Famous Quotes

I have a few quotes from some of my favorite people that I think should go in a book of "Famous Quotes".  You know we all  have those family members who say things over and over again when you are young and then when you reach a certain age you FINALLY figure out what they were meaning when they said those words that were irrelevant to you at the time......  I surely hope I am not the only one.  I am constantly using my own sayings in my everyday life whether it be at school, home, or wherever.  One of my own sayings that I say frequently is "Good Night in the Morning".  I have been told that I do not make any sense when I say this.  I have even had one young man go as far as googling this saying of mine and reporting back to me that I made absolutely no sense at all when I said it.  That has to be one of my favorite moments ever.  Another of my favorite that I stole from church camp is "Winner Winner Chicken Dinner".  This is a favorite of mine and I use it daily in my classroom.    But enough about my quotes; lets talk about some that actually should be in the book.  I have an aunt who is known by many people.  And to let you in a little secret....  she is one of my heroes.  One of my most favorite quotes of hers (and yes....  she has MANY) is.....  "I am going to kill you dead".  Really?  Does that make sense???  You bet it does....  It means you better sit up straight and pay attention to what she is saying......  or she just might "kill you dead".    She has been known to attack those that she loves with a yellow notepad. Just aske my husband.  Another saying by someone very dear to me is "We will see you in the funny papers".  You know..... as a kid when I heard my Grannie say this....  I would think to myself...  "Am I going to be in the comics this coming Sunday?"  :)  I never was :(.......  But as I got older and she continued to say it I knew she meant  "I will see you soon".  I would give anything to hear her say that just one more time.  My last famous quote comes from my Daddy.  I heard him say this on several occasions.  His was "Baby, you are having the time of your life.....  you just don't know it yet".  He would always say this when I was the most frustrated.....  when the kids were on my last nerve....  when I had 10 minutes to load up the kids to get to a ball practice....  He always knew the right time to say it.  It took me a while to figure out what he meant when he used this mixture of words.  I acutally thought he was saying "better you then me" when he would quote those words.  He would  say this when I was about to pull my hair out or he thought I was actually going to "kill one of his grandkids dead".  These words are forever inscribed on my heart.  I think of them when I am at my wits end. And yes.....  I would give anything to hear him say it again....just one more time..... as I was screaming at the kids to get their stuff and get in the truck and he was sitting on his front porch waving bye at all of us.  I think of these quotes and realize how lucky I have it.  I have 3 healthy active kids who run me ragged.  But I can rest when they are grown.  These 3 small little quotes from these 3 special people are a part of me and they all have influenced the type of person I am today. 

Word

I love that I have words that make me smile when I hear them or say them because they remind me or make me think of someone who makes me smile. They only make sense to me and those who understand their meaning.  Just a random blog about nothing.  Here are a few of those words in no certain order:

1) Peachy!!
2) Taco
3) Pineapple
4) A-OKAY
5) WORD!
6) Wierdo
7) Heifer
8) Fifty-Five
9) Aladdin
10) Jinx

First born.....

12 years ago today I welcomed my first born.  Hayes Cooper Crow.  He will forever be known as the "thing" that saved my marriage.  I will be the first to admit I was a horrible person when I was preggers with Hayes.  It took my mother and Loren convincing me of that......  they had some pretty good evidence.....  video tape.  I was ill, snappy, and not easy to please.  I was working weekends, student teaching, and taking a class at night.  Loren was working 3 jobs.   We never saw each other.  :(

On March 25th 1999, around 2:30 in the morning, I was so thirsty.  I sweet-talked Loren in to getting up and getting me some water.  He did.....  That was the best tasting water I had ever had.  About an hour later......  just was we were falling back to sleep......  MY WATER BROKE!!!!!!  I pushed on Loren and told him that he had to wake up and take me to the hospital.  I am guessing all he heard was "wake up".  His reply was "shut up Jill"......  I just laughed.....  He then realized what was going on.  It was pretty funny.  He decides to make a phone call.  I am assuming he is calling his parents......  he hangs up and I ask him to give me the phone so I can call my mom and dad and he says "I was just talking to your mom".......   WHAT?!?!?!?  I wanted to call my mom!!!  UGH!!!!!  oh well......  about 45 minutes later we were on our way......  :)

The very funny part of this story was I was in labor on the 4th floor of SMH and my older brother was on the first floor getting his tonsils taken out.  Yes.....  we checked into the family discount and we were denied.  It was very entertaining for me.  My mother spent her time running back and forth checking on me and then checking on the brother.  My sis in law, Heather would have to come up to where I was because Jimmy wanted to know what was going on with me.  Finally my Uncle Neil showed up and told mom to stay with me that he could handle Jimmy.  :).......  now I could finally concentrate on having this baby!!!

21 hours later at 12:14am he finally decided to make his grand appearance......  all of mine and Loren's troubles went away.  Now we knew we had a much bigger job then we ever had.  We had to take this baby home and try not to screw up.  We began to focus on something besides ourselves.  Hayes was the "thing" that saved our marriage. 

Just a little side note......  One of Jeff Foxworthy's redneck jokes goes like this..... "You might be redneck if an episode of Walker Texas Ranger has ever changed your life"........  WELL......  Hayes' middle name is my maiden name (Cooper)......  his full name is Hayes Cooper Crow........  there is a character from Walker Texas Ranger named.... "Hayes Cooper"........  well.....  I guess I have said enough......  :)


 

DUKE lost :(

I will be honest......  I love the DUKE Blue Devils.  I admit it.  I love the HOGS too!  The HOGS are my #1 team!!!!  BUT...... I am an avid DUKE fan.  When I was younger....  much younger....  I followed DUKE like a stalker.....  I loved Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill, Christian Laettner and mostly Coach K.  I loved watching them play.  I was so torn when the Hogs had to play them in 1994.  I was such a minority in my family as well as at GR.  I was "that girl" who liked DUKE.  My friends were very accepting.  They bought me many DUKE gifts, posters, shirts, a DUKE trashcan, but my fav gift was from my mom and dad (I know dad had nothing to do with it really).  It was a DUKE Blue Devils watch that played "We are the Champions".  It was GREAT!!!!  When DUKE and the HOGS met to play for the championship in 1994, I was not at home.  I was watching the game at my friend Beth's house.  When Scotty Thurman (whom I have been asked to keep my distance from by a Bud Walton security guard but that is another blog) hit that shot to win the NCAA championship, I immediately thought... "Oh no..... I will never hear the end of this" and I was right.....  Beth's phone began to ring (this was before we all had cell phones).......  I was just so pleased that "someone" informed everyone of where I was ......  I began to take one call after another......  I took it like a champ too!!!!!  I was secretly glad that the HOGS brought home the trophy but I had an image to uphold.  :)
SO.......to carry on the tradition of letting me know when DUKE loses my brother sent me a text at 8:57 this morning saying "Duke got sent home last night".  They all just love to say that!!!!!