Texas Vs. California

Being a native Californian, I am baffled by this Texas weather. These pictures were taken in January, six days apart.




Last week, the temperature went from 85 degrees to 29 degrees in 48 hours. Other fun TX vs. CA observations:

Texas does NOT have:
In and Out Burger
See's Candies

In my 32 years of living in CA, I never had or saw a Chick-Fil-A or Sonic.

Road-kill is abundant in TX. Among the many, I recall millions of squirrels, two armadillos, rabbits, and vultures eating all of the above. I myself have contributed a road-kill rabbit (right at Easter time) and a squirrel.

A story for my CA fans:
My TX girlfriends and I were hanging out and eating delicious cookies. Someone asked the cook how she got her cookies so fluffy. She replied, "It's a special kind of sugar. You can't just buy the regular stuff." We were all very intrigued and asked her the name of the magic sugar. "It's called C&H."
I laughed, thinking it was a joke. "See an H?" someone asked.
"No," she answered. "C&H. You get it at Albertson's."
I was busting up and said, "Seriously? No one's heard of C&H sugar?" I even began singing the theme song, "C&H Pure Cane Sugar, pure and sweet, from Hawaii. . . ."
Then they started teasing ME, "Ooooohhhh, I'm from California! I've heard of C&H sugar!"
It was great.

Phrases I never heard before TX:
Fixin' tah: "I'm fixin' tah go to the store."
Might could: "I might could pick you up some milk."

"Don't Mess With Texas" is just our anti-litter campaign.

Texans are much nicer than Californians and I'm still suspicious when people are overly friendly to me.

Thanks for listening, all y'all. I'm fixin' tah turn in but I might could write more later.