So, why a goose? This picture kind of sums up my round of golf on Saturday in the Super Bowl tournament. Neil called me on Thursday and asked if I would be able to take on a newbie in my group who was playing his first tournament round of golf. I agreed, but what I didn't know was that this guy just retired and his wife signed him up for the club to get him out of the house. Nice guy, but his round started with a tee shot into the water, a second ball dropped outside the hazard and his fourth shot topped back into the same hazard. He took a 14 on the first hole, but I had to help him with his scoring, the drop, and a litany of rules questions. During the round he asked me what club he should use at one point (I told him that was against the rules), he walked over my line on the green multiple times, he backhanded a putt-missed it and picked it up and put it in his pocket, he pulled his cart up right next to the green, he was talking during my tee shot, etc., etc. Everyone needs to learn, but it absolutely ruined my round. I shot 45+45=90 and was lucky to do that as I was in the middle of ALL of his 140 strokes. I counseled him throughout the round and helped him with what to do when and what not to do. He was very appreciative, but I told Neil this was a one time thing.
Oh, the goose. On the second hole, I pulled my drive left right up next to the fence and had to try a punch shot under the trees and to the green. I hit a perfect three iron that stayed low and was screaming to the green until it struck the goose above and bounced off one of his buddies behind a tree. If you double click the picture above you can see the dent that my Pro V1 left in his side. He limped around for a few minutes and went back to crapping all over the course like all the geese do at Diamond.
I set up a foursome at Darkhorse in Auburn next weekend and it is a championship course that will require all of my concentration. I didn't invite the new guy. Right now I have Paul and Rick and I'm looking for a 4th.
Darla and I were supposed to be at a Super Bowl party at Charlie and Freida's house in Granite Bay. They both came down with the flu and had to cancel the invitation. I was okay with that, but they were the ones that were originally supposed to play with the new guy. I like parties, but I'm definitely a homebody when it comes to Super Bowls. If we have a couple over I'm okay with that, but Sundays are my wind down day and I like to relax before heading back to work on Monday. We went to church this morning with David and then went to breakfast afterward. Pastor Rick is doing a new series on Love Carved in Stone, a series on the Ten Commandments. He quoted T. S. Eliot. a noted atheist who turned his life over to the Lord late in life; "If you have any false gods in your life, they will all become demons." How true. We had a nice visit with David and enjoyed our morning with him. I stopped after church and got a haircut and Darla and David worked on clearing out his bedroom. Darla is turning that into her office and David is going to build her a bookshelf and a window seat for under the front window. Darla also wants a Murphy bed in there for visitors and David is looking into building one for her. They moved the bed out of his room today and Darla is working on getting the room cleaned out and will move the desk from our bedroom into her office and we will change that area in our room into a sitting area.
The Super Bowl was pretty amazing in how a great defense was able to completely dominate a great offense. the Broncos never had a chance in the game as the Seattle defense was suffocating. A bonus for me was the fact that Niner fans hate the Seahawks and had to watch them dominate a year after they themselves were dominated by Baltimore before mounting a comeback. I always pull for the NFC, even when it is the Giants or another member of the NFC East. The Seahawk offense was a complete second thought in this game as their defense absolutely controlled the line of scrimmage all day. The Denver Broncos picked the Super Bowl to play arguably their worst game of the year.
I fixed a nice barbecued rib eye for dinner, but we didn't really do any snacks today. I handled all of the score inputs on the computer from the tournament on Saturday and the Eclectic numbers and updated the Tournament handicaps. I watched the golf tournament and then we turned on the game.
The commercials this year were mostly forgettable. Nothing really stood out. I suppose the Bud commercial with the puppy and the Clydesdale was pretty good, but kind of more of the same. The Coke commercial with America the Beautiful sung in different languages caused a stir in the blogosphere with people complaining it should all be sung in English. Whatever. The commercial is for colored sugar water. I missed Terry Bradshaw at the game and feel for his loss as his father died over the weekend. Phillip Seymour Hoffman missed the game because he was in the bathroom. Dead. With a syringe of heroin in his arm. Another stupid celebrity that couldn't control his addictions.
By the way, rain came to the valley this week. We had a nice quarter inch of rain on Wednesday that came with about two feet of snow up at the higher elevations of the Sierra. It's not much, but its a start. We hope to get more rain in the near future, but so far it is clear sailing this week. We did get a bit of rain today, but mostly just a sprinkle. The Bay Area got a good soaking as most of the storm was to our west and up in the mountains, where they got a nice snowstorm that wasn't expected and caught some Super Bowl partiers off guard.
We finished January up 48% in premium and 35% in income. We were 23% over budget for January and it was awesome. I'm taking the office to lunch at the Claim Jumper in Roseville on Wednesday to celebrate. It is also my assistant's birthday, so we will kill two birds at one time. I usually buy Shawna jewelry from Darla, but decided to get her a business desk organizer that consists of a business portfolio, a business card holder and a pen, all in a plum color. I have Shawna working toward being promoted to an Office manager position (it's called an Operations Manager). I have her working with the typists and the clerks in the office and she handled the goals and objectives for each of them in their reviews this year and will sit in with me when I meet with each of them. She is in charge of the marketing and the systems in the office and handles all of our training now. Harvey has agreed that it is time to turn her loose.
Jennifer and McKenny got packed up on Friday and drove overnight to Vegas. They loaded all of their things into the new house and then went over and loaded up Jennifer's apartment. Unfortunately, the gas didn't get turned on and won't until Monday. They have no hot water, no heat and the stove is gas. I told her to go over and buy a space heater. They hadn't had showers since Thursday and were going to take sponge baths with heated water from the microwave. It doesn't sound like fun to me. There was a note on their door that the gas company came out on Friday and was going to turn on the gas, but didn't because no one was home. It doesn't make sense to me as the only thing the service tech would have to do is light the pilot light on the hot water heater. I had never heard anything like that. I feel for them as they are excited about the new digs, but having no heat or hot water is no fun.
