Bubba-isms 2010

Today, I drove my oldest daughter around the area here where I live now and showed her all the cool stuff. I showed her how to get to two different grocery stores. We drove around three small towns and then drove into a larger city for some lunch. We drove around looking for something that would tantalize our taste buds. We ended up eating at a chicken restaurant and had their famous sandwiches, fries, diet lemonade for me and sweet tea for her. We ate, drove over to Best Buy and drooled over some iPads and MacBooks!! Rest assured, we left behind three iPads/MacBooks with the website containing Butt Freckles! lol (see previous blog!)

We then headed on to the town where Daryl's granddaughters live. Since we had about 50 minutes to kill until our 3pm visit, we stopped at Walmart on the way. Shelley slept on probably the hardest bed she has ever encountered. Daryl, bless his sweet heart, had placed several layers of carpeting pad in the bed frame. I added three or four quilts on top, thinking it would be comfy. Well, it wasn't...I think Shelley finally found a position she could fall asleep in..so we had to go get some sort of padding to make it better for her. We got some 4" memory foam thing...but, she has to wait at least 24hrs for it to unscrunch itself! So, she will be sleeping on the living room couch tonite...I think this is going to be quite a challenging trip for Shelley :/

Shelley had slept on the bed upstairs, and well, lets say, it was softer than concrete, but not much more! I bought a 4" memory pad to put on top of all of what I had placed on the bed, and hope it's bearable for her. We told the grandkids that if she thought it was comfy, then they would be as well. They thought this was funny. I remember while I was making the bed up after placing 4 quilts on top that it wasn't going to be enough for Shelley to be comfortable...and sure enough, it wasn't. Tonight will tell the tale!

On the way back home, we stopped in a small town grocery. We got what we needed for the weekend's consumption. As we headed home, I looked down and what was a full tank of gas yesterday, was now down to the last two bars! I automatically turned the car around and headed for the closest gas station and filled up. While there, and being in a tired, silly mood, Shelley and I discovered our own "Bubba-isms."

You may ask, now, what am I talking about? Again, you asked a great question! After filling the tank, we were about to back up and exit the station. Some young gal was driving off in her car. Now, this car sounded as if it had NO muffler! It was loud, and quite obnoxious! Not knowing my window was still rolled down, Shelley yelled, "Why dont you get your car fixed 'ho'!" Upon discovering the window was down, she felt kind of like crap...forgetting she wasnt in the big city any more. She knew she wasnt from around there! lol I told her, well, if she heard, then she should worry about her brother "Bubba" coming to get her! I said she was probably in Bubba's car any way.

Well, our "Bubba-isms" continued from there which caused us to have silly outbursts of laughter: 1) "Yeah well he probably takes bubba baths!" 2) "That 'aint' nuttin'. He may even chew bubba-gum!" 3) "What kind of beer does he drink? Bubba light?" 4) "Stay away from that Bubba bee!" 5) Use bubba wrap for all your shipping needs." 6) "Do you see that Bubba fly on the flowers?" 7) "Make sure the cows stay inside the Bubbawire fence!" Now we could have gone on and on...but we had to get home and do other stuff. It was fun while it lasted...maybe it lasted too long...none the less...our deed began when we had to refill my gas tank. (Disclaimer: If any of these resemble anyone you know, it is unintentional and may the innocent remain unknown! We meant no harm when portraying our Bubbas and if we stepped on anyone's toes, wear better shoes next time ;)