Ol' Roosters Life and Times

Our niece, who we have custody of, will graduate to middle school today. She had to find out if she had passed the math part of the TAKS test and she did. We are so very proud of her. This is a child who has been abandoned by her parents for the most part, yet she is finding ways to hang on and do a... Sign in to see full entry.

That’s correct. It’s an old bad Tuesday this week. I was off yesterday, but that did not make much difference on how I felt to start the week this week. Tuesday has just taken the place of Monday. I don’t imagine I thought I’d wake up to be a ball of fire about getting to work today. I will be fine... Sign in to see full entry.

Today is Memorial Day. So we all need to remember our fallen soldiers, of all our wars, that made the greatest sacrifice a man, or woman, can make. America is the freest and bravest of all nations. We fight for what is just and right. We have given mankind all over the globe hope with our presence.... Sign in to see full entry.

We had 3.5" of rain here in south central Texas last night. That will push our rainfall total for the year past the 21" mark. So I am officially declaring the drought over. This announcement comes from the Rooster Institute of Meteorlogical Studies. This is some very welcome news for the region... Sign in to see full entry.

It actually started yesterday around 4:30 PM when I jumped in my truck to come home. That was a great feeling. I wanted to get off to a good start and we did. I picked up my niece at her after school daycare. We went to Taco Bell\KFC to get something to eat. Then we played in the video arcade for a... Sign in to see full entry.

It seems like it took Friday a long time to get here. I have had a great week though. It just seems like a long week. It is Friday though and I love my Friday’s. At 5 pm today I will be a very happy guy. I will be ready to come home and have some fun. I hope no one is driving slow in front of me on... Sign in to see full entry.

A long time ago I got in a pretty bad car wreck. I had numerous injuries that were pretty life threatening. I stayed in the hospital for a couple of weeks. In the melee I had broken my jaw and had to have it wired shut. That is a tough deal. Well, the day finally came to take the wires out of my... Sign in to see full entry.

I am tuning up for the weekend. That is what today will be. I can always make Friday. Plus tomorrow is a Friday before a three-day weekend. So I will tune-up for my weekend today. I am going to enjoy and extra day off. That will be nice. The wife is on business trip. She gets to do this pretty... Sign in to see full entry.

He was a first baseman. A very good first baseman I might add. He was a very solid hitter; nearly.400 in college. He was smart, funny, articulate and a big man on campus; maybe THE big man on campus. He was attending an elite university a long way from home. Minor league baseball was definitely a... Sign in to see full entry.

Well, I got up a little earlier today than yesterday. So at least I have time to write some. I hate oversleeping, but I do that at times. I guess sometimes you need more rest than you think. I get up plenty early so I did not have any trouble getting to work early. I am always at work for 7 instead... Sign in to see full entry.