She's twelve! And she's doing about a good a job as can be expected on most things she does in life. She's not the best student. She doesn't have the most intelligence. But she has found a way to hang on some kind of way.  read more »

It will be a good "warpath" though; meaning I am planning on getting a lot done. Yesterday was a pretty good day and today will be even better.  read more »

Today we had our first snow storm of the season.

Although the morning snow was washed away by the afternoon's rain, tonight we are supposed to get a couple of inches before morning.

How do you react to the first snow?

Do you plan ahead, change to snows on your vehicle, tune up the furnace or stock up the wood pile?  read more »

Yesterday morning (Monday) I got a rude awakening, by a phone call from my daughters school principal.

Apparently my 11 year old had flipped the bird to her bus driver on Friday afternoon.
Punishment was decided that she had to give a written apology to the driver or she would be suspended from the bus today (Tuesday).  read more »

Real Estate, houses as homes and investments have been in the broadcast, print and Internet news recently as the housing sector is considered to be a prime segment of the United States economy.
Recently, reading the Wall Street Journal the financial news has been dominated by the "Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis."  read more »

We do have a hurricane that will affect Texas, but not this area. It hit near the Texas-Louisiana line and will bring some heavy rain to those areas. We are a long way from the action here in San Antonio.  read more »

I remember back when I was in school. Back then, we had about 30 minutes for recess. Back then, we had gym 3 days a week. Back then, we were allowed to talk at lunch. Back then, we were encouraged to make friends with our classmates.  read more »

It’s Monday and I am my usual Monday morning self...........I didn’t want to get up. But I had to. First of all, it’s my early week at work so I had to get up and get going. The first thing was to check my e-mails and such and then get to writing. I will do this and then gear up for work.  read more »

Tuesday is back to school for me, and although I’m a little older than the typical college crowd, I don’t mind. The reservations I have are regarding the Marxist leanings of some of the professors. I heard Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly mention this, but I thought they were just doing their kooky right wing act. Apparently, I was wrong.  read more »

It’s a grand Thursday morning at the old Rooster household here. I slept pretty well. So I am up early and will be ready to go. I just have a great feeling about today. I think I will get good news all around for some reason. I just have that feeling and when I get that feeling I am usually close to being correct if not right on.  read more »