Beat Hokies!

Well we are a 1/3 of the way through the college football season. What a season it has been so far. We saw the first huge upset of the season last night when USC got beat by Oregon State. I had a feeling that USC would lose to a team they were not supposed to, because they always do. However, I didn't think it would happen this early in the season.

With that all said, the game that I have had circled for a long time is finally here. The Virginia Tech Hokies (the birds that shall not fly) "fly" ;) into Lincoln for a showdown tomorrow night. One of my good work buddies, Bryan Deal, is a VT alumni and a HUGE fan of his beloved Hokies. Because we both share such similar passions for our respective teams, the build up to this game has been exciting and fun. The trash-talking has been at a pinnacle this week, and I love it. I think I can speak for Bryan, he has had fun too.

This should be an excellent game to watch. The Hokie fans have a passion for their football team that is almost as strong as Husker fans. The coaching for the Hokies is top-notch and proven. There is no doubt that VT is "rebuilding" this year and the Huskers are trying to restore the order with a new defensive attitude. So far the Huskers are undefeated and looking to get into the Top 25 with a win over the Hokies. VT is looking to prove they can maintain a high level of football respect and get back in the polls, after they fell out with a loss to East Carolina and unimpressive wins against Furman and North Carolina.

Bryan and myself are looking forward to meeting at Buffalo Wild Wings for the game and enjoying cheering on our teams. We will also be joined by some other work friends who are interested in seeing us go at each other during the game. I look forward to one heck of a game and seeing the "Sea of Red" in Memorial stadium under the lights. I purposely have been "bold" this week in my trash talking and predictions. My bottom line prediction for this game is a 31-10 win for the Huskers. Most experts and myself thought it might be a closer game, but after I witnessed the below support for the Huskers, I knew it would boost the Husker players to another touchdown. See for yourself.... "Beat Hokies!"

GO BIG RED!

It's time to get this party started. I can't believe it is finally here. Tomorrow, will mark the beginning of the Bo Pelini era. We (Husker fans) have been waiting for this day since the end of the 2003 college football season.

It is hard for me to keep my expectations down, but I guess it is only natural as I bleed Husker red. Realistically, I believe we will see 6 or 7 wins and a bowl game. Add a bowl game win and we could see 7 or 8 wins. I would think that would be a "successful" season in my book. Kirk Herbstreit, one of the most respected ESPN analysts, is bullish on the Huskers this year. He said he would not be surprised to she Nebraska finish the season with 9 wins. I am all for it, but just don't see it, as the Big 12 is just too deep this year. He also had mentioned the Huskers in several categories of his annual Herbie Awards column on ESPN.com.

I am so excited to listen to the game tomorrow. As much as I would like to see the game on TV, I always enjoy listening to the games on the radio broadcast over the Internet. The guys that call the game pump so much energy into there coverages. I love it.

Everyone get their balloons ready to cover the sky when we score first. Lets get this party started!

Ahhh....The Good Ole Days

I was looking through my 1974 yearbook this week and it brought back so many great memories. Just seeing the hairstyles and clothing, it took me back to when I remember when gas was 35 cents/gallon, movies were $1, and a loaf of bread was 50 cents.

Who knew then my bride-to-be, would be the girl above. Look how beautiful she is. She is still beautiful to this day and she doesn't look like she has aged a bit.

Hopefully this post will inspire others to find their yearbooks, dust them off, and remember the "good ole days." If you have trouble finding your yearbooks, I found mine at Yearbook Yourself.

Wow, What an Opening!

I am sitting here watching the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and I am flat out awed. They have done such a fabulous job with the artistic portion of the ceremony. The costumes are gorgeous and to have more than 2000 of them made for all the people participating is another feat that is amazing. The guys with the lime green suits that lit up were pretty cool. I also liked the Tai Chi guys that were in all white. They held such tight straight lines without any kind of markers.

I just wanted to express my enjoyment of the opening ceremonies this year. I think they were very well done. I think any host country is going to struggle to top this one for quite a while.

An Overdue Introduction.

Well, after my last post. I felt like I needed to follow it with the introduction of our new car.

