Tag: Texan

Posted in The REAL

We Are All A Little Mad Here

Posted on by Pageflipme

That might be a quote from a fictional character, but I feel that was written for US.

Texans are…….well…..a little different, y’all.

This is my 2nd post about being a Texan. I already told you everything was bigger here, that might as well mean we are big enough to need at least two posts.

EVERYTHING bigger includes things like craziness and tempers and debates and opinions, it also includes general ways of doing things.

I have to tell you that I have never been prouder to be a Texan than I am right now, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WHY, you ask?

Because THIS is how we are handling things:

  • We learned to work from our home
  • We learned to work from our porch
  • We learned that we now have to order toilet paper
  • We learned how to stock up on the essentials
  • Husbands learned new love languages for their wives
  • We learned how to use our wide open spaces
  • We remembered how to stick together
  • We tried to be inventive in this crisis
  • We stayed true to ourselves

I LOVE US.

Hope y’all are staying safe and healthy and SANE (as sane as any of us ever were) during this crazy time!

QUESTION: What are you/your family/your area doing just a little bit differently right now?

Posted in Random Bumble

Being Texan

Posted on by Pageflipme

A throwback post HERE about enjoying the minute or two of fall we get brought on this post.….

Everything IS bigger here. Our hair, the beers, the bowls of queso, the traffic jams, Mother Nature’s mood swings…..

  • We need CAVES here for all the queso!
    Like this one at Brazos Valley Cheese
  • houstonculturemap.com
  • #PHG #Pageflipme

And how about those multiple personalities?

You should know that we don’t ALL ride horses or wear boots or live on ranches. MOST of us are polite (but can have road rage on I-35 like you’ve never seen), we are known for being friendly (but carry for when someone is not), and are rated A- in best public schools (but you’d never know it because you think we talk funny).

Yes, we ALL talk funny. And yes, we already knew that.

Speaking of which – I don’t know about you, but I never think about my having an accent until I hear myself recorded somewhere. My job(s) require a lot of talking, to a lot of people, a lot of the time. Tech Support calls come in from everywhere, many from the East Coast (I still stand by the opinion that THEY have the accent!), and they ALWAYS know I am some kind of southern but not necessarily Texan. Then BAM! One “y’all” gives it away every time, and you know what? I am so, so fine about that.

I love being Texan and can’t imagine wanting to live anywhere else.

Even when Mother Nature lets “Sybil” run the control switch…..

Its 40-something degrees today, y’all. Make the chili. Enjoy it while you can. Because next week we’re back in the 90s.

I love to know what is good when we travel! Comment your city/state and your favorite thing about living there!