A couple more pictures of Alicia and Lucas. I thought it only fair as she had the 20 hour labor shots in the blog last week.
Jennifer sent the picture of Sam to me on her phone. I didn't get the back story on this, but I can imagine this is them getting to the pool at the YMCA and Samantha making a beeline for the pool. It is incredibly cute and shows Samantha's personality. I also like her little Crocs and. of course, her water wings. With the temps in Vegas the last few days, I'd be running to the pool as well.
We had some HOT and WINDY weather the past three days with 90 degrees Friday and Saturday and the winds dying down a bit today and 95 degrees. I just came in from outside. I did a bit of reading on the pool, a bit of sleeping and then tended to some new wildflowers that I planted on Saturday adding some topsoil to the planting bed on the side of the house. I also built a small rock garden next to the shed, trimmed a few of the palms and bushes and then sprayed everything down for the work week. The house and grounds look so nice with the fresh paint, deck stain and the new roof.
We talked to Dad and Shirley last night. They were on a plane this morning, flying to Seattle and then changing planes for a flight on Icelandic Airlines to Racovich, Iceland. They will be in Iceland for ten days and then finally back home for the Summer. Dad was saying that he hadn't even put any fertilizer down on the lawn yet and finally got to that this week. I'm guessing he'll have a thatch of lawn to tend to when he gets back. It has been extremely rainy in Vancouver this Spring. I always have to remind myself that Summer doesn't officially start until June 20th. When the heat starts to rise, it is Summer. I guess Memorial Day is the unofficial start of Summer. When I was a kid, it was the last day of school that signaled the start of another Summer vacation. Dad also told us that Randy has decided on a Canadian vacation for his 50th birthday and we will all convene in Surrey the weekend of August 13th-15th. I will start to look for flights to Seattle for the Wednesday or Thursday of that week. David leaves for Rome on August 12th, so we will not leave until after that.
Dad had sent me a groping of pictures showing him trying on a size 28 suit coat on their recent cruise and I couldn't figure out why he was wearing such a small suit. It turns out that he took his suit into the cleaners to have it cleaned for the cruise and they delivered him a small Chinaman's suit when he went back to pick it up. Dad didn't realize it until they were on the cruise and opened the jacket. He had to buy some pants in Potugal to get through the cruise. Only Dad. Come to think of it "small Chinaman is an oxymoron.
Speaking of the end of school, the boys both finished their quarter at Cal poly on Friday and are heading back home tonight. David has to clean out his apartment as he won't be back in the fall. Daniel will keep his apartment over the Summer and be back in August. I'm hoping that both boys can find work this Summer.
My work continues to be a source of extreme fulfillment. We finished May with record results and June looks solid. I am interviewing for two positions and have one young lady meeting with Harvey this week at which time I hope to make an offer. She is a replacement for Toni-Anne who is moving to Switzerland with her husband. He is already there and she has to arrive by July 15th as a condition of his work visa. The young lady who is interviewing for the position is 24 years old and spent the last 5 years in England going to school at the University of Redding. She started out as a foreign exchange student and dropped out of the program after two week sand registered at the school full time. She currently works for her Dad's insurance agency in Roseville and will be a great addition to our team. I have several more interviews this week as we are promoting Matt to an underwriter position and bringing in a new assistant for Anthony's team. It is an exciting time at work and we have to stay ahead of staffing to keep the ball rolling.
I played golf three times this week. My team shot a15 under par 57 at the insurance tournament on Monday and took THIRD place in the tournament. We won $50 gift cards to California Pizza Kitchen and Darla and I met Bob and Vicki there for dinner on Friday night. Wednesday, all of my frustrations lifted in my golf game and I shot a 39+40=79 at the very difficult, hilly and tree laden Apple Mountain Resort up in Camino, CA. The ball was jumping off the face of my club. I had two birdies and no double bogeys in the round and it was fun. Reality however, came in the form of a 40 MPH gusting windstorm on Saturday as our golf club made the trek up to the Lincoln Hills course in Lincoln and played the Hills Course. The course is designed with nine holes going away from the clubhouse and nine returning to the clubhouse. The win was at our back on the front side and directly in our face on the back. I shot 39+46=85 for a round that was the "tale of two nines". The wind was brutal and it was nearly impossible to reach even short par fours into the wind. I did birdie the number one handicap 465 yard uphill par four with a second shot that was on the lip of the cup. I prefer to remember the front nine and ignore the back.
I did get a new driver, a Callaway 460 Big Bertha which I put in the bag for the first time on Saturday. I'm hitting it really well and will sell my Callaway FT iq on e-bay. that club, more than any other helped to improve my driving statistics and made it possible to upgrade to a club that allows me to work the ball more. I would highly recommend the Callaway FTiz to anyone looking to improve their driving accuracy. Don't mind me, I'm just working on my e-bay ad.
Finally, I bought a new blu-ray DVD player last week on Amazon. I got the Panasonic
DMP-BD 65 Blu Ray player. I'm looking forward to getting a better experience out of my Samsung HD big screen DLP. The player even has an upscale feature for non blu ray discs that has them play with almost HD quality. I look forward to checking it out this week. I suppose it is my Father's day gift to myself.
