Redneck Grocery Shopping

Antha and I went to Jubilee at lunch time today.  Jubilee is Pearl River's main grocery store and if you have never been in there, you should make a trip. They have the nicest staff and the store is so ridiculously clean, not just for Pearl River, but by anyone's standards.  I still tend to block it out of my brain that I technically work in the town of Pearl River, Louisiana.  I started thinking about an experience I had last year around this time while shopping there.  There was a lady who was in front of me in line that was probably in her mid-late 60's.  She was buying some boxed Franzia wine and starts to proceed to tell the cashier the "secret to getting the bitter taste out of boxed wine."  This immediately piqued my interest.  Not being a consumer of alcohol, I had no idea that boxed wine was bitter and I kinda was interested in her cure for this inexpensive adult beverage.  She said you take the cherry-pomegranate flavored Crystal Light and pour a little bit in the wine.  The cashier was really sinking this in because I could see the wheels in her head working.  At this point, I am amused at the "Redneck Wine Tips," and I wanted to say, "I have an even better way of getting rid of the bitter taste; don't buy cheap wine."  I realized that a) I don't think either of these ladies would appreciate my sense of humor and 2) I was definitely wearing a camouflage hunting shirt that day.  This was not helping my cause to do as much as possible to not fit in while in Pearl River.  I just kept my comments to myself and chuckled raucously when I got into my car.

With that being said, I bought some boiled peanuts from said store.  They were rather delicious and I have to remember that there is such a thing as too many boiled peanuts.

Last night, I found a list that I made about 6-7 years ago.  This list contained the qualities and attributes that I wanted and needed in a husband.  I kept it tucked into my scripture case so I wouldn't lose it.  Last night, it fell out when I was reading my scriptures.  Every single thing that I had one that list was David.  David possessed every one of those qualities and while it might not have been there in the beginning, he has developed and become the exact person that I needed to be my eternal companion and future father to my children.  I thank the Lord every single day for blessing me with him.

David and I were not each other's ideal mates before we met.  I was pretty much the opposite of every girl he had dated and I never in a million years would have imagined that I would end up with the gun-loving, meat-eating, animal-hunting, self-sufficient redneck that he is.  I wouldn't trade him for anyone or anything on this earth.  He does not complete me.  I was a whole person before he came along.  He just makes me better.  He makes me want to be the best woman that I can be.  I love him more every day.

It kills me to see women staying with pieces of crap just because they are afraid to be alone.  Maybe they like being treated bad.  I don't get it.  I would rather be alone for eternity than have one month of someone who needs to be in jail because he doesn't take care of his kids and refuses to get a job.  I would not give someone an ultimatum that they have to be clean for any length of time before something happens.  How can you put up with that.  GET SOME RESPECT FOR YOURSELVES, WOMEN!  You are making it okay for men to do this crap.  You are enabling them to abuse and use you.  It is not okay.  It is not okay.  It is not okay for anyone to treat you so wrong.  Wake up because you never know when your life will be changed to where you can't change things.