Well I have been a little quiet lately.
Got some bad and good news.
The bad. Last June I knew I would be losing the house with all things connected to it .
The good. Well although everything happed pretty fast, I got married the 21st and 99% sure I'll end up moving to the American Midwest ( OKC ). Depends on the wife's job and whatever happens with USCIS.
Going to be a hard year getting everything straightened out and us being apart but I'm positive will make it.
Lynne
Comments
Congratulations
I hope you'll both be happy together and that the move and all that entails will work out for both of you.
Angharad
congratulations
on the marriage! May the two of you have a wonderful and long life together.
As for moving, welcome to the US. Although I assume OKC means Oklahoma city? Not sure what people from there consider what region they are in, but up here in Iowa most of us think of Oklahoma to be in the southwest region, placing it in the same category as Texas and Arizona, not sure who is correct :)
We the willing, led by the unsure. Have been doing so much with so little for so long,
We are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
What we say
Can you sing "Oklahoma"? Just kidding, don't sing, please. Leave that to the professionals. ;-) As an Okie to the core I can tell you we generally say we're in the south-west. From time to time we say south-central, but thats generally to them furriners trying to find us on a map.
I went outside once. The graphics weren' that great.
Southwest?
My father lived in Tulsa the last dozen years of his life. While Oklahoma City may be more Southwest, I feel that Tulsa is more South-central. Eastern and western Oklahoma are quite different. Even in Texas (Baja Oklahoma), Ft. Worth is "where the West begins." Anything east of there isn't in the West.
Middle of nowhere
Well it wasn't exactly the middle of nowhere... that was a few miles over in the next county.
Lots of my mom's family is around Joplin and around a little town halfway from there to Tulsa(Vinita). My dad's father lived just over in Missouri...
Anyway, the term grampy taught me was "Mid-Southwest" for that area. I suppose it fits pretty well since its neither fish nor fowl, quite. Most of Dad's side of the family was in west Texas and southern New Mexico but as I recall they didn't consider that bit of Texas to be "The West" either. I'm very much more of an east coast marshes and Appalachian mountains girl so to me "The West" sorta begins at Arkansas...
just my $.02...
Abby
roadtrip
Remember driving through Joplin on I-44 and stopping for gas on the way to the in-laws in Jacksonville (IL). Reminded me of Janice 2.
Roadtrip:
OKC (OK)
Tulsa (OK)
Joplin (MO)
Springfield (MO) (with Fort "lost in the woods" also known as Fort Leonard not far away which made me laugh)
St-Louis (MO)
Alton (IL)
Hettick (UP) / White Hall (DOWN) (IL)
Jacksonfield (IL)
PS like seeing the 'belgian beers' > Stella Artois and Rochefort
thanks
Thanks for the wishes Angharad and Nuuan.
Well it''s definitely the US and indeed Oklahoma City. As for the Midwest part, just went along with Amtrak and what my wife and her friends where calling it. It is pretty southernly .... (like less then an hours drive from Amarillo (TX) ) but don't think I'd lump it together wit Texas, Louisiana, Missouri and the Carolinas just yet.
Lynne
Texans wouldn't
Lump Oklahoma with Texas, that is.
Congrats and good luck.
Do you know?
Why the wind is always from the south in Oklahoma? It's because Texas blows and Kansas sucks!
Ba-rump ting! I'm here all week folks, I've got a million of 'em!
I went outside once. The graphics weren' that great.
Splendid news!
I suppose congratulations are in order! (And welcome to the US sweetie!). Hopefully talk soon on chat!
(If it ever gets fixed again). Loving Hugs Talia
Well I'm officially still
Well I'm officially still back in Belgium waiting on the paperwork ( > CR1 visa ) . So right now it's LTR. >smiles< but I'm happy.
And we will . Or on IRC ...
Lynne
Crossing fingers and clapping at the same time.
Here's wishing you a wonderful new start.
J
Thank you (is touching wood)
Thank you (is touching wood)
Lynne