Happy 175th Birthday, Dear Texas!

Today is the 175th anniversary of the day that Texas declared its independence from Mexico! Texas was an independent republic from 1836 to 1846 when it  joined the Union.

Would the signatories to the Declaration of Texas Independence recognize the state today? Although they would doubtless be amazed by our huge modern cities, they would still find plenty of wide open spaces in West Texas and the Panhandle.

We all think that today would be the perfect birthday for our newest family member. Baby G, are you listening to your grandmother????

~probably not~

Enjoy the video. If you go to an Astros game in Houston, the crowd always sings Deep in the Heart of Texas right after God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch. And no one sings it like Bob Wills.

Best Laid Plans Department

Happy Texas Independence Day, gentle readers! (Animated flag thanks to www.3dflags.com)

El Jefe and I planned to celebrate with a mini-tour of the state this weekend. We started in Austin yesterday where we attended a big dinner honoring one of his clients at the Texas State History Museum. This is a gorgeous museum, right near the Texas Capitol building. The dinner benefited the museum and attracted lot of politicians and "bidness" people. At the end of the dinner we all sang "Texas Our Texas", though I must say I was distressed to note that I was one of the few who knew our state song.

But alas, the cold El Jefe developed yesterday morning turned into full-blown flu and fever early this morning, so we had to cancel the rest of our trip with the Civil War Aficianados to Hillsboro and Fort Worth to see the Civil War museums and visit with some fun people. Reluctantly we headed home where El Jefe is now fast asleep and I am back from the store fully stocked with videos to amuse us with and stuff to make him feel better. Then I called SIL and found she and BIL and Dutch are all sick, too.

Nurse QG is being paged, so until I get back to the blog you can celebrate Texas Independence Day by practicing Texas Our Texas.