Did she do it...

Kira took her NCLEX examination on Monday morning. The test is a reactive test were the more questions you get correct the harder they get. The goal to pass is to stay above the passing curve. If you drop below you have to work your way back up. There was a possibility of 265 questions and a minimum amount of 75.  You could be there an hour or you could be there for six hours.  Well, that is what Kira what Kira tells me anyways. Then they can check on the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licencing Licensee Look up and Verification System to see if they have become a registered nurse (a state website). The system updates the following day around 11pm. So yesterday night she was getting very anxious and nervous to see if she passed. I volunteered to check for her. So at 10:58pm I tried checking on my phone and the site wasn't updating. So Kira hoped on her phone to check...

Her name came up in the search. this meant that she passed her test and is now a Licenced Registered Nurse, Kira Evans RN. This process reminds me of my FE exam. It is the Fundamentals of Engineering. The University of Utah requires you to take it to get your BS. Basically the similar equivalent to her certification. I guess there is a PE that is more of a Certification. Anyways a similar process. We had two four hour tests on a Saturday and had to use bubble sheets. Our results took eight weeks because it was graded against all other applicants taking the test and 70% passed and 30% failed. We are so proud of Kira for passing her test and becoming an RN. I know I have someone certified to care for me now. In honor of the journey of the past 7 years I wrote this for her. I love you Kira and we are very proud of what you have done.

Quest for Perfection...

The most unlikely

We all saw the Packers quest for perfection end Week 15 verse the most unlikely opponent, the Kansas City Chiefs.  I'll give it to the Chiefs, a little for stopping the Packers, a little but here were my two biggest concerns; our defense not being able to stop the run or pass for that matter, and our offensive players not being able to to catch passes throw right to them.  These two elements could not be combined together again or it would be fatal for the Packers Chance to repeat...

Did that just happen again

I find it hard to give credit to the Giant for Beating the Packers and this is why...

1st quarter

3rd and 8 NYG 29- 5:44 to go in the first, Aaron Rodgers drops back in the shotgun and over throws a wide open Greg Jennings, who probably would have score had he caught it in stride. Packers settle for a field goal. Opportunity missed 4 points  and taking the lead. GB 7, NYG 3

2nd quarter

2nd and 7 NYG 43- 9:23 to go in the second, Aaron Rodgers drops back in the shotgun and James Starks drops the pass that would have game them a first down.

3rd and 7 NYG 43- 9:17 to go in the second, Aaron Rodgers drops back in the shotgun and Crabtree drops the pass that would have game them a first down. If we make either of these catches it puts us in feild goal range. Opportunity missed, assuming the Packers only get a filed goal, 3 points and taking a touchdown lead . GB 17, NYG 10

1st and 10 GB 38- 3:48 to go in the second, John Kuhn Runs into his own guy and fumbles the Ball. I put this one on the Packers. They would have at least sustained the drive and not given up the field goal to the Giants. Opportunity missed 3 points NYG.

Green Bay Possession 1:51 left to go in the 2nd. If we wouldn't have fumbled we would have taken more time off the clock and could have scored. If the Packers didn't score, they probably wouldn't have given up a field goal to the Giant because the Packer defense came to play on that series. The Packers may have gotten the ball back after holding on defense and if they did there would have been less time on their last drive for sure and no time for the Giants to get their "Hail Marry" Possession.

New York Possession 0:41 left to go in the 2nd. If the previous things happen this possession doesn't take place. I'll go with it because it did. Giants seem to be okay with running out the clock. Green Bay takes a time out for who knows why. The Giants showed they were OK running out the clock with the Time Out comming in late and them attempting a play before it was wistled dead. They lined up and ran it again but nobody could tackle Bradshaw and he gets a huge gain setting up the Hail Marry to Nicks to end the half. Opportunity missed 7 points NYG. 

Half Time Projected Score

GB 17, NYG 10

3rd Quarter

1st and 10 NYG 30- 10:36 to go in the 3rd. Aaron Rodgers fumbles the football, I'll give this one to the Giants for making a great play. Assuming Rodgers avoids the fumble he has Greg Jennings wide open down the sideline for a touchdown. If he takes a sack we get at least a filed goal being 2-17 NYG 37 and we can gain 4 yards to make it a 50 yard field goal attempt. Opportunity missed, at least 3 Points, more likely 7 Points. GB 20, NYG 10

3rd and 5 NYG 17- 3:55 to play in the 3rd. Aaron Rodgers pass goes off the hand of Greg Jennings, Play would have resulted in a Touchdown, but Packers had to settle for the field Goal. Opportunity missed 4 points. GB 27, NYG 10

4th Quarter

3rd and 5 NYG 39- 13:04 left in the 4th. Aaron Rodgers and Finley can't connect again, Finley drops another pass. The Packers would have been in field goal range with the completion and would have had a first down. They go for it on 4th down and Rodgers is sacked giving the Giants Good field Position. Opportunity missed  3 points. GB 23, NYG 10

New York Possession 12:54 to go in the 4th. They would defiantly not had the good field position. The Packers Defense actually played good in the 3rd Quarter holding the Giants to 0 points. Who's to say the Packers wouldn't  have stopped them again on this drive being it would have started around there own 20 yard line. But I'll give them the field goal they managed from this drive. GB 23, NYG 13.

Green Bay Possession 7:48 to go in the 4th. 2nd and 5 GB-34 Aaron Rodgers passed to Grant is caught and then he fumbles after getting the first down. I can't dispute this play because the Giants were going for the ball all day. The only thing that changes with this possession is the play calling being up 10 points at GB 23, NYG 13. But I give them the turnover here.

New York Possession  6:53 to go in the 4th. Manning to Manninghamm for a touchdown. GB 23, NYG 20.

Green Bay Possession 6:48 to go in the 4th. Only being up by 3 points at this point the packers still go with their play calling figuring they need to score a touch down to make it a 2 possession game.  Aaron Rodgers hooks up with Donald Drive for the score with 4:52 remaining in the half. GB 30, NYG 20.

New York Possession 4:46 to go in the 4th. There are a few assumptions that go into this possession. How much time would they have had left but giving the history of Eli Manning and the final drives of a half I give them a touchdown at the 2 minute warning. GB 30, NYG 27

Green Bay Possession (1:55). New York tries the on sides kick but the Packers recover. Only needing one first down to seal a victory and Hosting the NFC Championship game the following week. The Packers pick up the 1st down and run out the clock.  This game is remembered because the Giants almost come back in stellar fashion to upset the Green Bay Packers in a well balanced, touch fought match up between two great Quarterbacks. One of the Key take aways from the game is that the Packers Defense looks to have made some changes and are playing better than the 32nd ranked defense, not quit as good as the previous year, but are looking better just in time to make another Superbowl run.

Final Score

GB 30, NYG 27

Final Remarks

To not be fully bias in this post I have to give the New York defense credit for sacking Rodgers 4 times and causing 2 fumbles that show in the stats (Kuhn's fumble was Packer in flicked) and 1 fumble that wasn't called, well it was then overturned then challenged and upheld. Sorry, Jennings that was a fumble but I'm glad we got the call.  The Packers killed themselves with Dropped Passes but the Giants did cause 2 fumbles.  Lessons we can learn, even if you are 14-1, your Quarterback needs to see some snaps in the season finally to stay in rhythm you can't have 3 weeks off with out taking a snap in this league.  The Packers Offense is all about rhythm. Hope they get enough rest, I beat they wish they could play one more game. Enjoy!
 

Design Book

When I get and idea I have kept a book of these ideas. These ideas range from; car designs, future house designs, house remodels, and other projects. This post will get start to get us up to date on ideas from the "Design Book."

Garage Ideas

Our House currently only has a 1 car carport. I need somewhere to keep my 67 Mustang and would like somewhere where Kira could park her car as well. So here are a few ideas I came up with, some of them are pretty extreme. Enjoy!

Garage Idea 1: The goal of this design was to allow us to park 3 cars in our garage. In order to accomplish this design my mustang would park sideways at the back of the garage. There would be a 18 foot door on the left side to enable entry of the mustang. Then entry to the house from the garage would be made possible. Then a second level to the garage would be added to the garage as an attic type storage area with some point being 6-8 feet tall.

Floor Plan: 3 cars in minimal space.

Garage Idea 2: There is a home in my neighborhood that inspired this design. It is a Four Car garage with the same entry to the house from the garage. a very similar 2nd story other than it would feature a larger deck that would sit on top of the back portion of the garage. You would have to move the front two cars to get access to the back two cars. The back portion of the garage would be for my cars so access to them would not need to be accessed frequently. The first car would be Kira's car and the second would be my truck to try to eliminate frequent shuffling of cars.

Left Top: 1st floor, garage level; Right Top: 2nd floor, Storage/Attic and deck.

Garage Idea 3: Going for something simpler I went with the more classic design. Putting a garage in in back corner of my yard and enclosing and extending the current carport.

Garage Idea 4:  Staying with the simple theme and keeping cost down, this design is just putting a garage in the back corner of my yard.

Garage Idea 5:  I think this design is the winner. It is a 2 1/2 deep garage. It gives me room for two cars, my 67 Mustang and Kira's Car, and room for a small design shop in the back. Kira would have the front premium access and I would have the second spot. There are two versions of this design a longer and a shorter.

Long version: This version extends the carport 13' in the back and 11' in the front.

Short version: This version extends the carport 13' in the back and 4.5' in the front.

Detailed view of the short version. I think this is the final version I wil be going with next summer!

Here are some Craftman Storage units I will be putting into my Garage.

Introduction

Introduction:

My Name is Travis Evans. I have been married for almost five years to wife is Kira Evans. We have a 1 1/2 year old, miss Kenzie Lou. my wife has been doing the blog thing for a few years now, you can follow her comments @ travisandkiraevans.blogspot.com. Her blog covers our family and things we have done.

What is TKDesign?

TKDesign is an idea which stands for creativity, execution, purpose, and family. Family with the "TK." TK gets its roots from a high school love story. A simple representation of two teenagers love, T+K. In our later years we dropped the "+" and now "TK" represents us, our family, and our values. Design, as the English dictionary defines it; to create, fashion, execute or construct according to plan, to have a purpose, to devise for a specific function or end, to make a drawing. We can sum up the definition with these three words; Creativity, Execution, and Purpose. You put these four things together; Family, Creativity, Execution, and Purpose and you have the idea of TKDesign.

What can I expect from this blog?

As the author of this blog I reserve the right to post as often or as want or just when I have time. Post will include documentation of ideas that I, designs I am working on, things I am building, family things I deem important, links to updates from my wife's blog, comments on my sports teams, and any other things I deem interesting of important. It is mostly for my benefit and a history snap shot into my life and my thoughts. All are open to enjoy them and get a glimpse into my life and my thoughts. Enjoy!