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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Oklahoma fun facts

Oklahoma fun, I found this in "The Paper" published November 29th, 2010


Love the summer?

Poolville, Oklahoma

Sunray, Oklahoma

Want something to eat?

Corn

Grainola

Hominy

Olive

South Coffeeville (it is not spelled the way but is pronounced this way)

Sweetwater

Cookietown

Why travel to another state

Cleveland

Orlando

Miami

Pittsburg

Santa Fe

St. Louis

Chattanooga

Peoria

Burbank

Fargo

Don’t forget the wildlife

Wolfe

Eagle

Buffalo

Fox

Bison

Deer Creek

Elk City

Feeling a bit chilly?

Snow

Slick

Cold springs

Cloudy

Like the president?

Adams

Taylor

Fillmore

Grant

Taft

Johnson

Lincoln

Jefferson

Reagan

Wilson

Roosevelt

Carter

Clinton

Washington

Names to make you smile………….

Frogville

Loco

Bushyhead

Bugtussle

Hooker

Slaughterville

Bowlegs

Slapout

And regardless of percussion……….

Gay

Straight

Little know facts about Oklahoma

1. The bread twist tie was invented in Maysville

2. The shopping cart was invented in Ardmore in 1936

3. The nation’s first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City in 1935.

4. The first Girl Scout Cookie was sold in Muskogee in 1917.

5. The Oklahoma State capital is the only capital in the U.S. with a working oil wells on its ground

6. Boise City, Oklahoma was the only city in the U.S. to be bombed during World War II. On Monday night, July 5, 1943 at 12:30 a.m., A B-17 bomber based at Dalhart Army Air Base, Tx dropped six practice bombs on the sleeping town, mistaking the city lights as target lights. As target lights.

7. WKY Radio in Oklahoma City was the first radio station transmitting west of the Mississippi River.

8. The nation’s first “Tornado Warning” was issued on March 25, 1948 in Oklahoma City minutes before a devastating tornado. Because of the warning, no lives were lost.

9. Oklahoma has the largest Native America population of any state in the U.S.

10. The name “Oklahoma” comes from two Choctaw words……..okla meaning “people” and humma meaning “red”. So the name means “Red People” the name was approved in 1890.

11. Oklahoma has more man made lakes than any other state.

12. During the “land rush”, Oklahoma City went from a prairie to a city of over 10,000 in a single day.

13. The nation’s first traffic “Yeild” sign was erected in Tulsa on a trial basis.

14. Pensacola Dam~ between the Mayes county towns of Langley and Disney~ is the longest multi-arched dam in the world at 6,565.

15. The “Port of Catoosa” is the largest inland port in America

16. Per square mile, Oklahoma has more tornados than any other place in the world.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

ChiAnne


this is Chi's body as of today.......is it an allergic rxn to Pcn which she is on now for bronchitis or is it viral or could it even be measles.......who knows but I do know it doesn't seem to bother her, more it bothers mommy......these were taken this morning, she was covered from diaper area to her head with this fine red dot rash......I gave her benedryl to see if it helped in case she is having an allergic rxn to the antibotics........I will get new pics in the morning......