O.K., here is one I am sure most of you have been waiting for.


On average an adult in the United States will use 57 sheets (or squares) of toilet paper, per day.


I heard this during the impossible question the other morning with Fearless and the Wop. (That is Rudy and Pete for those of you who don't know. They are a morning radio show here in the Big Country.


Lots of things going on. Money, there is not enough of it.


It would appear things are beginning to move in Trc's world. It seems Brntly came in and told her he wanted a divorce, telling her he couldn't afford her or the girls any more. They were too high maintenance. As much as we all knew this was coming, it is still a shock to hear him say it. For a few months I had been telling Trc he had an agenda and if she continued to just react instead of being proactive, she was going to find herself in a bad situation.

Reality has struck home. This morning she is visiting with an attorney. Later she is going to check on available aid. Medicaid, food stamps. I told her it doesn't cost to enter.


Although Brntly has been living in Angelo for the last year and half, he had deserted them long before that.


I wish we were in a better position to help her, but with us not going back to the seasonal work, resources are limited.

I know the roller coaster she is on emotionally.

She is fixing to learn a lot about herself. And she is fixing to learn a lot about her mother and things Trc had no idea were going on when they found themselves abandoned when Trc was just a teenager.

A relationship is work.

We have had an on going dialogue at the parts store about today's generations expecting to leave home, get married and start at the same point their parents were at when they left their parent's homes. It doesn't work like that. To get where parents are at, it has taken the majority of their lifetime and it hasn't been without sacrifice and hard work.

The girls are fixing to learn an economy mode. Trc knows it, she just forgot it somewhere.

Brntly quit college either three or nine hours away from his degree. He said he didn't need a diploma. He discouraged Trc from going to school, and she never even completed her associate degree. When Lrn graduated, Brntly saw no reason for her to go to college. He didn't have a degree and he had done alright, why would she need one?

I guess that is one of the things about him I don't understand. Most parents want their children to do better.

I feel his discouraging Trc was a way of making her dependent. For 20+ years she has dedicated herself to their family, and helping with whatever venture Brntly was pursuing at a given time. Now when he has decided he doesn't want her or the girls, she finds herself in a position where she has no job training or skills.

Krl has been working her trucks hard. Thankfully things have turned around as far as back hauls go. Unfortunately, the receivables have not been rolling in. I think for the week, we got one check in. Knowing the bind that Memama and Pepa's trucks have put them in, we flowed it right through to them, yet they were still short of what they needed.

Yesterday at lunch, it was Memama, Pepa and I. We talked quite candidly. Pepa has been very critical of my handling of the seasonal work contract situation. He has been very vocal that I should have been more willing to compromise. That was not and is not the problem. The problem was after the terms of the agreement were negotiated and we were verbally told, "We have a deal", the contract came and was not what we had negotiated. The current general manager has only been there for a year, yet I have already caught the man in several lies. Obviously he is not as honorable as the longtime general manager he replaced.

Krl and I talked at length about what to do with the "new and improved contract". We decided to let our attorney look it over, and he reinforced our doubts about it. He contacted the seasonal work who had their attorney contact our attorney and they began trying to work out the kinks between what they presented us with and what we agreed on. Krl and I decided if the general manager made the changes to reflect what was agreed on, he might be o.k.. If he did not, we probably didn't need to work in that situation.

If what I am hearing is correct, we may be leading a parade.

We are still confident that GOD has something bigger and better in store for us. We are just having a little problem with waiting for HIS time frame. I know, patience is a virtue.

This is an area I find myself struggling right now.

I have been flattered by the South Texas guys who have worked for us the past fourteen years. They continue to call telling me that the general manager has asked them to work directly for him, but they would prefer to go wherever I go. I have told them to do what they need to do.

One thing I have not done is try to handicap the general manager or my former sub-contractors. I have given all of them contact information to put them in contact with each other.

I was very impressed with President Obama's speech to Congress about health care reform. I like what he said, I just don't know how it is going to be achieved. I like no pre-existing conditions, I like the fact that providers cannot cancel you just because you get sick.

I was very disappointed with Representative Wilson's disrespectful outburst.

I received a correspondence yesterday from a friend and he was really trashing the President and the Democrat controlled Congress. I have a real problem with him trying to tell me all of this has happened since our last Presidential election. I am still very thankful our President is trying to lead.

That is much better than that last white boy we had in Washington.

I have had several people tell me that many of the problems we are experiencing as a nation go back through the Bush administration and into the Clinton administration. I don't know if I would take it that far.

Well, have a day!

FATHER, I seem to be struggling again. I bet YOU get tired of hearing that. I continue to pray YOU will lead us where YOU intend us to be. FATHER, I pray for Trc and the girls. That they will make good decisions, and that YOU will give them the strength, guidance and faith to get them through a difficult time. YOU are good.