Living in the land of Dixie and proud of it!

[sharkchomp]

It cold in the Land of Dixie right now!!! So cold the pond at the bottom of the hill is half froze!!!!!!! And it's going to really cold the next several days - highs in the 20's lows near 10 brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I live in Nashville btw.

My Mom and step dad retired to Florida 1.5 years ago and Mom told me yesterday it was cold down there - high in the 60's. HAHAHA!!!! My Mom is so cute!!!! I'd take 60 anytime!!!!

Stay warm folks!
~~~shark~~~~~~~

[Zimmeh]

Hey Shark,

I live in Orlando and it is going to be in the low 30's tonight...It is colder than hell right now.

Keep warm!

Zimmy

Originally Posted by sharkchomp

It cold in the Land of Dixie right now!!! So cold the pond at the bottom of the hill is half froze!!!!!!! And it's going to really cold the next several days - highs in the 20's lows near 10 brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I live in Nashville btw.

My Mom and step dad retired to Florida 1.5 years ago and Mom told me yesterday it was cold down there - high in the 60's. HAHAHA!!!! My Mom is so cute!!!! I'd take 60 anytime!!!!

Stay warm folks!
~~~shark~~~~~~~

[Zimmeh]

Who sent this Artic weather to us in the South? It is cold in my apartment right now...

[apretty]

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

It upsets me that people say how Florida is no longer a part of the South because of the Hispanic population.

i've been thinking about this since you posted, could you say more?

[Jess]

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

Who sent this Artic weather to us in the South? It is cold in my apartment right now...

I love how we southerners have short term memory... it's gets pretty danged cold here in VA.. but we forget that every year! Maybe the humidity in the summer knocks out a few cells!

[Write14u]

Originally Posted by Jess

I love how we southerners have short term memory... it's gets pretty danged cold here in VA.. but we forget that every year! Maybe the humidity in the summer knocks out a few cells!

I'm one of the rare Southerners who don't bitch about the heat in the summer. I love it. Of course, this is my first day experiencing the cold that's blanketing the South. I just spent 8 glorious days in SoCal where it was 70 degrees every day.

[Write14u]

The smell of honeysuckle in the Spring. That and the magnolias blooming.

That's what I love about the South.

[Arwen]

I just met a lovely older lady who is my neighbor. We discussed our cats. It's 64 degrees and just one gorgeous day. I was perusing seed packets at the grocery store (I'll buy seedlings from a local nursery though and this year, I'll heed the wild Dylan call and not use Miracle Grow).

I am happy to be home in the South again. I like the pace. I like the sound of people who talk like me. I like it here. It's home.

[Jess]

This weekend christie and I went looking for a new LR suite. We have a great small but upper end furniture store in town. They do not have on hand the suite we want to purchase, but as it turns out the owner has it in her house.
At her insistence, she puts a "gone to lunch" sign in the door, we pile into her car and off we go to her house.
We purchased the set and an awesome distressed leather recliner at cost ( this is even sans shipping.. I have no idea how she makes a profit) and she came by our house later to see it. The house, that is. We had previously purchased a great loveseat for our upstairs den.
During our adventure with her we learned that her daughters Girl Scout troop does monthly backpacks of single serving foods for local kids. We stopped by the grocers and picked up 48 ct of about eight different items to donate. I will be trying to see about volunteering to help them out.

This is a small part of what I love about this backwards, hillbilly, lovely little town.

[Darth Denkay]

Here's another reason I love living in the South. When we get a few flurries or *gasp* a bit of sleet the whole city shuts down. All schools and government offices closed, the grocery store gets wiped out of all basic stuff...and I get to go home from work early!!!!!!

Now, in our defense, we don't have any equipment to deal with snow and ice - snowplows, salt trucks. And we don't get too much practice dealing with it. Even so, it cracks me up how the city responds to just a bit of winter weather.

[Blade]

Yeah I hear ya! My company closed at 6pm today for the weather and it isn't even raining here yet! They NEVER close completely for anything. But they had a learning experience with Hugo, so if it looks for real now they shut us down.

Originally Posted by WicketWWarrick

Here's another reason I love living in the South. When we get a few flurries or *gasp* a bit of sleet the whole city shuts down. All schools and government offices closed, the grocery store gets wiped out of all basic stuff...and I get to go home from work early!!!!!!

Now, in our defense, we don't have any equipment to deal with snow and ice - snowplows, salt trucks. And we don't get too much practice dealing with it. Even so, it cracks me up how the city responds to just a bit of winter weather.

[Blade]

They said on the news they had checked a few hardware stores and they were fresh out of snow shovels LOL!

Got my Dixie butt up this morning, heated my clothes in the dryer and went outside and left water for the birds and fed them and the squirrels and rabbits, now I'm feeding ME 2 egg omelet with peppers and tomato and fried taters with ham in 'em. Now that is southern yall

[christie]

Originally Posted by Blade

They said on the news they had checked a few hardware stores and they were fresh out of snow shovels LOL!

Got my Dixie butt up this morning, heated my clothes in the dryer and went outside and left water for the birds and fed them and the squirrels and rabbits, now I'm feeding ME 2 egg omelet with peppers and tomato and fried taters with ham in 'em. Now that is southern yall

I am sure that Wally World sold out of shovels and ice melt yesterday. The dogs sure loved it this morning!

What part of the South do you live in?

[Write14u]

All we got was the messy rain. Guess my streak of not seeing snow will be intact. Other than trips elsewhere, I haven't seen more than flurries in close to a decade now.

[Darth Denkay]

One word - Bluegrass

[christie]

Originally Posted by Darth Denkay

One word - Bluegrass

This is our former neighbor and beloved "Johnboy" and his bluegrass band playing at the National Theater in Richmond back in March. The quality isn't that great, but it is Johnboy's original song.

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I used to love to fire one up and watch out the window as he sat in his backyard on a haybale, drinking beer and playing mandolin to his chickens!

On the plantation, it doesnt take much to entertain one.

[Jess]

BLUEGRASS!

http://www.floydfest.com/

We have locals playing Bluegrass at the Rotary club every second Saturday.

Today is a cornhole toss at out local vol FD. I think it's akin to bean bag toss/ lawn darts.. Not really sure, but our butts will be finding our and picking up some BBQ in a couple hours!

[AtLast]

I want BBQ and Bluegrass! Just had to order a case of Ollie's. Thank the Goddesses, it has continued to be manufactured and sold! A world without Ollie's BBQ sauce is no world at all!!!

[Julien]

hey everyone,
I was born in Louisiana and then lived in the north, Wisconsin to be exact. I couldn't get over the cold weather. Standing at the bus stop freezing my butt off because of the 40 below zero wind chill factor, oh and the snow too. I was glad to have the opportunity to move back south. Ahh sun and beaches. Gotta love it.
G

[Zimmeh]

I felt like this when I moved to Seattle back in February and became homesick for my family and friends in Florida. I came home to Florida two weeks after I moved.

Bless the gorgeous Florida East Coast beaches and the bright sunlight..

Zimmy

Originally Posted by Graphiteta2s

hey everyone,
I was born in Louisiana and then lived in the north, Wisconsin to be exact. I couldn't get over the cold weather. Standing at the bus stop freezing my butt off because of the 40 below zero wind chill factor, oh and the snow too. I was glad to have the opportunity to move back south. Ahh sun and beaches. Gotta love it.
G