Texas Trivia and the like

I got this email and thought it was worth posting since the title of my blog is "Deep in the Heart of Texas."

This is a must read for all born & bred Texans, used-to-be Texans, adopted Texans or wanna-be Texans,




JUST TEXAS
Pep , Texas 79353, ` Smiley, Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073 Rainbow, Texas 76077
Sweet Home, Texas 77987 Comfort, Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530

LOVE THE SUN
Sun City , Texas 78628 Sunrise , Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270 Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray , Texas 79086 Sunny Side , Texas 77423

WANT SOMETHIN' TA EAT?
Bacon, 76301 Noodle,79536
Oatmeal, 78605 Turkey, 79261
Trout, 75789 Sugar Land, 77479
Salty, 76567 Rice, 75155
Pearland, 77581 Orange, 77630
TOP THAT OFF WITH...
Sweetwater, 79556
WHY TRAVEL ALL OVER THE PLACE, WE GOT EM ALL RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS!
Detroit, Texas 75436 Cleveland, Texas 75436
Colorado City, Texas 79512 Denver City, Texas 79323
Klondike, Texas 75448 Nevada, Texas 75173
Memphis, Texas 79245 Miami, Texas 79059
Boston, Texas 75570 Santa Fe, Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861 Reno, Texas 75462
Pasadena, Texas 77506 Columbus, Texas 78934
FEEL LIKE TRAVELING OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY?
Athens, Texas 75751 Canadian, Texas 79014
China, Texas 77613 Egypt, Texas 77436
Ireland, Texas 76538 Italy, Texas 76538
Turkey, Texas 79261 London, Texas 76854
New London, Texas 75682 Paris, Texas 75460
Palestine, Texas 75801
NO NEED TO GO TO WASHINGTON D.C.
Whitehouse , Texas 75791
WE EVEN HAVE A CITY NAMED AFTER OUR PLANET!
Earth , Texas 79031
WE HAVE ANOTHER NAMED AFTER OUR GREAT STATE
Texas City , Texas 77590
EXHAUSTED?
Energy , Texas 76452

COLD???
Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas

READ ABOUT HISTORY
Santa Anna , Texas Goliad , Texas
Alamo , Texas Gun Barrel City , Texas
Robert Lee, Texas

OFFICE SUPPLIES
Staples, Texas 78670
GO TO OUTER SPACE
Venus , Texas 76084 Mars , Texas 79062
THE STATE LINE
Texline , Texas 79087

FOR THE KIDDOS
Kermit , Texas 79745 Elmo , Texas 75118
Nemo , Texas 76070 Tarzan , Texas 79783
Winnie , Texas 77665 Sylvester , Texas 79560

OTHER CITY NAMES TO MAKE YOU SMILE ;-)
Frognot, Texas 75424 Bigfoot, Texas 78005
Hogeye, Texas 75423 Cactus, Texas 79013
Notrees, Texas 79759 Best, Texas 76932
Veribest, Texas 76886 Kickapoo, Texas 75763
Dime Box, Texas 77853 Old Dime Box, Texas 77853
Telephone, Texas 75488 Telegraph, Texas 76883
Whiteface, Texas 79379 Twitty, Texas 79079

LAST BUT LEAST ... the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore, Texas 75662

MORE FAVORITES;
Cut n Shoot, Texas Gun Barrell City, Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas Ding Dong, Texas and, of course,
Muleshoe, Texas
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas ...

If someone at Lowe's offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Texas ;
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas ;
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas ;
If Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas ;
If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas ;
If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas ;
If you install security lights on your house and garage, & leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas ;
If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas
If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph --you're going 80 and everybody's passing you, you may live in Texas ;
If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas ;
If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas ..

Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas .
1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles
2. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles
3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos , July 4, 1883.
5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water. Unfortunately it was destroyed by Hurricane Ike 2008!
6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston.
7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America .
8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America 's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
10. The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island .
11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20,1969, was " Houston ," but the space center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.
12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island
13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43” in 24 hours between Friendswood and Alvin in July of 1979...
14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.
15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.
18. Texas has had six capital cities: Washington -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston, Velasco, West Columbia and Austin ..
19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).
20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington monument.
21. The name “ Texas ” comes from the Hasini Indian word ‘’tejas” meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.
22. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females)
23. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston .

Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie, Texas :
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.
Y'all git all that?

4 year old fun

Jane and Sarah came to my apartment today. So much fun can be had with a hole puncher and some scissors. I realize I have not shown the girls in a while. They are 4 now! In the first pictures on my blog they are only 2! Big sister Emma is not here today, but she is 7!

That is the new stadium behind me, Paul McCartney is there somewhere!

This is David getting ready to throw the first pitch!

What are the odds? David's pool cleaning company scheduled their company outing baseball game on the same night as the Paul McCartney concert next door at the new Texas Stadium for the Cowboys!!! I knew there was a concert coming up and I even thought about trying to buy tickets and then I completely forgot. Never mind that I might not have been able to afford them anyway. The principal of the matter is that I was at the Ranger's game and Sir Paul was right next door. I feel confident that it is the closest to my Beatles idol that I will ever get! Despite my dismay, and the fact that the Rangers lost, it was a good game and we had fun.

Summer fun in Texas

David's parent's place

Well, this will wrap up the official catch up posts for now. A few weeks ago we visited David's parents who live in Kerrville, Texas in the hill country. Kerrville is not far from San Antonio so David and I enjoyed seeing his family and traveling down to San Antonio. We visited 3 of the missions, including the Alamo that are in San Antonio. We ate all kinds of Mexican food and spent the afternoon on the river walk! Otherwise, we had a relaxing time with his folks! This trip basically marks the end of our summer and we are gearing up for classes to start next week!

David has at least 2 more years to finish up his masters in theology. I plan to graduate next summer with a masters in counseling. Pray for us as the semester starts! It's going to be a busy one for us. David will be tackling both Hebrew and Greek and I'll be doing classes and an internship. Stay tuned, I'm really going to try to keep up on this thing!

Summer Fun on the east coast

This Summer David and I celebrated our Dallas wedding in Georgia. We drove to Ga and had a reception at my parent's house. It was so great to see friends and family! We made our way to Tybee, Savannah, and Charleston while we were at it.

New Apartment

Since we're playing catch up, I'll now introduce you to our apartment. We live in campus housing on the campus of Dallas Theological Seminary. It's a great apartment complex servicing married couples and families.

Well, it has been almost 2 years and I have not updated! Some folks were faithful little followers of my attempt to "blog." I've decided to give it another try. The semester starts next week so I guess we'll see how this goes!

First of all, I'm fine from my car accident. That little car is long gone in the junk yard. We are now proud owners of a 2005 Nissan Sentra. I say "we" because the most exciting thing that's happened since moving to Dallas, which is way better than a car accident, is that I got married in January! I will attempt to do a quick walk through of the past months for those of you who are interested!

Well, I'm going to have to skip the dating pictures as it seems David has them all on his computer. I'll just get right to it then, 5 months or so after a surprise proposal on the top of the Westin Hotel in downtown Atlanta, David and I got married on January 3 in Dallas.