Well, that's it for this week. I wish Dad and Shirley Godspeed on their journey trough Iceland, hopefully they packed gloves and coats for their Nordic adventure. Everyone have a great week. Ciao.
We had some HOT and WINDY weather the past three days with 90 degrees Friday and Saturday and the winds dying down a bit today and 95 degrees. I just came in from outside. I did a bit of reading on the pool, a bit of sleeping and then tended to some new wildflowers that I planted on Saturday adding some topsoil to the planting bed on the side of the house. I also built a small rock garden next to the shed, trimmed a few of the palms and bushes and then sprayed everything down for the work week. The house and grounds look so nice with the fresh paint, deck stain and the new roof.
We talked to Dad and Shirley last night. They were on a plane this morning, flying to Seattle and then changing planes for a flight on Icelandic Airlines to Racovich, Iceland. They will be in Iceland for ten days and then finally back home for the Summer. Dad was saying that he hadn't even put any fertilizer down on the lawn yet and finally got to that this week. I'm guessing he'll have a thatch of lawn to tend to when he gets back. It has been extremely rainy in Vancouver this Spring. I always have to remind myself that Summer doesn't officially start until June 20th. When the heat starts to rise, it is Summer. I guess Memorial Day is the unofficial start of Summer. When I was a kid, it was the last day of school that signaled the start of another Summer vacation. Dad also told us that Randy has decided on a Canadian vacation for his 50th birthday and we will all convene in Surrey the weekend of August 13th-15th. I will start to look for flights to Seattle for the Wednesday or Thursday of that week. David leaves for Rome on August 12th, so we will not leave until after that.
Dad had sent me a groping of pictures showing him trying on a size 28 suit coat on their recent cruise and I couldn't figure out why he was wearing such a small suit. It turns out that he took his suit into the cleaners to have it cleaned for the cruise and they delivered him a small Chinaman's suit when he went back to pick it up. Dad didn't realize it until they were on the cruise and opened the jacket. He had to buy some pants in Potugal to get through the cruise. Only Dad. Come to think of it "small Chinaman is an oxymoron.
Speaking of the end of school, the boys both finished their quarter at Cal poly on Friday and are heading back home tonight. David has to clean out his apartment as he won't be back in the fall. Daniel will keep his apartment over the Summer and be back in August. I'm hoping that both boys can find work this Summer.
My work continues to be a source of extreme fulfillment. We finished May with record results and June looks solid. I am interviewing for two positions and have one young lady meeting with Harvey this week at which time I hope to make an offer. She is a replacement for Toni-Anne who is moving to Switzerland with her husband. He is already there and she has to arrive by July 15th as a condition of his work visa. The young lady who is interviewing for the position is 24 years old and spent the last 5 years in England going to school at the University of Redding. She started out as a foreign exchange student and dropped out of the program after two week sand registered at the school full time. She currently works for her Dad's insurance agency in Roseville and will be a great addition to our team. I have several more interviews this week as we are promoting Matt to an underwriter position and bringing in a new assistant for Anthony's team. It is an exciting time at work and we have to stay ahead of staffing to keep the ball rolling.
I played golf three times this week. My team shot a15 under par 57 at the insurance tournament on Monday and took THIRD place in the tournament. We won $50 gift cards to California Pizza Kitchen and Darla and I met Bob and Vicki there for dinner on Friday night. Wednesday, all of my frustrations lifted in my golf game and I shot a 39+40=79 at the very difficult, hilly and tree laden Apple Mountain Resort up in Camino, CA. The ball was jumping off the face of my club. I had two birdies and no double bogeys in the round and it was fun. Reality however, came in the form of a 40 MPH gusting windstorm on Saturday as our golf club made the trek up to the Lincoln Hills course in Lincoln and played the Hills Course. The course is designed with nine holes going away from the clubhouse and nine returning to the clubhouse. The win was at our back on the front side and directly in our face on the back. I shot 39+46=85 for a round that was the "tale of two nines". The wind was brutal and it was nearly impossible to reach even short par fours into the wind. I did birdie the number one handicap 465 yard uphill par four with a second shot that was on the lip of the cup. I prefer to remember the front nine and ignore the back.
I did get a new driver, a Callaway 460 Big Bertha which I put in the bag for the first time on Saturday. I'm hitting it really well and will sell my Callaway FT iq on e-bay. that club, more than any other helped to improve my driving statistics and made it possible to upgrade to a club that allows me to work the ball more. I would highly recommend the Callaway FTiz to anyone looking to improve their driving accuracy. Don't mind me, I'm just working on my e-bay ad.
Finally, I bought a new blu-ray DVD player last week on Amazon. I got the Panasonic
DMP-BD 65 Blu Ray player. I'm looking forward to getting a better experience out of my Samsung HD big screen DLP. The player even has an upscale feature for non blu ray discs that has them play with almost HD quality. I look forward to checking it out this week. I suppose it is my Father's day gift to myself.
Well, that's it for this week. I wish Dad and Shirley Godspeed on their journey trough Iceland, hopefully they packed gloves and coats for their Nordic adventure. Everyone have a great week. Ciao.
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