Mixed Results from the weekend

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

Relaxing, despite a multitude of family events.  Didn't get in nearly as much hobby time as I would have liked, although still got in 1 teaching game with James.  Watched far too much football though, despite positive results from watching.  Looking forward to some time off in a couple of weeks.

Family

The Emily soccer experiment continues, she tried going out on the field with one of the other girls holding her hand, but that only lasted until the other girl started running and Emily fell, it's a process, no expectations of her turning into Mia Hamm overnight.  James played very well, getting 2 assists as his team dominated again.  And it was fun for him to have both of his grandpa's at the game.

Connie's birthday was definitely a success, everyone had a good time, especially her.  Lots of Ladderball, some cards, lots of good food and visiting.  I got in some good basketball, challenged by 2 active 14 year olds, still feeling a little sore from that, but I still beat them. 

Sunday was another very relaxing day for me, as Kim took off for the day again.  Which meant I could relax, but after 2 weekends of that I am already tired of not doing anything, I enjoy it more when Kim is around, keeping me busy either with projects, or getting out of the house. 

Miniatures

So I got a pair of reading glasses, and got a chance to use them yesterday, and am very glad I did, it makes painting much easier.  And far less eye strain.  Although I couldn't do as much painting as I would have liked due to not having anyone else there, it's a little tough when the kids start getting bored to stay focused on painting.  Plus it's hard to have the football game on now when I am painting because I can't see the TV with the glasses on, so if I want to look up at a ply I have to adjust the glasses.  That will take some getting used to that's for sure.

Got in a simple training game of Ultimate Warzone with James.  It went well, he started getting into the groove of the rules process as the game progresses. Of course he is very lucky with his dice rolls so he butchered me in the game, but that's just part of the fun.  I wouldn't have wanted to just kill him right off the bat, that wouldn't have made for a good training session.  I learned that lesson before, when teaching someone to play, if you want them to enjoy the game and play more, the best thing to do is keep them in the game, even if it means heping them or not playing your best.

Football

Mixed results, better than last weekends debacle, but still not the ideal.

CU Buffs

Came back from a 10-0, 17-3 deficit to win 31-17.  Which is good, but really, how do you fall behind like that at home against a WAC team?   The jury is still very much in the air on this season.  It's a classic case of there's real talent there, but having a lot of problems getting it to play as a team on anything like a consistent basis.  Which can be pointed at the coaching staff failures more than anyting.

Ole Miss Rebels

Yes I will keep calling the Rebels, just because I am stubborn like that.  Of course losses to Vanderbilt don't exactly encourage me to follow the team very strongly either.  Crazy, and yet another example of talent, but no cohesion or consistency, which is the oddest thing.  Because the hallmark of Nutt's Arkansas teams were that they always seemed to play above their talent level, not below it. 

Denver Broncos

That was a good win.  Really showed what the team was capable of.  Did it help that the other team made several mistakes? Yes, of course, but when we lost in week 1 it was as much due to our mistakes as the other team played mistake free.  Realistically very few teams in the NFL can win games despite making more mistakes, the league is just too close talent wise.  So we will feel good about taking care of business on our side of that equation in this win, and move on to the next game and hope we can do the same again next week.

St. Louis Rams

Since I didn't watch the game I don't exactly know what happened.  I gathered from watching the score all afternoon that they played well in spurts, but in the end the talent level hurt.  And from what I can read apparently there is a problem with decision making as well at the coaching level.  But that's hard to separate the 2 at the Rams level.