Last night, Great Grandma and I joined Brian, Carrie, Lauren and Nathan for birthday dinner at their house. (Wednesday was Mom’s 81st birthday.) When Nathan said happy birthday to GG, she asked him if he knew how old she was. He replied, “Old!”
I like what Dan Bickley said in the Arizona Republic: The season may have ended last night, but the purple reign is just beginning. Thanks, Suns. You made basketball in Phoenix fun once again.
That’s what I give our Suns at the end of their fabulous season. As I wrote back on April 22, I’ve watched enough basketball tournaments to know what can happen, and unfortunately, it did. It was a hard fought game, but I give the Spurs credit. They won fair and square, and deserve the victory tonight.
So it’s on to baseball! The Diamondbacks are still holding onto second place in their league, and there are plenty of games left. And remember, UA basketball starts before the baseball season is over. There’s always something on! Go ‘Backs!
What a great game! (At least from a Suns’ perspective.) It was a nail-biter throughout the fourth quarter. I called Mom and she wasn’t watching because it was too close. I told her we were up and she better turn it on. Just a few minutes later, the Suns had lost their lead, so I called Mom back and told her to quit watching… she was bringing them bad luck!
Daryl and Derek are driving home from Michigan (where they took Devon for his summer internship), and they couldn’t pick up the game on the radio because of storms. So I called a few times (on our Verizon cell phones) to give them updates. At two minutes left, Daryl finally found a station and heard the end of the game.
I spent a lazy Memorial Day today. After a quick visit to Glenda’s to see her new doggie, then out to Mom’s for a few minutes, I came home and sewed for the remainder of the day (until the game came on, of course!) I had put some country pork ribs in the crock pot earlier in the day, so I had myself a little barbecue dinner in front of the t.v. The kids spent the day with the Shockley’s and had plans to swim. If they did go in the pool, it would be the first time for Lauren since last summer. She has to limit her sun exposure (because of the chemo), but with sun screen and a hat, she should be fine for a short dip.
Now, on to Wednesday! If the Suns can come back and win this series, it will be the first time an NBA team has come back from 3 games down. But if any team can do it, they can. They have broken other records this year, so what’s another one? GOOOO Suns!
I was at the Reed’s last night watching the finale of American Idol. Nathan was totally taken with Bo. He continually chattered about “Bo this” and “Bo that”, and every time Bo was not the one performing, Nathan was asking where Bo was. After the first hour, he began to call him “my Bo”. Today he said “My Bo is coming over to my house”. Such an imagination! Fortunately, he fell asleep right before Carrie Underwood was named the new American Idol, so he didn’t have to see “his Bo” lose the crown.
Lauren made a visit to Dr. Graham in Tucson today. He said everything continues to look good. She needs to be very careful with sun exposure this summer. Chemotherapy makes patients extremely sensitive to the sun for a long time.
Our Suns have a hole to dig themselves out of. Lots of my co-workers seem to think they can do it. Getting Joe Johnson back will help. He practiced with the team today. Hopefully, he will be able to play a little this weekend. Fingers everywhere are crossed. GO Suns!
What a great win today! After being really close for the majority of the game, we finally pulled it out in the late minutes. The Diamondbacks scored a run in the 8th for a 1-0 victory over the Tigers. What? Who did you think I was talking about?
Okay, okay, so our Suns lost the opening game in the conference finals against the Spurs. It was an exciting game until the last couple of minutes, when it became apparent we were not going to catch them again. Oh well, only one down! Let’s go, Suns!
By the way, the Diamondbacks are now in first place in the NL West. Some turn-around from last year, huh? Oh, and I decided to go with Verizon on my new phone. They have the best record on signal service nationwide. They’re a little more expensive, but probably worth it. I got set up today, and am playing with my new phone.
