They did it. The Rockies are in. They have punched their ticket to the Series. It doesn't matter who they play, they have no fear. They don't panic when they are down. They just play baseball and play it hard. Good things happen when you play hard.
We are back on normal day shifts starting this morning. It is a bigger adjustment than you would think. I really liked having my mornings start out at home with the family. I got to take Stone to school a couple of times and was able to get a lot done with the paperwork for the house. The only thing we are waiting for now is the Seller's response to our Inspection Report and the things that need to be fixed and/or replaced.
Van is 5 months old today. He is getting big. He laughs a lot and really responds well to the boys when they play with him. Stone does really well with him and likes to hold him and carry him around until we see him and make him sit down.
We went and visited our new ward this past Sunday. It is in a new chapel which is nice. The ward is a good mix and actually was just reorganized a couple of weeks ago. They took parts of 3 different wards and restructured the boundaries to make this ward, so the ward is just coming together. The timing is good. The EQ all introduced themselves and it looks like a strong quorum. Janna stayed in the nursery w/ Rusty so she only met a few sisters. Rusty loved nursery, Stone wasn't so happy about Primary. I stayed with him the first hour and he fought it the entire time. He is the only boy in his class with 4 girls. Their Primary Program is the day after we move in, so he will get to not participate in another one.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Game 5, W, 13-0
We played Last Call again. We shut out Last Call again. We did not shut up Last Call though. For a team that has lost twice to us and not scored a single point, they sure talk a lot of smack. They went from tied for 2nd with us in the league to somewhere in the cellar where they belong. We are firmly planted in 2nd place with 4 wins and 1 loss. This win guarantees us a spot in the playoffs.
Tim was back at QB for us this game, playing most of the 1st half and leading us to a 7-0 halftime lead. It was also his catch and rugby shovel to me that got us the 2nd touchdown of the game. He threw me a nice ball down the middle of the field right at the end of the first half but the drive ended around the 20 when the clock expired.
Hopefully Tim has renewed confidence in throwing to me. Apparently sometime in our 1st game this season he said I wasn't aggressive enough on a ball and it was nearly picked. I can't remember it and have been racking my brain trying to remember it, but can't. If someone can recall it, let me know. Anyway I hope my one-handed catch of his shovel-pitch helped redeem his confidence in me. I take full responsibility of good balls I don't catch and I am working hard on not letting those drop.
Subway Sub of the Game: Malcolm. Malcolm played his first game with us. He is a force to be reckoned with on the O-line. I lost count how many defenders he flat-backed blocking on offense. It was nice to have a big body helping out on the line and giving our QB's more time to throw.
Highlights: I don't want to float my own boat, but in the 2nd half on 2 consecutive plays Scott threw me swing passes to the left and I think combined they went for about 50 yards. That was fun. I had the shimmy-shakes with my hips and eluded several would-be "tacklers" to pick up several yards after the catch. These were good plays that kept the linebackers honest and we would be smart to continue to run them until they stop us.
Allen had a few nice catches, one for the extra point if I remember right. Tim busted out the first TD running behind Malcolm on the right side of the line. Those punks were talking so much smack, it felt good to run it through their hearts and blow them off the line.
Our defense was solid again with its 4th shutout of the season. Allen has been calling a good defensive game and keeping the QB's guessing with our blitz package. It was good to have Paul and Dan back. We are hoping to finally see Jon Betts and hope his wife is making a speedy recovery from her accident.
The game came down once again to controlling the line of scrimmage. Our line both offensively and defensively dominated all game and even drew a couple of pats on the back from the officials during and after the game. When we control the line of scrimmage, we win.
Forecast: We play the Thunder next Saturday and unfortunately for them they play us in their 2nd game of back-to-back games. They have nice professional-looking uniforms and even a coach. I don't think they have won a game yet, but it is not for lack of trying. They played the Ballers tough in the first half on Saturday and moved the ball on them, they just couldn't finish. We should be up by 3 TD's going into halftime.
We have the late game so rest up. Hopefully the weather will cooperate like it did this past weekend and the rain will wait until after we play. Well done this week, my report is brief because it is late and I am tired. The Rockies won again and are up 3-0 in the series. They are playing out of their minds, I love it.
Next Game: 10/20 11 AM VS. Thunder
Tim was back at QB for us this game, playing most of the 1st half and leading us to a 7-0 halftime lead. It was also his catch and rugby shovel to me that got us the 2nd touchdown of the game. He threw me a nice ball down the middle of the field right at the end of the first half but the drive ended around the 20 when the clock expired.
