Welcome to a Sunday night edition of the Cigarette
Mom. I don't remember what I was saying. It is
Sunday, July the 12th. Here's what is going on
in God's world today. Oh, Lord. Supper's hot.
Chickens have went to bed. And after what feels
like two straight days of rain around my face,
today feels like a chance to catch my breath.
It's been crazy. Last week brought a lot of war
and turmoil in my life, and this week I'm going
to try again. I've had a sick rooster who's starting
to see the light of day, and I have one hilariously
tiny blue egg that got laid today. I'm going
to have to go in there and get it in a minute.
I was like, what is this? Apparently, it's a
fairy egg, a .k .a. a fart egg. I heard fairy
eggs. Never heard fart egg. That's what Google
gave me today. I was like, all right. All right.
In breaking news, Senator Lindsey Graham dies
unexpectedly from a sudden and brief illness
at the age of 71. Tributes are pouring in from
across the political spectrum as leaders in the
United States and a broad remember the longtime
South Carolina senator whose seat has only been
filled twice since 1953. This is why we need
term limits. I hate that he passed away. I wish
we knew who was in charge of it because I think
it's awfully odd that he went and spoke yesterday
at a drone factory in the Ukraine and then overnight
that drone factory got obliterated by Russia
and then Lindsey Graham ended up dying. Seems
weird. Seems weird to me. Oh! Don't throw that.
I thought you were going to toss that at me.
So here's my fairy egg. It's little. It's blue.
It's so bitty. It's a little fart egg. I don't
know what to think about it. Because my Easter
egg relies big eggs. So I'm like, either we have
a new hen land or... I don't know. Anyway, Lindsey
Graham has passed away. God rest his soul. It
fits in an L8 bottle cap. That's how small this
egg is. It fits in an L8 bottle cap. Ron's claiming
a lot of shit right now. We'll just see what
comes out in the wash. Here's what's getting
me more than anything. Mitch McConnell just released
a few hours ago a picture and a statement saying
that he's okay. Question. I know it don't seem
like I know a whole lot about much because the
way I talk. But believe it or not, I have a couple
big highfalutin degrees that proves that I kind
of know what the hell I'm talking about. When
is the last time that you went to any kind of
medical procedure where they let you wear blue
jeans and a button -up shirt in the bed? I mean,
I go to have my temperature checked and they
make me put on them little paper gowns. How come
that Mitch McConnell is close to death? as he
is, is wearing jeans and a button -up polo in
the hospital bed. And I thought his wife was
in China since when she come back. These are
things that I go, mm -mm, something's not, something
didn't, something didn't add up. Anyway. The
Middle East tensions are high again as the U
.S. and Iran exchange new strikes after renewed
attacks in the Gulf. With the concerns once again
focused on the Strait of Hormuz, gas is back
up over $4 a gallon. Iran's claiming that they
killed Lindsey Graham. Mitch McConnell's claiming
that he's still alive. Trump's going, y 'all
strike again. And Iran's like, we didn't do it.
It wasn't us. We didn't mean to do it. And we're
like, but you did do it. Does anybody else think
we're poison for a war with Russia? Because that's
what it kind of feels like. Cuba, the entire
friggin' island country of Cuba went completely
blackout. Lost all their power the other night.
Just lost it. Just turn off the light. Okay.
My baby chickens are making a lot of noise. Go
to bed! Chirping. All night long. Markets continue
watching developments overseas as energy prices
react to instability in the Gulf. That's... Our
oil prices are under pressure. I can't talk.
I'm telling you, something's not... I can't get
past this. It's Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell
fiasco. I just think it's odd that the two people
most favorable for a war situation in the Ukraine
and with Russia are either sick or dead. I think
that's weird. I think that the two most outspoken
people in Washington... about Russia and their
position with us are either on their deathbed
or in the casket. I feel like there's a piece
of the puzzle that we're missing there. You know,
if we're keeping up, the Ukraine and Russia continues
exchanging long -range strikes as the war grinds
on. So, we'll see. England continues its impressive
World Cup run in Wonderwall. you know the 96
uh was it 96 might have been 95 96 hit by oasis
has become the unofficial tournament anthem well
all right communities worldwide continue dealing
with extreme weather ranging from flooding to
dangerous seats sometimes at the same time not
going on in missouri Crews rescued hundreds of
campers after flash flooding turned deadly. If
you saw the TikTok videos of people being stuck
on the roof after the owner of a campground told
them that they were on their own. Can't wait
to see that lawsuit. America's 250th birthday
celebration continues bringing festivals and
historic events to every state. So if you haven't
contributed or attended one of the 250th anniversary
celebrations, do it. Because chances are if you
live like me or as old as me, you're not going
to be around for the next one. So you might as
well enjoy this one. In politics, attention in
Washington has shifted towards the vacancy created
by Senator Graham's death and ongoing foreign
policy developments. Rumor is that Nancy Mace
has already got her eyes on, I don't know, six
months until that seat's available again for
a re -election position. So we need somebody
to sit in the seat for six months to figure out.
Investors continue watching the oil prices more
than anything else this weekend. And we were
all watching it too. We were watching our money
just disappear into the gas tank. Because I was
like, I thought we were going to get below $2
a gallon. This is still $4 a gallon. I'm getting
half as much gas for the same price. I don't
understand it. Heat remains the big story out
west. Closer to home, much of Appalachia continues
dealing with wet pattern after wet pattern after
wet pattern. We just keep getting repeated rain.
My muddy chicken run is not just in my imagination.
Like, it is slicker than all shit out there,
and I'm going to have to get some lime and some
pellets. So, that's what we're doing. Porches
are full, chargers are busy, and farmer's markets
are at an all -time high. So, in West Virginia,
several public swimming areas remain temporary
closed because of water quality concerns following
this heavy rain that we've just had. New manufacturing
jobs continue coming to Putnam County, although
I don't know where because I can't get anybody
to work the Dollar General or the tractor supply.
Let's go ahead and build another factory. School
clothing assistance is available again for qualifying
West Virginia families. If you need some assistance
for school clothes, you can apply for that. Summer
touring season in country music is still rolling
despite the weather. County fairs, festivals,
and little hometown stages are keeping country
music alive and exactly where it belongs. I'm
playing it to the people that love to hear it.
So I'm really excited about that if you haven't
had a chance to go out there and hear some stuff.
