The pictures are from Saturday night when we all went to Old Sacramento and had dinner at Fultons Underground. The restaurant is famous for their Prime Rib and we ate well. Daniel is now 18 and I no longer live in fear of what he may have done. He is his own adult now and my liability is secure. The pictures were taken at the ramp in Old Sacramento that David designed with his engineering firm. It is an access ramp for the public down to the docks at Old Sacramento. The ramps sit on a barge that floats and the ramps descend at low tide about fifty feet to the water line. The ramps are metal and obviously move with the shifting tide up and down. He also built in a storage building at the base of the ramps and it is a pretty impressive site. I'm sure the Old Sacramento Merchants Association weren't aware that the ramp was designed by a (at the time ) 19 year old boy.
I have suffered all weekend from a cold. I picked up a sore throat on Thursday and made it all the more worse by getting caught in a rainstorm on Friday at Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton. Our Golf Association, The Northern California Golf Association, had their annual meeting last Friday at Castlewood Country Club followed by golf afterward. We had rain Thursday night, but it had tapered off Friday to partly cloudy skies by the time we teed off at 12:30 PM. We got in the first four holes and a slight drizzle started. By the time we finished the fifth hole, the skies opened up and there were rivers of water covering the greens and I was soaked to the skin. Neil, our President, and I hightailed it back to the clubhouse and found some hot soup to soothe our cold. The effect of the soaking was felt all weekend as my throat got sore and then croaky, where it sounds bad, but feels better. Yesterday I was all plugged up and my sinuses were causing me major discomfort. I had aches and pains in my joints. Today, I am much better, but still have a cough and some residual sinus blockage. Hopefully, I'm better by the time I fly to Detroit Wednesday afternoon.
The Managers meeting is on this week and I couldn't have picked a better time to go. My office just completed a quarter where we won the sales contest for the third quarter with a 15% in net retained income for the quarter. Our office for the year is up 21.6% in premium and 17.94% in net retained income. I'm almost looking forward to my meeting with the CEO of our company this year. It is a good story and we continue to thrive in a tough market.
I did play golf this weekend and suffered through a foggy, cold start to the round on Saturday. I wasn't feeling well and managed a 45 on the front side, but was able to pull my game out of dry dock and shoot a 38 on the back for 83. My index has dropped to 9.0 and have little room for error in my game right now. i lost $5 to Mark on a straight up bet, but won $5 in the match play to break even.
The golf club had elections on Thursday and although I ran for President unopposed, I still managed to win the office. We have a good board for 2008 and I will appoint several positions in December. I will have my Friend, Bob Pando, appointed to the board as a member-at-large. Bob will be mirroring our Tournament Bookkeeper and will take over that position in 2009. My proposed new By-Laws were also voted in and we are no longer paying members of the board a salary, but will be paying for green fees in 2009. This is an important change for the club as we have to start filing an informational return to the IRS and we have never had our members claim the earnings from being on the board.
We are going through some pain at church right now as our pastor, Rick, who is so tremendously popular has been asked to step down by the board of Elders at the church. Apparently, his management style is that of a micro-manager and we have lost a number of key staff positions over the years. Rick, so far, has refused to step down. As a member of the church body, my concern is for the teaching in the church and Rick is an awesome teacher, in fact the best I have ever experienced. This is the Devil infiltrating our church and I pray that the leadership reach an amicable meeting of the minds on this issue. I think the church would be devastated if we lost Rick. Our Seniors' pastor, who is about 78 years old, stood up and addressed the church on this issue yesterday and he said, when he first head about the disagreement that he would take an early retirement. One of his friends pointed out that he was about 15 years late. He is sticking with us and hopes to see a positive resolution to a sorry situation.
Well, that is it for this week. I am off to the manager's meeting on Wednesday, but will be back in the office next Monday for one day before Darla and I head to Lake Tahoe for a much deserved rest. We have a condo at the Tahoe Beach and Ski Resort set up for next week. Ciao.
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