Barbecued chicken for dinner. It hit 79 degrees today and it seemed the right thing to enjoy a delicious barbecue. I see pictures of Darryl digging out of snowed in Kansas City and wonder what I'm doing in California. I could be clearing driveways with my neighbors rather than finishing up three straight days of golf and trying to avoid an early season sunburn.We had barbecued hamburgers last night and I am enjoying the change in the weather. We are expecting some clouds and a chance of rain mid week.
You can see the pictures of Daniel and his friend working on adding some more flooring to the attic. Daniel is leaving for Los Angeles this week. He has a job with the Home Depot in Woodland Hills and will also be getting hours with Kohls. He will ramp up his job search while he is in Southern California. The guys have been working on the attic for the last four hours. What started out as a project to add some space fro his things has turned into an addition to our home. Darla is concerned that they are actually making a new room up there and they will move in next week.
The other picture is of Darla and I at Benihanas. I had a $30 free dinner for my birthday and I never miss a free meal at Benihanas. We went out this last week and enjoyed dinner together on Thursday night. I also got a haircut on Wednesday and got a bit of a scalp job. I got visiting with the stylist and listening to her tale of woe about her ex husband and didn't notice the gray hair flying onto the ground. The difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is about a week. Well, if you are a man anyhow.
I did get out and play golf Friday at Rancho Murieta with one of my agents, Pete and one of his agents, who happens to be the son of my agent. It is a small world in insurance. The weather was changing on Friday and the wind was up. We had gusts of 25-30 MPH and it was COLD. Unfortunately, I was not up on the forecast, other than that it was supposed to be 70 degrees, and I wore shorts to the course. It slowly warmed up through the day, but the wind stayed up. I shot 85 and my agent, who is a 16 handicap, shot 84. Pete and his agent were in the low 100s.
I just took a break and went and looked at the attic. Daniel and his friend have added about another 16' x 8' of space in the attic for storage. Now, we'll never have to throw anything away. We can have a Christmas inventory that rivals Shirley's now.
Yesterday, i had a free coupon for golf at Diamond Oaks and met Darren, Pamas and Paul for a practice round for today's tournament. My game was on and I shot 40+41=81. Pamas shot 75 and Paul 83. Darren had 92. My concern was that I used up all of my good shots yesterday and would have nothing left for the tournament.
Well, a 42+43=85 day proved that to be correct. I was a little sore and my legs hurt after three days of golf. I rode with Boyd today, but got tired on the back nine and finished double bogey/bogey/double bogey at the end of my round. I did go in and set up a lesson with Dale on Tuesday afternoon. I have struggled with the driver lately, pulling the ball left. It got to the point today that I was aiming the ball right and drawing it back into the center of the fairway. The problem with that plan is that if you don't draw the ball, you end up in the trees. Like any golfer, I have developed some bad habits and lazy swing mechanics and need a professional to take a look at my swing and fix my mistakes. I will meet with Dale after work on Tuesday. I have a marketing game set up with one of my carriers and Gary along with Matt from my office. Hopefully, I can make some corrections and have a better round on Wednesday at Morgan Creek. I also have a Diamond tournament on Saturday with Boyd and Paul.
Work is going well. I've been working through reviews the past couple of weeks. It is pretty nice to work on reviews of an office that is doing as well as mine. It was overall pretty positive, but I was able to point out some areas in need of improvement. Two of my underwriters who have been a little slow to pick up their premium both had great years, one of them up 29% and the other 40%. That, combined with Pete and Matt doing so well, added up to a record year for my office. Now, I have those four as a great base and have my Personal Lines Underwriter who was up 15% in 2012 and two newer underwriters continuing to mature and grow their books of business. Adding to that, I will have one of my Underwriting trainees start handling a new territory in April. I am in the process of hiring a new typist for the office and culling through resumes and doing interviews.
I have a Fantasy baseball draft tomorrow night at 6:30. It is a Keeper league and I have the first draft choice tomorrow night. Nice.
We are off to Dallas in two weeks and look forward to seeing family. Next weekend is Easter and we will have an early Easter dinner with the family on Saturday night at Alicia's house. Darla and I will relax at home on Sunday after going to service in the morning. We went to church this past Saturday night and it was Palm Sunday service and the pastor had the entire service devoted to baptisms. It was nice early on, but got a bit dry by the time they were working on their thirtieth baptism.
Well, that is it for this week. I hope you all enjoy the celebration of the death and resurrection of our saviour, Jesus Christ, this coming weekend. Be well, enjoy family time and Praise God for our life everlasting. Ciao.
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