Sisters by Grace: January 2008

Well, after seeing Erica's, Sheila's, and Tiffany's, I had to do it. This is really becoming a trend, isn't it??

You see more Texan flags than American flags. (Yep! What does the American flag look like, again? ;))

You prefer Whataburger to McDonalds. (Infinitely so)

You dress up to go shopping at the mall. (I've been to the mall maybe six times in my life -
it's a big event!)

You're disappointed when a food doesn't come in spicy flavor. (Not really)

You know from experience that rattlesnake meat tastes like chicken. (I've never tasted rattlesnake personally, but I could if I wanted to!)

Your local grocery store sells cactus in the Fresh Produce department (Haha)

You choose a brand of Mexican salsa with the same care that another might use to select a bottle
of fine wine. (Yep)
Possums will eat anything. (They will, actually. Once there was bowl with some potato chips in it on our front porch - and trust me, it had been sitting there for about
three weeks, in the rain, too. Really gross. And guess what? A possum came for four nights in a row to eat out of it!)
If it grows, it sticks. If it crawls, it bites. (Too true!)

Onced and Twiced are good words. (Actually, they aren't, but people say them anyway -
one of my pet peeves. Add "acrosst")

Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic. (They do! Really.)

Fix-in-to is one word. (Of course it is!)

You measure distance in minutes instead of miles. (That's so funny, because I do! Never thought about it before.)

You've had to switch from heat to A/C in the same day. (Yes, we do. Depressing, isn't it?)

You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, Still summer, and Christmas. (Haha)

There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population over 1000. (There is!)

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop .. its a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. (Of course!)

You no longer associate bridges with water... (No, they all go over freeways!)

You can say 110 degrees without fainting... (Why should I faint?)

You learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron... (Nothing better!)

The temperature drops below 95, you feel a bit chilly...

You discover that you can get a sunburn through your car window... (A window actually makes a worse sunburn then the
plain ol' sun does.)

You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance... (DEFF-inatly.)

Hot water now comes out of both taps... (Very funny)

You actually burn your hand opening the car door... (How else could you burn your hand?)

You break a sweat the instant you step outside... at 7:30 a.m. before work... (From May to September.......yes.)

No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car or not having air conditioning... (They'd be insane if they did.)

You realize that asphalt has a liquid state...

You can drive all day and not leave the state. (Yep!)

You see the Confederate flag all the time. (Well, maybe not ALL
the time, but pretty often!)

You shop at HEB (Central Market - every Sunday!)

We don't have an ocean; we have a gulf

You eat tacos for breakfast (I have!)

We panic when there is an inch of snow on the ground (It's more then panic.)

Air conditioning is standard on every car sold here (Just a much as an engine)

You've said I've never met a Jewish person before (Well, as I'm Jewish myself I can't exactly say that....)

When it rains, everyone is smiling. (Ohhhhhh yeah.)

A sad Texan once prayed, "I wish it would rain - not so much for me, cuz I've seen it -
but for my 7-year-old." (Haha!)

Sunscreen is sold year round, kept at the front of the checkout counter . . .

A formula less than 30 SPF is a joke and you only wear that to go to the corner store . . . (Mmhm)

You can properly pronounce Palestine, Decatur, Wichita Falls, San Antonio, and Amarillo. (Sure: palace-TINE, DECATE-er , WHICH-ita, san an-TONY-o, ama-RILLO)

A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel. (Nope)

You have known someone who has had one belt buckle bigger than your fist. (Yes, of course!)

You know everything goes better with Ranch. (Actually, Ranch is gross, but
a lot of my friends use it on everything.)

You go to the river/lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.

You go to the gas station and there is a sign in the window that reads, No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service! (That sign is everywhere, not just in gas stations!)

Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards -- it spooks the fish. (Haha)

Colleges? Try Texas Tech, Texas A&M, University of Texas or Texas State (Not for me - but for some of my friends - yes.)

~Sadie