Disregard That Part

So, my mom gave me a Christmas card. At the top it says "MY DEAR DAUGHTER".
Towards the end of the card it says "You are the most precious treasure I have ever received..."
I said AW, mama that means I'm your favorite!
Her response: "No, you're reading into it too much."
Me: "So you just want me to disregard that part?"
Mom: "Basically but, it's saying your my favorite daughter, and you're the only daughter so therefore you're the only daughter I can treasure."

K. THANKS.


..PS, Johni is currently yelling at the dog "RUBY! Will you stop licking your heiney?! You are the only person I know that licks their heiney! That is disgusting!" ... Now she is singing an opera version "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"



...PSS. she just asked me if Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are engaged.. Like I'm their best friend and know their business.

Fall Break

Fall break is over and I am back in Greenville now but while I was home Mom was being her typical self. At one point, the night before Thanksgiving, I walked into the kitchen (there was no music playing) and she was doing some kind of booty roll, clapping her hands, and giggling at herself. I was sitting on one of the stools on the computer and we just got new knobs on our cabinets.. She comes in the kitchen gets something out of the cabinet and tries to walk away but the drawstring to her pants was caught in the knob so she took the cabinet door with her THEN forgot what she came in the kitchen to do. On Thanksgiving she was showing the entire family her dances (this time she was playing "Super Bass" by Nicki Minaj).

The dancing did not end there.. The next day was of course black Friday, every store was playing Christmas music and what's Mama doing? Booty rolling up and down the aisles. If she wasn't dancing she was singing. We went to lunch at Moe's, they played Michael Jackson.. MOM LOVES MJ. She was so upset when he passed. Mema about had a stroke because Mom was singing at the table, attempting to do the moonwalk, and screeching "ow!" during "Billie Jean".

I just got off the phone with her, we were discussing what I wanted for Christmas and she was telling me how everything on my list is not in the budget (of course). We got on the subject of what I got last year and I talked about the ipod I got. She doesn't even remember giving me an ipod she is convinced Trevor gave it to me.

Now you see why I have asked her to start writing down our conversations.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I am home by myself. I picked up my own dinner and ate it at Mema and Big's house. Big always asks me when I come in the door if I'd like to talk to him about my life goals, boys, etc. One day I'm really going to miss being able to sit down with them when my family ditches me like they have tonight.

Mama has gone out with some of her high school classmates to eat dinner and such, Lane is no where to be found, Dad is M.I.A. and Grayson is in Memphis, TN. The dog won't even hang out with me.

I am so excited to see my entire family tomorrow especially these THREE who are staying at my house! :)

Hope everyone has a happy happy Thanksgiving and is as blessed as I am to have all of these beautiful people with me................

I'm a slacker.. And I know it.

I have been incredibly busy! And I'm so sorry. This semester is coming to an end, thank the Lord. I need it to be Christmas break so I can go home and cuddle with my Ruby.

..I know I promised to put pictures of my room at school up so here are two!

The top is of the cornice board my dad made and mom stapled fabric too. And the bottom picture is a little bit of my bedding and monogram above my bed!

I GOT A JOB!

Yes, I finally have a job and I am so excited! Where am I working?

At the Lilly Pulitzer store here in Greenville! I called to tell my mom and the first words out of her mouth were "You're gonna be broke."

Glad we could share this excitement together.

Can I Keep Him?

So, not only is my mom's memory and hearing fading.. Her vision is too.

I've been home for Fall Break all weekend and had some time to bond with mom. We went shopping and stuff on Saturday, out to lunch and dinner, etc. etc. Yesterday she had to go back to work so I was home by myself all day and when I pulled in the neighborhood I saw a "puppy". So, I pulled my car up next to it and took a picture of it, then sent it to mom. I sent the picture at 1:54pm and she got home around 5:30pm and said "Oh, you texted me!" .. Just goes to show how often she looks at her phone. Here is the picture I sent her:

With it I said: "I found a puppy!!!! Can I keep him!!!???"

..So, mom is standing beside me as she reads this texts and she gets her glasses on and is looking at the picture going "Oh my gosh! Where was he? He's cute! What kind of puppy is it!? What did you do with him?"

CLEARLY that is not a puppy, that is a possum and they are gross.

Mom is losing her mind.

Today my mom asked me if I was saying she was crazy, and the answer is yes.. I was saying you're crazy.

I have been telling my mom things lately and she does not remember anything I said, or anything SHE said. She swears she never told me stuff and that I never mentioned other things. She is now saying that she is going to start taking notes on our conversations and in all honesty mom, I really hope you do because I am beginning to lose my own mind.

And, stop sending me duplicate text messages! I get them the first time. :)

GOODNIGHT.

Mom goes Downtown!

