World Series

For those who didn't know, the Houston Astros made the world series this year. As shayla's typing this they're finishing up the pre-game show in Minute Maid Park, before the 3rd game of the series.

Shayla'd never been to a baseball game before she came to her Master's. He's taken her to a couple games this year. Both times the Astros won. Watching a baseball game is tremendously different than seeing one on television. You see more, you've got a more clear idea about how the game works and how the players act in different situations. It's a learning experience.

The past couple months have been a bit tough for this area of the country. First Katrina slammed into New Orleans, and just as Houston was settling down with absorbing all the people that came from New Orleans, Rita hit.

Shayla's still considered a Yankee by a few people that know her. Master will still occasionally tease her about it. And she doesn't know much about baseball. But even she can tell that this area needed this series. Needed the excitement, the success, the Championship.

There had always been something that has drawn shayla to Texas. She doesn't know if it's the fact that her mother was born in Fort Worth, or that she still had family in that area. But she's always been drawn down here. And she's awfully glad that she is here. The people are wonderful. Sincerely friendly, hospitable, good-hearted and up-front. And shayla's never seen civic pride like what she's seen here. This state is great. Even being here for just under a year, she can't imagine living anywhere else.

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Chocolate

Shayla stumbled on this site while she was browsing tonight.

She's more likely to go ga-ga over a good chunk of Boursin, Swiss, or smoked Cheddar cheese than she would chocolate. But this list of reasons why chocolate is better than sex is still cute. And every woman that reads it will empathize completely.

Without further comment...

1. You can GET chocolate.

2. "If you love me you'll swallow that" has real meaning with chocolate.

3. Chocolate satisfies even when it has gone soft.

4. You can safely have chocolate while you are driving.

5. You can make chocolate last as long as you want it to.

6. You can have chocolate even in front of your mother.

7. If you bite the nuts too hard the chocolate won't mind.

8. Two people of the same sex can have chocolate without being called nasty names.

9. The word "commitment" doesn't scare off chocolate.

10. You can have chocolate on top of your workbench/desk during working hours without upsetting your work mates. (come to think of it, they might even share it with you *G*)

11. You can ask a stranger for chocolate without getting your face slapped.

12. You don't get hairs in your mouth with chocolate.

13. With chocolate there's no need to fake it.

14. Chocolate doesn't make you pregnant.

15. You can have chocolate at any time of the month.

16. Good chocolate is easy to find.

17. You can have as many kinds of chocolate as you can handle.

18. You are never too young or too old for chocolate.

19. When you have chocolate it does not keep your neighbors awake.

20. With chocolate size doesn't matter; it's always good