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, January 28, 2020

Breakfast

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(2012) When I woke up this morning, I saw on my nighstand that Dylan and Lily Claire had served me a fantastic breakfast in bed!  Just becau...
Sunday, January 26, 2020

God

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(2013) Lily just informed me that she knows what God looks like. Apparently, He's "big and sunny."

Wealth

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Dear Wells Fargo, Thank you for your diligence in having my back with your daily "wealth management" email alerts. Considering th...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

Automatic

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I got Mom and Dad an automatic soap dispenser for their kitchen sink that squirts out soap when you pass your hand underneath it. I have bee...

Opposites

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Another installment of "Jen and Skeet Are Polar Opposites" ... We were watching a survival show tonight called "Dude You...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Peanut Butter

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I think I just broke a world record by eating about eight pounds of peanut butter on one teeny celery stick.  Pretty sure I could have had a...
Monday, January 20, 2020

Seriously?

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Ummm .... If anyone if looking for the entire snack aisle from Quick Trip, I just found it under the boys' beds.  There are also a few m...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Sick

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Robert Skeet Taylor is sick for the third time this month, so I did what a Southern wife with any sense would do. I rushed out and bought th...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Basketball

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(2015) I am the WORST basketball mom EVER.  I hate EVERYTHING about it. The uniforms are ugly, the balls thud and echo nonstop, the middle s...

True Love

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(2012) Lily Claire just informed me that she has a boyfriend.  When I asked her his name she replied, "I forgot."  Sounds like tru...

Batman

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(2012)   We happened on this cable station this week that only shows all these old sitcoms from the 60s/70s ... like Gidget, That Girl, Her...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Crumbs

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(2012) A Dylan memory 😂😂😂... Life With Boys ... again:  I walked in my bedroom and found Dylan eating a bunch of PopTarts on my bed.  Th...
Friday, January 10, 2020

Muffins

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(2011) Just made the boys some chocolate chip muffins, which inspired Lily to entertain us with "remixes" of some old favorites.  ...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Flamingo

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(2014)  I bought shrimp at the grocery store to make for dinner one night this week.  When we got the bags in the car beside Lily, she sniff...
Monday, January 6, 2020

Black

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Every male in my house wears the same size and everything they own is black Nike. You need to be a member of Mensa to  figure out the laundr...
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