ... let's freshen do...
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