Top 10...

Top 10 Things I hate strongly dislike about living in Texas:

1. Bugs - you name it they're here...and of course bigger and nastier looking than they should be. 
2. It's flat - no mountains or (real) hiking trails around here.  I REALLY miss the mountains.
3. Trees - Okay, so there are trees here, but not TREES like in the NW forests.  I miss big trees too!
4. August - is really miserable.  Over 100 degrees plus humidity for weeks on end...my hair doesn't like it either.
5. Coffee...the lack of it!  You know you've been in the south too long when you say, "Maybe I'll stop by McDonalds and pick up a good latte."  Now, to their credit, I think McD's makes a pretty decent latte and coffee.  However, it's no Caffe Mela or Coffee Cabin or D&M or well, you get it.  How can you have a donut shop, liquor store and/or church on every corner, but not a coffee stand?!  Let's get our priorities straight people!
6. Seminary - it's a love/hate thing.
7. FREEWAYS - Okay, this is probably, in all honesty the number one dislike!  DFW is ranked #2 for road rage after NYC...seriously!  
8. Fake Cheese in a box, otherwise known as Velveeta.  Everyone uses Velveeta around here, even restaurants for their cheese sauces and queso stuff.  Eeewww!  My neighbor jokes (when she uses it) that she uses the "organic" kind.  I don't think organic velveeta is even possible! 
9. Allergies - wait, maybe this is the number one dislike.  It turns out that North Texas is one of the worst places to live if you have allergies...yay me!  They are bad almost year round except for the couple of weeks where it is actually cold.    
10. Trains - Ok, it could be just our current location...but really, do the trains need to lay on the horn in the middle of the night?  Seriously! 

Well, there's lots to love about where we live...but that will be in a coming post.  :>)