This Country Girl's gonna go Classy

Hello everyone,

Since my last post, I have been dealing with dry wall workers who have been repairing cracks in the sheet rock in my family room. I also have had painters in and out to caulk around windows and crown molding in order to get things ready for painting. 

I have decided to get away from my yard sale, thrift store, red neck decor and go to a little more "Classy Red Neck" version.  A woman that was a patient at my office asked one day if I lived in Decatur.  I told her that I lived in Falkville.  She put her hand over her mouth as if to mask a yawn and sniggered and said, "Oh, Falkville, that's a little red-neck town."  Well, I'm not sure EXACTLY how she meant her statement, but I refused to be outdone by anyone.  So, I chimed in and said, "Well, I live in the ELITE section of Falkville, we have the nicest cars on blocks of anyone in our neighborhood.  We even mow around our cars and even change them out periodically."  The look on the woman's face was PRICELESS.  I am proud to be a hillbilly redneck but I don't want anyone to turn their nose up at me just because I live in a small town.

Well, enough of that.  I need people's opinions.  I want a huge painting on my wall behind my couch, after all the work is completed.  I want something that is going to make me a bit more of a "modern hillbilly".  So, I'm going to show some paintings I've found on some of the art websites and I'd like for everyone to give me their opinion.  Here we go!

If you don't like ANY of them, please say so.  I want something with a lot of RED.  My wall is going to be a khaki, putty color, so I want something to really POP. 
Stay tuned for the before and after pictures that will be coming soon.  Don't forget to give your HONEST opinion.  I need help on picking out a wall painting.
Until later,
Love, luck and laughter,
Paula the Hillbilly

Do you want to be Oily or Joyful?

Hello everyone, I hope all is well,

   All my life I've been intrigued by "words".  In my meager attempt to become more spiritual, I've been reading my Bible on a more regular basis. Recently I came across this passage in Hebrews"..And He will anoint you with the Oil of Joy..."  Now, personally I think the Lord has a sense of humor.  Although I take things I read in the Word very serious, I also can get a kick out of some the things that are said.

I anoint myself every morning with  a little Oil of Olay, to help with, guess what, WRINKLES.

 I look like a Shar-Pei dog without make-up. It does NOT cause me any Joy.








When my girls were still at home and we grilled, we would put our white sauce in a Joy dish detergent bottle and squeeze it on our chicken.  It was not unusual to hear at our house, "pass the Joy bottle, please."


When the apostle Paul referred to the Oil of Joy, I don't think he meant it was something we could slap on our faces or even something to squirt on our food.  People in Biblical times knew when they pulled out the oil bottle to inaugurate a king, it was time to party!  Everybody got their glad britches on and enjoyed the festivities. Someone new had been set apart to lead them, somewhat in the same way when we have a new president or governor.  A new day had come.  It's a state of mind.

At my age, every day is not only a new day but a new life when I climb out of bed. I am joyful when I get up my back door steps with no assistance.  I am thrilled to go three days without needing a laxative. I am grateful when I can bend over and tie BOTH of my shoes without needing oxygen. We all need to put forth more effort in realizing how grateful to God we need to be for every good thing in our life. Let's get glad in our britches and enjoy our life. But, unfortunately I still live in the REAL world and I have to do what I have to do.  

If you'll excuse me I need a little Oil of Joy.  With this ache in my back, I may get oily, when it relieves me I will also be Joyful.


Until later,

Love, luck and laughter,
Paula the Hillbilly