Velvet misses the old house. She is staying with Teri while we are on vacation. Teri lives 3 doors down from the old house (the Lincoln Manor house). Today Teri though she'd see if Velvet would go from the front door to the back yard without having to be onleash. She opened the door, went out with Velvet, and zoom...Velvet made a B-line for the old house. She sat on the front porch in front of the door waiting to be let in. Teri said the puppies barked at Velvet. Poor thing...she misses us.

Michelle's daughter, Kristen, graduated from highschool today. It was at the Toyota center in downtown Houston. Man that place is huge. There were tons of people there. It was wonderful seeing all those people supporting the kids and their accomplishments.

I have to say I'm just a bit dissappointed that Houston doesn't seem to be too terribly different from Indiana. The dirt is red, true that is different. There are a few palm trees but not very many. Well, there are armidillos and that is very different. The people here don't have a cute southern drawl accent that I was expecting. The only difference that has jumped right out at me is they say "ya'll" instead of "you guys". Where I live, all groups of people are addressed as "you guys", even groups of women. O.k., let's see...red dirt, palm trees, armidillos, cow boy hats for sale at gas stations, overpasses a mile long way up high in the air...o.k., maybe Texas is a little different from Indiana. Tomorrow we are going to go do something. Not sure what we will do, but it will be something we can't do in Indianapolis.