One holiday party down, several still to come.
We had our annual Roseville Golf Club Christmas party on Saturday night at Sunrise Golf Club. As incoming Vice-President, I will be responsible for the soiree next year, so I was taking mental notes this time around. The party went off very well and the food, as usual, was spectacular with prime rib and chicken as the offerings.
The prime rib was excellent, but we did have a problem with one of the guests who cut too large of a piece of his meat and had his airway blocked. I looked up to see Neil, our incoming President, pounding on the back of Keith Erickson and then begin lifting him up. I quickly realized that Neil was trying to do the Heimlich on Keith. The problem is that Neil is about 160 pounds and Keith is about 225 pounds. Keith ended up passing out and Neil dropped him onto the ground where the offending piece of meat dislodged. There is a doctor in our group who was able to comfort Keith and help him reassimilate to actually breathing in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide. Keith remained on the floor in a sitting position for about ten minutes and finally stood up and took a bow. Luckily we were able to revive him as it would have put a damper on the party to lose a guest. Incidentally, the founder of Burns and Wilcox, Herb Kaufman died from a piece of meat that lodged in his airway in Denver during a visit with the Colorado Branch Manager. When Keith turned blue, it was a scary moment.
Bob Hand, who is in our party, jumped up and lead a helping "hand" to the proceedings (bad pun, I know). Bob is a social worker trained in the Heimlich and was quick to respond. Unfortunately, he was attempting the Heimlich after the meat was already out. This was pointed out to him and he quickly laid Keith back down on the ground.
Darla and I hosted two new couples to the Christmas party this year and also sat with Bob and Debbie and Mel and Cora, who were making their second tour of the Christmas party. We had a fun night, although we slept through church on Sunday morning. Darla ended up with sore feet and hips from her night of dancing.
I played golf on Friday in the annual pre-Christmas party outing and had a horrific round. I shot 45+48=93 at Timber Creek in Roseville. The round started good with a par and a birdie, but quickly went downhill. Luckily my birdie (net eagle) was good for a skin and $16 from the pot. I had a golf tournament on Saturday and was hoping that I saved all of my good shots for that round.
Saturday, we had a frost delay and finally got off on a a reverse shotgun at 9:45 AM. I managed a 41+40=81 and won the tournament, so I got the bad golf out of my system on Friday and came through on Saturday. I even managed to get on one of the par fives in two and had a 30 foot putt for eagle that rolled up to the left side of the cup but wouldn't drop. I had two birdies in my round and will happily spend the $100 first prize in the pro shop.
The boys managed to get the Christmas decorations down from the attic and put up the tree and string lights on the house on Saturday while I was golfing. We had our two couple friends meet us at the house on Saturday night before leaving for the party, so it was nice to have the decorations up.
The pool was gunited on Wednesday last week and I have been feverishly pouring water on it ever since to help it cure. The contractor suggested that I put a sprinkler in the bottom of the pool and run it for fifteen minutes three times a day. There were three problems with that suggestion. First, the sprinkler wouldn't reach the entire structure of the pool. Second, the sprinkler had to go in the middle of the pool and was quickly under water as our pool is a game pool with the deepest part of the pool in the center. Finally, the only way to get down into the pool was by use of the steps that were not yet completely set up and I broke off the edges of the third and fourth steps as I went down into the pool. They will have to repair that this week before the tile and flagstone is put on. The steps will have step tile along the edges of each step. The pool is coming right along and I will add pictures of the progress on my next posting.
Chris, Randy's son, has reached the round of eight in the Texas State high school football playoffs. His team has already beat the number four ranked team in the state and now take on the number four ranked team in the nation and the number two ranked team in the state (The number one seed has already been eliminated). They play Southlake Carroll on Saturday a team that already beat them earlier this year, but CHHS (Chris' team) lost their qb to a concussion early in that game. Southlake Carroll lost their qb in the last game to a concussion as well. Southlake Carroll played and beat Odessa Permian, the five time state champion and the team profiled in the movie Friday Night Lights with Billy Bob Thornton. Good luck, Chris, we are all pulling for you.
Well, that is it. I have to do payroll and I was out of the office on Friday, so I'm already behind the eight ball. Be well, relax and enjoy the Christ-mas season.
