Update from San Angelo...

Aside from this hotel being VASTLY inferior to the Red Rock Casino, this has been a good trip. So far we are 2-0, having defeated both teams we played, rather handily, 9-0 and 4-1. We expected a couple of easier games, but not that easy and actually, the first game was 10-1, as we had three girls get a hat trick and my daughter scored one goal on a very nice run from the mid/right wing, but the official forgot to credit it us with one goal... go figure. Tomorrow's game will be a challenge. The game is 8:00 a.m. so that's already a challenge!

Oh, and on the hotel, it was a dump when I stayed here back in the early '80s and still one when we were here for a baseball tournament some 5 or 6 years ago. Let's just say, that a cot and a wash pan are not much lower on the accommodations scale! But we will push through...

Getting ready to play...















Daughter scores on a very nice run!

OK, the word is out...

I emailed a few friends and family about this site... maybe we will get some hits and comments to stir things up.

Why is it....

that some deaths affect you more than others? A few posts down is an obituary for Pat McAdoo, a long-time resident of Seagraves, TX - the town in which I grew up. Please take a moment to tell your loved ones how much they mean to you, or how much you appreciate them. Don't leave anything unsaid. I guess it hits too close to home, especially since Monica, his daughter and my classmate, was so thoughtful and kind when my mother passed away. I will never forget her acts of kindness and what they meant to me then and now. My only regret is not being able to return the favor during her loss. She did request that I pass along any funny stories or recollections about Pat, which I did...

I stole this, from a member on Longhornnation, but it's somewhat appropriate (Thank you, LindaMarie!)

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Pat, you will be missed...

Pat and Carolyn were Sr. class parents for my high school class of 1981. Pat was a great guy, funny to the end I'm sure... Our thoughts and prayers go out to Carolyn, Monica, Rick and their families!

From the Lubbock Avalanche Journal:

Patrick Lee McAdoo

A Celebration of Life for Patrick Lee McAdoo, age 66, will be Wednesday, 2 p.m. Jan. 3, 2006 at the First United Methodist Church in Seagraves. Mr. James Kinnaird will officiate with Rev. Dustin McEwen assisting. Burial will follow at the Gaines County Cemetery in Seagraves. Services provided by Mark A. Jones Funeral Directors of Seagraves.

Pat was born on Jan. 2, 1940 in Corpus Christi. He moved to Seagraves from Wink, Texas when he was an infant. His dad, L.M. and mother, Martha purchased the local Chevrolet dealership. Pat later became a partner and co-owner of the dealership until his dad passed away in May of 1987.

Pat attended school in Seagraves and graduated as Class President in 1958. He graduated Texas Christian University in 1962. He was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and very proud of the fact that his son, Rick, attended his alma mater and pledged his fraternity in 1984.

On Sept. 9, 1962 he married the love of his life Carolyn Smith in Seagraves at the First United Methodist Church.

Pat was loyal to Seagraves and its residents. He served as Mayor from 1988 to June, 2006, when he retired. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Seagraves and taught Sunday school for many years. He served on the Seagraves First State Bank Board and served as a member and past chairman of the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission and council of government covering a seventeen county area of the Permian Basin made up of fourteen county judges and four mayors from this area. Pat was also a member of the Rotary Club ìPaul Harris Fellowî and has served as an officer of the local club for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, of the home; one son, Rick and wife Kristen of Fort Worth and one daughter, Monica McCormick and husband Steve of Seagraves. He also leaves five grandchildren, Allison and Mitchell McCormick and Patrick III, Adam and Erin.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson, Stephen McCormick, Jr.

Memorials can be made to Seagraves/Loop EMS, Route #1, Box 125, Seagraves, Texas and the Seagraves/Loop Museum, PO Box 1387, Seagraves, TX 79359.