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Red River 2006
Life is full of surprises. In March 2006, I traded my fast-paced big city life for a much simpler lifestyle. Home is what you make it.
Me and Mine
Red River 2006
Recent movies from Netflix:
- Silent Hill (neither one)
- Ghost Rider (thumbs down)
- Dreamgirls (thumbs up)
- Mosquito Coast (thumbs down)
Recent house projects:
- Regrouting the guest bathroom floor - currently taking a Dremel tool to the one inch square tiles to remove old grout.
I'm currently reading:
- Stalker by Faye Kellerman
Most Recent Favorite Things:
- Lip and Cheek Stain
- Strawberry Milkshake Oreos
- Blueberry flavored White Tea Crystal Light (One the Go)
Things I miss:
- Cocktails in a restaurant
- 24 hour grocery stores
- Friends!!!!
- Seafood!
Things I don't miss:
- Unfriendly people
- Humidity
- Smog
- Traffic
What I used to do for fun:
- Dining at large variety of restaurants
- Shopping
- Night life - dancing
- Movie theatre
What I do now for fun:
- Spotlighting
- Riding shotgun while Clint pulls out vehicles stuck in the mud.
- Netflix
- Did I mention Netflix?
What's in the local online newspaper?
What's on at the local cinema?
Miscellaneous observations:
- You have better luck writing a check or just old fashioned cash. Credit or debit cards are not readily accepted in this town.
- Wheat is the most beautiful green you've ever seen in the winter.
- Even with all this beautiful land and sparce population, you still have a hard time viewing land without something manmade in sight. Oilfields a plenty!
- There are alot more hours in the day when you drive a 1/2 mile to work and overtime is nonexistent.
- I can identify hail clouds.
- There really are people who work with their hands and back for a living - no matter what the weather is like.
- Prairie dogs are target practice and finding a good prairie dog town is like winning the lottery!
- I've seen my first badger and several bald eagles. What a sight!
- Even though there is only 1 stoplight in town, I avoid it at all costs.
- Living where tulips thrive makes me smile. :-)
- Tomatoes really do have flavor. They aren't just red mushy things. YUM!
- Better have all your ingredients for your evening meal purchased by 8pm or your SOL!
- I've learned to stockpile beer, wine and spirits. Living dry is tough!
- One inch of rain is a flood! - still shocks me even a year later.
- The Texas Panhandle is not flat. There are the most gorgeous canyons everywhere!
- With feedlots miles away, you don't want to be outside when the wind blows a certain direction.
- The sky is bigger and more beautiful than I ever imagined it could be.
- You're a wanna be cowboy if you tuck your part of your jeans in your boots.
- Spurs are a daily sighting in Spearman.
- Rattlesnakes are the real deal.
- Tumbleweeds can get as big as I am!
- You identify landowners by the style of the fence
- People in the panhandle eat alot of beef (and fried food)
- Tornado sirens are loud.
- The weatherman regularly shows a map with wind direction in the daily forecasts
Spearman Facts:
- FBI 2003 murders and homicides reported: 0
- FBI 2003 violet crimes reported: 4
- Items of interest: Battle of Adobe Walls and the Stationmasters Museum
- Ancestry: 11% German, 7% Irish (and a whole bunch of Mexican illegal aliens)
- Median household income in 2003: $36,163
- Spearman is the Hansford county seat.
- Latitude: 36.198N Longitude: 101.191W
- Elevation: 3104 ft.
- Spearman was named after a railroad executive
- 1 movie theatre with 2 screens
- 2 general stores
- 1 stoplight
- Population: around 3000
- Avg precipitation: 20 in.
- Avg high temp: 75
- Avg low temp: 47
- 4 fuel stops
- 1 grocery store
- 3 banks
- 11 restaurants
Spearman Website
About Me
- JJ
- Jenn My life changed when I lost my mom in 1999. It was a pivotal moment for me. As sad as that is, I made lemonade from lemons for one of the first times in my life and am a better person for it. As much as I love and miss my mother dearly, I learned more how to really live life and be happy after she was gone. I think of it as I am living life like she wished she could have when she was on earth, through glasses she could never find. It's not in spite of her that I've made this shift, but because of her.