You can see that I've added some pictures of my office to the blog. I have (surprise) a golf theme to my office with over 120 logo golf balls displayed as well as pictures of the Princeville golf course in Kauai and Pebble Beach. I have pictures of the 7 th hole at Pebble which is the par three on the bluffs that I parred and the 5th hole at Pebble, which was redesigned by Jack Nicklaus after the last squatter on Pebble Beach finally sold their house and the Pebble Beach company was finally able to straighten out the hole. They used to have to play around the home that was built on the bluff, and when the owner finally sold, the hole was redesigned with the tee box where the home used to sit. I have items from St Andrews and The US Open at both Pebble Beach and Winged Foot from 2006 when my boss went to Mamaroneck , New York and saw the US Open and brought me back some memorabilia. The logo balls are 100% courses that I have played. I always have friends that want to pick up a ball at some course on their travels and give them to me, but I only display balls from courses that I have actually played. I learned that from Dad who used to collect beer cans and only would only display cans of a brew that he actually drank. Luckily, he wasn't picky. Just kidding, Dad.
The weekend was relaxing and I enjoyed watching the Dallas Cowboys dismantle the Chicago Bears last night. it looks like the team has finally turned the corner and much of the credit goes to Wade Phillips, who has instilled a more relaxed "team" approach to football, which for some players is a nice change from the drill sergeant approach of Bill Parcells. NFL football players in 2007 are completely different from players in the seventies and eighties, when Parcells was King of the league. I think the players respected him, but some players were afraid to play on instinct and skill because the Tuna would crack on them so hard if they made a mistake. the Cowboys seem to be playing with a freer and more athletic mindset and so far it is working. Fun stuff for Cowboy fans.
I talked to both Cheryl and dad last night as we prepare for our trip to Texas this weekend for Jesse's wedding. Dad told me that Darryl quit his job at FedEx two weeks ago and is interviewing with a firm out of New York and may be moving to Atlanta, Georgia. I knew that Darryl was frustrated and unhappy at FedEx, but didn't know that he walked away from his job. I guess his boss was tough to work for and Darryl had lost 25 pounds and was working 60 hours a week with his facility short staffed. He decided to quit for his health and because he hated what he was doing. I respect that immensely and know how much courage it took to walk away from a high paying job. Darryl will land squarely on his feet, simply because he always gives 110% to the job, and frankly he is good at what he does.
Things here at work continue to go well. We are up for September and should breeze to the sales award this month. Darla and I took the office's number one agency out to dinner on Friday night. The insurance agency is a husband wife team that concentrates on contractor business and we renewed a $300,000 account with them in August and I wanted to reward them. We had a great dinner at Ruth Chris' steakhouse in Roseville. Both of them are very funny and entertaining and Darla had a blast with them. There was a couple in a booth across from us that couldn't keep their hands off each other. It was completely out of place in a fine dining establishment and even more so because the couple consisted of two males and they were perched in the ultra conservative confines of Republican Placer County. I thought that if the barrister had turned a seltzer bottle on both of them, it would have been appropriate.
I did manage a game of golf this weekend, but one of our players arrived at the course and his electric window wouldn't slide back up. We could hear the motor running, but the window was somehow off the track. The weather was iffy with rain possible and he decided to run the car over to the dealer to get it fixed rather than stay and play. Priorities. Both Boyd and I said that we would have played golf and got the car fixed afterward. I would have run to the store and got some saran wrap and taped the window shut and run to the car dealer after golf. Our tee time was 7:50 and we were off the course by 11:30. Mel decided to take his new BMW over to the dealer and get it fixed. Somehow it wasn't covered under warranty and it cost him $400 to have it repaired.
I shot 43+39=82 to Boyd's 39+35=74, but we broke even on skins as I get 11 strokes to his 4. He beat me 1 up on the front and I beat him 1 up on the back with a tie on the overall. We decided to play match play in honor of the Club Championship just completed. My second place finish was worth $75 and I'm still smarting from the defeat. Next year. My only golf goal met this year was getting to single digits in my handicap. I should drop to an 8 after this month''s play. My scores over the last three weeks are 76, 79, 79, 79, 80, 80, 82, 82, 84. I also had an 85 at Whitney Oaks, but the slope is so much higher there. I will play Whitney again tomorrow with my friend, Bob.
Bob and Vicki had a huge scare last week with their daughter, Stephanie. Stephanie is 25 and lives in LA. She went in for a routine ob gyn appointment and they found some problem with her pap smear. They ordered some test, concerned about cervical cancer. They took some sections and had them analyzed and it was a false alarm. The relief is palpable and I offered to take Bob golfing to celebrate. I got a $24 deal with cart at Whitney Oaks and look forward to playing with Bob.
Our life group on Mondays is going well and we are just starting to study the weekly sermon more in depth. We are working on the book of Hebrews, which is heady stuff. Darla has only made it to one meeting and will have to miss again tonight as she has a meeting with her foster agency that she works with.
Well, folks, that is it for this week. The blog will be a day late next week as we will be in Austin, Texas for the wedding. I look forward to seeing the family and especially to seeing Jennifer and her unborn daughter, Samantha Paige. It will be nice to spend some time together. She will fly from Austin back to Sacramento where she will spend a week with all of us, culminating in her baby shower on Saturday , the 6th of October. Ciao.
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