The April A to Z Blog Challenge is an annual blogging event in which participants blog every day (except Sundays) one post for each letter of the alphabet for the entire month. My theme for the year will be “Quilts and Ozark Slang.” So gitchur cuppa coffee or sodapop, grab a pilluh, and sit a spell.
The Mosaic X block is pretty straight-forward in its appearance as a letter. I like it probably the most just because of the early childhood teacher in me. And I mean how could you go wrong by making a quilt of X’s for some little one who likes pirates for instance? Or an X’s & O’s combination also comes to mind for a Valentine’s Day gift. Of course, there’s always the idea of using up your scrap stash of light and dark fabrics for some colorful X’s in a quilt. Which would you prefer??
Ozark slang expletive moments
When I was growing up, anyone heard rattling off an expletive (curse word) or sassin’ (back-talking) their elders might have been met with some sayings like these:
- You’re achin’ for a breakin’
- You’re cruisin’ for a bruisin’
- You’re itchin’ for a lickin’
- Hush!
- Watch your mouth!
- You’d best not let me hear that again!
- Tan your hide
- Go git me a switch
- I’ll fix your wagon (meaning your attitude is about to get put in its place)
There are many more wonderful blogs this year that I hope you can spend a couple minutes reading. All you have to do is click here and select something that interests you. To read about the A to Z Challenge and what we are all about, click here.
Katy Trail Creations 
The X block is nice and simple. I like it. There must have been a lot of sassing going on for so many slang responses to have sprung up 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lol I think my grandfather just enjoyed teasing us a little too much. I decided not to include the I’ll pull your ears off. The ones I listed already sound like we were beat. But not. Very good childhood. 😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
”Tan your hide” was used by my parents when I misbehaved and reminds me of the song “Tie Me Kangaroo Down”.
“Well we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and that’s it hanging on the fence”.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That is cute! Glad to know it has been passed across the globe 🙂
LikeLike
Perfect “X.” I worried that you would be stumped but no.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It was a really good block for this challenge. One of the reasons I chose the particular book for this year was the way I could accomplish every letter with the list it had. Very happy I didn’t have to hop around from several books or internet sources.
LikeLike