Courageous… (Part III) One last football story. This time with my youngest daughter who decided to play football. She was the only girl in the youth league in Beaverton, Oregon. Fastest and most coordinated, the coaches wanted her to play quarterback. A couple of mothers decided that wasn’t a good idea… didn’t like the idea…
T -58 Days: Courageous… Part II
Courageous… (Part II) Another football story, this time with my oldest son when he was a 6th grader in Spartanburg, South Carolina. His team was playing the Salvation Army that Saturday. The Salvation Army pulled in players from all over the area and hadn’t lost a game in years. That morning, my son woke up…
T -58 Days (Sport Picks)
As previously mentioned, we will be creating a separate page for “Pat’s Picks”. Yesterday, was the 1st teaser of picks, with a 1-1 record. Here is Pat’s picks for March 4th, with detailed commentary: Lipscomb VS. Florida Gulf Coast: Lipscomb is a heavy underdog (+8) going into the conference championship game today. The Bison are…
T -59 Days: Courageous
Courageous… Someone yesterday again said I was courageous for quitting my job and pursuing our dreams. I thought, when was the first time in my life that I was “courageous”? Perhaps it was way back as a freshman in high school. I was on the football field, last game of the season, playing tight end,…
T -59 Days (NCAA basketball picks)
Documenting the first picks for March 3rd: Creighton +1.5 Purdue -7
T -60 Days: Plans
Things to come….. As this count down blog of my somewhat random thoughts winds down…. where does michigandreams.com go from here? We have big plans! The site will be redesigned with a header page. Here, the countdown blog will be found archived. New sub sites will be added: Our Michigan experience will be documented on…
T -61 Days: KC’s last day
We lost KC, our yellow lab today. It was a decision made over a long period of time. The seizures stronger, longer and more frequent. The pain she tried to hide. We knew it was time. And yet we second guessed ourselves. Some days she would have spurts of energy, happiness… but those times rarely…
T -62 Days: Iowa
Hold everything! Us News & World Report just rated Iowa as the best state in the country to live in. There goes the moving to Michigan idea. Err, well not so fast. Here is their criteria and ranking among the 50 states: Infrastructure: 1st…. yes, great roads and not much traffic Health care: 3rd… Absolutely…
T -63 Days: Deck stain
One of the last things that needs to be accomplished before listing the house for sale, is to restain the deck. We had four long boards that needed to be replaced, so we bought the boards, stain and deck screws. A few days earlier, we had washed the deck. With a sudden temporary warm up,…
T -64 Days: Creative coaching
Another Coaching Example Yesterday’s post reminded me of my old high school coach when I was a just a freshman. He required all of his players to go through referee training and then referee elementary/junior high and intramural high school games. A great idea I have rarely seen duplicated since. The benefits were many: Actively…