Another busy week in the Valley

 45º with a "feel like" of 39º at 11:30 am on Saturday.  Has rained the last several days with temperature falling from 83º on Wednesday to 39º late that afternoon and has been cold and rainy ever since.

Last Wednesday Phyllis' cousin Jan Frey and her husband, Lynn, who are staying in their 5th wheel at Llano Grande RV in Mercedes, came to our place and picked up us and Patty and drove to South Padre Island.  Had Lunch at Blackbeard's Restaurant and then spent time at the Turtle Rescue place there on the island.

One of several turtles in the
"Turtle hospital"

The new Turtle Rescue place with
amphitheater & museum.

At Blackbeard's Restaurant
on South Padre Island

At Blackbeard's Restaurant
on South Padre Island

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Jason S. Blakeman

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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MOVE TO MISSOURI.

1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Missouri.

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the Missouri, plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

5. Onced and Twiced are words.

6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!

7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?

8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.

9. Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do something.

10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.

11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.

12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.

13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'

14. You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.

16. Y'all is singular. All Y'all is plural.

17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.

18. You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.

19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, mustard, Tabasco, and ketchup.

20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.

21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)

22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

23. You know what a hissy fit is.

24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

25. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!

26. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Missouri friends and those who just wish they were from Missouri.

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