It is the March Birthdays. Darla and I had really hoped to be in Canada for Dad's birthday and talked about it when we were in Mexico with both of them, but Darla and I are still sorting out our lives after she left her job last year and we just couldn't pull it off financially. Happy Birthday, Dad. 77. wow, you're old! Cheryl, I hope you have a wonderful birthday and Darryl takes you out for a wonderful birthday dinner. Do me a favor if he does, post a picture of the two of you on Facebook. I don't want to see the interior of the restaurant or your plate of food. Chris is living the dream as a single man and now in Hawaii with his folks enjoying some island time. Good stuff.
The pictures above are of Darla and I and our dinner Saturday night at McCormick and Schmick's Steakhouse in Roseville. We enjoyed a fun night out and Landry's Seafood (owners of M&S) even kicked in $25 for our dinner on their loyalty card. The picture of Sam was of Sam and John Densmore of the Doors. I grabbed the picture off of Jen's Facebook and cropped out the old fart and there is a cute picture of Miss Sammy. The Yosemite picture is of the cover of Boyd's son in laws' Yosemite calendar for 2014-15. The calendar starts with March and runs through March of 2015 and includes some stunning pictures of Yosemite and the Yosemite valley taken by Mark Spicer. I bought one to support him, but love the Yosemite valley and the beautiful vistas of one of God's best natural creations. The link to buy is: http://www.lulu.com/shop/mark-spicer/yosemite-valley-2014/calendar/product-21478647.html
There is a Friends and Family discount for the $14.99 calendar and it is GETIT25 which will get you 25% off the calendar. It may be a waste, but Boyd is my friend and I bought one. I'll let you know what I think when mine arrives.
Well, Neil and I really "screwed the pooch" this weekend after entering the last day of our tournament being tied for first in both net and gross. We couldn't do anything right. It was a Chapman event where we each tee off and then switch shots. I hit my second shot with his tee shot and he hits mine. We then choose a ball and play it in alternate shot from there. We bogeyed the first three holes and parred number four. On number five (my two time hole in one hole) I hit a shot right at the flag and it came to rest 40 inches from the stick...and Neil missed the putt. On six, I hit my ball left into a hazard and he hit his down the middle. I hit his tee shot to about 100 yards dead in the middle of the fairway on the par five, we chose that ball and..... he shanked it left into the water. It was one of those days. We shot 47 on the front and 39 on the back for 86 and a net 72. it was almost surreal how often we had problems. We did settle down on the back side with two birdies, but it was too little, too late. We finished in the middle of the pack. This event used to be three days of best ball, which I would prefer, but the higher handicappers in the club lobbied to change the event to one day of best ball, followed by two man scramble and then Chapman Scotch the last day. I'd love to go back to the old format as I like to play my own ball and post a score after competing, but that won't happen. At least from a handicapping perspective, I only had to post the scores from the first day.
Darla got a little testy with me earlier in the week when I announced to her that I was taking Wednesday off and heading to Darkhorse Golf Club with the guys to play golf on my birthday. She rightly pointed out that if I wanted to take the day off, I should have checked with her first to see if she wanted to do something with me. She's right and I walk a fine line with honoring her Silpada job and supporting her in that endeavor and realizing that she can also take a day off if she wants. The guys asked me and I jumped on it without checking in with my bride. My fault. She honestly doesn't have a problem with my golf obsession, but does want to be honored in the process. I remember my Dad's Father, Grampa Lyon warning me, when I came to Vancouver for Gram Lyon's funeral, to not let golf interfere with my relationship with Darla. I heard him, but he also told me at lunch that I looked like a "damn fool" for having a beard on that trip. Perhaps that took some of the importance out of his wise counsel for me?
I was in Modesto on Friday and finished the last of my employee reviews for the year. I had Gail's team left and she was on jury duty and got dragged into a trial earlier in the week. It was over on Thursday and I wanted to do her review, her inside assistant's review and her outside assistant who lives and works down in Modesto. I met Gail and Michelle at a restaurant for breakfast and Gail and I did Michelle's review right after breakfast. We sent her on her way and I did Gail's review and then Gail and I drove down to Modesto in her brand new Mercedes 550, had lunch with Veronica and then did her review. I was back in Roseville by 4 o'clock and able to clean the pool and spa before dark.
Things are going well at work. It looks like the lease addendum for our space will be signed this week and hopefully the sound of saws and hammers will commence shortly thereafter as we expand our space by 2800 square feet. We have no need for that much space, but the landlord cut us a deal to slowly work our way into the entire space payment over four years. We only needed 1100 square feet and the landlord contended that the leftover space available would be too cut up and not rentable. We told them we weren't going to pay for space that we didn't need and the impasse began. We finally hashed out the language for the lease and the final sticking point is TIB allotment, which will allow us to build out the space to our specifications. We are beginning to stack the employees in like cord wood and I need the extra space if I am expected to meet my budget goals. I had 17 employees when I moved in and now have 26 plus two other employees, one who works for our company owned Insurance Company (Atain) and one that works for Harvey in San Francisco. It will be a big relief to finally be able to move several of the units into the new space and bring together some of the team members who are on an underwriting team and have them sit together.
Darla and I missed church today and it was Daylight Savings, meaning we missed an hour of sleep. I didn't set the alarm last night and we overslept this morning. Darla fixed omelets for breakfast and I relaxed watching the golf from Florida, before catching an hour nap on the couch. Darla is now off to her team meeting in Granite Bay and I'm left to do the Blog and have some Mac and four cheeses with prosciutto for dinner leftover from our Saturday date. It had shrimp in it as well, but I polished those off last night.
It is just now becoming dusk at 6:45, which will be nice going forward to be able to get some outside chores done after work. It will be a little weird with the mornings being darker. I have a tee time at 7:40 next Saturday morning and it may be cool and dark when we tee off. I hope you all have a great week and Happy Birthday to those who have an anniversary of their birth this week. Be well. Ciao.
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