Crazy As A Bettsie Bug

Growing up in a home with both of my maternal grandparents I gained many experiences that I otherwise might not have.  First, Bacon grease can be used to season anything, although extremely unhealthy and disgusting sounding, this is my grandfather's go-to cooking ingredient.  Second, Talking loud will almost always be mistaken for screaming in the house but the television volume is generally at its max.  And, my personal favorite, "old folks" say the darndest things.  Jerkwater, upchuck, cellar, (of course as I'm writing this most of these hilarious and probably out-of-date words are escaping me, a sure sign that being a mother to two young children is prematurely aging me) then there is a phrase my grandmother says "crazy as a bettsie bug." She got it from Granny, her mother.  Once, a few years ago I asked her what it meant.  She thought for a moment and with a puzzled look replied, "I don't know, my mother used to say it." I also confronted my grandfather about the usage of the words upchuck and jerkwater, explaining that the former makes me feel nauseous and the latter just sounds plain wrong.  He still uses the word upchuck, I haven't heard him use jerkwater in a while though (but maybe that's due more to my younger brother being abroad in China.)  Just before I sat down to write this post, my 4 year old, Jaylah comes to me with the usual "Mommy, Mommy, look at me!" and is wearing a toy Moses basket on her head as a hat.  Looking "as crazy as a bettsie bug," and clearly a sign of a much needed snack time and activity while Gabriel finishes his afternoon nap.