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I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion. And this is true to the extent that people either passionately love Texas or passionately hate it and, as in other religions, few people dare to inspect it for fear of losing their bearings in mystery or paradox. But I think there will be little quarrel with my feeling that Texas is one thing. For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical appearance, and for all the internal squabbles, contentions, and strivings, Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America. Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study and the passionate possession of all Texans. -John Steinbeck, 1962

For those who wish to chat: view link

Eons is having nightmares with the sticky posts. (These are the posts you see above, "stuck" at the top of the group's homepage.) As I was rearranging things to put the Texas slide show at the top, I had to "unstick" the chat box, at which point it went into sticky pergatory where it remained for a day and a half. I finally located the fiesty little devil this morning, but could not reinstate its stickiness so it would come back up to the top of the page! Other managers I have talked to have said their sticky posts have been mysteriously disapearing without provocation, so at least I don't feel like I'm losing my mind! So until Eons gets this problem straightened out, please use the above sticky post to CHAT. It has a link that will take you directly to the wayward chat box. (Now that I think of it, I'll stick this post too for awhile, so that it doesn't fly away.) Don't you just love change?

Yours stickily,
Julie

Today is the first Sunday in October. As is the tradition in my church, and is my tradition here, I would like to wish those who have birthdays this month a Happy Birthday. This is for you:

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
May God bless you and keep you,
Happy Birthday to you.

And for those couples with Anniversaries this month also:

Happy Anniversary to you,
Happy Anniversary to you,
May God bless you and keep you,
Happy Anniversary to you.

As I have said before, I will say again, that is the closest you will ever come to hearing me sing. And that is to your benefit.

Our wonderful manager had surgery today for her hip. I have spoken with her this evening, and she sounds great and says she is doing very well. She wanted me to let you all know.

"I would like to warn women about the danger of giving their car keys with their house keys attached to anyone.

A good friend's daughter went to a well-known tire (tyre) company to have a flat repaired while she waited. Without thinking she handed her key ring with all her house keys on to the serviceman and waited. What she didn't know is that most of these places also have key cutting machines. One of the servicemen copied her apartment key and two days later entered her apartment late at night and raped her.

This was a business she frequented and they had all her personal information on their computer.

The man was caught months later and the police found out that he had done this before.

Anything about Moody Gardens? I went there a few summers ago. A beautiful place.
Was wondering if they evacuated any of the wildlife there, or if it to was totally destroyed.
Humans have a choice, but the wildlife did not.

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>
> Too many people put off something that brings them joy
> just because they haven't thought about it, don't
> have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or
> are too rigid to depart from their routine.
>
> I got to thinking one day about all those women on the
> Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night
> in an effort to cut back. From then on, I've tried to
> be a little more flexible.
>
> How many women out there will eat at home because their
> husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after
> something had been thawed? Does the word
> 'refrigeration' mean nothing to you?
>
> How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in
> silence while you watched 'Jeopardy' on television?
>
> I cannot count the times I called my sister and said,
> 'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' She would
> gas up and stammer, 'I can't. I have clothes on the
> line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday, I
> had a late breakfast, It looks like rain.' And my
> personal favorite: 'It's Monday.' She died a few
> years ago. We never did have lunch together.
>
> Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we
> tend to schedule our headaches. We live on a sparse diet of
> promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are
> perfect!
>
> We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we
> get Stevie toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we
> replace the living-room carpet.. We'll go on a second
> honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.
>
> Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The
> days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets
> longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for
> our lives is a litany of 'I'm going to,' 'I
> plan on,' and 'Someday, when things are settled down
> a bit.'
>
> When anyone calls my 'seize the moment' friend,
> she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps
> an open mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life is
> contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and
> you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Roller
> blades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.
>
> My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love
> ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply it
> directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the
> digestive process The other day, I stopped the car and
> bought a triple-Decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the
> way home, I would have died happy.
>
> Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT
> to......not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were
> going to die soon and had only one phone call you could
> make, who would you call and what would you say? And why
> are you waiting?
>
> Make sure you read this to the end; you will understand
> why I sent this to you.
>
> Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round
> or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever
> followed a butter fly's erratic flight or gazed at the
> sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on
> the fly? When you ask ' How are you?' Do you hear
> the reply?
>
> When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the
> next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told
> your child, 'We'll do it tomorrow.' And in your
> haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good
> friendship die? Just call to say 'Hi?
>
> When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like
> an unopened gift....Thrown away.... Life is not a race Take
> it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.
>
> It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends
> how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a
> FRIEND. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you
> have a circle of friends.
>
> To those I have sent this to... I cherish our
> friendship and appreciate all you do.
>
> 'Life may not be the party we hoped for... but
> while we are here we might as well dance!

Hi Texas friends, I have been off site for a while, months actually. This is the group I missed the most.

Anyway, I will be shopping in Dallas soon and wanted to ask for recommendations for some good discount shopping for clothes.

Thanks

Hi Diamondlynii,