January 8

January 8 - Dana Tebowing (Broncos 29 - Steelers 23 (OT))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dana isn’t a fair-weather-fan.  She’s been enjoying the Tebocalypse, as should every long time Bronco fan, and I think this picture sums up how she felt about their win over the Steelers Sunday afternoon.  It’s nice to have at least one family team still in the running, so I’m jumping on the Bronco Bandwagon for the post-season.

January 7

January 7 - Sushi at the new Shige location in Meridian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dana and I are huge sushi fans.  Our favorite place in the area is Shige’s Japanese Cuisine in downtown Boise.  However, we got word that there was a new Shige location in Meridian, so we had to check it out.  Bottom line, it’s not as good as the down town location, but a Shige Express with the boat system is going to open up next door and we’ll have to give that a shot.  One major difference between downtown Shige and the Meridian Shige is the size of the portions.  They have a limited selection, but their version of a “roll” is actually the equivalent of two rolls at the down town location.  I ordered a spicy tuna roll and a sugar daddy roll, but ended up getting two of each.  Dana ordered one spicy tuna, and ended up getting two.  Between the two of us there were only 2/36 pieces left on the table when we were finished, and I took the majority of that.  I’m not complaining, but man, I wasn’t mentally prepared for that much sushi….hence the face I’m making.  It’s also an homage to Tommy Fernandez and the Stuffed Tigers.

Project 2012

I’ve decided that I will be posting a picture from every day of 2012 both here and in a facebook photo album.  More details will be shared about the photos here, but the album will be easier to cruise through casually.  Here are the first few entries from 2012

Janaury 6 - My Classroom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My class went fairly well today, so I decided to use the room as today’s entry.  I’ve experimented with a lot of different setups, and the “forum” setup I’m currently using is great for class discussions.  It’s also pretty good as far as management goes, since students can’t really hide behind anybody, and it’s easy to spot where/who a distraction is coming from.  It’s not great for group work, since it can be difficult to remember where all the desks go after they shift them around and it gets pretty sloppy pretty easily as well.  Still though, I think it’s the best one I’ve done so far this year.

 

Jan 5 - Isla going after her toy. Action shot!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isla is still in her puppy stage, and wants to play every five minutes.  Her two favorite games are tug-o-war, and being chased.  In fact, at the dog park she likes to pester other dogs until they chase her.  She’s super fast, so I think she just likes showing off her speed.

 

Jan 4 - BK Boys at Conditioning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We can’t officially start practicing at BK until February 24th.  Until then, our options are two open fields a week (no coaching, just observing), and/or conditioning sessions.  We generally go with conditioning because of the weather, and because we’re looking to avoid burnout.  It was a system that worked for us last year, so hopefully history will repeat itself.  Starting in February we’ll probably head outdoors for the workouts.  Guys generally do sprint work, plyometrics, agility drills, and periodically some distance running.  For the guys who don’t play a winter sport, it’s a great way to stay in shape.

 

Jan 3 - Cake Walk Auctioneer at CHS vs. Vallivue Game

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the past five years I’ve been doing stats for the CHS girls basketball team.  At first I just took stats for my wife’s squad, but starting last year I picked up responsibilities for the varsity girls as well.  The stats program is pretty fun to operate, and I’ve always liked dealing with statistics.  Also, it helps keep my focus on the game, and not in the stands.  Sometimes you can get caught up in a conversation and lose sight of what’s going on down on the court, but nobody bothers you when you’re running the program.  At this game Vallivue was doing a cake auction to raise cash.  Centennial does the same thing, and it was interesting to see the differences in bids from school to school.  At a CHS home game, cakes are going for 30, 50, even 100 bucks a shot.  At Vallivue many of them were selling for $5.  It might have something to do with attendance, since there were probably half as many people at the Vallivue game as there are at a typical CHS home game.

January 2nd (the only day I don’t have…because I decided to start doing this on January 3rd)

January 1 - Porter laughing at me as I lose at Jenga.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For those of you who know how Porter and I’s friendship works, you understand this picture and need no explanation.  If you don’t, then you’re probably better off.