Dr Copa

Well here we go again. We are supposed to be getting a lot more snow starting tomorrow sometime. My car still has over 2 feet of snow on it’s roof from the storm we got over the weekend. I’ve been driving my truck these past days, the roads are still a mess and I trust my truck a whole lot more than my little Honda in this type of weather.

Guess we will see what happens. It is February.

When we moved down here a few years ago, I really felt that we were living out in the “boonies.”  After all, we live across the street from a farm.  When we look out the front room window we never know if we will be seeing cows, sheep, goats, or horses grazing in the pasture. Things move at a much slower pace around here, which isn’t really a problem, it’s kinda nice actually. I just wish that the snow removal on the roads went a little quicker. It’s been 2 days now since the last snow storm and the roads are still a complete mess. School was cancelled today because of the roads and tomorrow they are opening 2 hours late.

Speaking of the rodeos, Andy tells me that he has been thinking about buying some National Finals Rodeo tickets for next December.  He found a NFR Tickets plaza online that is already selling tickets for this big event!  Andy loves to vacation in Las Vegas, and he loves going to Rodeos, so this is a double the pleasure type of vacation for him!  He has invited us to join him, but he said it will have to be “Dutch Treat.”

Well, going online and seeing the price of the tickets to the rodeo was rather startling!  I’m not sure we could afford to go!  I’ll have to give Andy a phone call and see what price range he was thinking of!  And then we’ll have to iron out if we are going to be renting and sharing a condo, or staying in separate places.  We enjoy Andy’s company and all that, but his finances are in much better shape than ours are in right now and he can afford to take great fancy expensive vacations.  Until my insurance settlement money comes in we have to watch our pennies pretty closely and I feel rather uncomfortable gambling that we’ll have the money by then!

I remember when I was a kid, my uncle and his wife picked me up and put me in the back of their station wagon along with their brood of 5 kids, my cousins and was taken to the Houston Rodeo for the day. It was a bit scary at first. Everything was so large and exciting, larger than life like. But after the first initial shock wore off I was good to go and really had a blast for the rest of the day that we were there.

I gained a new respect for these folks who really put their health and their lives on the line to entertain the public and compete against each other. I’ve never been to another rodeo, but I do think about it from time to time. Like when I’m switching channels and I run across a rodeo taking place. I stop and watch for a few minutes, enjoying a few good memories and then move on. Or I see some rodeo going on in a movie or television show.

I’ve heard that they are starting to sell tickets to concerts at the Houston Rodeo and I’ve taken a fancy to the idea of taking the wife and a few other select members of the family to witness this fascinating sport. We haven’t done anything exciting like that in some time. Now that the holidays are all over and done with we need something to pump us up again. The Rodeo might be just what we need!

My wife and I were talking about how much we’d like to go back to DisneyWorld when I recover from all of the surgeries that I need to have. It got me thinking about the Jammitors that we saw the last time we went down. They were really terrific! So I started looking on YouTube for them and found this video! It sure brings back great memories! I hope you enjoy the video too!