Come on. In Sarah Beth Terry news, I finished
my Bible study for this next Thursday and we're
going to be getting into Colossians. So get excited
about that. I wrote a new song yesterday called
This Town Ain't That Small. One of my hands apparently
decided to lay a little tiny egg. Me and Sean
have been through the ringer and back this week
and now we're better for it. Sometimes living
until the next week is the biggest victory that
there is, you know. I was looking at my Project
Glow Up. If you're looking for your verse of
the day, it's going to come from Colossians 3,
verse 23, which says, Whatever you do, work heartily
as for the Lord and not for men. Remember who's
actually signing your paycheck. Whether you're
preaching, cleaning a coop, writing songs, or
folding laundry, it all belongs to God, so don't
forget that. Here is your front porch debate
question for the night. Hot dogs. Ketchup or
mustard? Or both? Are you one of those folks
that puts chili and slaw on everything? So how
do you eat your hot dogs? Inquiring minds want
to know, considering that West Virginia is the
home of hillbilly hot dogs, and I will be visiting
it in the next couple weeks. Did you know that
a hen can occasionally lay a tiny fairy egg with
little or no yolk? They're not uncommon. But
they always make the farmer stop and say, well,
now that's weird. Did not see that coming. On
this day in history, In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro
was announced as the first woman nominated for
vice president by a major U .S. political party.
You probably don't remember any of that, but
that's what was going on in 1984. Why don't chickens
like online shopping? Because they'd rather pick
it up in person. Hot dogs with cheese. All right.
Chili, cheese, or ketchup. My goodness. See,
I'm one of those people that I like onions and
chili and cheese, but I have to have mustard.
Mustard and relish. That's my thing. You know
what I've noticed about country people this week?
We celebrate the little things. Rain finally
stopping. A rooster crowing after being sick.
A tiny little blue egg. Most folks spend their
entire life chasing the spectacular, but country
folks know what joy usually looks like, and it's
usually wearing muddy boots. Let's see what else
was going on in history on this day. Those are
my favorites from Google. Those are always fun.
Here's some notable events from this day throughout
history. In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the
city of Acre surrendered to the forces of Richard
I and Philip II of France after a two -year siege.
On July 12th, 1543, Henry VIII married his sixth
and final wife, Catherine Parr, and like his
previous wife, she outlived him and helped reconcile
him with his children. Sometimes it's the job
of the last wife to do things like that. I email
on you. Okay, 1690, the Battle of the Boyne took
place in Ireland. Protestant King William III
defeated and deposed Catholic King James II,
a pivotal event still commemorated in parts of
Northern Ireland. In 1817... Author Henry David
Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts. His
writings on nature, civil disobedience, and simple
living continue to influence his readers today.
In 1862, on this date, the U .S. Congress authorized
the creation of the Medal of Honor for enlisted
members of the Army during the Civil War. It
later has become America's highest military decoration
for valor. In 1933, The first minimum wage in
the United States was established under the National
Industrial Recovery Act, making an early federal
effort to regulate wages during the Great Depression.
In 1943, one of the largest tank battles in history,
the Battle of Prokhorovka, man, that's a big
word, Prokhorovka, was fought during the larger
Battle of Kursk on the Eastern Front in World
War II. In 1979, the disco backlash reached its
peak during the infamous Disco Demolition Night
in Chicago, where thousands of disco records
were blown up between the baseball games, sparking
a riot. On this date in 1998, France won its
first men's FIFA World Cup, defeating Brazil
3 -0 on Paris behind two goals from Zinedine
Zidane. And in 2006, on this date, fighting erupted
between Israel and Hezbollah after Hezbollah
fighters crossed the border and captured two
Israeli soldiers beginning the 34 -day Lebanon
War. That was 20 years ago today. Born on this
day, also, Cheryl Ladd in 1951, Christine McVeigh
in 1943, Lisa Nicole Carson in 1969, and, of
course, Bill Cosby in 1937. I know we're all
marking that on our banking holidays. An Appalachian
reflection for you this evening. History isn't
just made in castles, capitol buildings, and
battlefields. It's also made on front porches
and little white churches around kitchen tables
and in chicken coops. Somebody's ordinary Saturday
and Sunday evening could be tomorrow's world
history. So, makes you wonder about what stories
folks will tell about today a hundred years from
now. So, my mother is always calling when I'm
on the phone. So, you know, things that I go,
should we probably talk about this later? Just
things that we're thinking about. Let's see what
else we got. Can I type today? I can't today.
Everything is just everywhere. My thumbs aren't
working right. I know, darling. That's her job.
But I did tell her I was going to be live. And
she always waits until I'm, like, alive. And
then she's like, do you want me to call now?
I'm like, no. I love you. But I said, don't call
me in the next area because I'll be live. So,
anyway. I just can't get over the Mitch McConnell
thing. I mean, he says he's recovering from revealing
that he was briefly unconscious and treated for
pneumonia and has a post -polio condition, which
it's 2026. I didn't know that was a thing. But
I'm looking at it going, I just don't get the
whole, I don't get the whole wearing jeans and
a button -up shirt in a hospital bed. That just,
it seems weird. Hi, Joyce. Welcome to the porch.
This is what we do. We just sit on the porch
and talk about the events of the day. So, 40
million Americans under a heat advisory. The
rest of them are trying to figure out what happened
to Lindsey Graham. The rest of them don't know
if Mitch McConnell was AI and why his wife is
in the picture with him when she obviously took
off to China. You know, things like that. A deadly
fire in Bangkok. There was a Bangkok pub fire
that killed dozens, prompting investigations
into safety violations. Things that you don't
hear every day. Two people were... Shot and killed
and several injured at Toronto's Salsa on St.
Clair Festival today. Because people are crazy
and I can't deal with it. Okay, archaeologists
have discovered a 3 ,000 -year -old tomb near
Luxor, Egypt. That's news. Put it back. Put it
back. Whatever you dug up, put it back. We all
saw the mummy. Put it back. We saw Raiders of
the Lost Ark. Put it back. Just put it back.
Just put it back. We found it. Whatever it was,
put it back. The Keystone Pipeline operator agrees
to pay $27 million over the 2022 Kansas oil spill.
$27 million. That's a lot of grass. Michigan's
cyclospora outbreak surpasses 1 ,500 cases with
health officials continuing to investigate the
source. And New York has tested positive for
47 cases of Legionnaire's disease so far. What's
going on? China prepares to release new economic
data as global markets look for clues about worldwide
growth. And the European Union weighs stronger
consumer protection powers against major technology
companies. The FIFA World Cup reaches the semifinal
stage with England preparing to face Argentina
and France set to meet Spain. Questions continue
over future U .S. sanctions legislation championed
by Lindsey Graham following his death. Wondering
if the SAVE Act is going to go through altogether
considering that that was what we were all wanting
to happen and no one's really interested in it.
Do you not care about America? Just say it now.
Because there's plenty of countries that we would
love to send you to if you don't want to be here.
I don't understand that. I don't understand about
everybody bitching about do something. Quit bitching
and start a revolution. But I refuse to be mad
at the stewardess and the pilot about the plane
that I'm on when I know who runs the airline.
I'm just trying to get to Chicago and back. But
you wanting the plane to crash because you don't
like the pilot is the dumbest thing I've ever
heard in my entire life. If you're not part of
the solution, then you're part of the problem.