Hopefully Tim has renewed confidence in throwing to me. Apparently sometime in our 1st game this season he said I wasn't aggressive enough on a ball and it was nearly picked. I can't remember it and have been racking my brain trying to remember it, but can't. If someone can recall it, let me know. Anyway I hope my one-handed catch of his shovel-pitch helped redeem his confidence in me. I take full responsibility of good balls I don't catch and I am working hard on not letting those drop.
Subway Sub of the Game: Malcolm. Malcolm played his first game with us. He is a force to be reckoned with on the O-line. I lost count how many defenders he flat-backed blocking on offense. It was nice to have a big body helping out on the line and giving our QB's more time to throw.
Highlights: I don't want to float my own boat, but in the 2nd half on 2 consecutive plays Scott threw me swing passes to the left and I think combined they went for about 50 yards. That was fun. I had the shimmy-shakes with my hips and eluded several would-be "tacklers" to pick up several yards after the catch. These were good plays that kept the linebackers honest and we would be smart to continue to run them until they stop us.
Allen had a few nice catches, one for the extra point if I remember right. Tim busted out the first TD running behind Malcolm on the right side of the line. Those punks were talking so much smack, it felt good to run it through their hearts and blow them off the line.
Our defense was solid again with its 4th shutout of the season. Allen has been calling a good defensive game and keeping the QB's guessing with our blitz package. It was good to have Paul and Dan back. We are hoping to finally see Jon Betts and hope his wife is making a speedy recovery from her accident.
The game came down once again to controlling the line of scrimmage. Our line both offensively and defensively dominated all game and even drew a couple of pats on the back from the officials during and after the game. When we control the line of scrimmage, we win.
Forecast: We play the Thunder next Saturday and unfortunately for them they play us in their 2nd game of back-to-back games. They have nice professional-looking uniforms and even a coach. I don't think they have won a game yet, but it is not for lack of trying. They played the Ballers tough in the first half on Saturday and moved the ball on them, they just couldn't finish. We should be up by 3 TD's going into halftime.
We have the late game so rest up. Hopefully the weather will cooperate like it did this past weekend and the rain will wait until after we play. Well done this week, my report is brief because it is late and I am tired. The Rockies won again and are up 3-0 in the series. They are playing out of their minds, I love it.
Next Game: 10/20 11 AM VS. Thunder
Friday, October 12, 2007
Driving Etiquette-written by a Denver Cab Driver
This article I found on the Best of Craigslist. It is edited for length and PG rating. I say Amen.
I expect the worst from Colorado drivers and I am rarely disappointed. I have been reading about road rage on Craig’s List and I do have a few pointed observations. If people are honking, flashing their lights and shaking their fists at you perhaps you should reevaluate some of your driving habits.
Here are a few pointers. When sitting at a red light please don’t redo your makeup, read a newspaper, change your clothes, text message, be looking in your purse, allow your passenger to get out of the car, or begin distracting activities that may cause you to be otherwise occupied when the light turns green. When the light actually turns green there shouldn’t be a 3+ second gap necessary before you STEP ON THE GAS. The roads are overcrowded as it is and all it takes is a couple of idiots sitting and staring at a green light for 15 or 20 seconds to start a chain reaction behind them that leads to what we call VOLUME SLOWING.
If you are in the left lane and you want to drive at a leisurely pace, I understand. GET IN THE RIGHT LANE. This is the lane for slower traffic. It's the law. If you are driving in the left lane and you are dead even with the guy in the right lane, YOU ARE IN THE WRONG. There are people behind you with appointments to keep, jobs to go to or who may have an urgent need to use the bathroom. Please move to the right and let them get about their business.
I don’t know how many times I’ve had to sit and grind my teeth because there are three flaming morons side by side leisurely driving down the road 15 or 20 miles below the speed limit. MERGE RIGHT MORON! You are COSTING ME TIME and TIME IS MONEY. Some of the people passing you may exceed the speed limit in doing so. This is perfectly legal but even if it wasn’t, please remember, YOU ARE NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. We have paid professionals who are perfectly capable of enforcing the law and YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THEM. By intentionally slowing traffic you ARE BREAKING THE LAW and could be ticketed for this violation.
If you are in the right lane and someone in the left lane is signaling to get over LET UP ON THE GAS. I don’t know how many times I have put on my signal for thirty or forty seconds and tried to merge right only to experience a blaring horn and upraised finger from some retard who has been pacing me in my blind spot for the last mile or two. Just for the record, this is why so many people fail to signal turns and “cut you off”. They know that as soon as you see the turn signal you will probably sit your passive aggressive butt directly in the way and stay there for as long as possible.
