YOU KNOW YOU LIVE IN TEXAS WHEN . . .

5. Noah wants his shirt off because it's too hot even in the air-conditioned house

4. The local dry cleaners displays a banner stating starched jeans $1.97

3. You get one fire ant bite and it turns out looking like the largest zit you've ever seen

2. Companies dig in your back yard for natural gas (and you don't own the mineral rights)

and the No. 1 way you know you live in Texas is . . .
1. Armadillos dig up your yard/landscaping

disclaimer: not from our yard, from internet

So all of these things have been going on this past week. It's definitely different than growing up in Wisconsin. Who knows how to get rid of armadillos besides shooting them? I did hear marking your territory with coyote urine works. I guess I'll take the family coyote hunting and squeeze it for excrement. The joys of home ownership!