I don't know how else to explain that. Questions
continue over the UK -India Free Trade Agreement
officially taking effect. It's marking a significant
post -Brexit economic milestone, and everybody's
like, what's going on now? What are y 'all doing?
What's going on with UK and India? Anyway, it's
fine. Summer travel remains strong despite higher
fuel prices and international tensions. Well,
we're not traveling over there. We're just traveling
down the road. We still need gas to get there.
The Putnam County Fair kicked off this past week,
and it goes till next weekend, so if you want
to really see some fine entertainment, you don't
even have to... Get that barn to the gate. Just
buy your ticket and a corndog and stand back
and watch. It should be fun. That's what I know.
I think the big thing that we're all trying to
take away from today is going, um, what's going
on? Why doesn't... No one seems to know what's
happening in the world. We're just being fed
the bullshit that they give us. in slow tiny
increments and they're like is that what it says
is that what this is that what it actually says
so is that what's going on in the world or is
that what just what they're telling us is going
on in the world so just in case you wanted to
know studies have shown that good sleep is more
important for longevity rather than diet exercise
and social ties so if you're getting good sleep
then don't worry about the rest of it if you're
not then you know but sleep is better for you
than you think so I know you all say, I sleep
when I'm dead. Well, you might have to. Nancy
Mason is considering running for Graham's Senate
seat. I don't know how I feel about all of it,
but we're going to see what happens. FBI Director
Kash Patel says that the Bureau is assisting
local police in the investigation into Senator
Graham's death. Usually, if the FBI is involved,
that means that there's some foul play. Senator
Mike Lee calls for Senate GOP to pass the Save
America Act in honor of Senator Graham. Only
two men have occupied that seat. And since the
50s. So, you know, that's what we were talking
about earlier about term limits. Millions of
eye drops are being recalled nationwide due to
a potential foreign substance. They haven't told
us what the foreign substance is. 31 cooling
towers on luxury buildings in Manhattan tested
positive for Legionnaire's disease. So that's
where it's coming from. A tourist was seriously
injured after a bull bison tosses them eight
feet into the air in Yellowstone. If you see
wild animals, leave them be. U .S. military announces
the Strait of Hormuz is officially open to all
vessels seeking lawful transit. Lawful, lawful
transit. That's the big thing that no one's keeping
in mind. Trump says that Graham called him on
the night he got back from the Ukraine and said,
we're all set for the Save America Act. And then
he died. I'm so confused as to what's happening
in the world right now. Things are weird. A lot
of heavy news today. So. Cook County in East
Tennessee, Cook County suffers major flooding
and part of the town is underwater. So that rain
really hit them too. I was getting my cigarette,
sorry. Just things you have to think about, you
know, like it's weird. The whole situation is
just weird and the more I try to make sense of
it, the weirder it gets. I don't know. This is
where I say just get in your Bible and trust
in God because it doesn't matter what the laws
of man are. It's all going to come out in a wash
anyway. Dr. Phil is trending online for some
reason. I haven't looked into why he's trending.
I know that the U .S. agency is going to end
a lot of TPS. Is that what they said? They're
going to end the TPS work for me. It's for literally
hundreds of thousands of people. So that's exciting
to think about. A Queens adult daycare is being
accused of billing Medicaid for ghost patients
that were never there. So, you know, the long
and short of it is, is that we're still fighting
with our people over in the sandbox. We can't
figure out who's killing people. We don't know
why all these diseases are popping up. We can't
figure out why gas is so high. It's hot half
the places. It's wet half the other places. That's
what we know. Oh, I didn't know who you were
talking about, Mary Lynn. I was like, who are
you talking about? I was just talking about me
for a second. I was like, I don't know that was
about me. So, that's what we're doing. If you
are new to the porch, we encourage you to tell
where you're watching from and you might meet
a friend that's in your neck of the woods. We're
pretty big on the power of the porch. If you
want to meet somebody from your neck of the woods,
then you all can start your own porch. We've
done that in several places. We even have an
Australia chapter, and a Germany chapter, and
an Ireland chapter, and a Scotland chapter, and
a UK chapter, and a New Zealand chapter, and
a Bali chapter. That's who's reported in so far.
So. All I know is just to keep your Bibles open,
and your powder dry, and your head on a swivel,
because now is the time to get right with Jesus.
That's what I know. If you are brand new here,
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So if you have an RSVP to either of those, get
on the website and let us know. We'll save you
a seat. So wherever you're watching from, say
hello. Some of you might be like, I'm down the
street. And you might be like, let's go to Tim
Hortons and have some chocolate donut bits, whatever.
Hello, Salinas in Richmond, Kentucky. Good to
see you. I'm right down the road in Irvin. That's
where I'm from. I don't live there now, but that's
where I'm from. Virginia's in the house. Georgia's
in the house. Lake Cumberland's in the house.
North Jersey's in the house. Good to see you.
So, you see your state or your city, just be
like, hey, pop up in there. There's Virginia.
Hello, Debbie. We're glad that you're here. Van
Leer coming in. Hello. Van Leer. Susie, I hope
to see you on August 1st at the Appalachian Artists
Festival. That's going to be in Ines. Not too
far from here. I will be playing at 8 o 'clock
in the headline slot. So, just come on down and
see us. Hello, Martha. Good to see you on the
porch tonight. Hello, Vicki in Bronston, Kentucky.
See? You just never know what people are going
to be watching from. Vicki in Mississippi. Hello.
Good to see you. Alabama. Beth's in the house
from Alabama. Good to see you. Garfield, Georgia.
Dalton, Georgia. See you right there. Heather
and Becca, both from Georgia. Talk amongst yourselves.
Bethlehem, North Carolina is in the porch tonight.
Hello, Jewel. Good to see you. Waldo, Ohio. Hello,
Shanna. Got a lot of people from Ohio. See? We
could just start a little... North Georgia is
checking in and say there's another Georgia.
You know where Garfield is, Cindy? Because we
got somebody watching from Garfield, Georgia.
This is what we do. Susie's gonna be at 9S. Bring
me some headlights. Because I'm gonna hoard as
many as I can and take them back to West Virginia
because we ain't got them here. And I'm on my
last six pack. Lynchburg, Virginia. Hello. Good
to see you. Bill's from Toledo. Good to see you.
Cheryl's in the Virginia Mountains. Pamela's
sitting in Kentucky. And Brenda's down in Mississippi.
If you see your state, Reach out and be like,
I'm also from this state. And then y 'all can
make friends. April. I'm just glad you're here.
We just had some ales from Alabama. So y 'all
need to get together. North Texas. Hello, Arlie.
East Bernstadt, Kentucky. Hello, Melissa. North
Carolina's in the house. And I hope that you're
coming to my show on August 22nd and Sapphire.
