A good weekend is in the books. What happened to our rain. 77 degrees is forecast for tomorrow after 75 degrees today. I played golf on Saturday and got a little burn as the sun was so high and warm and I'm such a white guy. El Nino is not over, but taking a break right now. The temperature of the ocean in the Pacific is so warm and still in control of the weather, but right now the storms just aren't out there, s they aren't coming our way. We are expecting a little storm to roll in Wednesday and last until Friday. Hopefully it brings some good rain. My fruitless cherry tree (which is an oxymoron, btw) is starting to bloom now. Our sunsets have been incredible as you can see above.
I took a day off on Tuesday and played golf with the retired guys. I ended up shooting 42+43=85. I won $5 and bought myself some chicken breast at KFC on the way home. It was nice and I had a coupon for $20 to play with a cart. I also saw the old center for the Kings, Brad Miller out playing behind us. He's almost 7 feet tall and hit the ball about 300 yards. It was fun to watch him pound the ball.
Charlie and Frieda both called us this week and wanted to go to dinner on Saturday night. They had thought they were going to dinner with us last Saturday night and wanted to make up for lost time. I played golf with Charlie on Saturday and then had another remodeling contractor out to bid the master bathroom. We are completely gutting the bathroom and putting in a new walk in shower, new cabinets, new mirrors, new granite counter tops, fixtures and tile. Our first quote was $40,000 which was ridiculous. He dropped his quote to $30K, but we are looking at other contractors. The guy we met with on Saturday is about 38 and full of energy. He wants to put in a walk in shower with mosaic tile on the floor and 24X36 tiles on the walls all the way to the ceiling. He will fill in the two windows that we have now and put in a rectangular slider above the current window line now. He should have us a price on Wednesday. I will meet with another contractor on Thursday and one more and then make our decision. We are taking out the tub in the room and putting in a shower that runs the length of the back wall. What I mean by a walk in shower is that there will be an opening at the far end, but not a shower door. The controls for the shower will be moved to that side so that we can turn on the shower without having to step under the head.
We went to PF Chang's with Charlie and Frieda and had quite a feast. We met at 4:30 and were over to their place by about 7. We were going to play a game and Darla decided she wasn't in the mood. so we ordered a movie, The Butler. It was a fun night and an excellent movie.
I did play golf with Paul, Charlie and big John Parola on Saturday. I had a good front nine with 41 and a bad back with 45 for 86. I did have two birdies on the day, which was encouraging. I have a two day tournament this coming weekend and it is an NCGA qualifier. Steve asked to play with me again and I agreed. We'll see how we do. I had to get the handicapping for the event done this afternoon. It is difficult because I have to do it by teams, so hard to work from an alpha standpoint. Then I use 90% of the lower of the GHIN or our tournament handicap for our course (which I keep on my computer). And is the two players have more than an 8 point differential, I take another 10% reduction. It is time consuming and my Valentine was good enough to help me.
We had an e-mail from our pastor this week announcing that we were having one service this weekend and an announcement would be made. Darla and I attended. After 18 months ago being bought by a Texas church corporation out of Amarillo, thy have decided that the purchase wasn't to their liking and they are looking to sell to a big church in Granite Bay. Our Pastor, Tommy, was reached out to by our former pastor, Rick, and things moved pretty fast. Tommy, who is 49 took over the church and the corporation in Texas assumed our debt burden, which is significant. From the time we completed the new church building and school 12 years ago, the attendance, membership and giving has dropped precipitously. I sat and listened to the explanations and the discussion and left feeling completely abandoned by our pastor. Darla says that I'm looking at it all wrong, but I can't shake the feeling that the Texas group has come to the realization that they made a bad play and are cutting their losses and getting out. i was really steamed when we left. Tommy took over for a senior pastor who was with us for 20 year and he wasn't up to the task. The church that is looking to take over is the church that Darla and I left 22 years ago because we didn't like the ego of the senior pastor. Time will heal these wounds, but it colors my feelings about my church right now. I need to pray about this and come to terms with it.
I received the final figures for 2015 at work and we ended up making just over $800,000 in profit, down from over $1,000,000 last year, but not bad with all of the turmoil that we experienced last year. 2016 will be a great year for my branch and I'm very comfortable with the staff that we had. We are still looking at the possibility of bringing in a high profile competitor and that will happen in the first quarter if it pan out.
Darla and I have bought our tickets for Vancouver and we will be with Dad and Shirley for Dad's 79th birthday. Well, we won't actually be there on his birthday, but we will celebrate the weekend before. After that, we have to set up our next trip to Las Vegas. We are both ready to see Jen and Sammy soon.
Well that is it for this week. I hope all is well with all of you and you are staying close to the Lord and letting him lead your way through this life. Be well. Ciao.
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