This past weekend was ECU's parent's weekend and it definitely qualifies as one of the most memorable moments in my college career so far. My MOM, Aunt Al, Uncle Ray, Aunt Nancy (Nanny), and Uncle Joe all came Downtown Greenville. My sorority rented out a bar for a private party and so I invited everyone to come with me.
My family requested beach music/oldies and the DJ played it. They were the first and only ones on the dance floor the entire night. We had SO much fun. All of my sorority sisters and their parents were there and a few of them got out on the dance floor with mom.

 Here is the whole crew posing with the younger crowd!

..And that last text is her saying she is getting on the bar in 15 minutes, don't worry.. It never happened but she DID grab a bouncer to dance with her.

I will post more pictures in another update when I have more time!

Happy Birthday!

Today is my mom's birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA! Hope you've had a great day! I love you!

Big news to share.. Lots to catch up on!

I, Briley Virginia Hussey, have a DEBIT card.
Yes, the above statement is true.
Mama actually filled out the application for me and it finally has come in!

As soon as I got to Greenville, Aunt Al took me to the ATM machine to show me how to use it and then later that evening I swiped it for the first time at Bojangles.. I had really put a lot of thought into where I used it for the first time at and because I really love Bojo's, I found it appropriate.

Tonight, mama said she wanted to take the license plate piece off the front of her car but dad told her she couldn't so she said she was going to get one that says "LUV2SWIM" ............ My mama doesn't swim.

Updates on my life.. (I know this blog is about my mom but my family reads this and needs updates so if you only like my mom and not my life you should probably stop reading here.)
My house is coming together now, I have a cool porch swing that has been painted a green color, it matches my front door! It was my neighbor's but they couldn't get it to stay in their porch ceiling so we're using it. I'm in the process of painting my dining room, it was the ugliest brown. So, when I finish I promise to post pictures of the house!
Hurricane Irene came and every house around me had damage done to it. My welcome mat and trashcan blew away but I ran out in the street to get them and that was about all that happened. I didn't have power for an entire day and nearly starved to death but the power came back on and I cooked literally everything in my freezer. Yeah, I cook now, gas stove/oven.. go me.
I will update more tomorrow and within the next week on my mom. I'm at home and she's already acting crazy again so I'll be sure to post more! Goodnight!

First day of school!

Sorry I haven't posted in so long, I have moved back to Greenville and have been trying to get my house decorated and organized. I will post pictures of how ugly it was before and how pretty it is now!

I texted my mom to tell her my professor didn't show up for my first class.
She said:
"Go look today for clubs, etc to join... And I don't mean night clubs."


Yes ma'am.

Prayers for the Dawson & Keith families

Another loss of a great, young person from Kinston.
Rest in Peace Jennings Dawson.

 Kelly Hobbs, Mary Bec, Me and Samantha Parker at Baker's pool in Kinston. Wish I could go back to these days when things were simple and nothing could hurt us.
Mary Bec- I am thinking and praying for you always, I love you!

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13

Like My Mother Does

Dear mom,

 

Love,

Briley

Practice What You Preach

Today I told my mom I needed to go get a hair trim and my eyebrows waxed before I move back next week and don't have time to do it.
Her response: "OH MY GOSH. Seriously? You act like you're entering a pageant or something. You do not need that."
..Any other time she'd be telling me I NEED to go get a hair cut or licking her finger and combing my eyebrow down. (Which is disgusting so make a mental note to stop doing that. Especially in public)

But on a serious note, Mom.. Practice what you preach.
My mom is ALWAYS making such a scene in parking lots because people drive all over them, go the wrong way and weave in and out of cars. Every time it happens, she goes "Look at that! Look at them! So stupid. That is how people get in wrecks."

Okay, so she makes such a big fuss about it.. But what does Johni do? Johni drives through the parking lot the wrong way, doesn't use the aisles like you're supposed to and cuts across parking spots. I know as soon as she reads this she's going to come in my room and say "I do not do that." Mom, you do. You did it tonight in the old Food Lion parking lot on the highway. You give me advice all the time, and my advice to you today is practice what you preach. And after she reads that part she's going to come back into my room and say, "you're going to miss me when I die."

She also parks in Hawaii and we're trying to get to Georgia. For example, we go to Chick-fil-a, we park at Applebee's. We go to Wal-Mart we park in Egypt.

I'm moving in a few days..

Thank the Lord Jesus Christ Almighty above.. I am moving back to Greenville.

My mom will NOT buy me curtains for my house and so she is showing me how to make curtains out of sheets. Sheets that go on your bed, yes.

And now, she is trying to buy me an inflatable headboard that comes with a pump and floral slip cover.

Please save me. Or give me furniture.
That's all.

When my Mom texts..