Well, that is it for this week. Darla has a couple of meetings with Silpada this week where she has to speak again. She is getting to be a real rock star with them. Have a great week and I will be back at the keyboard next Sunday. Ciao.
Oh, the goose. On the second hole, I pulled my drive left right up next to the fence and had to try a punch shot under the trees and to the green. I hit a perfect three iron that stayed low and was screaming to the green until it struck the goose above and bounced off one of his buddies behind a tree. If you double click the picture above you can see the dent that my Pro V1 left in his side. He limped around for a few minutes and went back to crapping all over the course like all the geese do at Diamond.
I set up a foursome at Darkhorse in Auburn next weekend and it is a championship course that will require all of my concentration. I didn't invite the new guy. Right now I have Paul and Rick and I'm looking for a 4th.
Darla and I were supposed to be at a Super Bowl party at Charlie and Freida's house in Granite Bay. They both came down with the flu and had to cancel the invitation. I was okay with that, but they were the ones that were originally supposed to play with the new guy. I like parties, but I'm definitely a homebody when it comes to Super Bowls. If we have a couple over I'm okay with that, but Sundays are my wind down day and I like to relax before heading back to work on Monday. We went to church this morning with David and then went to breakfast afterward. Pastor Rick is doing a new series on Love Carved in Stone, a series on the Ten Commandments. He quoted T. S. Eliot. a noted atheist who turned his life over to the Lord late in life; "If you have any false gods in your life, they will all become demons." How true. We had a nice visit with David and enjoyed our morning with him. I stopped after church and got a haircut and Darla and David worked on clearing out his bedroom. Darla is turning that into her office and David is going to build her a bookshelf and a window seat for under the front window. Darla also wants a Murphy bed in there for visitors and David is looking into building one for her. They moved the bed out of his room today and Darla is working on getting the room cleaned out and will move the desk from our bedroom into her office and we will change that area in our room into a sitting area.
The Super Bowl was pretty amazing in how a great defense was able to completely dominate a great offense. the Broncos never had a chance in the game as the Seattle defense was suffocating. A bonus for me was the fact that Niner fans hate the Seahawks and had to watch them dominate a year after they themselves were dominated by Baltimore before mounting a comeback. I always pull for the NFC, even when it is the Giants or another member of the NFC East. The Seahawk offense was a complete second thought in this game as their defense absolutely controlled the line of scrimmage all day. The Denver Broncos picked the Super Bowl to play arguably their worst game of the year.
I fixed a nice barbecued rib eye for dinner, but we didn't really do any snacks today. I handled all of the score inputs on the computer from the tournament on Saturday and the Eclectic numbers and updated the Tournament handicaps. I watched the golf tournament and then we turned on the game.
The commercials this year were mostly forgettable. Nothing really stood out. I suppose the Bud commercial with the puppy and the Clydesdale was pretty good, but kind of more of the same. The Coke commercial with America the Beautiful sung in different languages caused a stir in the blogosphere with people complaining it should all be sung in English. Whatever. The commercial is for colored sugar water. I missed Terry Bradshaw at the game and feel for his loss as his father died over the weekend. Phillip Seymour Hoffman missed the game because he was in the bathroom. Dead. With a syringe of heroin in his arm. Another stupid celebrity that couldn't control his addictions.
By the way, rain came to the valley this week. We had a nice quarter inch of rain on Wednesday that came with about two feet of snow up at the higher elevations of the Sierra. It's not much, but its a start. We hope to get more rain in the near future, but so far it is clear sailing this week. We did get a bit of rain today, but mostly just a sprinkle. The Bay Area got a good soaking as most of the storm was to our west and up in the mountains, where they got a nice snowstorm that wasn't expected and caught some Super Bowl partiers off guard.
We finished January up 48% in premium and 35% in income. We were 23% over budget for January and it was awesome. I'm taking the office to lunch at the Claim Jumper in Roseville on Wednesday to celebrate. It is also my assistant's birthday, so we will kill two birds at one time. I usually buy Shawna jewelry from Darla, but decided to get her a business desk organizer that consists of a business portfolio, a business card holder and a pen, all in a plum color. I have Shawna working toward being promoted to an Office manager position (it's called an Operations Manager). I have her working with the typists and the clerks in the office and she handled the goals and objectives for each of them in their reviews this year and will sit in with me when I meet with each of them. She is in charge of the marketing and the systems in the office and handles all of our training now. Harvey has agreed that it is time to turn her loose.
Jennifer and McKenny got packed up on Friday and drove overnight to Vegas. They loaded all of their things into the new house and then went over and loaded up Jennifer's apartment. Unfortunately, the gas didn't get turned on and won't until Monday. They have no hot water, no heat and the stove is gas. I told her to go over and buy a space heater. They hadn't had showers since Thursday and were going to take sponge baths with heated water from the microwave. It doesn't sound like fun to me. There was a note on their door that the gas company came out on Friday and was going to turn on the gas, but didn't because no one was home. It doesn't make sense to me as the only thing the service tech would have to do is light the pilot light on the hot water heater. I had never heard anything like that. I feel for them as they are excited about the new digs, but having no heat or hot water is no fun.
Well, that is it for this week. Darla has a couple of meetings with Silpada this week where she has to speak again. She is getting to be a real rock star with them. Have a great week and I will be back at the keyboard next Sunday. Ciao.
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