Yesterday was a pretty awesome day. I did not leave the house. I did not mow the yard, but that starts today along with cleaning out from under the magnolia tree. Then I must try and repair a dryer. After that I'll spend 6-8 hours working on a home theater installation for a client.
We've had a slow start concerning the heat this summer, but today it is hot! Yet, I know it is just another day in paradise. I hate the heat but love the south. There is no place like it. It really helps to be from here to live here, but tourists are welcome. Just enjoy your stay then go home. You move here and you'll spend the rest of your life wondering how n why you decided to set up housekeeping in such a humid, muggy place! Then you'll start whining. There's enough whining around here and I certainly don't want anyone infringing upon my whine rights. So come visit! Make sure it's during the months of July or August. Also, we are so far south it rarely snows here. But it does get cold in the winter. We also have huge snakes, mosquitoes the size of crows, black widow spiders abound and the brown recluse spiders are just naturally ill and wanting to kill something. And all critters stay away from the fireants; they'll hurt ya as they try to kill ya! Those cute raccoons you see on tv are mean as the devil and will bite the ever lovin' doo outta you. If you think a possum is cute and just plays "possum" ask the next coondog you see. They are nasty vile animals that play possum long enough to lure a coondog in and then they open a can of possum whupass on the poor hounds. BTW, a coon can whip a possum on any given day. If you think life has not slowed down here, make an appointment - with anyone about anything. They'll be late. Our right as southerners. About the only thing on time down here is the temperature change from winter to summer and it was late this year.
We do have a nice Elvis museum and display. He was born in Tupelo. There's a huge Automotive Museum downtown. We have many lakes, the Natchez Trace, some pretty good restaurants, a coliseum with an arena football team (the Tupelo FireAnts - God, I love that name!). They also play hockey or some yankee sport there during the winter. Tupelo has a Symphony Orchestra and many country and rock bands haunt the clubs in this area. The clubs range from calm, laid back safe-harbors to downright juke joints. Folks here are nice and we speak to each other, even stop to chat sometimes. Brice's Crossroads has an excellent Civil War display, museum and gift shop. The Natchez Trace has many interesting sites, some concerning Native Americans. So there's a lot to see and do here. Remember the heat thangy if you notice that real estate is affordable.
Pseudogeek is leaving the building singing 'hi ho, hi ho, mow lawn then work I go'
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