Workin' Man Blues by tennesseecowgirl
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Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
Cry a little bit of these working man blues
Lyrics: Merle Haggard
I am thinking he is not all that blue..
So I thought I would share a little story about my shopping adventure with my daughter Erin. First of all let me introduce Erin she is 16 going on 32 and she never fails to amuse me with her attitude and sense of humor, but shopping with her can be a challenge, so.... we leave and she has stores in mind where she wants to shop, well knowing how long it takes her to pick out, try on and browse through racks and racks of clothes I decide to drop her off at the first store so I can run an errand or two, so I do that, and return, she is still trying on clothes, okay so I browse around, I went down every aisle in this store, I was looking at dog dishes, I have no dog, there was even an aisle of art work, framed photos, I saw a few and got a couple ideas for some of my photos so I sketched them on the back of my list, for later reference, she is still trying on clothes, I run into a friend and probably spend 15 minutes catching up. and yep she's is still trying on clothes so finally we leave purchase in hand, one shirt she actually choose I had noticed and thought that would be cute on her, score one for mom. Earlier we had been looking and I picked a shirt up that I thought was "her" and said this looks like an Erin shirt, and she gave me a look and said its more like a Jenna shirt. LOL Jenna is her older sister, and they are like day and night when it comes to fashion, Jenna is jeans and t-shirts hair in a pony tail ready to run out the door, Erin is to say it mildly high maintenance haha .. Still with me here? So we head for a shoe store, her second favorite thing besides purses, as I am entering the store, my phone rings, its my sis from California, and the music in the store is loud so I motion to Erin that I'm going go out side so I find a bench and we end up talking for probably an hour, and I finally laugh and say I better go see what the damage is in the shoe store, Loraine laughs she knows her well. So I head back in this teenager goes out of her way to hold the door open for me, she must have been a foot away but walked back to get it for me (only in Tennessee) so Erin is standing there box in hand I open the box and inside one pair of black HIGH heels, mom is not surprised, so I smile and say I can't recall ever wearing high heels in school. We finish our shopping and are driving home and she says to me, so I know what I am going to wear tomorrow and I say oh?? and she says yeah remember that skirt you made me a long time ago, and I think back, I made her this skirt in probably 7th grade, for some school function, and I say yes, so she say well I am going to wear that with a white sweater, lol. So okay in my mind I am thinking;
Shopping for a whole day, shelling out money on clothes, shoes, and searching for that perfect pair of already faded jeans, and she's going to wear a skirt I made her 5 years ago, Unbelievable , shopping with a 16 year old wanna be fashion model PRICELESS I came home and poured a big glass of wine, turned on the Dodger game and fell into my favorite chair exhausted, and Erin as she does every year gave me a fashion show of her new Fall wardrobe.
Did I mention you all rock.
The Closer you get.. a different Perspective
The Closer you get.. a different Perspective
Comments (83)
BessieB
A really superb shot, the area is so vast, we see hay bales here but not on this scale. Loved the shopping trip story, don't you just adore teenagers? I have never had children but have 7 nieces and great nieces all ranging from 28 down to 18 months!
Dreamingbee
fantastic !!!!
capelito
Great story, wonderful photo!
carlx
Wonderful image!!!
vintorix
Very nice picture of Working mans blues but I am more curious about the skirt you made 5 years ago could you please upload an image on the site so we can see? Anyway what kind of shopping is that? That is very different from when I am out with my daughter. We spend HOURS discussing and state opinions of what is HER into to very absurdities of nuances. You know off-white but off-peach? Just because I am a middleaged man no one are going to say they know better the streeth-fashion of the day -I make it a point to be updated.. You were doing other things while she did all the work! Talking on the phone!
decie
good harvest and nice capture.
lucindawind
this is a beautiful capture !
ShadowsNTime
Lol! Boy do I remember those days! Great story Lynell! Beautiful and serene country scene! Fabulous color and I like that the dog looks as if he is coming to greet you!
smittan
Nice View !!
november22
Very funny story!
PD154
I got them working man blues from the top of my head to the tip of my shoes the man come tell me work real quick I work my bones till I feeling sick Oh working man blues they drive me really insane this tired old aching body can't take no more pain. LOL! I just made that lot up, now all I need to do is get to my piano :)
flavia49
fantastic picture!!! great work and cool story!
hipps13
you rock too what a sweet story wonderful work warm hugs, Linda
cvrad
great picture Better story priceless! it's the simple things in life that we always come back to isn't it!
alanwilliams
This shot blew my socks off. Im out there in the middle of that field. Great stuff. alanwilliams
sandra46
fabulous shopping story! ;D))) and your shot is gorgeous!
TallPockets
FIRST, GREAT shot!!! .... Second, being the OLDEST boy of NINE kids, with FIVE SISTERS, I FEEL your PAIN .... Which is WHY TallPockets has NO children! .... GRINS. My BEST to you and yours, KIND SOUL .... May the above be the WORST issue you EVER have with your LOVELY daughter .... TallPockets/brian.
lyron
Fantastic picture!!
durleybeachbum
Hilarious tale!!! And a super pic too.
marybelgium
superbe !
flora-crassella
wonderful landscape! Great scene and photo!
drag
One of my favorite country scene.
mickeyrony
I adore this work to collect the hay in boots. Food for several anomalous and a long time lol… Cheer and mile mercies ((5++)) J'adore ce travail ramasser le foin en bottes . De la nourriture pour plusieurs annimaux et pour longtemps lol... Bravo et mile mercis ((5++))
Blush
Looks like the farms here where I live sis When Bruce ( my son) was in school he just let me pick them out and hold them up His reply was I guess so mom or yuck I hate that one......... Lord help me I had had a girl but would of love to had if I had had the opportunity...............My fun day of shopping was not for clothes..but changed Dannys mind about having me cremated..I told him I would haunt him if he did So off to the funeral home we go....................you don't want to even know what I did there but you can guess...this has been pending a while now and just now today felt like going and changing it......I feel much better....Now I won't haunt him LOL.............hopefully not anyway he he Might as well laugh as to cry........... Love this Hugs Your Ky sis Susan~
wysiwig
Fun story, you must be a very patient mom. I love the picture, a real classic! I especially like how the dog looks like he is coming over to see what you are up to.
Miska7
Very nice scene. Great capture and story!
jocko500
super cool and the story "priceless"
tofi
Hehe.. cute title! I don't think I could ever get the Blues working in a place like so.... I'd definitely go to work happily daily, just to be able to in this vast and lovely open space!! :) Magnificent capture!
DMWVCS
AMAZING slice of Americana!!! David
pspworkshop
Nice image in this frame!