2. I’ve been to the top of the Sears Tower, Empire State Building, and Petronas Towers (Malaysia) — but I’m afraid of heights.
3. I have quite a collection of autographs and more than 100 Frisbees
4. I have a family photo album for each year from 1982 to 2010
5. My first job working in Colorado Springs was stocking toys for Target at Christmas
6. I’ve kissed the Blarney Stone in Ireland
7. I proposed to my wife by asking her: “If I were to ask you to marry me what would you say?”
8. Two books I wish they would make into movies are: “Meanwhile Back at the Castle” and “Replay”
9. I live in Colorado but I have a very low tolerance for cold. I would prefer it be 10 degrees too hot than it to be 2 degrees too cold
10. I love football and the Denver Broncos, but I didn’t watch, play or see a football game until I was 22 years old.
11. I wish I still had my ’71 Camaro – but I’m happy to have a 40th Edition Mustang
12. I’ve never played a hole of golf
13. My best friend was accidently killed in a farm accident when I was in fifth grade.
14. My 8th grade class had 9 students. We shared a classroom and teacher with the 8 students in the 7th grade class – including my brother.
15. I was one of the first users of TiVo and NetFlix. TiVo used my employeer’s hard drives and managers from that same company left to join NetFlix – which is how I heard about both companies so early.
16. I was the yearbook photographer for my High School and still have all the negatives from the photos that I took – including many that never made the yearbook
17. I’ve caught two baseballs in batting practice at Major League baseball games. One a Coors field and the second one at Wrigley field.
18. I “smuggled” gum into Singapore and then chewed gum while going through the immigration line. Why? I was bringing gum from the USA to a friend who lives in Hong Kong and she was unable to find that specific brand in HK.
19. I wrote down the recipe to Pizza Hut’s Thin ‘N Crispy and the old Thick ‘N Chewy pizza recipes when I worked there in the ‘70’s
20. There are 3 songs that have had special meaning to me in my life and have touched my heart:
- Praise the Lord – Imperials
- Awesome God
- Shout to the Lord
(Circle your answer to each of the questions)
1. In what city is today’s Super Bowl being played?
- The city that is most well known for its 500 mile race.
- The city that is the county seat of Miami-Dade County
- The city that is called Tampa Bay
- The city that is in California
2. Which two teams are playing in today’s Super Bowl?
a. The team that plays in Kraft Stadium and the team plays at Arrow Head Stadium
b. The Team that plays at the Pepsi Center and the team that plays at Coke Place.
c. The team that plays in the Super Dome and the team that plays at the RCA Dome
d. The team that plays at Lucas Oil Stadium and the team that plays at the Super Dome.
3. What number Super Bowl is today’s game?
a. 51
b. 41
c. 44
d. XLVI
e. It’s the first one ever!
