A great four days off and too much rich food eaten. I woke up Friday night with extreme heartburn and two Tums later I was feeling better. We had two turkey dinners and it finally got to me Friday night. We spent Thursday with Don and Alicia at their home in Folsom. The boys were with their Dad in Sonoma and could get together with us on Friday, so we did it all over again Friday afternoon. Taylor, the boy's cousin drove up from Santa Rosa and visited with us as well, which was nice. We had a good visit and enjoyed the family time. Darla had a Black Friday jewelry sale and was gone most of Friday morning to mid afternoon and left it up to the boys to get the house cleaned up and make the potatoes and side dishes. I played golf three days in a row and played with the regular weekday group on Friday with Neil and Boyd in my group. I shot 84 for a net 72. I got home and cleaned up the spa, the pool and the outside, mowing the lawn and putting the Christmas boxes back up in the attic. Darla got home about 3:00 PM and Darla's folks showed up about the time I was sweeping up after mowing.
We had a loud buzzing that was coming from the garage during our gathering and I determined that it was the expansion tank on the hot water heater. We had to have an expansion tank added to the hot water heater when the city installed water meters a few years ago. I don't know why the unit was rattling and buzzing, but I shut off the main water to the house, bled the lines and, when I turned the water back on, the rattling and buzzing had stopped. I figure I saved about $300 bucks on that move as a plumber undoubtedly would have sold me a new expansion tank.
The weather this weekend once again was just amazing with highs in the low 70's each day and a cloudless blue sky with a warming sun. We do have a major cool down coming this week with highs expected to drop down to the mid fifties and an overnight low of 27 degrees. We need to get our weather to a more seasonable state, but it sure has been great enjoying some Southern California weather up here in Nor Cal. I played Cherry Island on Saturday and again shot an 84, net 71. The course is interesting in that they have a Foot Golf course built into the course and some Foot Golfers came out and were playing the course on the front nine. They just fit them in between foursomes. Luckily, they weren't out there when we played the front nine. They are basically soccer players that play a course designed to kick the ball from the tee box to a designated bucket in the ground (marked by a flag) on each hole. Their course is shorter and there are two Foot Golf holes on each golf hole, so they play their course in 9 holes. It is a new sport and the players were decked out in silk pajama looking uniforms and played in teams of 2 against other teams of 2. It was odd and I'm hoping it doesn't catch on in too big of a way. The courses are currently on three Sacramento County golf courses, but none in Roseville.
Darla had her Black Friday sale on Friday, Saturday and today and did very well. She had a great month in November and her good friend, Missy, who has been in Silpada with Darla from the start finally promoted to a Leader position (Sterling or Silver or something). It is a level down from Darla and Darla was just about as happy as Missy was when she qualified.
I went to church on Saturday night as Darla was finishing up her party and making sure that all of her parties got booked as it was the end of the month. I had golf today, so went last night and she went this morning. It was a great sermon and a few Christmas songs like "Go tell it on the Mountain". Very nice.
I did play in the last tournament of the year today and struggled with a 46 (10 over) on the front side. I did get it together and shot 39 on the back for 85, net 74. I ended up shooting 84-84-85 over the three days. Consistent, but unspectacular. My index dropped to an 11.3 today, the lowest it has been all year. I will take Friday off this week and play in the Roseville Golf Club board's annual incoming board member golf outing. We will have a breakfast meeting beforehand and then play the Timber Creek course in Roseville. Friday night is poker and then Saturday night we have the RGC Christmas party in Citrus Heights.
The year is quickly coming to a close as we will hold our Holiday party for the office a week from Monday and then we leave for Mexico on that following Saturday. We have a gathering at the house on the 10th for Neil and Lilly. They asked Darla and I to open our house, but that they will host a gathering of four couples for dinner. We found out that they have rented a limo and the eight of us will go out and see all of the local Christmas lights as we enjoy a few adult beverages along the way.
I finished the month at work with our 11th straight month over budget. Pete was out for two weeks and Matt coming back from a two week vacation at the end of October. It was rough sledding especially considering that we were coming off of a 66% increase in 2012 over 2011. We did it and I just need to learn not to question the team that I have assembled at work. They are awesome. I will wrap this up and must say that I give Thanks for each of you and all of my friends and family. Have a great week. Ciao.
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