Rita Ellerd:  

Life Oh dear. Where do I start? After high school, I became Justice of the Peace, then I went to college, then I dropped college, then I got married, then I was a widow at 21, then I met my husband to be on a blind date and married him 12 days later - that was almost 26 years ago. Fourteen years ago, we started a pest control business on the coast and that is where we still live, on the Texas Gulf Coast. As the crow flies, we live about 4 miles from the beach, but by car or boat, its much further. We live on the San Bernard River in Brazoria. We have two boys, Josh (19) and Jared (13). Josh works for us and Jared is chewing at the bits to get to "work". I keep telling him "in due time son, someday you'll regret rushing to go to work." But at 13 all he can think of is getting a paycheck. Tim and I both ride motorcycles and attend motorcycle rallies all over Texas. We have a toyhauler (a travel trailer with a built in garage for the bikes) that we c...Expand for more