You Are My Sunshine

Happy 40th Birthday to my Sunshine! :)

I guess this song generally refers to men - women relationships but I have always heard it sung in the context of parent - child relationships or in this case friend to friend relationship!

One of my besties, Sara Lynn Pfaff, has the smile and personality of sunshine in my life (and I suspect in the lives of others as well...). I call her my Sunshine and I often will sing this song to her (chorus only) over the phone, type it on her FB wall, etc. Sara's laugh, her beautiful smile, her amazing personality, her generous heart and her love for God make her pure Sunshine. I love this woman deeply. Sara and I are besties by God's grace alone, we have quite a friendship testimony. Ask either one of us about it sometime, we are happy to share!

Today is Sara's 40th birthday. She begins a new chapter in the story of her life as she begins a new decade. I'm excited for her because I believe God is going to do some amazing, unexpected things in her life in this new decade. She and God are kick starting it by a 7 week missions trip to our beloved Kenya this summer! I'm thrilled (okay and a bit green with envy) for this opportunity God has placed in front of her!

Sara, my Sunshine, happiest of days to you. I love you!

You Are My Sunshine (Elizabeth Mitchell)
You Are My Sunshine (Grandaddy)

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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