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The town of Laredo was founded in 1755 while the area was part of a region called Nuevo Santander in the Spanish colony of New Spain. In 1840, Laredo was the capital of the independent Republic of the Rio Grande, set up in rebellion to the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna and brought back into Mexico by military force. In 1846, during the Mexican-American War the town was occupied by the Texas Rangers. After the war the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ceded the land to the United States. A referendum was taken in the town, which voted overwhelmingly to petition the American military government in charge of the area to return the town to Mexico. However, this petition was rejected, and in response the bulk of the population moved over the river into Mexican territory to found the new town of Nuevo Laredo. In 1849, the military set up Fort McIntosh (originally Camp Crawford) by the town. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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The town of Laredo was founded in 1755 while the area was part of a region called Nuevo Santander in the Spanish colony of New Spain. In 1840, Laredo was the capital of the independent Republic of the Rio Grande, set up in rebellion to the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna and brought back into Mexico by military force. In 1846, during the Mexican-American War the town was occupied by the Texas Rangers. After the war the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ceded the land to the United States. A referendum was taken in the town, which voted overwhelmingly to petition the American military government in charge of the area to return the town to Mexico. However, this petition was rejected, and in response the bulk of the population moved over the river into Mexican territory to found the new town of Nuevo Laredo. In 1849, the military set up Fort McIntosh (originally Camp Crawford) by the town. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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Census Data for Laredo, Texas
Texas 2000 Census Population Profile Map| Laredo | Texas | United States | |
| Population | 176,576 | 20,851,820 | 281,421,906 |
| Median age | 26.9 | 32.3 | 35.3 |
| Median age for Male | 25.6 | 31.3 | 34 |
| Median age for Female | 28.1 | 33.4 | 36.5 |
| Households | 46,852 | 7,393,354 | 105,480,101 |
| Household population | 173,532 | 20,290,711 | 273,643,273 |
| Average household size | 3.7 | 2.74 | 2.59 |
| Families | 39,983 | 5,247,794 | 71,787,347 |
| Average family size | 4.05 | 3.28 | 3.14 |
| Housing units | 50,319 | 8,157,575 | 115,904,641 |
| Occupied units | 46,852 | 7,393,354 | 105,480,101 |
| Vacant units | 3,467 | 764,221 | 10,424,540 |
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Dear ChellBell,
Today you turn 120 months old, and it doesn't take a math wizard to figure out that your age has just jumped up to 2 digits from having only one for the past 9 years and 364 days. This is a milestone that won't be topped until you hit 100. In other words, today is kind of a big day.
In all of time, or at least since I've been around, it hasn't been good enough to measure things with words. Words like "good" or "great" or "horrid" or "fantastic" just weren't enough. We've always had to measure things with numbers - to score things. We'll say, "how would you rate that?" or "on a scale of one to 10, how was it?" and 10 is always the best. It represents greatness. It represents perfection, and something that couldn't be better. We use the phrase "a perfect 10" to refer to someone who is crazy-beautiful or a balance beam routine that has no flaws. You just can't get better than 10.
It seems less than coincidental that you are turning 10 today, because these really are the best days of your life. Don't get me wrong - growing up is great, and of course getting married and being a Mom can be great also. But at 10, you are discovering how big the world is and who you are choosing to be in that world. Your responsibilities are still relatively light and your days still involve recess and lunch with friends and summer camp. And you have your whole life ahead of you. These are definitely good days. A 10 on a scale of 1 - 10.
You have changed drastically in the past 10 years. So drastically, that it seems like there is no way the time should have passed as quickly as it has. You have gone from being a tiny baby to a silly little girl to a smart and hilarious young lady with so much potential, and you've done it all in what seems to be the blink of an eye. So fast. I might even say Too fast. But with every turn in the road, with every change, with every milestone, you have become more amazing than before.
I love you. I am proud of you. I am proud to be your Mom. I hope you have a wonderful birthday and that you love being 10. Regardless of what this year brings for you, you will always no-matter-what be loved by your family. Our home will always be a safe place to ask questions and talk about life. You will always be important to me, and I will always be grateful to have you as my friend. And I will always feel that having you in my life rates a perfect 10.
Love, Mom
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Our second escapade in ChellBell's Not Bummer Summer entailed a trip across the Metroplex via the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) and an afternoon at Ft. Worth's world-class zoo. Here are the highlights:
With ChellBell, I was home during her first 18 months and got to see a lot of her "firsts", although ironically I was at a Junior League meeting when she rolled over the first time and was in the bathroom when she took her first step (Chris got to experience both of those moments). But largely, this working-mom-with-a-newborn thing is new for me. I read a post today where a woman professed her jealousy of her SAHM friends, and I would guess that many working moms have those moments, just like many moms at home have those moments where they wish they could have a day at the office.
