My father was a Texan

In our home growing up we had Texas flags, barbed-wire Texas and Lone Star wall hangings, Texas snack serving dishes, multiple longhorn horns, some UT buttons (that played music!) and sweatshirts... you know, the usual. Never had a Texas shaped waffle iron. That would've made our house complete.

Chatted with my mother today as she watched Married at First Sight. New spouse walks into house, sees a single (!) longhorn skull and a single (!) decorative Texas plate on the wall, freaks because "I didn't know they were such a Texas fanatic". (Or words to that effect.)

It's entirely possible that my father was unusual in his love of his home state. Given the existence of Texas waffle irons (waffle irons!), though, I think I'm safe in stating that having merely two I'm-so-Texan identifiers on the walls is positively subdued.

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