We had such a nice Christmas, and it was great to have four days off. Friday night after everyone arrived in town, we had our annual tamalada at Noelia’s house. If you’re not familiar with that word, it’s a party where tamales are made and tequila shots are taken. At least that’s what we do.
Because of everyone’s schedules we had our Christmas dinner on Saturday around 2 p.m. Dad grilled steaks, Noelia made baked potatoes and rolls, and Mom made a big salad. I bought the steaks and seasoned them for Dad. Boy were they delicious. After that we pretty much just lazed around all evening with football and such.
On Sunday we went to the Christmas eve service at St. John’s Methodist church and were lazy again. Everyone went home after that.
No day was as lazy as Mom, Dad and I were on Christmas day. We enjoyed the quiet. I did laundry and that was the most I moved all day.
It’s kind of nice that we don’t have littles anymore. We weren’t very present-y this year. I informed everyone at Christmas dinner on Saturday that they should really enjoy their steak because they weren’t getting anything else from me, and everyone seemed happy with that. —kwc— And here are some facts about the great state of Texas that you might not know: The triangular region framed in by the cities of Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio is experiencing a wave of growth of historic proportions more than anywhere in the world.
The Texas Triangle contains five of the 20 largest cities in the U.S. and is home to more than 70% of all Texans: City of Dallas, City of Fort Worth, City of Austin, City of Houston and City of San Antonio.
The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is bigger than all of Manhattan.
The University of Texas at Austin is the third largest landowner in the United States.
San Antonio is bigger than New York City and Detroit combined.
Houston has a bigger population than Colorado and 34 other states.
The Texas economy is on fire. The state added 660,000 new jobs last year – more jobs than any other, and twice the number of new jobs compared to its historical average. With Dallas by far leading the growth.
The Texas triangle is home to over 50 Fortune 500 companies and has more Fortune 1000 companies than any other state.
At 2.4 trillion, Texas is ranked as the 9th largest economy among nations of the world by GDP, ahead of Canada, South Korea, Russia and Australia.
Texas is the largest exporter of goods in the United States.
Dallas is home to the fourth most billionaires in the world.
Houston has more than 5,000 energy related firms and is the energy capital of the world.
The Texas Medical Center is the largest in the world located in Houston.
25% of all retail space in the United States is in Texas.
There are 12 professional sports teams in the Texas triangle.
You can further your education in the great state of Texas at any one of the 159 universities and colleges in order to prepare yourself for a successful and prosperous career, including six medical schools.
Texas A&M University has an enrollment of 74,829 the largest student body in the United States.
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