well, this is it, looks like another year in the books; it's been great, Tracy and the girls have made me a happy home, what more can a man ask for? I was proud to run a marathon, which I have already reregistered for in Feb 09, and will do better, I promise.. it was so nice to get back on the race track in a new car and be ultra competitive, better than that win a couple of races, that too will be lights out in 09..
I could go on and on but just tab back and you will see all my thoughts on those deals, the plan is to see if we can stay awake till midnight! thats a lot harder than it used to be...!!!!!
I hope everyone has a safe & Happy New year, live each day as if it were your last. I did say goodbye to a dear friend/co worker Jerry Fugate today, riding off into the sunset retired to the texas gulf coast, good things do happen to good people, I wish you all blessings and peace for the coming year....
Rodney
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
ok- what you've missed!
well I spent the week home with the kids, I'm working today, very depressed over the Dallas Cowboys but lets look backwards........
we made it the final game @ Texas Stadium on the 20th, ultimate road trip, but our hotel had no heater, for 29.00 I guess I can't bitch too bad! we got tickets in section 23 but man we were worried...... upon entering we met a little lady who has had her seats all 38 years the joint has been open! that was awesome, the outcome was no bueno but the ceremony after was incredible, we tried to get on the field but couldn't, we tried to take some stadium pieces with us but one of Irving's finest thought otherwise, when he offered jail, we gave up our treasures! what a cold 23 degree walk to the car, wind in our face, but I'd do it all AGAIN!
Holiday week was cool, had family in to stay with my wife and kids, went to visit other family friday, the girls now have a wii, that thing is fun! went to runtex to get new shoes in anticipation of Austin 09 in Febuary, the dude verified that I did indeed blow a tendon last year but he put me in some good shoes, broke them in with 3.5 miles yesterday, they felt like i've had em for years, i'm cautiously optimistic..
ok, i need to try to get in the groove, trying to compile my 2009 resolutions, looking forward to my church's annual Resolution Run on 1/1/2009.....5K.
I'll share my Cowboy thoughts later this week!
rkr
we made it the final game @ Texas Stadium on the 20th, ultimate road trip, but our hotel had no heater, for 29.00 I guess I can't bitch too bad! we got tickets in section 23 but man we were worried...... upon entering we met a little lady who has had her seats all 38 years the joint has been open! that was awesome, the outcome was no bueno but the ceremony after was incredible, we tried to get on the field but couldn't, we tried to take some stadium pieces with us but one of Irving's finest thought otherwise, when he offered jail, we gave up our treasures! what a cold 23 degree walk to the car, wind in our face, but I'd do it all AGAIN!
Holiday week was cool, had family in to stay with my wife and kids, went to visit other family friday, the girls now have a wii, that thing is fun! went to runtex to get new shoes in anticipation of Austin 09 in Febuary, the dude verified that I did indeed blow a tendon last year but he put me in some good shoes, broke them in with 3.5 miles yesterday, they felt like i've had em for years, i'm cautiously optimistic..
ok, i need to try to get in the groove, trying to compile my 2009 resolutions, looking forward to my church's annual Resolution Run on 1/1/2009.....5K.
I'll share my Cowboy thoughts later this week!
rkr
Friday, December 19, 2008
Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas
oh how many times did I here that growing up, countless times, watching with my family, growing up and all through life there have been me and the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Stadium.
I saw a motocross there before I ever saw a game, I remember Kerry Von Erich beat Ric Flair there in 1983, but weekend after weekend there it was; finally in 2006 I got to go!
Now the place will host it's last game tomorrow and me and my buddy will be there! My wife is the best lady in the world! We'd missed it otherwise but she said I should go, this is going to be so cool yet sad. I heard safety Keith Davis this AM, his voice is already quivering, he grew up there in the Dallas area, and he'll play for Dallas in that last game. Think about all the big games, all the players, the history; even the TV show opened with a shot of the hole in the roof.....
we will have fun, we will do it up and soak it all in, we have both been DC fans for sooo long, but when we walk out and look at it again, it will be like losing a lifelong friend. Sad thing is, Sunday morning on the way out, we'll have to drive by the old lady one more time, no fanfare, no noise, just her sitting there silent...... I guess that will be the way to remember her.
Goodbye old friend, thanks for staying with me all these years, I promise, it won't be the same without you!!
rkr
I saw a motocross there before I ever saw a game, I remember Kerry Von Erich beat Ric Flair there in 1983, but weekend after weekend there it was; finally in 2006 I got to go!
Now the place will host it's last game tomorrow and me and my buddy will be there! My wife is the best lady in the world! We'd missed it otherwise but she said I should go, this is going to be so cool yet sad. I heard safety Keith Davis this AM, his voice is already quivering, he grew up there in the Dallas area, and he'll play for Dallas in that last game. Think about all the big games, all the players, the history; even the TV show opened with a shot of the hole in the roof.....
we will have fun, we will do it up and soak it all in, we have both been DC fans for sooo long, but when we walk out and look at it again, it will be like losing a lifelong friend. Sad thing is, Sunday morning on the way out, we'll have to drive by the old lady one more time, no fanfare, no noise, just her sitting there silent...... I guess that will be the way to remember her.
