Comments on: NEW BOOK TIME–WHAT DO Y’ALL NEED? http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:40:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: BeckyLR http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-870 BeckyLR Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:36:09 +0000 http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/?p=78#comment-870 The female friendship!!! Different classifications of friends, pitfalls of friends, how to be a good friend, of course stories stories stories!! (things girls have done for entertainment, fights among friends, etc) The female friendship!!! Different classifications of friends, pitfalls of friends, how to be a good friend, of course stories stories stories!! (things girls have done for entertainment, fights among friends, etc)

]]> By: Sharon Ann(a larva that loves ya) http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-655 Sharon Ann(a larva that loves ya) Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:28:19 +0000 http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/?p=78#comment-655 Just keep em comin!!! Whatever you have a hankerin to wright bout, i'm gunna read it!!! Thank yew SO MUCH for all your wisdom, wit, and luv that you shower us with!!! God Bless ya! Just keep em comin!!! Whatever you have a hankerin to wright bout, i’m gunna read it!!!
Thank yew SO MUCH for all your wisdom, wit, and luv that you shower us with!!! God Bless ya!

]]> By: Cookie S http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-509 Cookie S Wed, 06 May 2009 01:53:37 +0000 http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/?p=78#comment-509 Ummm, sorry to zip this in here but how about perimenopause? If it keeps up like it is, my poor hubby will not live till full blown menopause, LOL...though he might just kill hisownself to avoid my moods. Also, husbands who act like they are 156 years old suddenly? Male mid life crisis? Crisises? Crisy? I don't know what the plural should be.... Pets? That is a bit of an outlier, but hey...so many of us have them, and even think of them as hairy kids. Ummm, sorry to zip this in here but how about perimenopause? If it keeps up like it is, my poor hubby will not live till full blown menopause, LOL…though he might just kill hisownself to avoid my moods.

Also, husbands who act like they are 156 years old suddenly?

Male mid life crisis? Crisises? Crisy? I don’t know what the plural should be….

Pets? That is a bit of an outlier, but hey…so many of us have them, and even think of them as hairy kids.

]]> By: Maria http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-505 Maria Wed, 06 May 2009 00:16:50 +0000 http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/?p=78#comment-505 I know I'm just a larvae, but a lot of us 30-ish girls have fertility issues. We put off marriage while we had good times - er, got higer education at Ole Miss, and now babies ain't coming as easily as they did to our friends in high school. I had eight girls in my senior class with babies, and I've had four friends my age to miscarry this year alone! I know I’m just a larvae, but a lot of us 30-ish girls have fertility issues. We put off marriage while we had good times – er, got higer education at Ole Miss, and now babies ain’t coming as easily as they did to our friends in high school. I had eight girls in my senior class with babies, and I’ve had four friends my age to miscarry this year alone!

]]> By: Kathy T. http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-477 Kathy T. Fri, 01 May 2009 22:38:29 +0000 http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/?p=78#comment-477 It's not like husbands are all sympathy when WE'RE sick, either. When I was laid up with Crohn's disease, I would've liked him to treat me like the delicate flower I am. Instead, he offers to buy me toilet paper. Practical, but not romantic. When HE'S sick, he hibernates under the covers until he's better. At least he doesn't complain much, but he doesn't shower either. It's like sleeping with a bear. I do wish you'd comment on how folks in TV and movies manage to look so good when they're on their death beds. You see some woman with some horrible disease, and she looks like she just came from the beauty parlor. Meantime, I can have an attack of hay fever, and look like something the cat gacked up. Is that fair? It’s not like husbands are all sympathy when WE’RE sick, either. When I was laid up with Crohn’s disease, I would’ve liked him to treat me like the delicate flower I am. Instead, he offers to buy me toilet paper. Practical, but not romantic.

When HE’S sick, he hibernates under the covers until he’s better. At least he doesn’t complain much, but he doesn’t shower either. It’s like sleeping with a bear.

I do wish you’d comment on how folks in TV and movies manage to look so good when they’re on their death beds. You see some woman with some horrible disease, and she looks like she just came from the beauty parlor. Meantime, I can have an attack of hay fever, and look like something the cat gacked up. Is that fair?

