"We are no longer in Kansas", I mean, Texas..:)

I know, I know, I haven't posted for quite some time but there were some major changes in our lives these past couple of months. First of all....I'm no longer in Texas..:( I've relocated to Lawrence, Kansas, a small college town somewhere in Kansas. Technically, my lil' family had moved here. It was not an easy decision but it was for a better good, rather, a better goal. So despite all reluctance to move from Texas, a place where we have called home for ten years, we packed up whatever we could hold in two cars and left the state to another. It was heartwrenching for me. Sometimes, you never know what you had lost till you lose it. I didn't think I would miss Texas that much. After a while, I began to realise that I was homesick!! Strange even to say it.
When I first lived in Texas, I chanced upon this bumper sticker, it said "I wasn't born in Texas, but I came as fast a I could". I thought that was just too funny. Now that I'm no
longer residing there, I totally understand what that means.

Texas is one of those places that grows on you, it sneaks under your skin and before you know it, you're hooked! I'm always a little cynical of Texas' bigger than life mentality and sneered a little at their belief of it being a "worldly metropolitan" city. Well, I was wrong! Yes, it has its quirks and what not but trust that bumper sticker! The only regret I had was that I didn't really "make use" of my time there. In retrospect, I could have "utilize" my time there a little better. As for considering itself as a metropolitan town. It is, in its own special way; it's very multi-cultural and you have almost everything you would need in that lil' big town.
All in all, Texas is a big state with an even bigger heart! Definitely one of the friendliest people I had ever met! You know what, I could even live with the heat if I could stay there just one more day. Alas, we had to move and move we did......

Lawrence is a good place for small families like us but it's not Texas. Being brought up in a city environment, I guess I'm just not used to the small town, country life. Lawrence has its beauty, it's very scenic (codeword for country/rural) and very quaint (codeword for one of everything instead of 50 of everything). You don't pay for "options" of the big city which is a very good

thing. And once I get over the FACT that it's NOT Texas, I think I would be able to enjoy its perks. Meanwhile I'll just wallow over the fact that I'm no longer IN Texas!!! Lawrence, Kansas is a good place but Texas....an even better place...

The pics here are taken on my day in Lawrence from our apt balconey. All that snow is a pretty sight, a definite change from Texas scenery (give my city skyline!!). My husband had been real "guilty" about the move since he knew I love the city life, so he had been so nice as to drive us to Kansas City each weekend so I wouldn't be that "homesick". It's awfully sweet of him, but really, I'm sick of the long drive already!!!! On a bittersweet note, we are going back to Dallas next week................TO PACK UP THE REST OF OUR STUFF FOR THE MOVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!