I'm learning to juggle it all including the realization that I'm going to miss out on some "firsts". But I figure that there will be a first time for me to see her do everything, even if it's not really the first time. There will always be days where the grass looks greener in someone else's yard, but for today I'm just going to enjoy my work and then rush home to tell Emmy all about the piggy who went to the market.
The movie is about a red headed girl named Judy Moody who is super-excited about summer and has mapped out ways to get Thrill Points for all the exciting things she has planned for her and her friends. It ends up that her friends already have plans to go away for the summer to do really cool and exotic things, and Judy decides that the race is still on to see who can get the most Thrill Points and have the most exciting summer. Though her plans to do crazy and daring things don't really turn out the way she had planned, with a little help from Big Foot and the ice cream man, Judy's summer turns out perfectly.
I've been feeling bad for ChellBell, wondering if this was going to be a Bummer Summer for her. Don't get me wrong, she is signed up for all kinds of camps and activities this summer along with the ritual sleeping in and occasional I-don't-want-to-get-out-of-my-PJs-today-so-let's-watch-movies-all-day kind of days. But this summer is different for her. First, there is a 3-month old in the house now who can't just hang out at the pool all day like ChellBell is used to doing with the Nanny. Secondly, I just went back to work after maternity leave, so there will be little flexibility or time off for me. Which means no big vacations like we've done in years past.
I don't know about you, but while I was growing up, summers were all about-care free living and adventures, and I want to make sure that, even with a newborn in tow, and even though both Chris and I work, we do things this summer that are adventurous and get ChellBell a Thrill Point or two. At the very least, I want her to have some fun memories from these months off from school. So Chris and I are mapping out a summer plan. That plan includes making the most of our weekends by heading to places close to Dallas like Fort Worth, Dublin, the Hill Country, and Greer Farms for some berry-picking. There are also a ton of things to do right here in our own backyard.
I think that if we are deliberate about making our time count, it will definitely be the NOT Bummer Summer for Chell. (And who knows, we might even sneak in another a late night movie every once in a while...)
Our Dandelion Wishes, and so I'm putting together my list of things that are making us happy at the Linebarger house this weekend:
Albert Einstein
But summer has already begun all around us. Most of you have already had a week or two of vacation and pool time and staying up late and sleeping in. The signs of summer are everywhere -- fewer school zones, less traffic in the mornings, and the snow cone stands that have popped up everywhere. One of my favorite signs that summer has begun is Becca's Bloggy Flip-Flop exchange where bloggers from across the country swap flip-flops, the absolute necessity for summer.
So whether you have already started on your summer tan, or you are still driving carpool every morning like me, head over to Becca's blog and get started. Tell her I sent you!
The Little Dog evidently had a sweet tooth today because he
left this in the pantry for me:
Not getting his fill by eating 4 Godiva truffles, he also ate 15 oreos.
And should you be concerned about his consumption of chocolate, rest assured that the Little Dog is fine. In fact, he has surpassed his nine lives and is proving to be immortal. It seems that eating thumbtacks, a tube of caulking, double A batteries, 30 days worth of progesterone, and chocolate will not harm this dog.
(And we're deep-down glad about that because he is pretty cute!)
When Chris and I moved into our current house, we "shifted" from the tradition of picking out a live Christmas Tree to the utter convenience and bliss of the pre-lit, artificial tree. I will spare you the details surrounding this shift, but suffice it to say that it has saved our marriage and saved Christmas in the Linebarger house.I don't miss the pine needles or endless arguments about putting lights on the tree, but I do miss the tradition of picking out the tree. To me, it's a big part of Christmas, every year searching for The Perfect Tree. I remember one year as a little girl, finding a beautiful tree. We brought it home on the top of our car, only to find that there was a hole in the front of the tree -- a big empty spot with no branches. How could we have missed that? My Mom sat there trying to decide what we would hang in the big empty space, but then my Dad had a brilliant idea. He grabbed one of the branches that he had sawed off the bottom of the tree and gently nailed it into the trunk where the empty space was. And the tree was perfect. No empty spaces.
So there's this other tree of ours. The Family Tree. Unlike the Christmas Tree, we don't get to go to the lot and pick those out. You just get what you get. I've never been very close to my extended family -- everyone's scattered or uninterested. And there have been some big gaping holes in my family tree. Big empty spaces where it just seems like something should be. But growing up, God has been faithful to send friends who became like family, maybe even closer than family. It's almost like He's gently "nailed" new branches into my family tree to fill the holes.
