Thanksgiving Week

What a great Thanksgiving. We were able to go to Eau Claire and hang out with the extended Navarre family. 14 people for dinner and Ad in her Pack & Play. Food was great, the ladies went shopping early on Black Friday and we got some toys for Adie, a great Ottoman set, and a DVD.

Homestead Hockey is playing well. 3-0-0 right now with wins over Greendale, Manitowoc, and Oshkosh. Huge test for the boys this week as we play Arrowhead at The Mullet and home against KMM (Kettle Moraine-Mukwonago).

Wisconsin Badgers putting another stomping in the Big Ten hammering Northwester 70-23. Wisconsin should be smelling roses. Maybe TCU, maybe Stanford? Whoever the Badgers play, assuming the Badgers play like they have the past three weeks, they better bring their A-game. The Sconnies look TOUGH!

GO HHS HOCKEY, GO TEAM BADGERS!!!

He shoots...He scores

Things have been well.

HUGE win for the Homestead Hockey team. We had a great crowd at the game on the boys played great. Schmitzy and ACon had nice games with 4 points each. Our Captain and team leader Treb had 9 hits and was plus 5 in the big 6-1 victory over Greendale. Game on Friday and Saturday of next week will be huge in how the season will shape up!

I am rooting like beans tomorrow that Da' Pack win at Minnesota. They will be tied with the Bears, they will have the edge in the conference, they will have beaten Favre in MN which for any Pack fan is huge, and, it will make my Monday that much better. The Pack need to make it four in a row.

In other news, Lambeau Field Navarre had a hair cut. Now this wouldn't regularly be news except that Lamb was going to grow his hair out. It was all going well until the shedding and snarling and overall smelliness. I am not sure why, but every once and a while, Lambeau smells like fish. Not my former hockey player Fischer, but like a dead sea dweller. Horrid! Why. Someone help me here. He doesn't eat fish. He doesn't roll in dead fish like my old dog Jackson used to do. I don't rub fish on him. Eww, man it is bad. So, deciding to cut the hair was a good idea, but because I had let it go for so long, it took about 2 hours to get him back to presentable. Good news is, he doesn't smell like fish, bad news is, there is a lot of hair and I need to brush him more. On the family front, Adeline is doing fantastic. She is rolling all over the place and is a real champion. i feel bad for her right now because she has been teething and she is obviously uncomfortable.
She has been "whining" a lot and it has been hard to make her feel comfortable. Just too bad. However, things are moving well, like I wrote earlier, she has been rolling, chatty (with baby words) smiley, and growy. (Growy means she has been getting bigger). Moldy is doing well. Our new favorite thing (aside from baby) is to head to the bowling alley and hit up some Buzztime trivia. Love the trivia.

I hope everyone who reads this is doing well, and as for tomorrow

GO PACK GO or GO TEAM PACKERS!!!

Really?

Here we are in November and I am asking myself this question, which group of guys is more ridiculous, the soccer guys or the hockey guys. It has been 3 days total with the hockey players and they may have already taken the prize. The questions they ask and the things they do is beyond me. At least they are good people and good guys, otherwise I may go insane.

The Penguins are having some serious goalie issues, they sit Fluery only to have Johnson give up 7 goals. The Brewers have a new manager, Roenicke, from the LA Angels of Aneheim.

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/11/brewers-introduce-new-manager.html

The Pack may indeed be back. Clay Matthews is a monster and Rodgers has finally put a game together, as well as special teams. Watch Matthews mic'ed up here!

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/09000d5d81c05b38/Sound-FX-Clay-being-Clay

Had a great time at the Packer game where they thumped the Cowboys. America's team....don't think so. Unless you think America is a bunch of giver uppers.

GO TEAM AMERICA!

Sometimes I Don't Understand

During lunch today I was talking to some of the soccer guys and they say things that...sometimes I just don't understand.

1> Navarre: Where is the wedding you are going to?
ZN: Its my cousins wedding.

2> ZM: Coach, why does the defense move out of the way when the goalie calls for the ball?
Navarre: So that the defense doesn't interfere with the goalie catching the ball.
ZM: Well, what if the goalie doesn't catch the ball?
Navarre: Then the goalie should not call for the ball.
ZM: What if he does anyway?
Navarre: Then the goalie made a mistake.
ZM: Why would the goalie do that?
Navarre: .......................

3> NS: Coach, why are you eating that?
Navarre: Do you mean, why am I eating this during my lunch, or why am I eating a piece of fish, or....?
NS: Why are you eating fish?
Navarre: Because it is better for me than red meat or chips and a sandwich.
NS: Why does that matter?
Navarre: Do you mean why am I eating healthy or why is it better for me or....?
NS: Why are you eating healthy?
Navarre: Besides the fact that it is better for me? I am on a diet.
NS: Why?
Navarre: I need to be more healthy.
NS: Well, how are you doing that?
Navarre: Really?!?!

This is no joke. This all just happened this hour. I could not believe it. Now, these are all great guys. Love them to death....but wow. Our last regular season game is today against a powerful Germantown team. I think the guys will be up for the challenge, but who knows for sure.
School is going well, finally almost caught up with everything I have to do. Still a couple things to check off the list.

Did our fantasy draft on Sunday and after some trading, I landed Sid the Kid, so it is going to be another sweet year for Fantasy Hockey and The Pittsburgh Penguins!
Brewers are terrible. Packers are awesome, but did not look great against the Lions. Hope they play well next week against the Redskins.
GO PENGUINS

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was successful.

Homestead High School Varsity soccer won all three games during the week and has a tough match today vs. Cedarburg. They need a win to stay competitive in the battle for conference.


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Tomorrow, I get to stay at home with my baby girl and take care of her.


Isn't she great!!!

Had a great cookout with my friends from the Racine area. He brought his two wonderful kids and we had a great time.

My Fantasy Football drafts went well and now we are also on to Fantasy Hockey as the season quickly approaches.

Go Team Child Rear (rear...ha)

First Week

Things going fairly smooth at school. Still lots of schedule changes and such.

Big weekend for soccer, the boys have a game Friday and Saturday.

I also have three fantasy drafts this weekend.

Looking forward to having Monday (Labor Day) off.

Go HHS BOYS SOCCER and My Fantasy Football Teams!

1st day catch-up

So lots going on...similar to the older post, I am going to go speed style.
- 1st day of school went well. I am looking forward to my new team teaching assignment
- I am also looking forward to this weekend
- Fantasy football draft at Dave and Busters
- 2 soccer games that HHS boys should win
- 1 soccer game that Navarre should score in
- Time with my beautiful wife and daughter
- Go Brewers even though they are done a long time ago
- Packers look like they could have a very memorable season. I am looking forward to cheering for Rodgers, Finley, Driver, Jennings, Grant, Matthews, Raji, Woodson and the entire team soon enough
- School has been great and I really like my new students. I think they will be great.
- Adeline looks great and has one of the best pictures in the history of babies
- I am already looking forward to hockey season...HHS, Pittsburgh Penguins, Putnum Ratz...ho Hockey. Hope all is well with everyone!

Go Team School Year Starts

Navarre