Naptown Diva: It is good to be from Indiana

I was born and raised in Indiana. (With a little stop over in Ohio that I don't like to discuss. Ha-ha!) Anyway ask any fellow Hoosier and we are darn proud of our state. My Dad currently lives in Ohio but he insists that when he is dying we better drive him back over the state line to die. I'm not even kidding! He says the air smells better here. I wouldn't know what to think if I lived someplace where there weren't 4 seasons and I couldn't see cornfields. People actually know and care about their neighbors. We are friendly. To me that is what makes Indiana feel like home. There is just something about us Hoosiers.

Hoosier family. 1982 or 1983??

At the Indiana State Fair with Janelle. 2008. There is more than corn in Indiana.

A true Indiana girl knows how to do archery. We learn in elementary school.

I found this 'forward' (remember email forwards????) in my email and wanted to share. I would have to say I have actually experienced all of them. Tell me if you agree.

Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Hoosiers…

If your local Dairy Queen is closed
from September through May,
you may live in Indiana.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you
assistance and they don’t even work there,
you may live in Indiana.

If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the
same time, you may live in Indiana.

If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation
with someone who dialed a wrong number,
you may live in Indiana.

If “vacation” means going anywhere south of
Indianapolis for the weekend, you may live in Indiana.

If you measure distance in hours,
you may live in Indiana.

If you know several people who have hit a deer
more than once, you may live in Indiana.

If you have switched from ‘heat’ to ‘A/C’ in
the same day and back again, you may live in Indiana.

If you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow
during a raging blizzard without flinching,
you may live in Indiana.

If you install security lights on your house and garage,
but leave both doors unlocked, you may live in Indiana.

If you carry jumpers in your car and
your wife knows how to use them,
you may live in Indiana.

If you design your kid’s Halloween costume
to fit over a snowsuit, you may live in Indiana .

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -
you’re going 80 and everybody is passing you,
you may live in Indiana .

If driving is better in the winter because
the potholes are filled with snow, you may live in Indiana .

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter,
winter, still winter and road construction,
you may live in Indiana ..

If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car,
you may live in Indiana .

If you find 10 degrees “a little chilly”,
you may live in Indiana .

If you actually like noodles and/or macaroni in your chili,

You are a HOOSIER!