One of those branches is Becca, my life-long-though-I've-only-known-you-nine-years friend. God knew that I needed another sister in my life, so he set Becca down in a house right next to mine, along with a girl ChellBell's age, a precious son, and a husband who likes the same things mine does. And wah-lah, our sisterhood began.
Becca is fiercely competitive, smart, creative, and organized. I'm serious, all that rolled into one person! She is a great Mom, an avid reader, and a gracious hostess. She lives life deliberately -- she plans things out. She reaches goals. She bakes.
And she is an amazing friend.
Becca and I have learned a lot from each other over the years. Like sisters, we are different in so many ways. But alike in so many more. She has filled a big space on my family tree, and I am overwhelmed at the gift of her friendship.
Three years ago, Becca's job moved her to Austin -- about a 3 hour drive from Dallas. After six years of having her next door to me, it was devastating to say goodbye to impromptu Friday night dinners, late night card games, "I'm running to the store, what do you need?", and having my best friend a short walk away. We have done our very best to stay connected, and though new babies and soccer schedules make weekend trips virtually impossible, there are just some connections that will never be broken.
Becca, you are -- whether near or far -- an amazing friend and a forever, permanent part of who I am.
Thanks for being my branch.
This post was written as an entry to the Lovable Labels BlogHer Conference Giveaway. Winning this contest would mean that Becca and I could attend the BlogHer Conference in SanDiego together!
Funny how I will squeal out in the middle of Nordstrom, "I LOVE this handbag!!" without a second thought. But I knew Chris Linebarger a very long time before I would even let myself admit that I loved him, much less whisper those words. "I love you."
It's easy to "love" things. We are not really asking them to love us back. We are just expressing our temporary adored-ness and infatuation with something that is most likely temporary. Seriously, how long do you think a Sprinkles cupcake lasts around me? And shoes that I have loved (enough to go into debt for at some points of my life) have eventually made their way to my Goodwill pile.
But loving another person -- well, that's different. Because we want to be loved back. And we want to know that we will be loved for a good, long while. And we want to make sure that we won't ever be tossed in the Goodwill pile.
When I married Chris 15 years ago, I knew that I was going to live the rest of my life with my best friend. I knew we were going to laugh a lot, and we have. I knew that life would be more fun and more adventurous with the two of us together. But I had no idea how much I would be loved.
Loved with the kind of love that never ever stops.
Love that is there when I wake up in the morning and my hair is all yuck and I seriously need to brush my teeth.
Love that is there when I mess up.
Love that is there when I am ranting and raving about some stupid thing.
Love that is there when I spend too much on the AMEX.
Love that is there even though I need to lose "just-a-little-bit" of weight.
Love that is there when I leave my credit card at the restaurant.
Love that is there when I burn dinner.
Love that keeps going and going.
Chris, if there's one thing that has surprised me in 15 years, it is how you go on loving me, difficult as that must be much of the time. When I feel like I am playing tug-of-war with the world, you so quickly come to my rescue and help me pull. You silently show me love by doing more than your share around the house and filling in the gaps that I often create. You find ways to show love without words, but you also say the words, just in case I didn't know.
But I know.
And though I still may not scream in the middle of Nordstrom, "I LOVE Chris Linebarger!" everything inside of me does. And will. And will continue to always love you.
Happy 15 years of us.
xoxo
This past week I Hi-Ho'd myself back to work after 8 weeks of maternity leave. I can't say that I whistled a happy tune or sang on my commute to the office. Instead, I just cried and yawned a lot thanks to being hormonal and not getting any sleep. That is, until I got to the office, and then I put on my happy face and my serious let's-get-to-work facade and jumped back in the game.
My boss is glad that things are back to normal. He's glad that everything is the same as it used to be before I left. He sees the same girl who has been working for him for years. I am parking in the same spot, sitting at the same desk, wearing the same pre-maternity suits that I did before. I run the same meetings and have the same goals.
But I am not the same girl.
I'm a mother of 2 now.
I've welcomed a second girl into our family.
I've had 8 weeks off from work to readjust my priorities and remember that the most important things in life are the man I sleep next to at night, the baby I feed in the middle of the night, and the sweet girl who for the past 8 weeks has gotten off the bus at 3:14 and run home to tell me about her day.
Don't get me wrong -- I love my job. I love the work I do and the people I meet every day. It is a privilege for me to get to help someone find a new job and share that excitement with them. It is fulfilling for me, and I love the company where I work.
And that's a good thing. Enough to even make me whistle a little bit.
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