And if you ever got tickets yet, they're on my
website. Love to see you, Michelle. Rhonda's
watching from Edmonton. Hello. Where's the Florida
people for Cammie? We got a lot of people in
Florida. We just got to get them on here. There
we are. Cynthia and Madeline are together. There
we are. North Carolina. Jennifer, there's some
more Virginia in the house. There's Jennifer
from Virginia. West Monroe, Louisiana. Hello,
Dana. We love Louisiana. I lived in Louisiana
for a long time. Oklahoma, Arkansas. Hello, Martha.
Hello from Telenasty, Florida. Hello, Lisa. Good
to see you. I was in the house. Owensboro's in
the house. Listen, I'm just gonna get a notebook.
There's just too many people from too many places.
I'm gonna start keeping tabs. Okay. I'm putting
all this... As you say, we're your friend. I'm
just gonna write a stamp. Hello, Emily. Emily
is in South Carolina. Sandy is in North Carolina.
Diane's in Florida. Let's see who else we got.
West Virginia. Hello, Connie. Kansas. Hello,
Sherry. Patricia is in Lexington. Tell you what,
we're going to be in Campton on the end of the
month, so come on down. Cheryl's in Lexington,
Virginia. Patricia is in Arizona. Massachusetts.
I don't know, Kathy. You might be so far. All
right. Also in Kentucky. Let me get Diane on
here. Florida. Hang on. I just saw you, Leanne.
Leanne, we've also got Diane in Florida. So,
see? Y 'all meet up. Leslie's in Kentucky. Tiffany's
in Manor, Texas. I'm just writing down, like,
names under states so we can keep track of everybody.
Coria, that's a cool name, is in West Virginia.
That's Coria and Connie, both in West Virginia.
We got Carolyn and Inez. Hope that you'll come
to our big show on the 1st. Super excited about
it. Connie's in Arkansas. But you have to remember
that Arkansas is A -R, not A -K, because A -K
is Alaska. Florida. Hello, Teresa. We got another
Florida. Let's put you in here. You're in here
with Diane and Leanne on the porch. From Florida.
Wisconsin. Good to see you. Brandy. Glad to have
you. Janella. She's also in West Virginia. We
need to get our West Virginia people together
and go junk one day. Illinois. We got Leanna
Sue and Nikki in Illinois. Upstate New York.
Hello, Allison. Good to see you from New York
on the porch tonight. Christy's in Oklahoma where
the wind goes sweeping down the plane. Carrie
Ann's in from Australia. Good day or good evening.
I don't know what time it is over there. Jackie's
also in Kentucky. My goodness. Clara's in Oklahoma.
Hello, Clara. You and Christy are both watching
from Oklahoma. Thank you, Brenda. We'd love to
come down to Biloxi. Cindy's watching from Missouri.
Y 'all doing all right after all that rain? She's
asking. Darlene's in Oklahoma. That's Christy,
Claire, and Darlene in Oklahoma. Donna's in Arkansas.
Hello. I need to get Sean to print me out another
map so we can color it again. Sarah's in West
Virginia. Hello. Welcome. Pineville, Kentucky.
Hello, Morgan. You can join Diane and Leslie
and Carolyn and Jackie also in Kentucky. Tell
you what. Cora. Sorry. Corley. I liked the way
you spelled it and I pronounced it wrong. So
this is how we all get together. We should start
chunking days. Canada. Hello, Canada. Good to
see you. Tennessee. Chrisanne, sometimes I'm
in Tennessee. Are you near Camden, Tennessee,
which is in Benton County? I'll be there August
the 8th. Welcome to Kentucky. I wish you'd come
back summer. Kentucky's awesome. Hello, Jeff
and Shelby. Or Jeff, Shelby, Lincoln. Sorry,
I read it too quick. Arkansas. Vicki's in Kentucky.
Kansas, Ohio. Y 'all are all saying places that
you could literally drive to and see one of my
shows in a day trip. Okay, Carrie Ann, it is
1134 a .m. on a Monday morning, so you are 14
hours ahead of us. Holy crap. Don't tell us what's
going to happen. We want to be surprised. Chris
Ann's in West Virginia now. Coralie. I have Coralie
in our family. Hello, Sarah. Good to see you.
Hello, Heather. Watching from Georgia. See? The
porch is so big. It's so big. So. There is 99
% day at the Barbersville Goodwill. I'm so upset
that I missed it, too. So, should we pick a day?
Tuesday night, I'm on a podcast. And Thursday
night, I'm on a podcast. And Friday night and
Saturday night, I'm playing music. So, it means
if we're gonna junk, we need to do it like Wednesday.
Brenda, get on the website. We'll make you a
VIB. Not a VIP, a VIB. We're in the hive here.
Goochland, Virginia. Good to see you, Bo. Welcome.
So if you're keeping up with my health journey,
I was down 10 pounds. Now I'm down 8 1⁄2 pounds
because I ate carbs over the weekend. And I am
going hard into it again tomorrow. I'm going
to go to the gym and probably the tanning bed
because fat looks better tan. And I've got to
even out some tan lines. I've got a show this
week. So, you know, whatever. But that's what
I'm working on. Thank you for listening to the
podcast. Thank you for listening to that on the
RSS feeds and wherever you listen to podcasts.
We've got like 5 ,000 people listening to the
podcast now. I'm so excited. And there's so many
people on YouTube. And there's so many people
on Instagram. I'm like, I just do Facebook. I
have a team. And by team, I mean a husband. Who
gets on there and does all the rest of that stuff.
And I'm like, I didn't even know I had an Instagram.
And somebody reached out to me and asked if I
wanted to be on a podcast. Because they saw me
on Instagram. I was like, I didn't even know
I had one. But fantastic. I don't care how you
find me, just find me. Let's visit. Let's be
friends. Let's sit on the porch. Let's talk.
Let's bitch. Let's get to know each other. Let's
get to know God. Let's play some music and eat
some cheese balls. Brenda's lost over 160 pounds
in two years. That's like four of the five Backstreet
Boys. Congratulations. Wow. Debbie's nine miles
from Plains, Georgia. If you don't know where
that is, look it up on a map so that you know
where she is because nobody apparently knows
where it's at. How do you find my podcast? Just
get on whatever you listen to podcasts on and
look for Sarah Beth Terry or The Cigarette Mom
or Pharrell Christian. Or you can get on SarahBethTerry
.com and the link is on there. It'll save you
some time. Just one last step. I'm not playing
in Alabama unless you get me a show down there.
I don't have anything up there for me. O -H -I
-O It's okay, Stephanie. If you will put me as
your favorites or subscribe, it'll tell you immediately.
I don't know why it's like that, but the algorithm
has since updated and it tries to throw everybody
off. So I'm surprised we were all here together
at all. You never know what's going on in the
world. I'm just glad that you're on the porch.
