Did I mention the Accents?

The accents are pretty cute. I have to stop myself from smiling or laughing when I hear them. People here probably think I'm weird cause in my head I'm giggling at how funny these ladies sound, but outside I'm trying to keep a straight face. You can definitely tell who has lived here in Texas longer.

Some weird things about Texas

So here's a few things I've noticed, just to educate the world on Texas...

First thing we noticed that was weird is that the stop lights are sideways. So red is on the left, yellow in the middle, green on the right. Very weird. Trips me out everytime I see them.

Texas is a DOG LOVING state. Like everyone has dogs here! And you can bring them into places, and everyone loves them, almost all housing accepts pets, its very convenient and a little odd to me.

There are police officers in almost every store, just roaming the isles. I think its supposed to make me feel safe, but it has the opposite effect for me. I figure, why do they need them?

Okay, so this is weird. There are advertisements for this Sarah Marshall movie everywhere that are just crazy. The first day we were here, we started seeing these advertisements that say for example: "You do look fat in those jeans." or "I'm so over you." or "I hate you Sarah Marshall." And then it references this blog, www.ihatesarahmarshall.com So Brad and I thought that it was this freaky guy that was obsessed with his ex-girlfriend. Brad and I decided we needed to just tell him what's up and that he needs to get over his girlfriend because he's probably spending millions on these billboards and advertisements about his ex-girlfriend, then we did a little more searching and realized its an advertisement for a movie coming out about this guy that can't get over his ex. So Brad and I felt very relieved that there wasn't actually a freak out there spending millions on an ex-girlfriend, because that's just nuts. Anyway, so everywhere we go, we see these random hate messages, and I just felt so bad for Sarah Marshall. It's still weird!

One thing that I think is kinda odd, and everyone knows what I'm saying, is that TONS of people have bumper stickers and vinyl decals on their trucks and cars that devote their love for Texas. I just don't understand this. I'm debating if I should join in the party and get one of my own just to find out why its such a big thing here, but don't you think if you live here that in and of itself states you love the state? Why does everyone feel they have to tell the world they love it? Just wondering. Maybe I'll join the crowd and I'll let you know what the big fuss is all about.

Now this is probably not that weird to the rest of the world, but to people that live in Utah, and even in Vancouver, WA, this is kinda weird. They drink wine and beer like its water! They don't offer any other drinks at restaurants besides like the Coca-Cola options and then wines and beers. NO STRAWBERRY LEMONADE! Can you believe that? It's rather frustrating to be honest.

Thank You

Thank you everyone for your comments, you guys are so nice. All of us bloggers know that comments are the best compliments we get on a blog and it just makes me so happy to know that you guys actually care about our life :) Well, I finally got internet again. We are officially Texians :) You know they used to call Texans Texians back in the day but apparently they needed to simplify? So I'm I Texan now, holy cow. I feel like I'm going against the honor of my family, I was raised to think that Texas was dumb and Texans were stuck up, and here I am. Maybe it is dumb, and maybe I am stuck up, but I LOVE IT! Its 89 degrees outside today. Surprisingly enough, I'm not bothered by the humidity, it really isn't bad. I'm guessing it will get worse because, holy cow, its only the beginning of April, but its beautiful outside! There are SO many trees and green grass EVERYWHERE! I'll show pics as soon as I can, probably tomorrow or the next day.

So I found the place we are staying at on the internet and just looked it up on the map to make sure it was close to Brad's work. Apparently everyone that we tell where we live says that we live on the GAY side of town. Apparently there are a lot of gays. So at least I know I'm safe here, but we'll just have to make sure Brad is safe :) To be honest, I'd prefer it this way. I live in "Uptown", yeah, I'm an uptown girl now. We saw three Lamborghini's yesterday on our street. CRAZINESS! I think everyone here is not rich, just deeply in debt :) So I don't feel bad. We've got a nice townhome in a dog loving community where they have Halloween Costume Contests for your dog, not your kids. Can you believe that? A far cry from my dear ol' Pemberley. They probably have an Easter Egg Hunt for dogs with bones too. So my Nali is pretty happy here.

I'll save more for tomorrow, but keep checking the blog cause I got LOTS to tell you!

Poor Winder Guy

So I'm up, its 3:00 AM. I have a bladder infection, joyous, and I can't sleep, needed to take some more meds. I'm on the computer reading my email when the Winder truck comes by and stops in front of our house. I thought it was odd since we don't order Winder. However, we do have a cooler box outside our house that holds the dog poop and gloves and such we pick up from our dog. So the Winder guy comes up to our door and checks the cooler. Poor guy. I think he's probably very insulted right now that we're using his cooler to hold dog poop. I think its funny, but maybe thats because I'm sleep deprived?

Abbie is so funny

I was working on the computer when Abbie asked me to tie her dress (its Tori's dress). I thought it was pretty cute, she's so funny. I had to put some cute pics on the blog.

Dying for an update?

Well, okay, but real quick, I don't have a lot of time. Brad and I just got back from Dallas last night. We went there this week to look for a home. We found some great areas, but haven't found an exact home yet, some ideas, but nothing concrete. We are going to be driving down around the 5th or 6th of April for good, that's when we are moving. Hopefully we can have a place to call home by then. We are just going to rent for a little while until we get settled and find the perfect home and then we'll buy. But as for Dallas, I LOVE IT! I miss it already, and can't wait to go! The people are SO SO SO nice, I felt safer than I do in Salt Lake sometimes, I'm sure I haven't gone to the bad parts of Dallas, but everywhere I went was GREAT! We met a few members of the church there and they were really nice and excited to have us come. We just had a blast. Our hotel was awesome, and Brad's job is just amazing. I sat in on a meeting yesterday and I just got so excited, its so perfect for him! I'm sorry that I'm not going to be updating every day in the next two weeks or so, I've got to move my house :) But once we get settled in, I'll update ya'll :) for sure, and until then, I'll try to put some notes here and there in here so you can know that we are still alive. I'll let you know when we find a house and such. Can't wait :) Thanks for reading!

Easter Egg Huntin'

I couldn't help but change the song on my play list, enjoy!!! But here are some cute pics that we took of some easter egg huntin' yesterday for Easter, so much fun! We went to my bro and sis in law's, Bart and Jeni's house for Easter and had a delicious feast, it was a blast! I did Jennifer's, Jeni's, and Jesi's hair with coloring and some cutting, and we just had so much fun bonding! Good times!