Mom's Birthday & SCADS of WEIRD WORDS

Jamie and I
Fall, 2004
Palisades Park, Oneonta, AL
(This picture has nothing to do with the post,
it's just that I don't have much access
to my photo files from this computer.)

The other day, without thinking, I said the word SCADS to a friend, you probably know her, Shannan, of FLOWER PATCH FARMGIRL fame....she's quite the writer, if you haven't "run into her" you probably should arrange it, she's funny and ever so cute.

And speaking of cute, she has three adorable children that you should meet, too. And her husband is QUITE the photographer, keeping her supplied with fuel for her posts.

Besides being funny, Shannan is quite wise. She's also delightful. And she liked the word SCADS when I used it.

So..that made me think, what weird words do ya'll use that would make you laugh if you weren't used to them?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LONG DISTANCE, TO MY MOM!

My mom has a repertoire of funny words. Not funny pronunciations, actual WORDS that are funny.

I'm not saying she doesn't pronounce some words funny, she actually does.

For instance, she says "WARSH" instead of WASH...and she even says George WARSHINGTON. The White House is even in WARSHINGTON, D.C. (Did you know that?)

FUNNY!

I hear myself using some of mom's strange words from time to time, although I did end up pronouncing WASH properly, somehow, maybe it's a genetic thing, and I randomly got the gene for leaving "R" out of WASH.

....Anyway, sometimes when I say certain words, I'm not sure if it's her or ME talking....sometimes I think it's her. ...and in honor of your birthday, mom, here are some unusual words I've heard and now, to my chagrin, use in my vocabulary.

Thank you, mom for rounding out the boring English language with some of these:


SCADS (as in "I've got SCADS of fabric, just waiting to be used.'")

JIGGER (as in "Hand me that JIGGER, will you?")
Just a substitute for the word "thingamajig".

BUGGER (As in "That Joni is such a BUGGER, can you believe her?")

RIGAMAROLE (As in "I've had enough of this RIGAMAROLE with the IRS!")

GALOOT (As in "She was a the furthest thing from graceful, in fact she was a BIG GALOOT!")

YAP (As in "Shut your YAP, willya?!")

WALLER: (As in "The pig wallers in the mud.")



SO....did any of those strike you as funny?

Please add your "FUNNY" words in the comments section! It's going to be SCADS OF FUN!!

Bumpy Dots

I'm noticing a pattern here....

And I'm thinking I really like it!

Speaking of bumpy dots, am I the only kid that liked the sugary tasting pastel-colored polka dots that you peeled off paper?

(Don't ask me WHY I liked them....I can't figure it out. They were pure sugar, coloring added, stuck to paper, and half the time the paper came right along with the candy into my mouth!)

Vintage Milk Bottle Crate

This old crate sits on my porch.

It's a heavy old milk bottle crate, made of oak and lined with aluminum.

I can just see the delivery man climbing out of his cute little milk truck, going to the front stoop, lifting the lid and putting four frosty cold bottles of milk inside of this crate early in the morning.

I can imagine that the crate was so heavy that it was perfect to keep the milk cold until someone was able to take care of it and bring it inside.

I found it late on a late Saturday afternoon at a subdivision sale last year.
The lady of the house was tired of the stuff and told me everything was half off.
I nabbed this for $2.50 and couldn't believe that it had stayed there even for the sum of $5.

I'm pretty happy with the way the aluminum sets off those red geraniums.

There is no end to the fun things you can use from the old vintage household items to decorate around your house; both inside and out.

The best part?
Made in the USA!