My Reflections On The 2016 A To Z Challenge: The Outtakes 

/ Ally Bean

• Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit, I finished the 2016 A To Z Challenge.  I know a few of you wondered about my ability to do this challenge, and I have to say bless your little pea-pickin’ hearts for being worried about me.

But you see, my gentle readers, this challenge did not, in the end, upset the apple cart for me.  I finished this challenge because I used my noodle to make sure that I didn’t end up in a pickle while doing it.

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• Sure, some days the constraints of the challenge griped my grits;  but even though my writing process is slower than molasses, I did not allow that hard cheese to stop me from publishing each post.

I’ll admit that some of the things I wrote were about as sharp as a wet cornflake, which might have made me appear to be a few fries short of a happy meal.

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• However, throughout the challenge, even though I didn’t consider it easy as pie, I remained cool as a cucumber and didn’t stumble ass over teakettle in the process.

While I’d never say that I was a huckleberry above a persimmon, I did finish the challenge, and came to the same conclusion that Snoopy, my spirit animal, observed years ago: “It’s amazing how many friends you have after your waffle iron gets fixed.”  

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THESE LAST 15 FOOD SAYINGS, THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE CHALLENGE CUT, ARE DEFINED IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.

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69 thoughts on “My Reflections On The 2016 A To Z Challenge: The Outtakes ”

  1. BUTTER MY BUTT AND CALL ME A BISCUIT = I’m amazed by what has happened

    BLESS YOUR LITTLE PEA-PICKIN’ HEART = a polite Southern rebuff

    UPSET THE APPLE CART = cause trouble

    USED MY NOODLE = thought it through

    IN A PICKLE = a predicament

    GRIPED MY GRITS = irritated me

    SLOWER THAN MOLASSES = painfully slow

    HARD CHEESE = bad luck

    ABOUT AS SHARP AS A WET CORNFLAKE = dull, obvious

    A FEW FRIES SHORT OF A HAPPY MEAL = dimwitted

    EASY AS PIE = simple to do

    COOL AS A CUCUMBER = calm

    ASS OVER TEAKETTLE = screw up things, put into disarray

    A HUCKLEBERRY ABOVE A PERSIMMON = to excel, be better than everyone else

    “IT’S AMAZING HOW MANY FRIENDS YOU HAVE AFTER YOUR WAFFLE IRON GETS FIXED.” = success attracts people to you

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  6. All of these food expressions are making me so hungry I could eat a horse. Well, I guess that doesn’t count as a food expression, though… unless you buy “beef” from the wrong place…

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  7. Congratulations on finishing the challenge. “Griped my grits” is a cool expression. Will have to ask my husband about that, he is from the South, and honestly I have never heard him use that expression. One of his favorites is “Grinning like a Jackass eating briars” – we hear that a lot at our house or “Colder than a coalminers butt in Montana” – but of course neither of those things have anything to do with food – unless you like briars.

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  10. Well kiss my grits! Once again, congratulations on finishing the challenge with style. I knew you could do it but I did wonder how you were going to handle some letters. You did not disappoint! It was a tremendous amount of fun reading your posts this month.

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    • Zazzy, thank you. And I promise that with this post, I’m finished with this year’s challenge. It’s been good for me to do this, but enough already!

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  11. Nicely done! And congrats on being done, because that was…a lot. A lot a lot. But it was fun…I think. No really, it was fun.

    Can’t wait to see what else you write about! Though I was enjoying my phrase education.

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  12. Great adds! Loved reading your posts through the challenge. Congrats on making it through. It was my first attempt so I’m pretty sure I’ll do it again. I think my favorites of the above are Sharp as a wet cornflake and a few fries short of a happy meal. Thanks again!

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    • Janet, thanks for stopping by to comment during the challenge. I’ve never done this before, either. I liked those two sayings you mentioned, but “holy crap on a cracker” and “another Froot Loop to add to the bowl” beat them out. The competition was fierce!

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  13. Congrats, Ally. I am officially impressed. That couldn’t have been an easy task! I always smiled when I saw the title of your daily posts. Great job!

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  16. The downside is I no longer know where to go when I feel the need to not only learn something but also feel compelled to torture myself due to once again forgetting to pack a lunch.

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  17. How funny that I’ve heard all these sayings and then some. I think it’s a right of passage for anyone south of the Mississippi (or living right by it) to learn and perfect them. I really like ‘Butter my butt and call me a biscuit.’
    If your spirit animal is snoopy mine must be Garfield.
    Til’ next year! (In which I’ll be doing it with you!)

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    • bitsfromheaven, I like the biscuit one, too. I feel like I need to add it to all everyday conversations, just to keep things lively. So you’re going to do this next year, eh? Looking forward to it.

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  19. Sugar 😦 I don’t have a food-ism to add to the comments.
    … but I did have a good time. “Butter my butt and call me a biscuit” is another new one and I think my favourite so far 😀

    Brilliant recap of the Challenge and congrats on a successful completion!!

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    • joanne, thanks for your support and comments during this challenge. You, sugar, are the best! I love the biscuit saying, too. Now how do I go about using it in daily life? That is the question.

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    • Amy Reese, this is the first time I’ve done the A To Z Challenge, and it was a challenge. I adore that huckleberry/persimmon saying, too. I don’t really understand it, but I like it. Thanks for stopping by to comment.

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    • Margaret, thank you. It’s fun to do something different here every once in a while. After all these years, I need things like this to get my blogging mojo back.

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  24. Well, I’m smiling Ally Bean thank you, like a scone that’s almost gone, with thick buttery cream and blueberry jam. This is trés clever and well done to you for completing the challenge! First time round? Like a pro 🙂

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    • Lissa Johnston, glad you enjoyed my reflections post, presented in my free spirit fashion. I just had to use those last phrases.

      [I’ll admit that it never even occurred to me to make a list of all the wonderful bloggers who I met along the way while doing the A To Z Challenge. What does that say about me? I don’t want to know the answer. Was I supposed to do a list? Still don’t want to know the answer.]

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