Just for Fun!

One of our members sent me this email. Since "Bless Your Heart!" is a staple in our weekly conversation and that we all love a good belly laugh especially at our own expense, I thought I would share this with the world. 

Southern women appreciate their natural assets: 
Clean skin.
A winning smile.
That unforgettable Southern drawl.

Southern women know their manners:
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, sir."
"Why, no, Billy!" 

Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions : 
"Y'all come back!"
"Well, bless your heart."
"Drop by when you can."
"How's your Momma?" 


Southern women know their summer weather report: 
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity

Southern women know their vacation spots: 
The beach
The rivuh
The crick

Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:
Colorful hi-heel sandals 
Strapless sun dresses
Iced sweet tea with mint

Southern women know everybody's first name:
Honey
Darlin'
Shugah

Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Steel Magnolias
Gone With The Wind

Southern women know their religions: 
Baptist
Methodist
Football

Southern women know their country breakfasts:
Red-eye gravy
Grits 
Eggs
Country ham
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly

Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Chawl'stn 

S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna

Southern women know their elegant gentlemen: 
Men in uniform
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler

Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon

Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food

More Suthen-ism's: 
Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
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Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess." 
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Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder." 


Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: "Going to town, be back directly."
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Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table. 
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All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
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Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin! 
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Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20
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Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash. 
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No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
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A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
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Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line,"... we tal k to everybody! 
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Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.
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In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural.
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Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
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Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food. 
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When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
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Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk. 
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And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway.. You just say, "Bless her heart" ... and go your own way.
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To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!
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And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, ... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language! 
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And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could." 


Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah !

Now........ Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or wish they had been! If you're a Northern transplant, bless your little heart,  fake it.  We know you got here as fast as you could

 

 

Knit-A-Square non-profit group

Each month, www.lionbrand.com features a charity that helps others through knitting and crochet. This month's charity is Knit-a-Square.com, which asks knitters and crocheters around the world to help provide warmth to South African orphans.

Knit-a-Square is a nonprofit organization that began in October 2008 and provides blankets for children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and extreme poverty in Africa. The organization works in association with Hotel Hope, a charity that provides food, shelter and love to children infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

Knit-a-Square's role is to provide warmth by collecting hand-knit or crocheted squares from all over the world that are then stitched together locally by the Soweto Comfort Club, a church group in South Africa, to create blankets for children in Soweto and Johannesburg, South Africa areas, including those helped by Hotel Hope.

The rest of the article can be read at

http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/lionbrand/displayCustomerProjects.fcgi?projectKey=48446&displayType=lit.

This may be a project we would like to contribute to periodically.

Meeting Update February 11th

Blessings Abound: What a blessing Wednesday was! Lisa opened with a prayer thanking God for the talent he has given each of us to be his hands and feet. We had a great group of women excited about the projects they were working on for those in need of God’s love and healing powers. It’s also encouraging to learn from other members. The sharing of ideas and knowledge is one of God’s gifts to the members. New projects were turned in that were beautiful and different than others we’ve received. Keep up the great work.

Ash Wednesday: February 25th is Ash Wednesday. While the Parlor will still be reserved for the Prayer Shawl Ministry from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, there will not be an official meeting to allow members to go to the Ash Wednesday service at 6:30. However, any one wishing to spend time in the Parlor is welcome.

Special Project: We agreed to create a layette for Allen and Aneta for their new baby due in a couple of months. This is a project over and above our normal Prayer Shawl Ministry projects which are created for those in need due to an illness, grief, or similar situation. Their situation is one of joy and celebration so what we create will come from us as a group. The gifts will not have the Prayer Shawl Ministry tags on them, but will have our love and God’s hand on them.

In order to make items, we are trying to find out if they know if they are having a boy or a girl, especially since they have children already. We may also want to consider making a small gift for the young children they have so they feel included. Talking about this project in more detail on Wednesday will also give us a chance to avoid duplication of gifts.

Opportunity: Lisa said we have an opportunity to speak at the various services about what being a member of the Prayer Shawl Ministry means to us. We’ve grown by getting information out about whom we are and what we do. This is another opportunity to get the word out. We now have members who are part of our group who were first recipients of Prayer Shawls and are now contributors. This is another topic to be discussed on Wednesday. I will volunteer to speak at a service and that’s definitely out of my comfort zone! We have an awesome Ministry! Let’s share it.

Happy Valentine’s Day.

Love and Blessings,

Beverly

The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller

Completed Prayer Shawls...and a sweet little baby hat!

Recycling Works In Yarn Too

Did you know there is a yarn made by Caron that begins as sterilized, shredded clear plastic drinking water bottles. This bottle "flake" is then melted and spun into a lofty fiber that resembles fiber-fill. Then their mills spin and blend the recycled fiber with the same acrylic fiber used to make Simply Soft yarn. You can read more about it at www.Caron.com. The yarn is called Simply Soft Eco. Isn’t it great what we can do with science and recycling!

Meeting Update

Even the chill in the air couldn’t keep the warmth out of The Parlor last night.  Robin opened with a prayer last night to get us started on the right foot.  

Blessings:  We were blessed with two new members who want to learn to crochet.  Welcome to Lesley and Tisha.  Tisha threw us a curve because she is left-handed so we scrambled to learn how to crochet left-handed.   

More Blessings:  We were blessed with 11 afghans and prayer shawls to apply tags to and pray over.  Our prayers are a wonderful way to introduce new members to our group because it’s such a moving, powerful experience which shows how strongly we feel about God’s role in the talent he has given us and what we provide.  The Prayer Shawl cabinet is full now, but according to Rev. Sheri, it won’t be for long.  We have also received more donations of yarn.  Ladies, we have a lot of work to do! 

Word Gets Around:  Did you know the Prayer Shawl Ministry has a page on the church website? If you go to FUMC and click on the Ministries tab, then click on Congregational Care, you will see a line that says Prayer Balnkets and Prayer Shawls.  Click on that link and you will see information about our group with pictures.   

In addition, there are flyers in the elevator and on bulletin boards around the church with information about the Prayer Shawl Ministry.  I’m not sure who to thank for all of the hard work and effort, but keep up the good work because it’s helping! 

Thanks to Robin, the blog site is being used more and more.  If you want to see the new Prayer shawls and afghans we added last night, The new pictures are already posted. 

Congratulations:  Please wish a very happy birthday this month to Susan, Carole, and Carleen. 

Ash Wednesday:  February 25^th is Ash Wednesday.  The church service is at 6:30 which is the same time as our normal meeting.  Many plan to attend the service instead of the Prayer Shawl Ministry meeting so we should probably discuss the viability of holding a meeting on that date next week. 

Food Drive:  When you are able, remember the can of food for the Lawrenceville Co-Op each week. Robin is delivering our contributions for us.

Blessings

Beverly

“The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.” 

Ivy Baker Priest

 

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2PE 1:2 

Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.