Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

I find the lead singer of Green Day to be a wee bit creepy. There. My confession is out and I feel so much better. :) He has dead eyes. Very strange. Anyway. This song fits in well with my theme week last week BUT I didn't use it so today it is! :)
This song I actually first heard done as a parody so I can't help but fill in lyrics with the parody instead of the real thing. But looking up the lyrics to make sure I was hearing the real song and not the funny version I found that I really do love the sentiment of this song. It's another one of those that verbalizes taking advantage of moments and capturing them. I have always loved the idea of taking snapshots of moments and capturing them like you would with a camera. Photography draws me, always has and so the idea of using it to capture moments pulls at me.
When all is said and done at the end of your life will you be able to say that through the whole of life - good and bad - you had the time of your life?
I will be able to. Why? Well you know I have to say it! Because of Jesus. He makes my life worth it on every level.
Have a great day! I'll be at Young Life's Frontier Ranch today experiencing Young Life as a 36 year old "camper"! No doubt having the time of my life!! :)

Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

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.

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.

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.

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