4. The first play of the game from the line of scrimmage (after the kick-off) will be: ?
a. pass
b. run
c. punt
d. jump shot
5. Which soda company will have the first commercial after the kickoff and before the end of the game?
a. Coke
b. Pepsi
c. None of the above
6. What team lost last year’s Super Bowl?
a. Pittsburgh Steelers
b. Harlem Globetrotters
c. Arizona Cardinals
d. New England Patriots
7. What is the legal number of players on the field at the same time during any play?
a. 18
b. 11
c. 22
d. 9
8. What player in today’s game is the son of a former NFL quarterback and the brother of a current NFL quarterback?
a. Eli Manning
b. Peyton Manning
c. Archie Manning
d. Brett Favre
9. What will be the result of the first coin flip?
a. It will be heads
b. It will be tails
c. It will never stop spinning
d. It will stick to the ceiling
10. Which one of the following terms is NOT a position on a football team?
a. Tight End
b. Nickel Back
c. Gunner
d. Tackle
11. Which one of the following professional team mascots is NOT in the NFL?
a. Ravens
b. Giants
c. Cubs
d. Seahawks
12. Which team in today’s game has NEVER been to the Superbowl?
a. Chargers
b. Colts
c. Arizona Ice Tea
d. Saints
13. What is the TOTAL length of a regulation NFL football field?
a. 100 yards
b. 120 yards
c. 300 feet
d. Both a and c
14. What is the name of the trophy handed to the winner of today’s Superbowl
a. The Superbowl Championship trophy
b. The Gold Medal
c. The Vince Lombardi trophy
d. The Super trophy
15. Who is the current NFL Most Valuable Player?
a. Peyton Manning
b. Brett Favre
c. Drew Brees
d. John Madden
16. Which company whose headquarters are in Colorado Springs will air a commercial with Tim Tebow, a former quarterback with the University of Florida’s Gators and 2007 winner of the Heisman Trophy?
a. Air Force Academy
b. Focus on the Family
c. Oracle Corporation
d. Current
e. John Elway Toyota Dealers of Colorado Springs
17. This year’s Super Bowl is on:
a. ABC
b. NBC
c. CBS
d. TNT
e. ESPN
18. Which of the following commercials are banned from this year’s Super Bowl by the network
a. GoDaddy: Lola commercial
b. Doritos: Murder commercial
c. None of these
d. All of these
19. Which Super Bowl quarterback is starting for the New Orleans Saints today
a. Peyton Manning
b. Brett Favre
c. Andrew Christopher Brees
d. None of the above
20. Which quarterback played in his first professional game on November 4, 2001 against the Kansas City Chiefs and threw a touchdown pass. He had won the starting job over Doug Flutie during training camp before the start of the 2002 season, but was later replaced during the 2003 season by Flutie. He later signed a 6-year, $60 million deal with his current team on March 14, 2006.
a. Peyton Manning
b. Drew Brees
c. Phillip Rivers
d. None of the above
21. What team was referred to by its fans as the “Aints”
a. New Orleans
b. Indy
c. Denver
d. Houston
True or False: (Circle “T” or “F” after each question.)
| 1. The Colts last won the Super Bowl in 2007. | T | F |
| 2. The Referee’s are sporting black and white stripes today. | T | F |
| 3. A regulation NFL football weighs exactly 1 pound. | T | F |
| 4. Each quarter in a regulation NFL football game has exactly 900 seconds. | T | F |
| 5. The Colts were originally from the city of Baltimore. | T | F |
| 6. One of today’s teams is the first in Super Bowl history to reach the Super Bowl undefeated (having won all their regular season games). | T | F |
| 7. Before John Madden invented video games he was an NFL head coach. | T | F |
| 8. “Sudden Death” refers to the red flag a coach will throw to challenge the call of a play. | T | F |
| 9. The coin used during this year’s Super Bowl is from Canada. | T | F |
| 10. Who will be performing the halftime show this year | T | F |
Still no discussion on this from anybody!
I don’t know if water related family reunions are acceptable or if there are those that wouldn’t feel comfortable around water, but I just found out that beautiful Lake Cumberland, Kentucky is one of the premiere houseboating vacation spots.
The thought here is to throw out the idea of a multi-family houseboat Reunion/vacation.
Imagine: 1,200 miles of shoreline, astounding waterfall and countless secret coves awaiting you, time melts away. You and your friends and family can spend the day cruising, skiing, fishing or just living the good life onboard a custom houseboat.
What would excite you about a multi-family Reunion/Vacation? What would be a barrier or not excite you about doing this? Help me put together a list of the must-have’s and must-not haves for something like this.
]]>First, I think if something like this is going to happen, then it might make sense to create a website using something like MyEvent.com to help communicate the event and to get everyone’s thoughts on what might work best.
Second, after talking with Carol, I think that if we were going to do something like this that we would start planning in November or December of this year for an event in 2011. That would give everyone more than 1 year to plan for the event.
Finally, we’ve got to come up with an event that everyone is at least willing to try — but at the same time allows people to spend time together. That means that a trip to Disney World or something similar might not work because it would be difficult for a large group to be able to spend much time together.