]]> By: Jessica "Bunny" Glitter-Spank http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-463 Jessica "Bunny" Glitter-Spank Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:27:19 +0000 http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/?p=78#comment-463 I just got a moment to myself as I no more got back from parading in Jackson, when that husband of mine came down with not one, not two, but THREE hernias. Since you are offering advice, PLEASE include a chapter on how to deal with a sick man. If you have already covered this topic , please excuse my request, as my brain snapses are not firing as well as they used to, and I am tired from waiting on that man. I have had open-heart surgery myownself, but apparently it is nothing compared to this triple hernia operation. Mind you, I love this man, but I kept looking at him, sleeping there like a baby, and all I could think about was smothering him with a pillow. One more discussion about the size, quality and effort involved in the production of his bowel movements and I may have been pushed over the edge. Apparently, it is worse than child birth. I just got a moment to myself as I no more got back from parading in Jackson, when that husband of mine came down with not one, not two, but THREE hernias. Since you are offering advice, PLEASE include a chapter on how to deal with a sick man. If you have already covered this topic , please excuse my request, as my brain snapses are not firing as well as they used to, and I am tired from waiting on that man. I have had open-heart surgery myownself, but apparently it is nothing compared to this triple hernia operation. Mind you, I love this man, but I kept looking at him, sleeping there like a baby, and all I could think about was smothering him with a pillow. One more discussion about the size, quality and effort involved in the production of his bowel movements and I may have been pushed over the edge. Apparently, it is worse than child birth.

]]> By: shelly "Lola" Thompson http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-458 shelly "Lola" Thompson Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:15:28 +0000 http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/?p=78#comment-458 Oh and I do have pictures to share. Oh and I do have pictures to share.

]]> By: shelly "Lola" Thompson http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-457 shelly "Lola" Thompson Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:11:43 +0000 http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/?p=78#comment-457 If you do an Etiquette book please include proper ways to Pay-back a wrong doing without making anyone angry...and yes, I have an example. My Bf Nova and I are well known as Fefe and Lola and are known for a few "pay-backs" we executed on people (men people) who didn't give us what we wanted, when we wanted it.... (we were the only women on the board of our country club and had to make the spuds affraid of saying no to us somehow...) Al was the Pres. elect and wouldn't give us the okay on a few fixups that were needed to keep the club from not looking so much like a large Dairy Queen next to a trailer park. Al is known as a clean freak. he actually has 2 golf carts. One for rainy days and "the" one to show off.. It was Al's birthday and with the help of his wife, Olive, who happens to be one of our evil minion, we were left "the" key to his garage where he kept "the" cart... Now Al is one of those guys that NEVER does or wears anything wild or that stands out so we decided to give him a present that took him WAY out of his comfort zone. We re-upholtered the cart in top of the line fuzzy Zebra, including the seats, stirring wheele covers and a key-ring that stated "old fart" which when pressed made a sound that matched. To top it all off and to let him know who and why someone would do such a thing, we added a giant, 20"X30" tag that stated "From your gal pals, Fefe and Lola" ...he never second thought any of our requests at the board meetins after that and actually fought for us on several occasions... Note of interest: he kept the zebra on "the" cart for the whole season.. Shell broken...respect gained. We LOVE him!!!! If you do an Etiquette book please include proper ways to Pay-back a wrong doing without making anyone angry…and yes, I have an example.
My Bf Nova and I are well known as Fefe and Lola and are known for a few “pay-backs” we executed on people (men people) who didn’t give us what we wanted, when we wanted it…. (we were the only women on the board of our country club and had to make the spuds affraid of saying no to us somehow…)
Al was the Pres. elect and wouldn’t give us the okay on a few fixups that were needed to keep the club from not looking so much like a large Dairy Queen next to a trailer park. Al is known as a clean freak. he actually has 2 golf carts. One for rainy days and “the” one to show off.. It was Al’s birthday and with the help of his wife, Olive, who happens to be one of our evil minion, we were left “the” key to his garage where he kept “the” cart… Now Al is one of those guys that NEVER does or wears anything wild or that stands out so we decided to give him a present that took him WAY out of his comfort zone. We re-upholtered the cart in top of the line fuzzy Zebra, including the seats, stirring wheele covers and a key-ring that stated “old fart” which when pressed made a sound that matched. To top it all off and to let him know who and why someone would do such a thing, we added a giant, 20″X30″ tag that stated “From your gal pals, Fefe and Lola” …he never second thought any of our requests at the board meetins after that and actually fought for us on several occasions… Note of interest: he kept the zebra on “the” cart for the whole season.. Shell broken…respect gained. We LOVE him!!!!