And I'm glad I look as good as I do. I literally
got out of bed, washed my face, brushed my teeth,
threw my hair up in this makeshift whatever ponytail
bun, and went to the Dollar General. That's what
I did today. First place of Jimmy Carter, the
great American peanut farmer. Can't talk. Brenda,
God love you. So I'm trying. You had an anchor
that's supposed to put a curse on the Stone family?
Well, I'll tell you. But get right with Jesus
or find you an Appalachian witch. I love when
we all get together. Right, Wendy. It's one day
at a time. Just one day at a time. And I'm not
going to beat myself up for taking a day of rest.
It even says in the Bible that the Lord rested.
So, I mean, I'm not going to worry about it.
It's like, so, I've been keeping my journal.
I'm going to do it Mondays through Friday. Saturdays,
I'm usually on stage. Sunday, I'm usually recovering.
So, that's going to be my routine, I think. It's
just give it hell from Monday through Friday.
And then know that I have to go to work on Friday
night and Saturday night. God love it. I'm so
pleased and blessed. And thank you, Lord, for
letting me do this for my job. I'd love to do
it more. So book me more. But when it comes to
working out at a designated fitness gymnasium,
you know, I like to do Monday through Friday
and keep my routine. I read that too quick, Mary
Ellen. I thought you said you started Pilates
63 years ago. And I was like, I don't think that
Pilates has been around that long. I could be
wrong. Cairns lost 11 kilograms. I don't know
how much that is in American pounds. Okay, 25
pounds. See? That's where we screwed up. They
told America to use the metric system. We're
like, we're just going to use it on bullets and
two liters. That's it. That's the only time that
you ever use the metric system is to buy a two
liter of Mountain Dew or to buy nine millimeter
ammo. The rest of the time, we're like, what
is that in inches, miles, feet? We just couldn't
get behind the metric system. We couldn't get
behind Celsius either. We had to go Fahrenheit.
We had to be a little different. Had to be a
little different. I struggle with schedules too,
Cynthia. And it's because I'm my own boss. And
I'm real hard to work for. So, I'm like, I should
get up and do stuff. And I'm like, but who's
going to fire me? Like, I have that internal
struggle. Robin's lost 75 pounds over the past
year. My goodness, congratulations. I want to
do, without telling how much I weigh, I'd like
to lose about 70 pounds. Just for no reason than
I want to be healthier as I get older. And I
know I'm saying that with a cigarette hanging
out of my mouth, but one cross at a time. I like
to use all of the leaf -bearing plants that the
Lord has provided. I could never make some dandelion
tea after this. I don't care. Thank you, Leona
Sue. Muscle is way more dense than fat. I get
tickled because everybody's like, a pound of
fat weighs less than a pound of muscle. They
both weigh a pound, but muscle is more dense.
I learned that in 8th grade science when they
said, if you dropped a... 100 pounds of bowling
balls or 100 pounds of feathers, which would
fall first. I'm like, both, because they're both
100 pounds. Doesn't affect the weight, but anyway.
I'm trying to get... I still drink sweet tea,
and I still drink L .A., but everything else,
I've given up. I haven't had any, like, processed
stuff this week. Like, I'm a big fan of, like,
Little Davies. I always have him. Because there
was always a box of oatmeal cream pies somewhere
at Papaw South. Just don't let it ruin your supper.
So now that I'm older, that's like a comfort
thing to me is to know that there's going to
be fudge rounds in the cookie jar or oatmeal
cream pies or something like that. And now I'm
like, those are protein bars and you can't eat
them like candy because they're food. Like I'm
trying to train my head to be like, you're hungry?
Eat a piece of cheese. If you're hungry, drink
a bottle of water. If you're hungry, go take
a walk, Sarah. I don't want to do the whole wind
shambling way down. pray the weight away. That's
not going to help. But I do understand having
a lot more self -control and the only way that
I can have self -control is to give it to God
and be like, I can't do this by myself. You're
going to have to smack that cookie dough out
of my hand. See, you understand. Carrie Ann gets
it. I think that's part of the whole terror babble.
I think that that's what they didn't tell us.
They were like, y 'all are going to all speak
different languages. I'm going to knock this
terror down. And by the way, half of y 'all are
going to use Celsius, and half of y 'all are
going to use Fahrenheit, and half of y 'all are
going to use metric, and half of y 'all are going
to use inches and shit, and half of y 'all are
going to use Androids, and half of y 'all are
going to use iPhones. And we're like, they should
have just started with that. That would have
split everything right down the middle. We could
all spoke the same language and still fought.
Stephanie, I hear you on that. And that's why
I'm trying to get a leg up on what's going on
because I see the road ahead of me with my mother
and my grandmother and my aunts. And I'm like,
if I don't get a handle on this now, I'm either
going to end up like Aunt Dorothy and be on 600
-pound life or I'm going to end up like Aunt
Beth and stroke out before I'm 55 because her
life is absolutely crazy. And so I'm looking
at it going... Doing the best I can. Doing it
the best I can. What was that off of? 70 pounds,
I won't be a stick. I promise you, I still have
these big, giant bowling balls attached to myself.
I've had these things since I was 15 years old.
I watered them every day so they would grow.
And I cried and cried and cried because my friends
had titties and I didn't. And one day they went,
and I was like, well. And then I cried because
my back hurt. My dad said, nope, nope, nope,
nope, nope. Nope, nope, nope. He prayed for those.
And he was right. I did. I didn't even realize
I got boobs until I got to homeroom my junior
year and Brent Thompson just kept staring at
me. And I was like, why are you looking at me
like that? He's like... Brent Thompson, who had
sat beside me every single day since fifth grade
singing Beer and Bones by John Michael Montgomery
way off key in Charlie Bird's math class. That
same Brent Thompson's looking at me in ninth,
tenth, eleventh grade going... I'm like, what?
I'm not happy about him either. Shut up. And
then I used them to my advantage for a good part
of my 20s, and I never had to pay for one drink.
And then I used them to my advantage in my 30s,
and ended up getting a divorce and writing a
lot of albums about it. So I don't use them for
evil anymore. I just keep them under wraps. The
only person allowed to see these is Sean Courtney.
Period. And even then, he's like, okay, that's
enough. Roll them back up. 415 days sober. Hats
off and mazel tov to you, Shannon. That's hard.
It is hard. We quit drinking January 1st, 2025.
That's when we gave up liquor. Now, when I say
gave up liquor, every now and again, somebody
will be like, here's a glass of champagne because
I just won a Grammy. And we'll be like, cheers.
Or somebody will say, try this moonshine. And
I'll be like, okay. I just can't do it anymore.
Smelling NyQuil, I'm like, I'm gonna get a buzz.
Now, however, my marijuana intake has probably
went tri -fold. I like to say I'm high in functioning.
I'm high and dry. There we go. I asked Sean this
night what his favorite body part of mine was.
