Texas

...speaking of spring break, it has been wild on South Padre Island! Tonight is the last hurrah for Texas week and we locals cannot wait until tomorrow afternoon!

Sagina what a beautiful photo!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!

Thanks Jo. Fortunately, everything went quite well on Saturday night and now we can relax a bit!

Too true sister!

Cherilynn64 - Here in Texas we call them Winter Texans - they are insulted if you call them Snowbirds.  Depends on where you live in Texas if you have to deal with them or not.  I know from San Antonio down to the Rio Grande Valley.  Heck, I am in the valley and they overtake us in the winter months.

I use to live in Rockport and we had tons of Winter Texas there.  I think they like to stick to the coastal areas and the valley

Hi Texas Gals, boy I have missed a lot.  I love the Texas wildflowers.  Spring Break is over and I did not get out except a day excursion to Waxahachie.  I would love to meet the North Dallas gals and I plan on going to SA sometime this summer.  Have not been out much in the past few years but iching for a nice long girly weekend sometime real soon.

I have seen a lot of blue bonnets driving between san antonio and here (alice) on 281, also on hwy 16 there were quite a few.

Cheri- Anyone who lives a double life like that with seemingly no remorse or thought of the other people they are hurting def isnt "norm" in the mind. My sister is a socialpath to the T. I know it the way my mom raised her, but sometimes being around her creeps me out. She is an AWFUL parent and i have called CPS on her (long story) she still only thinks of herself

TexasRose (love the id name btw), yeah, my parents moved over to Sun City WEST (we have TWO Sun Cities here for the love of God) after living in Scottsdale. I'm in Fountain Hills which is essentially part of N Scottsdale. Snowbirds DO take over here like crazy. In my suburb we count down to April when they start flying away. From October-April all you see is Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska.....there are days literally I don't see an Arizona plate in the parking lot!

Jo - we call 'em Snowbirds and we don't care if we're insulting them, HA! I should be nice...I know it's good for the local economy. But OMG their driving.....

Flintviolet - I was born in Carrollton! Well I was born in Baylor hospital, but Carrollton was where we first lived. The house was built brand new on Crockett Drive and my parents tell me it was finished the day I was born. So I always refer to it as "my house." I had a great early childhood there. We left when I was 8 1/2 and just kept moving cross country every year.

Did I tell the story in here about how a school in California put my siblings and I in speech therapy because they thought our accents were atrocious? My dad was born in east Texas in Overton (near Kilgore/Longview) then around age 10 they moved way out to the Panhandle. So he then finished growing up in Borger, TX. His parents were both born in Oklahoma but went to Texas early on....both from east Texas (Henderson). So my dad's parents both had a mix of Okie/East TX accent, my dad and his brother had a mix of E and W TX accents, so we kids sort of had the mishmash E and W TX accents. Apparently this did not sit well with this particular school. Who would want to rid kids of a good TX accent anyways? Sheesh.

Even though it's been decades, you all are seriously getting me jazzed to move back to Texas. Not that I'm glad any of us got cancer, but I AM glad that I met all you wonderful Texas ladies :-)

I used to do business in in Phoenix actually Chandler and Apache Junction.  I remember the winters driving out there and all the snobirds.  Can't believe how many RV parks there are in the Phoenix area.

Walker-Cuz you can come see me any time if you need a weekend away.  I'm sure we could spend some time on geneology.

Cherilynn that is funny that they wanted to rid you of your accent.  They just did not know how to appreciate it.

Sounds good to me...not sure what nights are good for you guys. Next week I am open W, Th, Friday?!

Sherry thinking of you, ready to climb in your pocket for Monday.

So funny because when i go back to the NorthWest where all my family lives they are like "your kids sound like this and that" LOL yeah my kids are born and raised here in TX and my only peeve is when they say "share" instead of "chair" or many of the similar mix ups that we have here in south tx. 

Hey JoJo when you talk to her again give her my love:)

Will do Anettee & Chrissy.  I hope to talk to her again later this evening.

In 3 weeks it will be my turn for recon surgery on April 18th.  It sure will be here before I know it.