]]> By: Marilyn Gillis http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-456 Marilyn Gillis Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:42:53 +0000 http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/?p=78#comment-456 Hi Jill, I have returned home to Vermont after attending my first SPQ Ball and the Million Queen March. As you would say, “it did not disappoint”. I was thrilled to see everyone and everything in person, and to actually get my picture taken with you at the SPQ Ball. I shared my pictures with my friends and family (I am constantly imploring them to read your books) and they were all jealous as you might imagine. I am in the process of recruiting my women friends and family for a return trip to Jackson for the next parade and ball. I will leave the husband home. I want to suggest a book idea to you because I certainly hope there are more books coming. I have listened to all the books published so far about 5 or 6 times each. I like the audio book versions better because the flavor is so much more vivid with your voice – reading them (I do own paper copies of 4 of them) is not the same as listening to them for us Yankees. Whenever I take a long road trip I bring my CD case with all my SPQ books in it, and the miles just fly by without my even knowing it. Anyway, I think a book about all the words, phrases, etc. (kind of a dictionary/thesaurus but with stories of course) would be a great addition to my library of SPQ books. I imagine others would benefit also, as well as your own plastic surgery aspirations. Thanks for adding so much humor and fun to my world. Marilyn Hi Jill,
I have returned home to Vermont after attending my first SPQ Ball and the Million Queen March. As you would say, “it did not disappoint”. I was thrilled to see everyone and everything in person, and to actually get my picture taken with you at the SPQ Ball. I shared my pictures with my friends and family (I am constantly imploring them to read your books) and they were all jealous as you might imagine. I am in the process of recruiting my women friends and family for a return trip to Jackson for the next parade and ball. I will leave the husband home.

I want to suggest a book idea to you because I certainly hope there are more books coming. I have listened to all the books published so far about 5 or 6 times each. I like the audio book versions better because the flavor is so much more vivid with your voice – reading them (I do own paper copies of 4 of them) is not the same as listening to them for us Yankees. Whenever I take a long road trip I bring my CD case with all my SPQ books in it, and the miles just fly by without my even knowing it. Anyway, I think a book about all the words, phrases, etc. (kind of a dictionary/thesaurus but with stories of course) would be a great addition to my library of SPQ books. I imagine others would benefit also, as well as your own plastic surgery aspirations.

Thanks for adding so much humor and fun to my world.
Marilyn

]]> By: thea d http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-455 thea d Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:13:07 +0000 http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/blog/?p=78#comment-455 Yea! Do an etiquette book!! Oh please please! (I can beg like a child; I am only 25). As a baby girl, I used to only check out library books about etiquette and Harriet Tubman. It would benefit the entire country if you would write about southern manners. Not to say that the rest of the nation is unmannerly, but we do have some particular quirks when this issue arises. It would be invaluable to ladies lucky enough to be engaged or married to one of our fine southern gentlemen. You seem to have a way with explaining some of the funny things we do. Yea! Do an etiquette book!! Oh please please! (I can beg like a child; I am only 25). As a baby girl, I used to only check out library books about etiquette and Harriet Tubman. It would benefit the entire country if you would write about southern manners. Not to say that the rest of the nation is unmannerly, but we do have some particular quirks when this issue arises. It would be invaluable to ladies lucky enough to be engaged or married to one of our fine southern gentlemen. You seem to have a way with explaining some of the funny things we do.

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