I'm a North Carolina Kind of Gal

I probably shouldn't just post jokes making the rounds on email, but these made me laugh too much. Especially considering right before I read them I had a conversation where I described distance in hours to a friend with a son named Trey, and I'm freezing today because it's in the 60's. I may not live in North Carolina right now, but North Carolina will always be a part of me. And yes, I can answer in the affirmative to each of these.

What Jeff Foxworthy has to say about people in North Carolina.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you are 'fixin' to go anywhere,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you've worn shorts to a Christmas party,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number,
you may live in North Carolina.

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Myrtle Beach for the weekend,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you measure distance in hours,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them,
you may live in North Carolina.

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph you're going 80 and everybody is passing you,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly',
you may live in North Carolina.

If you and all your friends live for basketball season, be it high school, college, or Pro,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you know that Charlotte is not really the State Capital,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you know three different recipes for baked beans, and which one to take to a funeral,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you know two or more friends named 'Trey,'
you may live in North Carolina.

If you can name two hurricanes that blew away your neighbor's trailer,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you think that all students who graduate from Duke move back home to New York,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you think that the tobacco barn out front is part of your home,
you may live in North Carolina.

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with your North Carolina friends and others,
you definitely live in North Carolina .

Goodmorning, Sunshine!

There's nothing like the sweet kisses and cuddles of a child waking. My daughter will still wrap her long legs around me and nestle her head in the crook of my neck. Her sweet smell and the love we both feel makes me dread how she grows a little bigger each day. You see she's 8, and I know these days won't last forever. Even though she' s the baby of the family and plays that card to her full advantage at all times, she doesn't like to hold my hand in public very often and getting another kiss before bedtime is highly unlikely. I probably just got the best hugs and kisses I'll get all day from my baby girl. She held me tight and snuggled in close and let me kiss her as many times as I could. Being a mommy is good.