Happy Thanksgiving!!

As today being the day before Thanksgiving (aka Turkey day). I thought it would be a good moment to reflect on what I am thankful for and the fact work is really slow. The major ones are my wife who I love and enjoy being around. She keeps me going and motivated to do more. Not sure if that is a good thing at times though, I am grateful for my kids who always make me laugh (even when I need to be mad) and my family who if any of you know my family that is saying a lot, they are great family to be with . I am thankful for a good job, that believes in values that I believe in, as well as good coworkers that get a long most of the time. I am thankful for schooling as much as I hate going all the time, it is nice to know that I am getting an education that will support me and my family for years to come. I am thankful for my extended family (yes, even a grandmother that pulls her dentures out onto the table, a story for another day). I am thankful for a country that gives me the right to do what I want and gives every opportunity to accomplish those dreams. I am thankful for food, sports, my toys (expansive and cheap), house, cars, and everything else I own. I am most grateful for the gospel that I live or try to live on a daily bases; as well as my family heritage with in that same gospel. I am truly lucky to have the ancestory I have. I just figured I should write a few thoughts on what I am grateful for in my life at this time. I thought the picture was worth a laugh for Thanksgiving. If only this could happen. Getting a turkey would be more interesting. That is for sure! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Football & Turkey

Nothing is better then Turkey and Football, so give thanks to the two greatest activities to come together on one special day. Eat all the turkey you can, then sit back and relax with a couple football games. To bad we have to pick between the Detroit Lions (sorry Josh its true) and the Dallas Cowboys. We'll just have to make the best with what we got At least the food is good, the turkey makes us sleepy and a nap is ok on this day. And if there are the rear few that get a Turkey Bowl on this day of Thanks, just remember to stretch really good, take a hit for a hit and stretch after before that nap. Or you will be hurting all weekend. Happy Thanksgiving!!

The Holy War!!!

Its that time of year again, where the citizens of Utah are separated, wives and husbands torn apart by their team associations, families again families, friends vs friends. Yes, its time
again for the HOLY WAR!! Its time for the BYU/Utah game. Oh!! you can just smell the tension in the air, the anger, the fear and the wanting of a win. This is what college football is all about.
This years game is going to be a great one. The two teams have a combined record of 21-1 and it could make or break a BCS game for one of them. Utah is ranked #7 in the nation and BYU is just behind ranked #14 in the nation. Anything can happen for the winner of this game.
The good thing about this season is that the Mountain West has gotten a lot of attention for their ability to win some bigger name conferences and having three conference teams in the top 20 helps too. Its been a great season.
It is funny how the fans of both sides of this game have started to tease, taunt, and get down right mean to the other side. Neither sides wants to let up. I have been talking and taking a lot of trash at work before the start of Rivalry week but I have decided to take a back seat and not say too much over the game,(although I want to say alot). I figured its up to the players and I am going to let the players leave there statment on the field with which ever team wins. However I do have to say Alicen has had great fun getting on comment forums and getting UofU fans all uptight and mad. She calls this fun! she is funny so times. Its just funny, how so many fans on both sides make comments that make them look dumb. Know the facts and what you want to write before you say anything.
I am just hopeful for a good and close game. No blow out, something that comes down to the very end. The team that has the ball last wins the game. Just like a couple years back (the prayer catch by Harline). You Utes fans know the catch! By all means am I not going to let my association go unknown in this blog. I am a Cougar fan! Blue through and through, willing to do my best to root for the cougars in blue. Go Cougs!

Yeeper Jeeper!

So we sold our 1987 Jeep Cherokee- v6, sometimes automatic everything, no A/C, second or third engine and life time problems. Oh who would not want that type of car. I am actually joking with all of that, I am sad to see it go. We put it up on KSL and at first no bids but then we got a couple hits. I was hoping to not sale it but with winter and the city needing cars off the road, we had to get it moving. So its now sold. We had a couple come pick it up on Tuesday and it was odd not to see it in front of the duplex. however to make this plot thicken, we got a call saying the Jeep is broken, leaking and no good. This is after two days of it being gone, who know what could have happened in that time. Well we decided we better cash the check for the Jeep or risk the chance of losing both. I have felt like a cheater on this matter because we said we would wait until Friday but once they questioned the Jeep and all that we needed some insurance; especially since we signed the bill of sale and title over. That insurance has put me at ease. Its still sad to know that the Jeep is gone, it is almost like a family tradition (or curse who ever reads this) has been misplaced in the Kettenring Family. It was family for so long. It will be missed.

