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James & Vicki
Location: just north of Houston
Would rather be: anywhere around Mineral Wells

We are middle aged, have 2 great kids, love history and like to explore Texas. Our hobbies include genealogy, gardening, reading, taking pictures, etc.. James provides the inspiration and plans the trips, I do the writing :-)





 
  Filed under: Texas Trivia

A fellow artist from Print Perfection, Darrell, shared something fun about this year’s Cinco de Mayo night:

If you can hang with the party long enough on Cinco de Mayo, you will get to see the clock turn over to:

02:03:04 05/06/07

(3 minutes, four seconds after two am on 5/6/2007)

PARRRRRTTTYYY!!
Who’s with me!
(but, you will probably have to wake me)

lol, I will probally be asleep too, but that is cool!

Check out Darrell’s cool Tex-Mex Tees at the link below!


Tex Mex T-shirts


  Filed under: Texas Places

Piney Woods Cabin

Help Save this Log Cabin

This East Texas log cabin was built by my Grandfather and Great Uncle back in the 30’s.

It was a simple little cabin with a barn for the cows, a chicken house and a huge vegetable garden. Daily chores were not full of drudgery. My Aunt could make anything fun - from collecting eggs to snapping peas out on the back porch. When I was little, I used to sit on the back of the cows while my Great Aunt milked them.

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  Filed under: Texas News

There are some cool sales going on now and into the Holiday Season over at the Texas Shop. Check it out for neat Texas gifts, Texas Christmas ornaments, t-shirts, mugs and more!


Great Holiday Sale


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