{"id":425,"date":"2021-11-03T00:07:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T00:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2025-11-26T00:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T00:33:35","slug":"livin-on-texas-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/03\/livin-on-texas-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Livin’ on Texas Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last weekend, we flew to Texas for my middle daughter’s wedding. When she told us that she and her fianc\u00e9 wanted to get married on a ranch in South Texas, we were like, “Really…why?” Okay, her fianc\u00e9 is originally from Houston, but the ranch is near San Antonio which is hours away from Houston. But, okay, we’re in. It’s what they wanted, and where she wanted to start her married life.<\/p>\n\n\n

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3 B Ranch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Now, I’m not gonna lie, I really was not very fond of Texas. Anything Texas! Not a fan of the politics, the weather (I can’t tolerate humidity anymore), and the whole “Texas Tough” attitude. The thought of spending any amount of time –and money –in Texas was not appealing to me at all. But…our son-in-law to be is an amazing man, a good man, raised in Texas. They both wanted to start their life together at a destination wedding in Texas. So, we decided not to sweat the small stuff–or Texas large stuff– and go with it. They are so worth the dang humidity.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It was a weekend that lasted (it seemed) an entire month! My other two daughters and son-in-law, a few cousins, and of course, my wife and I, worked very hard to make this event meaningful. In that dang Texas heat. So many details had to come together. So much physical setup had to be done. In the dang Texas heat.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Are you here for the bride or the groom?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

However, in the long run, all the work and stress of preparing the venue, securing all the wedding vendors, such as caterers, DJs, tent and dance floor installers, photographers, videographers, a Mariachi Band, and so many other details was worth it. My daughter looked beautiful in her mom’s wedding dress that was made from scratch by her mom in 1977 for our wedding. The venue looked beautiful, especially during the ceremony, right at five o’clock in the afternoon, just when the sun was beginning its descent. Two families came together to celebrate two beautiful young people, both bursting with happiness for the whole, memorable evening.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A suspected wedding crasher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

And let me set the record straight. Everyone we dealt with in Texas, from vendors to retailers, could not have been any nicer, more accomodating, and genuine. The people were so very far from my perceived negative image that the state has earned. Just as you’ll find the national perception of living in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio is totally inaccurate when you spend time there. The Air BnB we stayed at was remarkable and the owners were terrific. We had some fresh food, produce, and wine and beer leftover in the fridge because we totally over-bought, and the Air BnB owners told us to just leave it there and they could possibly donate it all to the military base located nearby. We were so relieved that we didn’t have to throw away good food. Politics (and humidity) aside, there are mighty good people in Texas (and all over this country, really) and I just hope and pray we can eliminate all the negativity on social media, with all the hate and misinformation it brings, and just talk to one another, in person and face-to-face like we used to, so we can once again learn from each other and LIKE each other. We are so glad that we had the chance to do all this in the times of Covid. It was a blessing. I even saw my first Texas armadillo in the front yard of the Airbnb as we were leaving for the airport to return home. And now, I can honestly say, “This ain’t my first armadillo.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, we flew to Texas for my middle daughter’s wedding. When she told us that she and her fianc\u00e9 wanted to get married on a ranch in South Texas, we were like, “Really…why?” Okay, her fianc\u00e9 is originally from Houston, but the ranch is near San Antonio which is hours away from Houston. But, … Continue reading “Livin’ on Texas Time”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pddwuS-6R","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691,"href":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classclownstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}