First of all, I must confess, I have never been outside the Southeastern United States. So my understanding of life in other parts of the good ole USA is limited. But I love my Southern roots, I am here to stay, I am not going anywhere. But maybe I am not the typical Southerner.
For you see...
Rednecks make me cringe...including the red necks from too much sun.
Even though I am a GRIT...Girl Raised in the South....I hate grits!
Green is a great color for a football field, but don't put green on my plate! That includes, collard greens, turnip greens, kale. any kind of greens like that. But unlike George H. W. Bush, I will eat broccoli.
Blue is my favorite color, but don't make look at the Boise State football field, please!
I root for the Alabama Crimson Tide, yet I come from a divided family. My father was an Auburn graduate. My mother attended Alabama. My niece is about to graduate from Auburn. So it is hard for me to be completely for one side or the other. But what's more Southern than SEC football? Since I graduated from Alabama and also worked there for 25 years I tend to be a pretty devoted Crimson Tide fan who loves her Auburn fan friends and family dearly.
I'm a girl who loves to read, loves to shop, loves to keep up with what's going on in the world, but I still wear clothes that I bought many years ago. They are out of style, too big, etc, but because they are in good conidtion, I continue to wear them because I am no New York fashion plate. Life in the South is comfortable, laid-back, restful. I like that...A LOT!
I'm very cold natured. Summers here get hot, but I don't mind them so much. I just put more layers on against the AC.
Even though I live in the South, where everything is more fun outdoors, I am not an outdoorsy girl. I don't play sports, I don't sit outside, fanning away the flies. I stay inside all layered up against the AC.
Boiled peanuts? No thanks. Whoppers? No thanks. Fried chicken, yes please! Mashed potatoes, put gravy on it please! Black eyed peas and cornbread make my southern taste buds explode! I'll also have some nanner puddin' for dessert, please. Sweet tea? Yes, but I take it with Splenda now. If you have Diet Sunkist, I'll have that later with my pecan pie that I'm saving for my snack. (And it's not Peecan, it's Pe-cahn)
I guess all is not lost in me. I do have a few Southern graces. And some grit to hold on to.
If you act nice, I'll even listen while you tell me all the things I forgot to mention about being Southern.