About being “cut off”. The only people who are “cut off” are those who REFUSE TO YIELD. You do not own the road and must share it with about a million other drivers. Get good with this fact or move out to Anywhere Else, Colorado where your driving won’t raise eyebrows and tempers. There are other distractions that interfere with the flow of traffic that you should learn to deal with in a mature and proactive fashion like accidents.
Accidents happen but unless you are a medical professional who is slowing down in order to stop and render aid KEEP MOVING. I’m not advocating blasting through police diversions at 60 miles an hour but there is no need to slow down to a crawl when passing an accident, RUBBERNECK’S CAUSE ADDITIONAL ACCIDENTS so if you and your voyeur family don’t want to become a part of the roadside tragedy you are gaping at, GET A MOVE ON. The same goes for other roadside diversions including break downs, pretty girls getting ticketed, accidents on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, emergency vehicles going in the opposite direction on a divided road and related events, If you are driving in the mountains and you see that there are 20 or 30 people piled up behind you, PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LET THEM PASS.
Sooner or later it’s going to snow. For those of you with no winter driving experience snow is the white stuff that falls from the sky. IT IS FROZEN WATER and is often quite slippery. THIS IS THE TIME TO SLOW DOWN. GET IN THE RIGHT LANE and let the people who want to drive fast do so, For those of you who own vehicles with 4-wheel drive, great! 4-wheel drive will give you great traction in the snow BUT IT WILL NOT HELP YOU STOPPING! I don’t know how many times I have been passed in a blizzard by shiny 4-wheel drive vehicles going 30 or 40 miles an hour over the safe limit for driving only to see them piled into a bridge abutment a mile or so up the road.
Clearly if you’ve just polished off a 12 pack you should be riding with me. We all have cell phones nowadays. If you have one, get a headset, you need both hands to drive. If you’re having an argument with your sweetie, PULL OVER and finish it in a parking lot instead of the middle of an intersection. In conclusion. I don’t care what kind of self-absorbed butt nugget you are in the rest of your life please remember that you are piloting a couple of tons of metal glass and plastic around the road. Try to rise above your vile self just long enough to get from A to B without angering every other driver on earth, and we’ll all be a lot happier and some of us may live a little longer. Thank you in advance for your fine cooperation.
I expect the worst from Colorado drivers and I am rarely disappointed. I have been reading about road rage on Craig’s List and I do have a few pointed observations. If people are honking, flashing their lights and shaking their fists at you perhaps you should reevaluate some of your driving habits.
Here are a few pointers. When sitting at a red light please don’t redo your makeup, read a newspaper, change your clothes, text message, be looking in your purse, allow your passenger to get out of the car, or begin distracting activities that may cause you to be otherwise occupied when the light turns green. When the light actually turns green there shouldn’t be a 3+ second gap necessary before you STEP ON THE GAS. The roads are overcrowded as it is and all it takes is a couple of idiots sitting and staring at a green light for 15 or 20 seconds to start a chain reaction behind them that leads to what we call VOLUME SLOWING.
If you are in the left lane and you want to drive at a leisurely pace, I understand. GET IN THE RIGHT LANE. This is the lane for slower traffic. It's the law. If you are driving in the left lane and you are dead even with the guy in the right lane, YOU ARE IN THE WRONG. There are people behind you with appointments to keep, jobs to go to or who may have an urgent need to use the bathroom. Please move to the right and let them get about their business.
I don’t know how many times I’ve had to sit and grind my teeth because there are three flaming morons side by side leisurely driving down the road 15 or 20 miles below the speed limit. MERGE RIGHT MORON! You are COSTING ME TIME and TIME IS MONEY. Some of the people passing you may exceed the speed limit in doing so. This is perfectly legal but even if it wasn’t, please remember, YOU ARE NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. We have paid professionals who are perfectly capable of enforcing the law and YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THEM. By intentionally slowing traffic you ARE BREAKING THE LAW and could be ticketed for this violation.
If you are in the right lane and someone in the left lane is signaling to get over LET UP ON THE GAS. I don’t know how many times I have put on my signal for thirty or forty seconds and tried to merge right only to experience a blaring horn and upraised finger from some retard who has been pacing me in my blind spot for the last mile or two. Just for the record, this is why so many people fail to signal turns and “cut you off”. They know that as soon as you see the turn signal you will probably sit your passive aggressive butt directly in the way and stay there for as long as possible.
About being “cut off”. The only people who are “cut off” are those who REFUSE TO YIELD. You do not own the road and must share it with about a million other drivers. Get good with this fact or move out to Anywhere Else, Colorado where your driving won’t raise eyebrows and tempers. There are other distractions that interfere with the flow of traffic that you should learn to deal with in a mature and proactive fashion like accidents.
