Ol' Roosters Life and Times

It is a great Thursday night. I am a bit later than usual, but I will write and then go to bed. I won’t get as much sleep, but it won’t be too bad. I can catch up over the weekend. We had some rain here today. That is very nice. It was not a ton. It was enough to do a little good though. Maybe we... Sign in to see full entry.

I got a call at lunch today from the local newspaper. They asked me to send a picture of me and a tag line. They are going to publish a story of mine in the editorial section and put my picture alongside it. This is big news for me. It’s very exciting. I don’t even think it’s my best writing. But it... Sign in to see full entry.

We owed about $5. That is not too bad for the strategy we used to figure out how to break even. We did a good job. We gave a lot of money to charity this year along with goods and services. Of course, the wife and I are both from Louisiana and we have to send money home after the hurricanes. The... Sign in to see full entry.

He was standing in the middle of one of the biggest streets in the city. Several cars had to dodge him. He was confused and did not know what to do. I was following my wife in my truck as we drove home from picking up my truck. We stopped and both jumped out and I grabbed the big boy. He was scared.... Sign in to see full entry.

It is Friday at last. And Good Friday on top of it all. It seems like Monday was about a month ago. I am glad it is finally Friday. My wife is off, but that is fine. I like when she can stay home. It is 63°. That is nice. We don’t have much of a chance of rain. So it is dry. I watered my garden... Sign in to see full entry.

It is a great Thursday morning here in Texas. Our temperature is 69°. Each day is is getting a few degrees cooler, but it’s not too warm yet. That weather is coming. We don’t have much of a chance of rain, but we need some. I am up very early. I am getting ready to go to work. I wish I could stay... Sign in to see full entry.

It’s early and I am up and ready to go. It’s still my week to go to work early and I am ready for the day. Going early has it’s rewards, but they are not many. The day is too long when you have to go in this early. But I will live. I am just a cog in the wheel and I have to do my part to make the... Sign in to see full entry.

It’s a fine Tuesday morning in Texas. We have temps in the low’s 60’s and pretty clear skies. That is very nice. I am looking forward to a very nice day. It will warm and sunny today with not much chance of rain. Watering comes into play again at this time of year. I will water my plants and yard... Sign in to see full entry.

In the next few days I will officially have an article on women’s shoes published in a magazine. While I can’t copy any of the text that will go in the actual article I will include some excerpts that did not make the article. My editor is very excited about me, a guy, writing an article about... Sign in to see full entry.

This has been a wonderful weekend. Most of our weekends in the old Rooster household are fun, but this one was really good and we did not do too much leaving the old homestead. There was a lot of work mixed in with a lot of fun. So we are happy now and tired. The lion’s share of my weekend was spent... Sign in to see full entry.