Meet Lola. She is "Atomic Blue" and she is our new 2008 Honda Civic EX-L. The best part of her is that she doesn't love gas. So far she has fit right in to our lives. That trait will be heavily tested this weekend when we go camping. She is going to be cram-packed. But, we should get 38+ MPG's to the mountains and back.

We were able to take her to Lexington a couple of weeks ago to celebrate our 6 year anniversary, and we were able to get almost 400 miles out of a 11 gallon tank. We were so proud. Not to mention, Lola is a certified "Ultra Low Emission Vehicle". My only complaint of her, is the road noise. She is a little loud when driving at highway speeds, but nothing a little extra volume on the radio can't drown out. In fact, she is so considerate, she turns the radio volume up all by herself as you increase your speed.

After we had leather seats in our 4Runner, we were spoiled with the look, feel, and practicality of leather. So it became a requirement for our next car. When we found out that this was the first year Honda was offering leather in the Civic, we had to check it out.

Another thing we "had to have", was a sunroof. Since Amy's Jeep, she has wanted vehicles with some sort of open top feature. Luckily, the EX-L comes with one.

I was not so hip on getting a Civic, at first. I had the stereotype about the car that it was some little girl's high school ride. The EX-L trim destroys that stereotype. When I found out that a factory installed navigation system was an option, I thought to myself, now I could drive a Civic with leather seats and navigation. The rest is history.

I hope Lola treats us well. So far she shows promise of being a super addition to our family. If she can pull of this camping weekend, she will definately earn her keep.



PS> Plus she has a cool dash!

In Loving Memory :(

Well she is gone for good.

We will miss you, our 4Runner. You have treated us well and we are sorry to have to part ways. But you are too thirsty for us and it is unbearable. Maybe again one day. Hope you treat your new owner as well as you did us.

B

An Amazing Woman

It has been a rough week this week, but probably not for anyone, more than Amy. Here is why:

Around 1:45 am Sunday morning I woke up in bed feeling ill. This was a strange feeling as I rarely feel this way. I knew it was serious if it woke me from sleeping, as it usually takes a truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant, to wake me from a dead sleep. Sitting up in bed must have woke up Amy as she asked if I was OK , and I told her I felt sick. Well another minute or two goes by and I am wondering if I am going to have to make my way to the bathroom or how I was going to go back to sleep feeling like I did. Well to the bathroom I went and there is where I spent the majority of what was left of the night until about 7:00am. Of course I was in no shape for church that morning and I felt especially bad about missing it as it was Easter. Well I saw Amy and Eden off as they went to celebrate Jesus' resurrection. Then, I slept until they came home again. The next couple of days I missed work as the "gut bug" kept me otherwise occupied....;)

Tuesday morning, when Amy and I woke to get Eden up, we realized this "devil" sickness has found it's way to our little girl. As you can imagine, I felt a new sickness in my gut as I realized this was because of me.

Anyway, as the day went on, and I continued to feel better and become functional again, I could see the damage had been done with Amy. I could see her becoming exhausted of all the caring for the sick. I know it was hard on her, because I become kind of a weeny when I get sick and then of course this is the first time Eden has ever been sick like this. We could tell at times that Eden was a little panicked because she didn't know what was going on.....bless her heart.

Today is Saturday and Eden is about 95% better, and we praise God that Amy hasn't gotten sick. We pray still that she won't get sick. This leads to the point of my post, my amazing woman.

Sweetie,
Thanks for taking care of us this week. I know it was hard on you and you did a great job getting us back up to speed. Thank you so much for putting up with me back and forth to the bathroom all night and comforting Eden when she needed someone to snuggle and hold her. I just wanted you to know that I appreciate all that you do for our family and that you have done an amazing job raising our little girl. You are the best wife and mother I could have asked for. It's no wonder God knows what he is doing in orchestrating our lives. I love you.

First Post

Well, after toying with the idea of creating my own blog, I have finally pulled the trigger on it. I think seeing my friends posting on their blogs about our most recent annual guys camping trip, put me over the edge. I have to admit I got a little jealous.

I don't have any real theme or common subject to post about. This will just be a blog of whatever I feel like sharing. Hope all who read, find it interesting and fun.