This past weekend we went to Houston. I’ll have more posts about this later on this week. To sum up the weekend, it was pretty fun but I am quite exhausted (especially with the time change).
We took Route 6 again on the way down to Houston. The more I travel down this stretch of highway, the more I love it. After we passed thru College Station (and after I woke up from my short nap – we left at 4:30am, I was allowed a cat nap, haha) we went thru an area that was just so picturesque and well, perfect. Large ranches, windmills, oil wells, lucious green pastures with horses and cattle with the morning sun. Straight Texas. I really wish that we could stop and take some pictures along the way but it would take us twice as long to get there and Sy had a tee time that he had to make. Just picture driving down the highway with a large ranch on the right side of the street. Wooden fences line the property with a gate at the front entrance, the ranch name over the entrance of the gate in cast iron plating. There is a large red barn and a smaller shed not far from the house (insert the picture of your ideal home – mine is a medium-sized, one story home with a huge wrap around porch with a porch swing, of course). An old windmill sits in the front yard. Horses can be found in a pasture near the barn along with the dog (or two…every ranch needs a dog!). Oak trees everywhere (as we are in Texas). Across the street you see a lucious green pasture filled with black angus cows. PERFECT! I think we drove by one place and as soon as I saw it, I said “SOLD!” and kept repeating it until I couldn’t see it anymore.
Enough with my daydreaming (it could go on forever)… while in Houston I went shopping, attended my first crawfish boil, played with some pretty cute puppies and met some awesome people. I’m going to have a guest contributor – Mr. Sy who is going to review golf courses (including a course he played at over the weekend). Keep an eye out for that.
While shopping I made a purchase which was purely “Texas” inspired. I’m quite proud. When I first moved to Texas I noticed some stylish differences. Texans bedazzle everything… everything. The bigger the jewlery the better. Crosses are a must. One thing I did agree with from the beginning though is – tourquiose. I love it.
So here is my Texas inspired purchase. It’s a mustard yellow, yes, but I doubt I’ll see anyone else with it! 🙂
So for today, lets just try to recover from the weekend.
Did anyone else take an adventure this weekend?