Accidents happen but unless you are a medical professional who is slowing down in order to stop and render aid KEEP MOVING. I’m not advocating blasting through police diversions at 60 miles an hour but there is no need to slow down to a crawl when passing an accident, RUBBERNECK’S CAUSE ADDITIONAL ACCIDENTS so if you and your voyeur family don’t want to become a part of the roadside tragedy you are gaping at, GET A MOVE ON. The same goes for other roadside diversions including break downs, pretty girls getting ticketed, accidents on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, emergency vehicles going in the opposite direction on a divided road and related events, If you are driving in the mountains and you see that there are 20 or 30 people piled up behind you, PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LET THEM PASS.
Sooner or later it’s going to snow. For those of you with no winter driving experience snow is the white stuff that falls from the sky. IT IS FROZEN WATER and is often quite slippery. THIS IS THE TIME TO SLOW DOWN. GET IN THE RIGHT LANE and let the people who want to drive fast do so, For those of you who own vehicles with 4-wheel drive, great! 4-wheel drive will give you great traction in the snow BUT IT WILL NOT HELP YOU STOPPING! I don’t know how many times I have been passed in a blizzard by shiny 4-wheel drive vehicles going 30 or 40 miles an hour over the safe limit for driving only to see them piled into a bridge abutment a mile or so up the road.
Clearly if you’ve just polished off a 12 pack you should be riding with me. We all have cell phones nowadays. If you have one, get a headset, you need both hands to drive. If you’re having an argument with your sweetie, PULL OVER and finish it in a parking lot instead of the middle of an intersection. In conclusion. I don’t care what kind of self-absorbed butt nugget you are in the rest of your life please remember that you are piloting a couple of tons of metal glass and plastic around the road. Try to rise above your vile self just long enough to get from A to B without angering every other driver on earth, and we’ll all be a lot happier and some of us may live a little longer. Thank you in advance for your fine cooperation.
Rockies over D'backs, 5-1, Lead Series 1-0
They did it again. After giving up a run, the Rockies immediately answered and put a string of singles together to beat up on the Diamondbacks. I was able to listen to most of the game on the radio at work while at my computer last night. Brandon Webb, the opposing pitcher, was the pitcher responsible for their last loss on September 26th I think it was. Luckily it was so long ago that the Rockies couldn't even remember.
Work is going well. We are supposed to be going back to regular day shifts next week sometime. I don't look forward to that. I have been able to maintain a regular workout schedule these past few weeks and I'm finally starting to see some results. I guess I need to develop a do or die attitude toward it and I'll be okay. I just have to do it regardless of the time of day or energy level. Otherwise I will be fat and lazy again like 70% of America.
The home inspection report came back last night. I should be able to do a lot of the work myself as long as the seller pays me for my time and materials. I am offerring to let her pay me with her piano, new front room chairs, some mirrors, and shelves. I did this because I know she is limited on cash and these are things of value she already has. I also know that if I do the work myself, I will be able to do the work the right way and not have her son try to patch it temporarily.
Work is going well. We are supposed to be going back to regular day shifts next week sometime. I don't look forward to that. I have been able to maintain a regular workout schedule these past few weeks and I'm finally starting to see some results. I guess I need to develop a do or die attitude toward it and I'll be okay. I just have to do it regardless of the time of day or energy level. Otherwise I will be fat and lazy again like 70% of America.
The home inspection report came back last night. I should be able to do a lot of the work myself as long as the seller pays me for my time and materials. I am offerring to let her pay me with her piano, new front room chairs, some mirrors, and shelves. I did this because I know she is limited on cash and these are things of value she already has. I also know that if I do the work myself, I will be able to do the work the right way and not have her son try to patch it temporarily.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Luck, Who Needs Luck?
So the Rockies are playing in the NLCS. It has been pretty sweet to see how well they have played this year since we moved to Denver. I like to think that I am somehow good luck for them. Maybe that what the Mariners need, me to move to Seattle. After we moved to Boise the Boise State Broncos had their 2 best seasons ever as a Division 1 program. We moved here and the CU Buffaloes upset Oklahoma. It's too bad I'm not a betting man or I could make some serious money.
I walked through the inspection on the house we are purchasing. It was yesterday. The house is pretty sound, no foundation problems, all of the concrete is great. The windows all open and shut smoothly meaning no settling and the house is still square and that is a plus in the Denver area. The soil in the Mile High City isn't the best. It is a clay soil and this regularly causes problems for houses not built with proper foundations. If builders don't go down to the bedrock and allow for swell, the homeowner is in trouble. Better hope that warranty is good for a while. There are a few issues with the siding and a broken window and scratched up back door from a dog. Other than that it is in good shape.
