Saturday, April 18, 2009

You know you're an Anderson, when...

In honor of, 'you know you're a redneck when'. (Warning: not all points on this list will be funny).

You know you're an Anderson, when...
1) You ride in a 15 passenger van affectionately called the Silver Bullet.
2) You come home from school and there are 3 police cars in the driveway.
3) The family picture shows people of every color, size, and shape.
4) Somebody always wants to borrow money.
5) You have to learn restraint techniques to help your siblings calm down.
6) A big family can't all have one team to root for.
7) You know that the oldest child always gets their own room and gets to sit in the front passenger seat in the car.
8) You bring completed booklets of A&P grocery green stamps to redeem them for lamps and other household furniture at the A&P redemption center.
9) Government cheese and peanut butter first go to a Christian camp that cares for inner-city children, but when there is too much, the family gets the leftovers.
10) Almost no new clothes, all hand-me-downs.
11) You can't pick a good, real Christmas tree if you tried.
12) Bible stories are read before being sent to school each morning.
13) You sat down together to watch the Waltons or Little House on the Prairie each Thursday evening with a Tupperware bowl for popcorn.
14) Music is a big part of the family atmosphere; we sing hymns together at family gatherings.
15) 11 ways to split $0, is still $0.
16) You see your dad cry when he has to set a necessary boundary for the kids.
17) The family sits down together every night for dinner and holds hands for prayer.
18) New furniture, paint, and carpeting wasn't purchased for the house until almost all of the kids had left.
19) You were raised on the Gaithers, Psalty, Sandi Patti, Larnelle Harris, Ravi Zacharias, Vernon McGee, etc.
20) Some sister has already borrowed your sweater, coat, or scarf.
21) Depending on which table you sit at for Thanksgiving, you can hear conversations about God, politics, the environment, the economy, family history, family troubles, sex, poop, memories, embarrassments, etc.
22) There is so much crazy sh&t in the family, that news that one of your brothers was shot in the head (he was grazed and is fine) doesn't even show up in conversation for almost a week.
23) When one of the children start dating, mom's first question, affectionately asked, is: what color are they?
24) You see God's provision....small miracles like the new $20 bill found under a doormat, enabling the family to buy groceries until the next payday.
25) Dad has repaired so many family autos, that if he checks the car bills from the last 15 years has certainly sent two of the owner's children to college.

4 comments:

brandts brandts everywhere said...

i love this. beautiful wonderful family.

ButterPeanut said...

wow, your parents must be, like, spiritual ninjas.

Daphne said...

so awesome! i miss you brent!!

Liz said...

LOL. i love 5 and 22. seriously i laughed out loud so hard... "yeah, i wanted to come to your party on friday but my dad called and told me my brother got shot in the head."