Show and Tell Tuesday: Hometown Edition

Linking up with Erika's friend Andrea, because Erika is gone on Spring Break!  I do feel like Andrea is almost like a former student, though (bc she is so young, as well as Erika's friend), so I'm linking up with her!!

My hometown:  Puxico, MO

I would have to say, however, that I haven't lived my entire life in Puxico.  I was born at Fort Hood, Texas as an Army brat (Karon and I were apparently the first set of twins born on the Army base).  We moved to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and then to Puxico.  I don't really remember any of the above, so I truly do consider Puxico the only home I ever knew! 

I grew up on a quiet little street, where all of us neighborhood kids would play hide and seek - AT MIDNIGHT, ya'll!!  I was not very old when we did this!  Like 9 or 10, maybe!  Oh, the fun we had!  I cannot even imagine letting my 9 year old outside at midnight to play hide and seek! Ha!  That's the joy of living in a small town!  Everybody's mother could yell at you and you would listen!!  

We would also have sleepovers at my friend Darla's.  We would make sopapillias (so I can't spell the dang word) out of biscuits and eat them with honey!  We would more than likely make them around 2 am during our sleepover, which, if it was in the summer, would be when we happened to get out of the pool!!!  Again, I had "mothers" everywhere, so there was no need for my momma to worry about me!

Homecoming, though, was the time we ALL looked (still do) forward to!  The rides, the food, the games!!!  When I was younger, it was safe enough that my parents would let Karon and me just go!  We had to check in at the EAT Shack every so often, and lo and behold if we didn't we were in trouble!!  The EAT Shack is the VFW's food stand - most famous for it's Goatburgers!!

Oh, those Goatburgers!!! BLECH!  I have never eaten one, and probably never will!!  Oh, everyone says they are delicious!  Gary likes them, and Michael likes them, but this girl?  Oh, heck no!!  My momma used to cook the meat, and would SMELL like them!!  Even back then my sense of smell was way too sensitive, so I couldn't stand the thought of eating that smell!! Ha!

I love my little town of Puxico, and even though I don't know many of the people there anymore, it is still home to me, and always will be!!

This is a picture of our gym now, but when I was in school, the walls beside the doors were all glass!!

I always said, "What do you get when you cross a Puxico Indian and a Zalma Bulldog?  A couple of Advance Hornets!!"

This is a picture of the "old" high school!  It was torn down several years ago and a new one built.  Oh the memories!!

Thanks for stopping by so soon!!  Only a wee bit late on this post, but, hey!  Cut a girl some slack!  You actually get a two fer today!!!

Love to all

Sharon