Comments on: Did You See The Blue Moon?

By: Cindy Bradford

Cindy Bradford — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:34:10 +0000

Obviously they didn’t have sippy cups back then. There are a lot of those sayings that don’t make much sense these days, but you can be assured that I knew what my mother meant when she said “pretty is as pretty does.” Did I always remember????? Well, I just figured, “what she didn’t know, didn’t hurt her.” Ha!

By: Susan Moss

Susan Moss — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:07:30 +0000

I love to see you mention those favorite quotes of your Mom. Makes me think of my Mom and Grandma. I think about the “older” generation and the things they used to say. I wonder what people are going to say when my Granddaughters get my age. I did happen to see the “blue moon” and was amazed to see what it actually meant.

By: Patsy Porter

Patsy Porter — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:58:17 +0000

In reply to “Blue Moon”, and the fact that Cindy’s Mom would be 100 years old–mine was born in 1895–she would be 115 on Feb. 2010 if she was still with us. This is one of her comments, “we have to eat over a pound of dirt a day to stay healthy”. I think she was right, now we wash all of the good and bad bacteria away and all of a sudden we have supper-bugs. I don’t know if Mama actually meant eating the dirt or just putting up with it!! Happy New Year with good health to all. Pat Porter

By: Cindy Bradford

Cindy Bradford — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:42:45 +0000

Yep, you are so right. I had forgotten these, but I can almost see her saying these!

By: jim

jim — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:16:11 +0000

you forgot “poor as Job’s turkey”,”every mamma cat thinks her kittens are the blackest”,”when hell freezes over”,”love gives itself”,”drunk as Cooter Brown”, ” he’s still going over fools mountain”and my all time favorite,” God helps those who help themselves”

By: Hope Melayne

Hope Melayne — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:24:51 +0000

My Mom told me “pretty is as pretty does” every day before I went to school. What in the world does this one mean?? He is “as tall as a drink of water”? Loved the Blue Moon…glad it was a clear night in Austin for us to see!

By: Gayle

Gayle — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:13:38 +0000

I am feeling old because Bill & I both still say all those old sayings. But, the good news is we did see the Blue Moon with some of our best friends!

By: Cindy Bradford

Cindy Bradford — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:07:59 +0000

What a great idea to frame his sayings. I’m sure since he owned a funeral home, he would have needed to have a sense of humor and some clever sayings in order not to get depressed. Thanks for reading. Tell Marin I don’t see any comments from him!!!

By: Judy Holmgreen

Judy Holmgreen — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:53:05 +0000

Wow! You have brought back some great memories for me. My mother has a store of wonderful sayings. My father’s favorite sayings were not always “printable” which means that they probably shouldn’t have been said!

A couple which came to mind were “I’m busier than a one-armed paper hanger with an itch,” and “ugly enough to tree a snake.”

Before he passed away, I created a graphic using his favorite sayings and had it framed–makes me smile when I read it.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:19:26 +0000

You protested? Man, I took the money and asked for more, but, I am the baby of the family. Mom, if your reading this…I love you!