everyone obviously remembers the fire out in draper a couple weeks ago. well, from where we live i was able to get a number of petty cool photos of all the smoke, fire, etc. in fact the most of these were taken just from our front yard. i cant tell you how happy i was that the wind was blowing all that smoke away from our house instead of towards it. we would have been swamped otherwise and everything would have ended up stinking
last weekend a bunch of us were able to go boating for probably the last, or one of the last times of the season. it was so fun. i really love getting out on the lake. the thing that was really nice was that the water was pretty much close to perfect for the majority of the time we were there. it was awesome for skiing...which was really nice since nearly every other time we have gone out this year we've gotten stuck with pretty mediocre water. cush also had just bought a new ski which was soooo nice. i couldnt believe how effortless it made cutting and leaning in to the water. wakeboarding was pretty fun too. this season i have really been able to get more in to it and i have actually really grown to like it.
in other news, i was able to go and visit chad, lindsey and the kids out in vegas a three or four weeks ago. it was a really fun trip and i really enjoyed being able to see my nephews. rex is a very mild mannered baby and jay is simply getting funnier and funnier as he grows up. unfortunatly i forgot to bring my camera down there so i wasnt able to get any photos of them. oh well. thanks again chad and lindsey for letting us come and stay down there. now i just need to get out and see staci, clark, and coybin.
well, i cant really think of anything else to update about. im enjoying the changing of the season and look farward to the next couple of months of fall. i always enjoy the different smells in the air and the cripser air. the leaves changing are always really cool too. well, like i said, thats about all ive got for today.
i am so excited for the start of the football season tomorrow! its such a fun time of year when college football is going on. as a recent grad from the U i was able to get discounted season tickets for the games which should be a lot of fun...since i cant get free tickets any more since im not a student. as far as the game goes tomorrow, im really excited for utah to get the chance to play michigan. its always cool when teams in the mountain west get to go up against some of the historic and larger programs. hopefully it will be a good game. it seems like everyone and their dog has been picking utah for the upset win of the week but im not so sure. dont get me wrong, i would be out of my mind pumped if we did and ill for sure be sitting on the edge of the couch the whole game cheering the utes on for a win...but i just dont think michigan will be that easy of a win tomorrow. i know its a new coach and a new system and all and that there arent many returning starters this year for their team, but i just think they'll be as unprepared as everyone is saying. rich rodriguez for sure will want to have his team ready for his first home game as the michigan coach and he most definitely wont want to experience another apalation state type of a loss to start off the year...not that utah and apalation state are all that comparable...you get my point though. anyway, like i said i hope it will be a good game and ill be really excited if utah wins.
all i can say is 30+ mpg! ... because after driving my explorer around, and especially after driving my dad's f150 around this past month, i am SO excited to be in a little car that gets good gas mileage. i just hope this little dodge proves to be a reliable car over the next few years.
i cant believe the all star game went as long as it did. it ran 15 long innings and was really only inches away from going more. after having multle plays at the plate and after stranding multiple runners in scoring position, justin morneau of the twins was finally able to slip by brian mccann's tag at home and score the winning run. i found it all pretty exciting...though i probably would have gone to bed if the game would have gone into the 16th. i mean, the game was only like 10 min shy of lasting 5 hours. pretty crazy for an all star game. like i said though, it was all pertty exciting for me and i actually enjoyed watching the entire game. the pitching was dominant, the hits and homeruns came at key times, and the drama of sitting through inning after inning, though tiring, was still very suspensful...especially since terry francona was out of bench players and was exteremly limited on how long he could pitch his final reliever (who he was forced to put in the game at the top of the 15th). im sure all of the american league dugout was starting to wonder what they were going to do if the game went in to the 16th, 17th, or 18th innings. maybe francona could have gotten a field player to come in and try his hand at pitching...or maybe bud selig would have been forced to call the game a tie or something (which would not have been cool...baseball is not soccer). anyway, despite being long, i thought the all star game was overall pretty enjoyable to watch.
so i got in a wreck a week ago. goodbye red explorer and hello new car...wherever you are. i got hit as i was turning through an intersection as the light was turning red. luckily the other driver got away with only scratches and i came away with just a headache. right now im just waiting on allstate to figure everything out but i kind of wish it would all just be over with and buttoned up. im tired of wondering how it will turn out. i guess allstate is still debating over whos at fault since the light was turning red. hopefully i wont end up being liable...or at least be given shared liability. we'll see, ill be fine with whatever as long as i feel im being dealt with fairly.