We had our annual Roseville Golf Club Christmas party on Saturday night at Sunrise Golf Club. As incoming Vice-President, I will be responsible for the soiree next year, so I was taking mental notes this time around. The party went off very well and the food, as usual, was spectacular with prime rib and chicken as the offerings.
The prime rib was excellent, but we did have a problem with one of the guests who cut too large of a piece of his meat and had his airway blocked. I looked up to see Neil, our incoming President, pounding on the back of Keith Erickson and then begin lifting him up. I quickly realized that Neil was trying to do the Heimlich on Keith. The problem is that Neil is about 160 pounds and Keith is about 225 pounds. Keith ended up passing out and Neil dropped him onto the ground where the offending piece of meat dislodged. There is a doctor in our group who was able to comfort Keith and help him reassimilate to actually breathing in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide. Keith remained on the floor in a sitting position for about ten minutes and finally stood up and took a bow. Luckily we were able to revive him as it would have put a damper on the party to lose a guest. Incidentally, the founder of Burns and Wilcox, Herb Kaufman died from a piece of meat that lodged in his airway in Denver during a visit with the Colorado Branch Manager. When Keith turned blue, it was a scary moment.
Bob Hand, who is in our party, jumped up and lead a helping "hand" to the proceedings (bad pun, I know). Bob is a social worker trained in the Heimlich and was quick to respond. Unfortunately, he was attempting the Heimlich after the meat was already out. This was pointed out to him and he quickly laid Keith back down on the ground.
Darla and I hosted two new couples to the Christmas party this year and also sat with Bob and Debbie and Mel and Cora, who were making their second tour of the Christmas party. We had a fun night, although we slept through church on Sunday morning. Darla ended up with sore feet and hips from her night of dancing.
I played golf on Friday in the annual pre-Christmas party outing and had a horrific round. I shot 45+48=93 at Timber Creek in Roseville. The round started good with a par and a birdie, but quickly went downhill. Luckily my birdie (net eagle) was good for a skin and $16 from the pot. I had a golf tournament on Saturday and was hoping that I saved all of my good shots for that round.
Saturday, we had a frost delay and finally got off on a a reverse shotgun at 9:45 AM. I managed a 41+40=81 and won the tournament, so I got the bad golf out of my system on Friday and came through on Saturday. I even managed to get on one of the par fives in two and had a 30 foot putt for eagle that rolled up to the left side of the cup but wouldn't drop. I had two birdies in my round and will happily spend the $100 first prize in the pro shop.
The boys managed to get the Christmas decorations down from the attic and put up the tree and string lights on the house on Saturday while I was golfing. We had our two couple friends meet us at the house on Saturday night before leaving for the party, so it was nice to have the decorations up.
The pool was gunited on Wednesday last week and I have been feverishly pouring water on it ever since to help it cure. The contractor suggested that I put a sprinkler in the bottom of the pool and run it for fifteen minutes three times a day. There were three problems with that suggestion. First, the sprinkler wouldn't reach the entire structure of the pool. Second, the sprinkler had to go in the middle of the pool and was quickly under water as our pool is a game pool with the deepest part of the pool in the center. Finally, the only way to get down into the pool was by use of the steps that were not yet completely set up and I broke off the edges of the third and fourth steps as I went down into the pool. They will have to repair that this week before the tile and flagstone is put on. The steps will have step tile along the edges of each step. The pool is coming right along and I will add pictures of the progress on my next posting.
Chris, Randy's son, has reached the round of eight in the Texas State high school football playoffs. His team has already beat the number four ranked team in the state and now take on the number four ranked team in the nation and the number two ranked team in the state (The number one seed has already been eliminated). They play Southlake Carroll on Saturday a team that already beat them earlier this year, but CHHS (Chris' team) lost their qb to a concussion early in that game. Southlake Carroll lost their qb in the last game to a concussion as well. Southlake Carroll played and beat Odessa Permian, the five time state champion and the team profiled in the movie Friday Night Lights with Billy Bob Thornton. Good luck, Chris, we are all pulling for you.
Well, that is it. I have to do payroll and I was out of the office on Friday, so I'm already behind the eight ball. Be well, relax and enjoy the Christ-mas season.
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