Forth Worth, TX We're in cowboy country now! Despite Laura's love for cowboys, I think she got more than she reckoned for tonight. We were sitting in the Fort Worth Stockyards on the porch of a historic building, reading and watching the rain begin to fall, and watching this 12-year-old cowboy strut up and down the boards, lazily swinging his lasso. After a few passes, he gets up the courage to strut over to us, asking "You ladies ever been roped?" We kind of smile, say no, and return to our books, hoping to discourage further attempts at this juvenile flirting, when all of a sudden there's a whizzing noise and the rope goes flying through the air, landing neatly around Laura's neck! It knocked her hair clip out, sent her book flying, and practically gave her a fat lip! Oh, Texas…they train them young here.