My Texas

[RONLYNN]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

I've lived in both states, born and raised Southern Californian and I'll grant you, you can find prettier scenery anywhere. But, you can't compare with the people of Texas....there are no stangers, everybody is greated with howdy, they wave at everyone, the grocery clerk knows you and your family by their first names and asks about them....and the first question posed to a stranger is not how much the cost of your car or where you bought your clothes....but, what church you attend.....Oh! And those Blubonnets up and down the highways are a sight to behold.....

I've heard of the bluebonnets and I found a place that people say we have to take pictures at. We are stopping on the way to the hotel to take pictures of the dogs with the bluebonnets. I can't wait!!

[tegamom1]

Originally Posted by manolos mom

TEXAS....where the Tea is SWEET and accents are sweeter, Summer starts in April, front porches are wide and words are long, Macaroni & Cheese is a vegetable, BBQ is the state food, y'all is a proper pronoun, chicken is fried, biscuits come with gravy, everyone is honey, someone is always getting their heart blessed and we are all "fixin" to do something. Repost if you are proud to be from Texas or tell me about your state!

Yep!

[Jinger]

Originally Posted by manolos mom

TEXAS....where the Tea is SWEET and accents are sweeter, Summer starts in April, front porches are wide and words are long, Macaroni & Cheese is a vegetable, BBQ is the state food, y'all is a proper pronoun, chicken is fried, biscuits come with gravy, everyone is honey, someone is always getting their heart blessed and we are all "fixin" to do something. Repost if you are proud to be from Texas or tell me about your state!

...and hair is still big, nails are long, cars are large, and diamonds are a girl's best friend. Neiman's rules, Northpark is the best entertainment around, Homecoming mums are HUUUUUGE, kids call you "Miss ____"...to name a few more. Love it, and, as they say, "Got here as fast as I could!" (Although, I'm not a huge fan of August and September)

[MJJ56]

Originally Posted by manolos mom

TEXAS....where the Tea is SWEET and accents are sweeter, Summer starts in April, front porches are wide and words are long, Macaroni & Cheese is a vegetable, BBQ is the state food, y'all is a proper pronoun, chicken is fried, biscuits come with gravy, everyone is honey, someone is always getting their heart blessed and we are all "fixin" to do something. Repost if you are proud to be from Texas or tell me about your state!

[bellababy08]

Florida....Tea is sweet, beaches are blue, sea food is the best, Florida springs run wild and beautiful, people are awesome, the best of all is its spring and summer all year long.

[manolos mom]

Originally Posted by Jinger

...and hair is still big, nails are long, cars are large, and diamonds are a girl's best friend. Neiman's rules, Northpark is the best entertainment around, Homecoming mums are HUUUUUGE, kids call you "Miss ____"...to name a few more. Love it, and, as they say, "Got here as fast as I could!" (Although, I'm not a huge fan of August and September)

Yep, every girl owns a Texas size bottle of Hair Spray! lol...I love Northpark Mall...

[Lisa and Pic]

This Kentucky girl is feeling kind of jealous about your 85 degree weather in April.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by bellababy08

Florida....Tea is sweet, beaches are blue, sea food is the best, Florida springs run wild and beautiful, people are awesome, the best of all is its spring and summer all year long.

come on now this is a Texas thread

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Lisa and Pic

This Kentucky girl is feeling kind of jealous about your 85 degree weather in April.

Now that is something I don't miss. 85 degree temp and 85 % humidity.....it takes getting use to.

The first year I was there I layed under the airconditioning vent and cried that I wanted to come back to California......but, again I'd suffer the heat again just to get back to the people.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by manolos mom

Yep, every girl owns a Texas size bottle of Hair Spray! lol...I love Northpark Mall...

Love Northpark, Galleria and even old old Highland Park shops are still fun.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by RONLYNN

I've heard of the bluebonnets and I found a place that people say we have to take pictures at. We are stopping on the way to the hotel to take pictures of the dogs with the bluebonnets. I can't wait!!

Just check for fleas and Tics

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Love Northpark, Galleria and even old old Highland Park shops are still fun.

My favorite place to spend the day is Old McKinney.

Have you been shopping at the Southlake Towne Center?

[yorkietalkjilly]

It is funny driving along the freeways here in Texas this time of year and here and there are parked cars on the shoulder with pods of people grouped around in the bluebonnets, kids and pets alongside with a tripod and camera not far off, flashing away.

It is a rite of passage of spring time in Texas to plop down in the bluebonnets and get snapped each year. Once I was driving home from work on LBJ Freeway and traffice was slowed way down, stopped at times. As I inched along I soon came alongside a woman taking pictures of her three triplet boys about age 4 who looked exactly alike! Their three faces were all squeezed together as they hugged each other, huge smiles on their cerubic little faces. One boy had on a bright red shirt, one bright blue and one bright yellow. They were tickled and laughing, hugging, getting the biggest kick out of it all and nobody driving home from work wanted to drive on past it was such a great moment! I stilll wish I could have gotten my hands on one of those prints!

[My lil friend]

Women in TX are GRITS (Girls Raised in the South!) We do say ya'll alot and bless your lil heart! too. One of my favorite pics of my oldest daughter is in a field of bluebonnets. We ride the Harley in the hill country. This state is big enough that you can see almost any type of landscape ,mountains,ocean,corn fields and cattle,goats, sheep and they sometimes graze around oilwells pumping away.
Summers are HOT,I spend mine in the backyard in the pool,watchin my man cook bar b q and my kids and dogs running all over the yard. Winters have blue northers blow through,you know where the wind is so cold and blowing 30mph and straight,cause there isnt anything between your house and Alaska except a bobbed wire fence and its down. I just keep throwing wood in the fireplace and sew until the temp comes back up. I havent been here all my life but I got here as fast as I could,that was 45yrs ago.
I hope to meet several of the YTmembers from the DFW area at some point,but for now I am thrilled to just have the oppertunity to get to know each member wether they are GRITS or the live about the Mason Dixon Line. Ya'll are all wonderful! Bless your lil hearts!!

[Tcarnagie]

Originally Posted by My lil friend

Women in TX are GRITS (Girls Raised in the South!) We do say ya'll alot and bless your lil heart! too. One of my favorite pics of my oldest daughter is in a field of bluebonnets. We ride the Harley in the hill country. This state is big enough that you can see almost any type of landscape ,mountains,ocean,corn fields and cattle,goats, sheep and they sometimes graze around oilwells pumping away.
Summers are HOT,I spend mine in the backyard in the pool,watchin my man cook bar b q and my kids and dogs running all over the yard. Winters have blue northers blow through,you know where the wind is so cold and blowing 30mph and straight,cause there isnt anything between your house and Alaska except a bobbed wire fence and its down. I just keep throwing wood in the fireplace and sew until the temp comes back up. I havent been here all my life but I got here as fast as I could,that was 45yrs ago.
I hope to meet several of the YTmembers from the DFW area at some point,but for now I am thrilled to just have the oppertunity to get to know each member wether they are GRITS or the live about the Mason Dixon Line. Ya'll are all wonderful! Bless your lil hearts!!

This is so true!!! I hate the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter. Been here for 29 years and can't seem to leave. Love all the open space in the country, love the huge variety of places to shop at and love all the wild flowers that pop up out of no where. As long as I have AC & Heat I will be here forever.