BCS- Biggest Crapping Scam!

The BCS is the biggest waste of time. Not only does no one know how it figures out the ranks but if anyone other then the Big conferences loses, they drop out of the top 25 but a team like Missouri, LSU and Ohio state can have two or three loses on the season and still stay in the top 25. Its bull crap! You have 1st and 2nd place undefeated but then the UofU can only get as high as 7th with undefeated season (so far), as well as Boise St. Its crap that the strength or weakness of a team schedule shows where they rank. A team that is undefeated is undefeated and should rank as so. The college program needs to come up with a better system rather then to sit back and wipe the noses of the so call greater conferences. I just cant believe college teams can pull out a win with seconds on the clock and move up in the ranks when a team like BYU wins by 30+ points and drops two spots because the team they played against was not very good. Or even worse lose a game by a couple points and drop only two or three spots. Its crap! Let the best teams play for the highest bowl, not just the "well its a good bowl with ok money but not the best or highest revenue" College football needs to have a play off system, once the big wigs realize that west coast teams and small schools can compete with the so called elite... then and only then will something happen. Good thing the big schools know how to keep the BCS members scared or the little schools would prove to the biggs they are not as great as they think. On any given day, any team can beat other team, whether east coast school or west coast, div 1-A or div 1-AAA. Any team can beat any one.

President Obama... what the FU...

So history has been made in the good ol' USA! We now have the first African American (to be politically correct). I am a little skeptic and nervous for how he will do as president. What worries me is that there is going to be allot of change taking place but will it be the right kind of change? For example, I read an article about how Obama wants to close down Guantanamo bay prison. But then what are we going to do with all the terrorist and prison mates out there. Ship them all to the US and deal with that when they get here. Come on! Sure that prison is bad, maybe inmates are being torchered, beaten, ect. I see them as people willing to kill Americans, and destroy this great nation. I don't think for one minute that other countries would not do the same to us in those types of prisons. Changes is a good thing to hopeful but if the changes is the wrong way we had hoped for then its going to be a long four years. A long four years! Time will only tell how everything will work out. I hope Obama the best in office, I just hope he does what he promised to do before his election.

Election Day 2008

Today is the day we get to see who wins the presidential race. Will It be Obama or McCain?Alicen and I decided the best time to vote was early and when the kids where asleep. So we went to early voting yesterday. It was nice too, the news had been saying it was a long wait and a long line. Well we must have hit it perfect- we waited maybe 30 minutes. Just long enough to see the weirdo's in line who help pick our government leaders (scary), but short enough I was back to work in time. But we got our voting done and out of the way for the next little while.
I have been saying I would vote for Nader and that its his year, but once I got to the poll I decided to make my vote count so I voted for another. Wont say either way but I did make it count! At least I believe it does. Not that my Utah vote matters in a National view anyway. I just thought it was fun to throw a name like Nader out when conversations start up. It will be interesting to see who comes out of this one. For me, its which of the two evils will prevail. Time will only tell.
What was funny about voting early, was as I did my Math homework last night around 8 pm or so. I got two calls within minutes of each other encouraging me to get out and vote on Election day. I told both parties I had voted already. One of the parties asked if I would say who I voted for. I wanted to get back to my homework before it got late and to not be on the phone arguing about who is better. So I just said their candidate instead of who I actually voted for. I did it for just kicks and giggles. Funny how they ask- when really its none of their business. I just had to laugh about both parties calling around the same time. If I had time I would have said the Ladder party and made it an Ol' Bible Bashing Extravaganza!! Just for the thrill of bashing once again political style. Oh I miss the days on the Mish.