Goodbye old friend, thanks for staying with me all these years, I promise, it won't be the same without you!!
rkr
Friday, December 12, 2008
colder, warmer, colder, snow, sun
man I hate the weather, I have a hell of a time knowing how to dress....so in the AM i get cool, PM i'm sweating like a racehorse, oh well, least of my problems I guess. been an ok week for me, i'm ready for a break, can't figure out if I have a cold or allergies, eithier way I go on.....
sure do hope to do a little running this weekend, really need to get some races (foot) in her pretty soon, good motivation doing 5k's and so forth, makes me feel accomplished.
hope the cowboys win sunday, big game v. the g men, our poor team appears to be in limbo again but that seems to be when they play the best.....
got word a good ol boy from lockhart is in bad shape, Mr. Red, pretty good soul this man has, been going through some rough times, I'm praying for him......
I'm gonna go check the temperature outside, maybe lose 1 layer of clothing!!!!
be safe & breath deep,
rkr
sure do hope to do a little running this weekend, really need to get some races (foot) in her pretty soon, good motivation doing 5k's and so forth, makes me feel accomplished.
hope the cowboys win sunday, big game v. the g men, our poor team appears to be in limbo again but that seems to be when they play the best.....
got word a good ol boy from lockhart is in bad shape, Mr. Red, pretty good soul this man has, been going through some rough times, I'm praying for him......
I'm gonna go check the temperature outside, maybe lose 1 layer of clothing!!!!
be safe & breath deep,
rkr
Monday, December 8, 2008
NEW WEEK
I was thinking about something Friday nite, I think I am in the minority around people I know that remember OJ Simpson as anything other than a criminal....
In 2nd grade I learned this dude they called "The Juice" had won the 68 Heisman trophy, I read books about him and his career, the 2003 yards that set a long time record. I remember his retirement as a 49er, I saw his last game when he went off the field. I won a trivia contest one year in middle school because I knew his first name was not Oscar...... we all know it is Orenthal I told my schoolmates!
Then, as an announcer, this dude was such a good speaker, so clear, made good sense, flying through airports, wow!!!! The Naked gun movies, pretty comical as Nordberg...
then 1995 rolled around, and that's how America remembers OJ Simpson, what a waste.
Sunday.... Dallas, c'mon Tony, we're lost without you but man.... put that splint back on! At least we found a hell of a backup running back, and... jason Garrett, use Roy E. Williams!!!!!
Unfortunalty, I got the Fiesta Bowl pick right, oh well, like I said, I said 3-4 losses in August!
But this team shouls be in the big game.
Time to get goin', see what the week has in store for me!!!
rkr
In 2nd grade I learned this dude they called "The Juice" had won the 68 Heisman trophy, I read books about him and his career, the 2003 yards that set a long time record. I remember his retirement as a 49er, I saw his last game when he went off the field. I won a trivia contest one year in middle school because I knew his first name was not Oscar...... we all know it is Orenthal I told my schoolmates!
Then, as an announcer, this dude was such a good speaker, so clear, made good sense, flying through airports, wow!!!! The Naked gun movies, pretty comical as Nordberg...
then 1995 rolled around, and that's how America remembers OJ Simpson, what a waste.
Sunday.... Dallas, c'mon Tony, we're lost without you but man.... put that splint back on! At least we found a hell of a backup running back, and... jason Garrett, use Roy E. Williams!!!!!
Unfortunalty, I got the Fiesta Bowl pick right, oh well, like I said, I said 3-4 losses in August!
But this team shouls be in the big game.
Time to get goin', see what the week has in store for me!!!
rkr
Friday, December 5, 2008
onward........
to the weekend we go!!!! looks like it will be a pipe buster tonite, up early for a fun holiday deal @ kp's school........ saturday.
looking for a big day of college football saturday, i decided today that i am going to find a way to get to texas stadium one more time, economically!
so much of my kidhood revolves around that place, so many games i remember, watching with my grandma, she loved Landry..... I finally got to go to a game in '06 with my friend James, I shed a tear or 2 in the parking lot tailgaiting that day looking at that place, incredible.
i've toured the place twice, i swear it is awesome... so, somehow someway we will get there, 3 more chances i think. next year it will not be the same, they've played there since I was born, thats 37 years!!!!!
if anyone has ideas, send them to me... i even e mailed kelly webster of 103.3 espn in dallas about my plan, maybe she'll help, she replied that my quest sounded like fun!
ok, on to the weekend.... my home dsl been jacked up, otherwise tune in for more info..
late,
rkr
looking for a big day of college football saturday, i decided today that i am going to find a way to get to texas stadium one more time, economically!