I walked through the inspection on the house we are purchasing. It was yesterday. The house is pretty sound, no foundation problems, all of the concrete is great. The windows all open and shut smoothly meaning no settling and the house is still square and that is a plus in the Denver area. The soil in the Mile High City isn't the best. It is a clay soil and this regularly causes problems for houses not built with proper foundations. If builders don't go down to the bedrock and allow for swell, the homeowner is in trouble. Better hope that warranty is good for a while. There are a few issues with the siding and a broken window and scratched up back door from a dog. Other than that it is in good shape.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Funniest Show on TV
My favorite show on television is The Office. There is no funnier show on currently. I have approximately 15 episodes on my Archos player. I am glad to see it's been sydicated and showing on TBS on Wednesday nights.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Game 4, L, 20 - 6
Wake up call. We have been coasting since the first week, playing teams we are clearly better than. We lost 20-6 yesterday, though the score does not show how close the game was. We trailed 14-6 for most of the 2nd half. The Ballers were a good team with great team speed. They controlled the line of scrimmage and thus the outcome of the game.
One of the glaring things on defense was that we gave up a couple of big plays where we let the same receiver get behind us. Eliminate those 2 plays and we played pretty solid defense. I don't think I should be playing Free Safety. I don't have the right mindset for it. Their QB was very shifty and had a good arm.
Scott A had a nice interception in the 1st half despite playing with a sprained thumb. Tim threw a nice DP ball downfield which really is what jumpstarted our offense. Tim will be back at starting QB this week I think. Travis is getting married and has a couple of weeks of obligations with that. Travis threw a nice long TD pass to Marcus in the back of the end zone.
Tim and Scott both playing QB will hopefully be able to mix up the calls and force the defense to make adjustments. I think their defense got a little comfortable and we didn't force them to make adjustments. Several routes were open but Travis didn't have enough time to see the open receivers.
Perhaps if we put in an extra lineman to use as a "tied end/tackle" type of player, we can have an extra blocker if needed, and still have him as a receiver option to use over the middle or wherever the QB wants him to go. When our QB's have time, regardless of who is playing the position, they can pick apart defenses. We have seen them do this against the other teams.
I know everyone is doing their best, I hope doing something like this will shore up our line so we can better control the line of scrimmage. Keep your heads up guys, the season is not over and hopefully we will get another chance against them in the playoffs.
Next week we play Last Call again. We beat them 6 - 0 the first week. Our defense was solid against them, we just needed to punch it in the end zone when we get it close like we did 3 different times that game.
Last Call will be playing at 8am against the Lions and then against us at 9am. It will be interesting to see how well they respond to playing 2 games in a row. The last weekend of the season we play Fly or Die the hour after they play Thunder. How did we get so lucky?
10/13, 9 AM VS. Last Call
One of the glaring things on defense was that we gave up a couple of big plays where we let the same receiver get behind us. Eliminate those 2 plays and we played pretty solid defense. I don't think I should be playing Free Safety. I don't have the right mindset for it. Their QB was very shifty and had a good arm.
Scott A had a nice interception in the 1st half despite playing with a sprained thumb. Tim threw a nice DP ball downfield which really is what jumpstarted our offense. Tim will be back at starting QB this week I think. Travis is getting married and has a couple of weeks of obligations with that. Travis threw a nice long TD pass to Marcus in the back of the end zone.
Tim and Scott both playing QB will hopefully be able to mix up the calls and force the defense to make adjustments. I think their defense got a little comfortable and we didn't force them to make adjustments. Several routes were open but Travis didn't have enough time to see the open receivers.
Perhaps if we put in an extra lineman to use as a "tied end/tackle" type of player, we can have an extra blocker if needed, and still have him as a receiver option to use over the middle or wherever the QB wants him to go. When our QB's have time, regardless of who is playing the position, they can pick apart defenses. We have seen them do this against the other teams.
I know everyone is doing their best, I hope doing something like this will shore up our line so we can better control the line of scrimmage. Keep your heads up guys, the season is not over and hopefully we will get another chance against them in the playoffs.
Next week we play Last Call again. We beat them 6 - 0 the first week. Our defense was solid against them, we just needed to punch it in the end zone when we get it close like we did 3 different times that game.
Last Call will be playing at 8am against the Lions and then against us at 9am. It will be interesting to see how well they respond to playing 2 games in a row. The last weekend of the season we play Fly or Die the hour after they play Thunder. How did we get so lucky?
10/13, 9 AM VS. Last Call
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