You heard it here first, folks. Tom and his father-in-law Ron (adult supervision) will be flying to St. Louis for Friday's UNR game against #3 Georgia Tech. His day has been cleared of responsibility so all he has to do is pack!
No, Tom, I'm not kidding! Yes, your wife arranged it. Thank her and give her a kiss!
Have a great time and don't forget the drink coupons.
UNR STILL ALIVE
It's official: The Wolfpack are THE underdog of the 2004 NCAA Tournament. Ranked #10 in the West, they're the lowest seed still standing.
UNR thumped heavily favored (#2) Gonzaga on Saturday to make it into the Sweet 16. I only got to watch the first four minutes of the game, but based on what I saw, I'd say it was basically decided that early. Gonzaga came out a little too aggressive and got into very early foul trouble, particularly their star forward. He had three fouls by the end of the first half. What, does he think he gets SIX fouls like the pros? So Nevada capitalized and took it to the hole aggressively - no one on Gonzaga ("Gone-zaga" - Dick V) could afford to foul.
They're next opponent is #3 Georgia Tech on Friday (26th). Who knows what the future holds? I do think (sorry Tom) that the six-day break is a bad momentum killer for UNR. Tech has the coaching advantage, so we'll see how this plays out.
BABY KICKING MORE AND MORE
Well, we're half-way through the 19th week and Jill reports that the baby is quite active, kicking and wiggling as babies are wont to do. Until last night, the kid hasn't been big enough to make movements that can be felt through the outside of Jill's belly until last night. Jill said the baby kicked around a lot and she even felt it from the outside. I, unfortunately, wasn't immediatley there so I didn't get to feel it. Soon enough!
KATE FINALLY ABLE TO READ THE WEBSITE
Hi, Kate! Looks like her firm finally changed their firewall and now she gets to look at all the vile content of this website. Though I suspect Blogger hosts others that are a little less SFW.
IF I WERE A CARPENTER...
The weekend was gorgeous: sunny, breezy and low 70s. So, we did much work outside. Mulching, mowing, weedpulling, planting. But the fun thing is we got one big project done and one that's nearly done and the latter involved power tools. On the first, we set two cedar posts and strung wire between for the raspberries to grow up on. Plus, it'll make the picking easier!
On the second, I'm nearly done building a new cedar planter box for the front walkway where the whiskey barrel used to be. We're going to put a trellis up against the front of the house between the patio and the garage door. We're going to grow:
'Nelly Mosier' clematis,
climbing hydrangea,
and possibly hardy kiwi - YUM.
Plus we'll stock it full of bulbs for springtime. It's going to look great.
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