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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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Shot

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(2013) Lily Claire had her five year old check up today to get ready for Kindergarten registration on Thursday. When discussing her finger p...

Girls

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(2014) Yep .... Middle school is on the horizon!  Dyl asked tonight if he could invite some GIRLS to his birthday party at the skating rink....

Mouse

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Most HORRIBLE event of my day.... I noticed that the outside recycle bin was full of rain water so I gingerly picked it up and dumped out th...
Sunday, April 28, 2019

China

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(2014) Life with Dylan 101. He was assigned a project in his Social Studies class to learn about China. His task was to bring in a Chinese ...

Uno

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I am cracking up at this notice from FB on my wall "Jennifer likes Uno and The Bible."  I hope God knows it's not necessarily ...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

Hooligan

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(2014) Had a nice ride with Brandon at the wheel this evening after supper!  He took me up to Kroger to buy some flowers for the kitchen, th...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Survival

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Robert Skeet Taylor loves the show Naked and Afraid, and I must admit, it sucks me in every time! The other night while we were watching an ...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Skunk

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(2013) Dylan came home all dirty and sweaty from his batting practice then played outside until dark.  When he came in, Lily took one step t...
Sunday, April 14, 2019

Baby Book

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(2013) I pulled out Brandon's baby book of pictures to show him tonight and Lily rushed over and said, "Ooooo ... I want to look at...

Broadway

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(2014) PROUD PROUD parent moment ... Dylan has a part in the 5th grade school musical.  He is CAMPER ITCH-ALOT and apparently he has to ...

Dictionary

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(2012) I am cracking up ... Grammie is asking Dylan which apps/games he doesn't need on her Ipad anymore.  After looking over a bunch of...

Salad

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(2014) Bran was recounting to me a recent dinner he had at an Italian restaurant.  He said the waitress came and asked him if he wanted a Ca...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Manners

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One of the hallmarks of being a Southern mother .... reminding your kids of every rule of good manners ever known to man while taking them t...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Scouting

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(2015) Oh lord. Dylan just came over to me at the pool and I said, "What are you doing?" He answers, "I'm scouting....

Invest

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I am cracking up that beside my $10.01 balance in my savings account, Wells Fargo posted a big red-flag notice that says IT’S TIME TO INVEST...
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