Here are my initial thoughts, but I’m continuing to think this through
- Beach Vacation – renting a bunch of rooms that has a common place to spend time
- Camping Vacation – Yellowstone or something similar with a common place to spend time
- RV/Camping Vacation — Everyone trucking together on a tour of the some place in the US
- Hawaii Vacatoin — similar to a beach vacation
- Cruise Vacation
I’m trying to put together the pro’s and con’s of each. The biggest problem with the beach vacations might be in the spending of time togeter and possibly the lack of things to do that would keep everyone interested. The Hawaii vacation suffers a similar problem and would probably be very expensive. But, I haven’t ruled anything out as a possiblity.
Still want your thoughts.
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So, why can’t we do this more often or at least on a fairly regular basis.
Does it take someone like my sister-in-law Alice, whom everyone loves, to be a part of the organization and planning team or does it take everyone being flexible and willing to be a part of an event that they might not have chosen on their own, but are willing to try something new in order to be part of the event, make memories and spend time together?
Or do you have to plan these things so far out in advance in order to get people to participate?
I don’t know the answer to anyof these questions. But I do want to make something like this happen even if only a fraction of the people attend.
So…
I bought a book called:
A Family Affair: How to Plan and Direct the Best Family Reunion Ever
I’m going to spend a little time reading this book and then I’m going to call my sister in law, get some names and addresses — probably do a survey to find out what we might be able to do and then see what happens.
I welcome your thoughts, ideas and comments on this. In fact, I even welcome anonymous thoughts and comments — if you’d like.
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A couple of years ago, I made my “fortune” selling Raymer style poker sunglasses on eBay. Since then, I’ve been looking for the next item that I can sell that has a similar demand and has a decent margin to make it worth the effort.
A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled on what may be that next item. In case you don’t recognize it, it’s the money you could have saved by switching to Geico from the new Geico commercials.
I’m really not sure how I got the idea or what made me decide to look and see if anyone else was selling this item on eBay. But through some trial and error and with a couple of hours of work, I was able to come up with a design that I should be able to repeat and make for sale on eBay.
As you’ll see, I’m selling this with Poker players in mind, but I think it’s cute enough for just about anyone. Let me know what you think of my new item for sale.
]]>So far this year Roger’s travels have included:
- Daytona Beach
- Houson
Where will Roger go next? Be the first to know and give me a call saying that: “I see you are in {someplace} this week”
Go ahead and try it now and let us know what you think.
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Yesterday he called and we thought we would get acquainted. As it turns out, we are nearly the same age and he was also born in Illinois. He’s a java programmer and works for the department of homeland security.
Interestingly enough, this bumping into my look-alike has happened before. In 1991 while I was visiting a friend in California, a guy kept yelling at me as though he knew me. When I got a little closer, he appologized and told me that I had to meet his brother because he had mistaken me for him.
Initially, I didn’t think there was much resemblance, but after I looked at the photo, I could see “just a little” bit as to why this guy had mistaken me for his brother.
Someday, I’ll have to see if I can get the three of us together. That’s all I know for now, but maybe we really are related!
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Do you know where you were 26years ago today? Carol and I do as our son Jon was born at 8:01am — 26 years ago today. We celebrated by going to Old Chicago Restaurant and ordering the Italian Nachos and a couple of Chicago Style pizza’s. Besides Mom and Dad, helping Jon to celebrate his birthday were his girlfriend Dyana (pictured) along with his sister Jen, her husband Nick and their daughter Kali.
Happy Birthday Jon!
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After twelve years, our 1997 Chevy Venture decided that it had had enough. The repairs to make it operational and safe were going to cost more than the national debt. So, given that, we decided it was time to say goodbye to our friend.
Since Roger was travelling that week, Jon and Carol started the process of looking for a replacement vehicle. But, since we weren’t really ready to trade as we had intended to get another year out of the van — we went looking for something that we could call “nearly new”.
What we ended up with was a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer. This Trailblazer is perfect for us in that it still has about a year left on the warranty, should be good in snow (4 wheel drive) and has a third row of seats for when we want to take the extended family on short trips.
With this trade-in, for the first time ever, all of our vehicles are now from this millennium!
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