Ten Things... you should know about Texas.

1. We say things like Ya'll and Well bless your little heart and fixing to, and might could. For example...  Oh ya'll...  bless her little heart.  She might could go back to the haidresser and fix it a tiny bit right thar.  I'd go tell her myself, but I'm fixin to go to Wallyworld.
2. Unlike the rest of the country, we only have two seasons.  hot.  and hotter.  Occassionaly we will have to switch from a/c to heat in the same day.
3. Don't Mess With Texas is an anti-litter campaign.  Not a phrase that a bunch of drunk & angry cowboys decided to have made into bumper stickers. But seriously, don't mess with Texas, mkay?
4. If we had to name a famous battle, 10 out of 10 Texans would name The Alamo among the top 2, the other one might be that really good fight we all saw in high school.
5. Every Texas at birth is determined to be either a Texas Longhorn or a Texas Aggie. Like Romeo and Juliet, we are hence segregated to lives of bitter torment, taunting, and teasing from one side or the other.   
6. From August to January, we live, eat, and breathe football.  nfl, college, high school, peewee...  doesn't matter.  And we all believe that the Dallas Cowboys are God's favorite football team ever. None of us really understand why the Houston Oiler's left.
7. Going to the store is referred to as goin walmartin or goin to wally world.  Or in South Texas....  going to Wally Martinez.
8. It's not the ocean.  It's the Gulf. 
9. There are four basic food groups:  Whataburger, Chips & Salsa, Bar-B-Que, and Taquitos.  And when you order a coke, you may get coke, dr. pepper, pepsi, mr. pib, or anything brown and wet.
10. It is a common misconception that women from Texas have big hair.  In fact, this was out-lawed in June of 1989.  There is a special big hair task force (B.H.T.F. if you will) and they are doing their best to reach every last woman, bear with us. 

Ten Things... I do even though I know I shouldn't

1. Drink coffee at all hours of the day or night even though I know I may be up late at night listening to my husband snore.
2. Let my laundry build up and then let my children hide in it.
3. Buy all kinds and varieties of strange and exotic fruits and vegetables only to throw them out after they have gone to rot.
4. Let my kids skip bath if they have played in the water outside.
5. Sleep in late on Sundays and watch TBN and try to make myself believe it counts as going to church.
6.  Occassionaly let my children eat cereal for dinner on my white couches.  While watching
   movies.  So I can facebook and blog.
7. Hit snooze three times, every morning.  And then gripe to my son that he shouldn't use his snooze button. go ahead, call me a big fat hypo.
8. Buy used furniture off of craigslist.  the same way I buy produce.  Eventually I get tired of it
   and it ends up in our garage or goodwill.
9. Go all day and realize that I'm really thirsty because I've only had three cups of coffee
   and a gatorade to drink and down a 44 oz cup of water because you know you should have lots of water during the day, only to wake up in the middle of the night to pee 45 times...  that is if the coffee or the snoring husband actually allowed you to sleep. 
10. Record my husband snoring on my iphone to prove to him that yes, he really does wake himself up and then play the track of him snoring on my blog to prove to your friends that yes, he really does wake himself up because hey, what else are you going to do between pee breaks on a caffeine high?
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