And he's like, I don't think I have a favorite.
And I was like, oh, that's a good answer. Because
I never have asked him in the three years that
we've been together. I'm like, are you a legs
man? Are you an ass man? Are you a tits man?
Because I got all of it. Don't worry about it.
I'm the whole package. But I just want to know
what to work on in the gym. Like, if he's like,
I really like your rear end, I'll be like, well,
then I'm going to get on that Stairmaster. But
if he's like, I like them boobs, I'm going to
get on that lateral pull down. Get them popped
back up. You know, you got to keep marriage alive.
Let's get some blowjobs. Anyway, so continue.
Hello, Jessica. Hello, Terry Clark Parsons. Good
to see you. My friend Erica's getting married
for the first time at 43 years old. Very over
-the -moon ecstatic for her. She's found a perfect
guy. They just are like peas and carrots. They're
like me and Sean. They're absolutely wonderful
together. When they first got engaged, they asked
me, they said, what's your advice for a marriage?
Like, what keeps a marriage going? And I said,
well, obviously, I know since I'm on the second
one. But I would say that just in interviewing
the general public, biscuits and blowjobs. It
keeps a marriage alive. you master biscuits and
blowjobs, you don't even have to shave above
the knee. Your mouth's full, his mouth's full,
and nobody's arguing. I'm just saying. Biscuits
and blowjobs. You're welcome. Becky said she
cooks with alcohol. I ain't one of these two,
too, but none of it ended up in the food. So,
you gotta be careful. She's like, I made this
with drunk chicken. I was like, is it? Or are
you? Are you drunk serving chicken? Or is this
drunk chicken? My old friend Loretta. I say old
friend because we're not friends anymore. But
she used to make a rum cake. And I'm like, I'm
pretty sure you're supposed to add this before
you bake it. And she's like, no. She'd soak it.
You could smell it. It smelled like Jimmy Buffet
on a bad day. You're just like, why does this
smell like... Jack Sparrow laying out in the
sun for three days. You get drunk just looking
at that cake. I don't like cake as much as I
like brownies. Just letting you know. I'm more
of a brownie person than a cake person. That's
why we're on the subject. biscuits and blowjobs.
That gives a whole new meaning to we're staying
at the Airbnb, doesn't it? Sounds like a whorehouse
now, doesn't it? You're gonna think twice about
eating a Cracker Barrel tomorrow. You're gonna
be like, but your husband's gonna be like, you
feel like making some biscuits? And you're gonna
be like, uh -uh. And he don't mean like a cat
and rub on his shoulders. Hello, Jeanette. You
said good day. Are you also in Australia? Because
so is Carrie Ann and maybe I could be friends.
Just saying. Has anybody ever accidentally took
too much RSO and woke up still stoned the next
day? Just me. I was like, I'll just take a little
bit in my coffee and I'll go to sleep for two
or three days. It'll be fine. It doesn't make
me stupid. It just makes me lazy. B &B. See,
now we can't say it. Oh, God, David. I just,
I can smell it. I can smell it just by from the
name. Like, that's what's so funny. Speaking
of smelling, oh, my God. And I'm going to make
fun of him for a minute because his birthday's
tomorrow. I'm technically in two areas. But anyway,
so. My buddy, one of my best buddy's husband,
he's a scent aficionado. Like, he collects colognes.
Like, he could work at the counter at Dillard's
and probably Clean House. You know, like he...
You remember... What was it? Joey? Hermes? Hermes?
Hermes? Yeah, the cowboy. Anyway. So, he collects
a lot of colognes, which is good for him. Everybody's
got their thing. But what kills me is that he
watches so many TikTok videos about colognes.
And I'm like... And I couldn't help it. I just
sat there for a minute like, he's watching videos
about colognes. That'd be like a deaf person
listening to music. Like, what does the video
got to tell you about the colognes? I mean, I've
been watching perfume commercials for a thousand
years. You want to see how they all are? You
want to see how they all are? This is every,
let me get one of these down because every single,
uh, oh God, I thought it was a bug. It's a tag.
Every single Charlize Theron perfume, she's got
like just this weird necklace on and it's like
passion, lust, Dior. And I'm like, what? What?
What? No. I want a perfume commercial that it's
like, oh shit. And then you spread it on and
go, oh. Like a Febreze commercial for perfumes.
That would sell me on perfumes. But having Anne
Hathaway run through a golden river with some
kind of pearl necklace on and some aliens beaming
her up to a giant daisy. And they're like, Chanel.
And I'm like... What? What? I understand. It's
weird. Like, Stetson was like the only commercial
that got it right. You saw a man out on a horse,
probably smoking a Marlboro, branding some cattle.
Stetson. You're like, yeah, okay, I know exactly
what that smells like. I can smell it right now.
My dad's worn it for 50 years. I'm like, Stetson.
I can smell Stetson in a hundred friggin' yards.
I can smell Stetson. A half a click away for
our metric using viewers. See? I'm trying. Two
gallons of Moga David Black Cherry Rum? Your
granny had a problem. She was a pirate. She wasn't
a nana. She was a pirate. Anyway. Thanks for
the stars. See? Draco Noir. You probably remember
that one, too. Or, let's see, what else could
you always smell? Oh, God, Taboo. I immediately
look around for my Aunt Wanda and a pack of Capris.
Every time I smell Taboo, I'm like, where's she
at? I think, is she dead? Is Aunt Wanda dead?
I know Uncle Roger is. Nobody's checked on Wanda
in a while. She might be dead. I can still smell
her, though. I bet that they bury her with a...
100 gallons worth of taboo. I know when my papa
died, we found 75 things of Old Spice aftershave
in his closet. Because we all got it for him
for Christmas, and he'd just stockpile it. He'd
say thank you, and he'd stockpile it. You know
what else pisses me off? Gatorade commercials.
As an athlete, which I'm not, but I would assume
you would know to drink lots of water and take
electrolytes. That would seem like a... This
is what I do. You know, like, I know as a country
music singer, I'm gonna be as occupational hazards
around a lot of smoky and whiskey -infested rooms.
I'm prepared for that. Who are they selling Gatorade
to? Why are you putting an athlete on there?
That's already part of their uniform. They know
we gotta drink this stuff. It makes you stupid.
Okay. Why don't they put, like, college kid,
20 years old, 22, whatever, make it legal, whatever.
