Letter "X" -- -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections/People on the Street

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! 

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Weekend Roundup, THE TWENTY-FOUTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES - The Letter "X" Prompts are: (A) Contains the Letter "X"; (B) "Looks like an X" (Tom's Choice); (C) A Favorite; and (D) A Lagniappe. 

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(A) Contains the Letter "X":  Texas has an "X" right in the middle of its name.  An aside, I think that we were the only independent COUNTRY so far that has joined the U.S. 

The blue dot is our house out I-10 in Katy, Texas.  Our town is a suburb of Houston, bordering it on its west side.

We used to live north of Houston, northwest of Conroe.  Conroe is on I-45 heading out to Dallas, about a three and a half hours drive.  Before we moved, we lived in a small subdivision of about 2000 homes bordering Lake Conroe on its northwest side, right off the bottom right foot of "AM's" letter "M". 

All you see is flat land until on the north at the lake small rolling hills begin.   Then our home was 75 miles, an hour and a half drive, to where we live now.   Our post office was in Montgomery, covered by the "105" highway marker west of the lake. 

The Houston Ship Channel ends about at the bottom of the letter "n" of the word "Houston".  The Port of Houston has widened Buffalo Bayou to the right all the way out to Galveston Bay which extends south down into the Gulf of Mexico.  Buffalo Bayou goes to west of our Katy someplace.   Heavy rains over ten inches start the flooding over it's part of town from Katy and into Houston. 

(B) "Looks like an "X" (Tom's Choice):   Crossed eating utensils when the meal is finished.  Didn't even think about "X's".  Our meal Monday noon was leftover Digiorno Supreme slices of pizza.  These two are further leftover for a snack on another day.

(C) A Favorite:  Leftover Pizza is my Favorite when cold from the refrigerator.  The time of day when I'd be eating it makes a cold pizza snack extra good. 

(D) A Lagniappe. . "X" is for Xmas Tree.  This is a page copied from my "jim's  little Christmas Tree blog' which you can see using the link below.  At the end of the "Fine Print. 

(E)  Reflections/Street People:  Santa was there in mannequin to greet us at the Walmart Store.  Mrs. Jim took these pictures; it wasn't until I got home that I saw the light and merchandise reflection on the floor behind and to the right of Santa.  There were many truss members of the ceiling with a "Z" form though not many "X" formed.  "Z's" are showing in Mrs. Jim's photo but not even one "X".

Not the Walmart store closest to us, that is a "Neighborhood Walmart" with a full complement of groceries, drugstore, and grooming items and then necessities in other merchandise.   We like it

But this big Santa guy was at the Super Walmart complete with everything from gardening to electronics, automotive items to our bank branch to electronics and toys, and everything in between. 

The first, the neighborhood one, is about 1.5 miles while the super store is almost six.  

Oh yes, we filled up with gas at the larger one.  It was $2.71 a gallon.

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 - [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]

 - I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews) 

 - I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).

 - The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law. 

 - Click Here for all countries I've visited. 

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Note:  I have activated my "jim's little Christmas Tree farm" blog posting for this season.  Click this label, Christmas 2021 , to have a peek and monitor my progress. 

It has directions to send me a picture of your tree or decorations if you wish. 

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