Taking it Easy, Trying to stay out of a Cast.

It has been a boring weekend without golf. The weather is nice in the low nineties and I've enjoyed relaxing on the pool both yesterday and today. Darla has been in absentia parts of both days, yesterday with an event at a local hospital and today at a home party in Auburn. I went yesterday and met her at 5 PM, so I could help her load her jewelry back into the car. She had two cases and three bags of jewelry and couldn't leave it sitting in the lobby. I drove over and helped her load up. we came home and then went to church. I spent Saturday in my light brace and my foot was sore this morning, so I spent today in the boot and it feels much better. Obviously, with the metal braces built into the boot, the support is much better. I've been really good this week only taking the boot off to drive to and from work and to sleep at night. I've put the light brace on when I'm driving.

This week will be a tougher test as I have golf on Tuesday up in Redding and on Thursday. Both are scrambles and I'll be in a cart, but hopefully I don't undo all of the good that I've done this week.

I took the staff out this week for our budget lunch. We went to Buca Di Beppo and enjoyed two salads, two pasta dishes served family style with bread and drinks. Some of the staff really enjoyed it but I heard some buzz of a few complaints. It still amazes me. It may just be the way I was raised, but when I first started in business, if my boss took us out to lunch I was thrilled. When it was announced I don't recall asking where we were going or what the menu was. The attitude of entitlement never ceases to amaze me. I guess they are all Democrats.

Our hot tub is still on the IR as we are waiting for a diverter valve from the manufacturer to be delivered to the spa repair facility. Darla and I are anxious to get back on our spa schedule as a nice hot soak before bed helps both of us sleep. I talked to the repair place last week and they have no idea when the part will be delivered. Nice.

Darla has been doing a lot of work with her jewelry business lately. They have a sales incentive on that will pay a $15,000 bonus if she hits it. I wouldn't put it past her. She finally had one of her consultants reach a Star Leader level, which increases the consultant's rate of pay and gets Darla closer to another level with the company.That consultant will also join us in Hawaii in January. She continues to do well.

The two parties' conventions are now in the books and the difference between the candidates is crystal clear. It is partly the party lines with the Dems being Big Government and the Republicans ideal of small business as the answer to our problems. BUT...Obama is the embodiment of a government employee who believes that the government should run everything and knows better than the populace. Romney is a man who has run businesses and knows that the well being of a populace is based on their ability to work and take care of their family. It isn't standing in line for a government hand-out that gives a person a sense of accomplishment, unless you have grown up in a family that was on welfare and on the dole. Then you don't know any better. Obama has created an entire generation of people that have been on government assistance for years. He has worked hard to take the work element out of Clinton's Welfare to Work program. It is astonishing that people still want to hear what he plans to do to improve the economy. He's had four years and has failed miserably. It is time for real Hope and real Change. Political Ads have changed from discussing issues to being about attacking your opponent. The one thing that is missing in those ads is TRUTH. It is now all about winning and not campaigning. It is disgraceful.

Obama decided to tell the convention hall that they are now better off than they were four years ago. About the only people who believe him are union workers, the unemployed and illegal immigrants. IF he is re-elected there will be alot more illegals, union workers and the unemployed. The sad fact is that there are now a whole group of adult Americans that are nothing but a drag on the system. The more we give them the more they want and they refuse to give anything back or work for their handouts. The DNC spent a lot of time crowing about Obama saving GM, but if you look at the facts, he was pandering to the auto unions. IF GM had gone into bankruptcy, they could have dissolved their union and then started paying their workers a living wage and dropped all of the guaranteed pensions. Instead, we paid billions to the car companies and the unions still threaten to strike for more pay and better pensions. I think we just delayed the death of the auto system by ten or twenty years.

It has been a good first week of the NFL, with Dallas beating the Giants in an upset and several other decent upsets, including the Niners upset of the Packers. Darla had a party at the house on Wednesday night and I got thrown out. Luckily, the young folks in the office all planned a night at a sports bar and they let the old man show up as well. I came home about 9 PM and was hoarse. We had a great time.

Well, I don't have much. I'll be back next week with tales of my travels this week. Hopefully my Achilles holds up well this week. Be well and I'll check in on the blog next weekend. Ciao.