He gets up in the morning, he's like... Hungover
as shit, and he's like... Gatorade. I would buy
that. I'd be like, yeah. Yeah, I feel that. But
if you're already running in a decathlon, and
you've jumped over an ocean, and you've thrown
a spear, back across the Tour de France, and
then they're like, what should I drink now? Seems
like a given. I don't... I don't know. Why are
there toilet paper commercials? Who's not buying
toilet paper? And why, and why, and why do we
have bears advertising for Charmin? And coincidentally,
Coca -Cola. Bears have been taking jobs long
before AI. They tell us that we can prevent forest
fires. They tell us what kind of toilet paper
to buy. They tell us which bed is the most comfortable,
and this one is just right. I'm telling you,
like, bears have been taking jobs a lot longer
than robots. Just saying. I just don't understand
why are bears drinking Coca -Cola? And why are
bears using toilet paper? This doesn't seem like
a species of animal who would need either of
those items. Doesn't make any sense. And why
do people say, I'm as happy as a clam? Clams!
You know, the sea creature known for their vast
array of emotion. I'm happy as a clam. I'm mad
as a clam. I'm as indifferent as a clam. Happy
as a hyena. We should say that. I'm as happy
as a hyena. Coke bear. Listen, that's a whole
new thing. Did you watch that cocaine bear or
whatever it was? What was that on? That stupid
movie? Oh, God, it's funny. It's funny to watch.
Take some RSO and watch. And you're like, this
dumb sale. But it also could happen. All right.
Exactly, Shannon. You're gonna buy toilet paper
anyway. It's just a matter of if you have strong
shits or a tender ass. That's your only two options.
Really strong toilet paper or really soft toilet
paper. Or you got that John Wayne toilet paper
that's a dollar a roll down at the Dollar General
and it's rough and tough and don't take no shit
off nobody. You have to wrap it like 80 times.
The younger generation's probably... using bidets.
Or the Sears catalog. Maybe they're just taking
it all the way back. I don't know. They're like
in Canon and Quilt and maybe they're like, I'm
gonna stop using toilet paper. Hand me that Sears
robot. Alright. It was hard going to the outhouse
near Christmas time. You did not want to use
the toy catalog. All your dreams just went down
the shitter. You can't send Santa a shitty Christmas
card. You can't be like, this is what I want.
Forgive the lie. All right, let's see. Maybe
the Coke gives the Bears the need for toilet
paper. Perhaps. Wrong clam. Listen, that one
doesn't show a lot of emotion either. Not these
days. All right, anyway. A gallon of MD and a
devout Southern Baptist. Oh, well, that checks
out. Halfway expected Church of Christ. Anyway,
Shannon uses a bidet. I use a bidet on occasion
because I lived in Italy there for a while, you
know, so I learned how to use them. And then
we have one on our toilet here that was attached
by the previous owner. And, of course, we've
deep cleaned it, whatever. And I was like, hold
up, there's a bidet on this thing, and that's
pretty neat. So I was thinking about it. It was
very helpful during my kidney stone moments.
But the whole point is that I accidentally...
messed up the direction knob with the water pressure
knob, and I shot myself across the bathroom like
I was at Stonewall in the 60s, and I nearly drowned.
You can't get them buttons mixed up. I told my
husband, I was like, I about drowned. He was
like, that's not how you drown. I'm like, let's
not know if you've ever been on a boat that's
taken on water, but it really doesn't matter
where the hole is, okay? I heard some clucking.
I was making sure that they were all right. I
got a sick chick down there. Do I ever watch
the show Suddenly Amish? No, but I've lived it
a couple times when we lost power up on the mountain.
I had to go down to the creek and get my own
water. And let's be honest, I was having a very
severe mental breakdown after my divorce, and
I wore nothing but leggings for two years. So
I was Suddenly Amish. No buttons, no zippers,
and basically living in the dark. I don't need
to watch it. I lived it. I lived it. I did live
in Hart County during the COVID pandemic, and
I got really tickled because it's right on the
edge of Amish country. There's a lot of Amish
communities right there in Hart County. And so
we'd always go out there to Amish Walmart. I
don't remember what it's really named. R &S,
Salvage, or something, but whatever. We called
it Amish Walmart. So we would go out there, and
they'd tell you to have your masks and all that
horse shit, which I never wore one because I
was always packing. And you can't wear a mask
and pack a gun. That's a felony. If I'm wearing
a mask somewhere during COVID, I was robbing
you, okay, because I was always packing. So anyway.
I went out there and none of them had on masks.
And I said, why ain't none of y 'all sick? She
said, we don't got TV. And I was like, fair enough.
I'm glad you had a good 51st birthday, Lorraine.
Happy birthday. I'm trying to read the comments.
A bidet is so much better. We'll see. When I
was in Italy and I was walking in flip -flops
up the cobblestone streets eight and ten hours
at a time by myself, I will say the bidet was
about... six cups worth of ice and this plugger
in it was a nice foot bath. I did almost drown
from a bidet. You weren't there. You don't know.
It was terrifying. Chastity, I lived in Harkin.
I was right there on South Street, right behind
J .D. Craddock's office in that big log cabin
for about six years. I don't even know if it's
still there. It ain't been there forever. Amy's
coming to see me in Harkin. Walk up and say,
I am Amy from Facebook. And I'll be like, okay.
Because people will walk up and be like, how's
your rooster? I'm like, have we met? You got
to keep in mind, I don't get to see you guys.
You get to see me. And you're like, there's a
bug on my left shoulder. Where? There's not.
Happy birthday, Janie. Happy birthday to Janie.
Happy birthday to Janie. It's Janie Farmer's
birthday. Happy birthday to Janie. We honestly
get after it with a pair of garden chairs. Just
have to make sure they're about it. There's not
a bug on my shoulder. There's not. On either
side. There's not. There's not. I do have some
chicken feet on my shoulder because Leonard jumped
up on my shoulder. R &S Salvage. Thank you, Stacy.
Whatever it was called. Amish Walmart. You know
what it's called. You know. We all call it the
Amish Walmart. You found a 1944 Masonic book.
What should you do with it? You should call your
local chapter of the Free and Accepted Masons
and see if they want it for their historical
collection. And if they don't, then call the
state chapter and see if they do. But those books
are few and far between. So either keep it under
lock and key and pass it down through the generations
or call your local chapter and be like, Hey,
I found something. Y 'all want it. Happy birthday
from Wichita Falls, Texas. How awesome. Well,
it might have been there. Hell, I don't know.
I tracked everything but boys and men, so it's
whatever. I'm not scared of a bug. I'd probably
try to adopt it, give it a name, put it in a
cage. Rip its wings off, make it serve me, whatever.
I killed a rat last night. With my bare hands.
With my bare hands. It was outside and it was
just looking at me. And I was readjusting the
bricks around my fire bed. And it just looked
at me. And I just threw the brick at it. And
it hit it in the head and it knocked over. And
I was like... And then it just kind of got up.
And I hit it in the head again with the brick.
And I was like... I think I killed this rat.
It was a weird feeling. No, but I hit it right
in the head. Killed it. It was a big long rat.
It came up from the river. And I was like, no!
Not today. Not when you got chickens. No. Cynthia
names her frogs, that's fine. We had Cynthia
and Josh. Those were Dylan's two frogs. I don't
know where he got those names. And I remember
one day, one of them got run over. Oh my God,
Dylan was distraught. Thank God it wasn't Cynthia.