Today, I went to the doctor, I won't say what's wrong with me but I will say that I texted my mom while I was there to keep her updated. Our conversation went like this:
Briley: She doesn't know if it's my gallbladder.
Mom: :D
Briley: I have to go by the hospital.
Mom: :o
Briley: She is transferring me to another doctor.
Mom: :(
Briley: Stop with the smileys.
Mom: : |

And if I text her a question, this is how our conversation goes..
Briley: Can I go shop in Greenville today?
Mom: Y
Briley: Why not?
Mom: Y=Yes
Mom: Duh

..Yes is not abbreviated as 'Y', Mom. WHY is abbreviated as 'Y'.

Big Things Come in Small Packages

I was laying in my bed waiting for my mom to decide on our dinner plans tonight. And as I'm waiting in my room Ruby is barking, wanting to go outside. I hear a scream from my mom's room and she says, "RUBY. GET A LIFE! GAH!"

We finally decided on dinner. I drove mom's car and of course she's sitting in the passenger seat dancing her little heart out. The first song to come on the radio is "Beat It" by Michael Jackson. My mom LOVES Michael Jackson. I'm pretty sure she cried when he passed away. So she has her hands in the air and is moving around all the way to the restaurant.

While we're there Mom starts talking about herself back in the day. She mentioned some man and said, "he called me peanut." "Some of my friends called me Dynamite!" ........... My mom, Dynamite? I asked her why and her response: "Cause big things come in small packages! And I was small."

Cheetah Print Glasses

Yesterday, my mom and I spent the entire afternoon together shopping and doing other things. We made what I thought was our last stop at Walmart to pick up groceries. There, a truck full of teenage boys kept riding by mom and I, and as they made their last circle around us mom sighs, "Gah! I wish they'd quit staring at me!"

Then, she wanted to go to the Dollar Tree. I stayed in the car because the Dollar Tree in K-Town has some weird, weird people in it (hence, Mom is in there). So, I'm sitting in the car, waiting, reading my magazine. About fifteen minutes pass and I look up to see a deranged woman skipping and hopping through the parking lot with glasses on..... Yep, it's my mom. She has bought a pair of reading glasses for a dollar. They are square and covered in cheetah print and she claims they look great with her hair.

We move on from the Dollar Tree and mom wants to go to McDonald's to get a cheeseburger before going home. We get into the drive thru and pull up to order. If you've been to a McDonald's drive-thru you know that they have an automated message before you order that is recommending something to you. Most people just decline the offer with a simple "no." Nope, not my mom. She raises her voice at the speaker box saying "If y'all take that message off and just ask people what they want you might get more orders! No! I don't want that mess!" .. That's all for today. Love ya mom.

The Best Day of My Mom's Life

Today is my 20th birthday. Which means I am a full-fledged adult. Which means only 364 days until I am 21. Which means I should have my own bank account. Which means I can make decisions for myself. Which means it all goes down hill from here. In sharing the above with my mom she told me to "get real."

Like usual I wore the crown my mom gave me when I turned 16, the 'Happy Birthday' banner was hung on the mantle, and my Mema and Great Aunt Geraldine called and left voicemails singing to me. I had dinner with all of my family in Greenville and got lots of cards filled with $20.

My mama gave me a little something different, she gave me 2 portraits of Abraham Lincoln which comes to be $10. And this card full of encouraging words, on the front it had a bookmark attached to it. Thanks Mom!






This is mom and I after dinner, and I am wearing my crown of course. I am also smiling really big. I think I was excited about that bookmark! The card did not say so but I heard that I would be getting my present tomorrow. Excited/nervous to see it!


Thanks to my family for making this a special day! 
"God does not promise us that there will be no problems, but He does promise to never make us go through them alone. Having His peace in your heart enables you to enjoy the journey while enduring the hardships."

When Life Gives You Pickles..

If my mom isn't texting me bible verses, she is texting me words of wisdom that she made up on her own. Today the advice was:
"When life gives you pickles, make a hamburger."
Not exactly sure what that means, or how to take that. But, I appreciate it, Mom.

After that she said: "Something ain't right!" as she looked down at her pants. She was correct, something wasn't right.. Her pants were inside out.

Meet My Mom

I am the middle child and a Broadcast Journalism major at East Carolina University. I have always wanted to start a blog but I never thought anything in my life was worth reading about. That was until my mom told me a ridiculous story that basically revolved around a chicken sandwich and neither my little brother, Lane, or I found it funny.

If you know my mom, you know that she's fun, religious, smart and is up for anything that doesn't make her hair curl and that fits in the budget. If she's mad at you, she will tell you that she will pray for you and if you're mad at her, she will tell you to let it go, go to another room, or "bump you."



So, Meet My Mom: