Packing up and other random things

We are getting new carpet next week and in preparation we are packing everything up so we can move the furniture into the two rooms that aren't getting carpet. This is almost worse than moving.

Quent went out to the garden earlier today to pick some zucchini and spaghetti squash and came in with not one but two 28 inch cucumbers. We didn't realize the cucumbers were growing as their vines have intertwined with the squash and we weren't aware they were there. Our neighbor Nob said that they grow up to five inches a day so we need to make sure we're watching them as one day they maybe to small to pick but will be ready the next day.

Quent picked 10 spaghetti squash and there are at least another 15 growing strong. It's a good thing I like spaghetti squash as my freezer is going to be full of it this winter.

We'll post pictures of the garden soon.

New Design

I decided to change the design of the blog today and after not paying attention to what I was doing I had to recreate everything but the posts. So after about two hours of playing with the blog layout I hope everyone likes the new design.

Visiting Salt Lake

Instead of going camping over the 24th of July holiday we decided to head to Salt Lake for the weekend as Quent wanted to visit the Mantua Hatchery near Brigham City.

We stayed with my parents and had a BBQ on Thursday night with my family and then spent Friday afternoon/evening with Quent's mom and dad and Kerry.

Saturday was spent hanging out around the house, running a few errands and Quent even got in on his first "Tom" project at the house helping my brothers load some scrap metal on a trailer.

We returned home on Sunday and I will be home for one week before heading back to Salt Lake to hopefully get the Jeep's transmission fixed. Long story but I'm sure I'll be updating everyone soon on the progress of the Jeep.

Home from Vegas

I made it home from Vegas on Monday, July 21 and am excited to be home. While Quent was in Vegas he pointed out the fact that of our 11.5 month marriage that I had spent over 30 days in Vegas. I'm just glad that all the time I've spent in Vegas over the past year was work related and that we were paid to be in Vegas.

Time off for good behavior

Quent came to visit this weekend and I was able to skip out on a couple games last night to go to dinner with him. We had a great time away from the strip and were able to just relax last night. It was good to leave the arena before dark however the heat was incredible as it was 105 degrees yesterday.

Quent heads home tomorrow morning and I'm headed home on Monday.

Bad Basketball

Monday was the first day that games were played in both COX Pavilion and Thomas & Mack. The bright side of this is that we now have two games going on at a time and I don't have to sit through a full six games a day, just four.

Monday's games started out exciting with a close fun game that involved the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The excitement left the building when Stephon Marbury left with the New York Knicks.

The final three games on Monday featured an average of 48 turnovers per game and one game had over 65 free throw attempts with one player attempting 23. Needless to say I'm excited that there are only five games today and that I'll only have to watch three of the five.

Only 49 Games Left

I survived the first day of the 2008 NBA Summer League! Things went surprisingly well for the first day. Of course there were people that showed up that hadn't requested a credential and like all summer leagues rosters changed just before tip-off, but that is to be expected and all went really well.

It was fun to see all the people I used to work with in the league, especially the scouts and assistant coaches that I got to know really well while working with the Rocky Mountian Revue Summer League.

The highlight of the day was when I got to talk to Keith McLeod, a former Jazzman who signed a contract with the Dallas Mavericks yesterday. Keith was one of the players that I really enjoyed working with and is a really good guy.

Quent reports that not much has changed at home. He said there might be some rain showers this weekend, Vegas was hit with quite the storm last night.

Loving Las Vegas!!!

I've been here 24 hours and I've had In-n-Out burger just once! Ok seriously things are going well with the Vegas Summer league, we did a lot of set up today and things seem to be going well.

Games start tomorrow at 1 p.m. and before heading home on the 21st I will watched 53 basketball games, now I know you're all jealous but you too can join in the fun, they are being broadcast live on the internet at http://www.nba.com/summerleague2008.

More updates to follow!

Happy Independence Day

Quent and I hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July. We don't have big plans this year as I am headed back to Las Vegas the middle of next week for a couple of weeks and I have a lot of work to do before I leave.

Success in the Garden

Quent and I picked our first vegetables from the garden yesterday, ok Quent picked them, I just took the picture. We have a ton of zucchini setting on and the summer squash is going like weeds. My spaghetti squash is taking up about half the lower garden (yes we have two) but it doesn't seem to have anything but flowers on it right now.

The heat has taken quite a tole on the garden, our tomato plants have all but stopped growing and our beans have died off. On a positive note we should have enough squash/zucchini to feed an army if it all grows.