It might have been because he watched Rugrats,
now that I think about it. Hadn't thought about
them frogs for years. Oh, I got so upset the
other night, I saved a frog. It was out in the
middle of the street. I brought it into the yard.
It jumped back out in the middle of the street.
And then the Uber guy, or not the Uber guy, but
the DoorDash guy ran over it. And I got so mad.
If I'd had that brick, I probably would have
thrown it at that Uber driver and be like, you
just ran over my frog. Keep in mind that after
rainstorms that the turtles are moving. Squirrels,
they make a conscious decision. Turtles, they
made that decision long before you got there.
So I will always break for yard sales, curb alerts,
weird shit on the side of the road, and turtles.
I don't know what it was, but it has rained a
lot, which means that the rats are coming up
from the creek. And, I mean, it was big. It was
like a New York City River sewer rat. And I hit
it in the head with a brick, and I killed it.
And I threw it in a bucket. And then I take a
nap, and now it's gone. So I'm thinking my husband
threw it over the hill. I told him I was going
to taxidermy it. I guess he thought I was kidding.
Well, stuff this rat. First kill. see nothing
really like Sean I'll be like stand still and
he'll like just go into like a karate chop like
it's like a Bruce Lee film and I'm like quit
me I'm like wasp there was a whole hive of honeybees
that was living in the cabin one summer and I
went in there with a mason jar and I literally
picked them up with my bare hands and I took
them outside to a friend that was collecting
them and they didn't sting me once. If you're
not freaking out, of course, I had a cigarette
hanging in my mouth. That probably helped. But
if you're not freaking out, they won't freak
out. Energy is contagious. Negativity breeds
negativity. Happiness breeds happiness. Hurt
people hurt people. Heal people heal people.
So, mind your energy. Brenda, that just reminded
me of a story when you said that like that. Oh,
my God. Okay. A long time ago, I was traveling
with somebody. We went to Dollywood. And it was
during the craft fair in October. So, like, a
bunch of old people. And there was also a Model
T car show in Gatlinburg, too. So, a bunch of
old people. Like, people like this is their first
car. Like, this wasn't ironic. Like, they were
like, I've kept this car since I first bought
it in 19 -whatever. Well, I couldn't help but
overhear the people behind us in line because
they had hearing aids and they're loud as shit.
So one of them said, where did y 'all come from?
And the other couple said, we just got in from
Charlotte. And the couple next to us said, we
have a granddaughter named Charlotte. And I was
like... And Richie watches videos about colognes.
I don't know. It's just the things that make
you go... You have gopher turtles on your property?
That's fantastic. I love Dollywood, too. Dollywood
is my Disney World. It used to be the best craft
show, Wendy. Now it's got a little commercialized,
and I don't know what's up with Dolly, but I
think that she died two or three years ago, and
they're just propping her up like Bernies. I'm
just saying she don't look right. It's like she's
too animatronic. I don't know. Maybe she's had
some problems. I don't know. I'll talk to somebody.
I know some people in that camp. I'll call. Bonnie,
that's the truth. You're always gonna be a villain
in somebody's story, so just, you know. Remember
who you answer to. Dance with the one who bring
it. Energy is contagious. It just depends on
what energy you surround yourself with. If you're
doom -scrolling all the time and watching batshit
on TV and batshit on your phone and batshit on
your iPod, batshit on your iPad, then that's
going to poison what you got going on. If you
get out there and take your shoes off and actually
put your bare feet to the earth outside for at
least 30 minutes a day, get you some fresh air,
get you some vitamin D, sit out here, pet a cat,
hold a chicken, feed a dog, water a plant, that
energy is fantastic. And it will help to go out
into the world. That's what I say. If I'm in
a great mood, I try to put everybody else in
a great mood. If I'm in a bad mood, I do the
same thing because misery loves company. But
if you're conscious and you're mindful about
the energy that you are presenting into the world,
then you can kind of even out and calibrate.
Ground yourself, Vicki. See, you get it. I like
to sit with my feet out in the grass at least
30 minutes a day. You just gotta watch for dog
shit and chicken droppings. You gotta watch your
step when you know the chips are down. Hey, that's
what I say. That's what I say. Dollywood's my
Disney world. I'd rather see Dolly part than
Mickey Mouse. I wasted a lot of time at Dollywood
Center by that little guest apartment there by
the Rags to Riches Museum that used to be up
there by the train back in the 80s. And I would
see the curtains moving. Mom's like, she's not
here. I'm like, yes, she is. She's like, no,
she's not. She is in Boise, Idaho. And I'm like,
no, she's here. And I would stand there. I would
miss everything. I'd miss the train. I'd miss
the cinnamon bread. I'd miss feeding the ducks.
I'd miss getting on the Tilt -A -Whirl. I'd miss
everything, thinking that maybe I'd see Dolly.
And then I ended up working for her company for
seven years, got to see her all the time. The
Lord's funny like that. He's like, here's, I
told her, I said, you owe me a lot in, like,
Dollywood tickets. She's like, yeah, probably.
I was like, yeah. Because I spent a lot of time
just waiting to meet you, and you weren't there.
You'd think they'd have, like, a dolly impersonator
there, like they have somebody playing Mickey
Mouse. It'd have to be a caricature, though.
You couldn't make, like, the real... Like, you'd
have to be, like, a dolly cartoon character.
Things I was thinking about. What I like to call
my ideas. Well, it is now 12 after 10 o 'clock
on Sunday, July the 12th. I'm going to get in
there and eat some supper that my husband so
lovingly cooked so I didn't have to today. I
have slept the majority of the day. I'm probably
going to go back to bed here before midnight,
and then I'll get up early in the morning, feed
the chickens, put on my tennis shoes, and go
to the gym and start it all over again. If you
want us to come somewhere near you, we have about
three dates left between now and the end of October,
so get on the website at SarahBethea .com and
hit the Book Me thing. If you also want a customized
song, I do those as well. And you can get on
the Book Me tab and do that as well. Be like,
this isn't for a gig. This is for a song. And
I'll be like, okay. It still goes to the same
email address. Anywho. If you want to come to
some of the shows. If you want some of the new
merchandise. If you want a customized hat, jacket,
or earrings. Please let me know. I am doing some
orders for those in the next couple weeks. So.
Let me know. I'm kind of a jack of all trades.
Just your cigarette mom sitting on the porch
hanging out. In the meantime, friends, keep your
Bible open, your paddle dry, and your head on
a swivel because people are acting crazy. Be
nice to old people, animals, and children. Try
to love your neighbor if you can't give to God
because he loves you and I do too. Until we see
each other again, remember, perhaps the most
important of all, I'm Sarah Beth Terry and you're
not. Good night.