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Our Top 10 Blog Posts of the Year - 2021

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Well, it's been a year. We can't believe that 2021 is about over and the new year is knocking on the front door.  Looking back over our blog, we found the top 10 is most popular posts and we'd like to share them with you today. Click on the link next to the corresponding number if you’d like to refresh your memory. #10   SassySilver Sisters: Dollar Store Organizing Ideas For Your Bathroom   #9  SassySilver Sisters: Top Ten Products We Love #8   SassySilver Sisters: Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes    # 7  SassySilver Sisters: No-Bake Cookie Recipes -- So Easy and Addicting !   #6  SassySilver Sisters: 20 Southern Sayings   # 5  SassySilver Sisters: TerraShield for those Pesky Summertime Bugs ***Update   # 4  Sassy Silver Sisters: 10 Household Ingredients to Help Your Garden & Natural Pest Repellants   # 3  SassySilver Sisters: Transition Your Dyed Hair to Gray   # 2  SassySilver Sisters...

20 Southern Sayings

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Southerners have come up with some out of this world sayings. Whether you are from another part of the country or from another country altogether, we hope you enjoy this collection of Southern sayings. 1. Bless your heart. While this phrase can be meant sincerely, it usually has an edge. This is a refine way of insulting your intelligence without using so many words. 2. If I had my druthers. "If I had my way" or "If I had my choice." Merriam-Webster points out that " druther " has its origin in classic American fiction, where  Mark Twain's  characters Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn used it as a shortening of "would rather." 3. Hold your horses. If you're rushing into action without thinking things through. 4. She's stuck up higher than a light pole. If a "stuck up" person thinks that they're better than everyone around them, someone who's "stuck up higher than a light pole" has some serious ego issues. 5. Finer t...