so much of my kidhood revolves around that place, so many games i remember, watching with my grandma, she loved Landry..... I finally got to go to a game in '06 with my friend James, I shed a tear or 2 in the parking lot tailgaiting that day looking at that place, incredible.
i've toured the place twice, i swear it is awesome... so, somehow someway we will get there, 3 more chances i think. next year it will not be the same, they've played there since I was born, thats 37 years!!!!!
if anyone has ideas, send them to me... i even e mailed kelly webster of 103.3 espn in dallas about my plan, maybe she'll help, she replied that my quest sounded like fun!
ok, on to the weekend.... my home dsl been jacked up, otherwise tune in for more info..
late,
rkr
Thursday, December 4, 2008
already cold already
man isn't it???? and only worse on friday. freezing for sure overnight!!!!!!!!
been a reasonably calm day, other than the fact that manly guys I work near are blarring xmas tunes, that shit gets old! ready to get a good cardio workout in tonite and maybe settle in for some ut basketball and an episode of y&r. now that is a combo.
looking towards a quiet weekend, maybe just get some holiday decos up and rake leaves, all my neighbors somehow have no leaves and my house is covered, imagine that.... guess if I didn't work I could shove my leaves somewhere else too! no such luxary, no dinero and no windfall in sight...... but i have a great wife, kids, family and 1 or 2 friends, what more do you need??
back to the grind, hope you all stay warm!!!
keep chillin,
rkr
been a reasonably calm day, other than the fact that manly guys I work near are blarring xmas tunes, that shit gets old! ready to get a good cardio workout in tonite and maybe settle in for some ut basketball and an episode of y&r. now that is a combo.
looking towards a quiet weekend, maybe just get some holiday decos up and rake leaves, all my neighbors somehow have no leaves and my house is covered, imagine that.... guess if I didn't work I could shove my leaves somewhere else too! no such luxary, no dinero and no windfall in sight...... but i have a great wife, kids, family and 1 or 2 friends, what more do you need??
back to the grind, hope you all stay warm!!!
keep chillin,
rkr
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
TEUSDAY
I have a co worker that spells it like that...... it sure was cold this morning when I went outside. I had decided last night that if were 40 degrees or higher In would go run this AM, I lucked out, it was 36. Good thing I got in 2 1/2 miles yesterday. Got our tree up Sunday, have another to do tonight, maybe put some lights up this weekend.
I has flashbacks last night of my beloved Houston Oilers, watching the Texans get a MNF home game took be back to 1978, Earl and Pastorini VS the Dolphins, that's the night the nation got it's 1st taste of the Tyler Rose, tore up Miami, one run was like 70 yards down the sideline and Houston won 35-31, Luv Ya Blue! and the Dome was rockin'!!!! ahhhh, the good ol days the Oilers and when MNF wasn't so ghettofied! Do you remember when you put the TV on Channel 24 @ 8 and the game started right away? Now they start that shit @ 4:30for a 7:30 kick, then they jack around and actuall start the game @ 7:45!!!! I don't give a shit about who knows the player better, his wife or his buddy....... start the game! Where are the good personalities, Dandy, Frank and Cosell, even OJ at one time, now....... Mike Tirico, Kornheiser, please, I can't even think of the other, I know he was a QB. And that boo-ya guy bothers the hell out of me.... whatever, it ain't the same, well neither is the NFL Today, Charlie Casserly? the Expert? he built the TEXANS??? and got fired!
Oh well the one positive, Jillian Barbierrie looks better after the kid on FOX.
Speaking of FOX, to add insult to injury, they trot out that ass-whipe Barry S. to announce OU jumped UT.........
back to work, I'm geting too worked up, need to relax.
rkr
I has flashbacks last night of my beloved Houston Oilers, watching the Texans get a MNF home game took be back to 1978, Earl and Pastorini VS the Dolphins, that's the night the nation got it's 1st taste of the Tyler Rose, tore up Miami, one run was like 70 yards down the sideline and Houston won 35-31, Luv Ya Blue! and the Dome was rockin'!!!! ahhhh, the good ol days the Oilers and when MNF wasn't so ghettofied! Do you remember when you put the TV on Channel 24 @ 8 and the game started right away? Now they start that shit @ 4:30for a 7:30 kick, then they jack around and actuall start the game @ 7:45!!!! I don't give a shit about who knows the player better, his wife or his buddy....... start the game! Where are the good personalities, Dandy, Frank and Cosell, even OJ at one time, now....... Mike Tirico, Kornheiser, please, I can't even think of the other, I know he was a QB. And that boo-ya guy bothers the hell out of me.... whatever, it ain't the same, well neither is the NFL Today, Charlie Casserly? the Expert? he built the TEXANS??? and got fired!
Oh well the one positive, Jillian Barbierrie looks better after the kid on FOX.
Speaking of FOX, to add insult to injury, they trot out that ass-whipe Barry S. to announce OU jumped UT.........
back to work, I'm geting too worked up, need to relax.
rkr
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