via WRAL.com:
“It’s tough for us because we’re both from small towns from nowhere around L.A. We just try to stay true to ourselves, stay in our boots – that’s what I like to tell myself – and stay grounded,” McCreery said.
Ok, I know, two American Idol posts in a row. But seriously, how can you not love that quote?
Stay in those boots, Scotty and Lauren!
The title of this here blog is “Growing Up Southern…”, so I assume I don’t have to preface this post with a little ditty on Dolly, right?
@Dolly_Parton: “Love is something sent from HEAVEN to worry the HELL out of you!” 🙂 – Dolly
And just in case you need a little Dolly education: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton.
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Got this email today from E. Riley… SO appropriate!
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, ‘You’re next.’ They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
“Man I gotta warn ya, she’s a city girl with a little country charm” – Jerrod Niemann (from the song, “Bakersfield”).
Country music fans, listen up. You’ve gotta check this guy out – Jerrod Niemann. I heard his song “One More Drinkin’ Song” on XM Radio and really liked it. His new single, “Lover, Lover”, I heard for the first time yesterday. I had to come home and find out what else he’s done, because I was HOOKED. “What Do You Want” is also pretty darn epic.
Unfortunately, his MySpace is the most up to date thing (and only 3 songs, not including his latest, are on iTunes)… but the player on MySpace is playing in heavy rotation here today.
GOOD STUFF. He reminds me of a little bit of Dierks Bentley and Lee Brice – two of my other all time favorites.
Just a quick post here:
She’s giving away the following books:
Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On!: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters that the Rest of Y’all Should Know Too
Puttin’ on the Grits: A Guide to Southern Entertaining
Just a little reminder:
Manners: not so much southern words as much as they are a way of talking.
Here’s wiki’s definition of manners, but they’re much better illustrated below.
An email quote from Renee – I swear sometimes it’s like the girl is my cosmic twin that just happened to grow up in Eden instead of Raleigh.
What a no-brainer. Y’all is probably the most overused word in my southern vernacular and an obviously needed addition to my “Talk Southern to Me” blog series.
Not that I should need to define “y’all” for anyone who reads this blog… but I definitely think it’s worth a look at… a quick google definitely gives me some interesting results including:
And the funniest thing I’ve ever seen, yet may still feel compelled to subscribe to:
(Y’all)
Continuing my mini-series from quite a while ago (more to come soon… for sure), I hope you all enjoy another installment of “Talk Southern to Me” – with a twist.
….why sometimes I’m so darn longwinded!
