Most of the pictures are from our trip to Almanor, save for the last couple which Darla took today while out on the lake with Don and Alicia. I had, what else, but golf with our two man blind draw event. I shot an 82 and drew another 12 handicapper who shot 83 and we took 3rd with a net 63. The tournament was very poorly attended (only 30 players) because of a conflict with Doug Smith's Memorial, which was also today at 1 PM. Neil and I decided to play as we had a special Memorial for Doug right before the Firecracker tournament and, knowing Doug, he would have been pissed if we didn't play. Several of the golfers decided to go to the Memorial as they wanted to pay their respects to his family. we actually had Doug's wife, sister and son at our little memorial two weeks ago.
I also played golf during Power Hour on Saturday with Darren, Pamas and Paul. Pamas is a 3 handicap and insisted that we play the blue tees. Unfortunately, Woodcreek is in the process of rebuilding their tees and many of the blue tees, especially on the front side, were closed and they moved the tees back to the gold. The gold tees are almost 7000 yards, so it was tough. I had a good day with a birdie on both the front and the back and I shot a 41+40=81. We teed off at 6:50 and were off the course before noon. Darla and I were on the pool together by 12:30. We relaxed, I slept for awhile on the pool and we went to church at 5 PM (It was 102 degrees). We then went to dinner at Lorenzo's in Roseville.
Today, Darla went for a massage early and then met Don and Alicia in Folsom at the boat docks and headed out on the lake. I teed off at 9;00 AM and we were done shortly after 1:00 PM/ Darla and I again met on the pool at 2:30PM. I was up early this morning to watch the British Open and was fast asleep on the pool by 3:30.
Work continues to go well and we are in line for another great month. I have four new employees, one of them being my front desk receptionist. We had a bank of lights go out in our conference room and brought the maintenance guys from our property managers in to find out what the problem was. I asked the receptionist to let me know what they found. She sent me an e-mail on Wednesday saying that we had a ballast out and they had to order the part and would be back in on Friday to replace it. For some reason she also felt compelled to tell me that they needed to use a ladder to complete the task. My sense of humor led me to send her a note back telling her that company policy did not allow us to use ladders in our offices and that the workers would have to stack chairs to complete the task. I thought nothing of it until Friday when Bob, our maintenance rep, stopped by my office to argue that using a ladder was safer than stacking up chairs. Hey, at least she listened to me.
Darla was in to the doctor this week and I went with her. The doctor is adjusting some of her meds to help her better handle the changes happening to her hormones. She also started a homeopathic drug that seems to be helping her with her neuropathy in her feet and legs. So far, good news on the medical front.
Neil, Darren, Pamas and I take off Saturday for Incline Village and our second go at the Squaw Creek golf course. I will definitely play the course differently this time around. Darren had a free foursome up at the course and couldn't join us last year. Groupon had a $49 deal at the $85 per person course this past May and we bought the deal. I bought an extra one for Darren as we owe him a round after his generosity last year. Neil insisted on sharing the cost with me and we leave at 7 AM for the cooler confines of Squaw Valley, Nevada on Saturday morning. I also have poker on Friday night, so may be a bit tired.
Well, I need to get out and mow the lawn tonight before settling in to a little TV with my bride, so I'll call a halt to this drivel. Jennifer is off to Vegas this next weekend and is working toward transitioning back full time to Vegas in September of this year. Sam starts Kindergarten in September and Jennifer plans to rent a small house in John's neighborhood and be there for Samantha as she starts school. I hope you are all well and wish you all a blessed week. Be well. Ciao.
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