Mother's Day and there is always something missing. Yes. I still miss Mom. She was a guiding light that was extinguished all too soon. I love Shirley and she is a wonderful partner for Dad, but there will always be a small hole in my heart that Alice Lyon used to fill. Fun to see a goofy picture of Mom on Darryl's Facebook page today. That gave me a smile. We talked to Jennifer this morning and Sam was still sleeping. They had a fun day planned getting together with some of Jennifer's single Mom friends for dinner. The kids were going to play together and the Moms would drink mimosas or something. McKenny is in Colorado on a job. The picture of Sam above I call Sam and the Dandylyon.
You can also see the slow turning of time on the bathroom job. We got the new toilet installed this last week and they repaired some damage to the granite and finished off the flooring by the door where the carpet attaches to the tile floor. They measured for the glass surround and that will be installed next Friday. I bought the toilet roll dispenser and towel racks and those will be installed this week. We also had an issue with the clear glass window that they installed in the shower. The two story behind us looks right down into our bathroom. They told us it would be $200 to replace the glass with opaque. We complained (Darla did) and they agreed to eat the cost of fixing the window to privacy glass if Darla gives them a good review and will agree to be interviewed about our experience with the job and the contractor for their website. She agreed.
You can also see some new "ouchies" to the exterior of the Explorer. Darla had a little fender bender on Thursday and we are having the car repaired next week. Originally she set up to have Caliber Collision do the repairs, but my good friend from the golf club, Paul, is a master body mechanic and will oversee the job and do a couple of small repairs to sots that have some scratched paint. We take it in next Monday for repair.
Finally, you see the picture of David and his girlfriend, Maya, at the River Cats game on Friday night. He finally introduced her to us and they have been seeing each other for about three months. She is a Medical Doctor, an Endocrinologist, and owns her own home in Sacramento. She is about six years older than Dave and they met at the Crocker Art museum in downtown Sacramento at some fundraiser. David was flirting with her and she told him she was too old for him, but that didn't stop him. She is a Christian and a native of Sacramento. She is a very nice girl, an easy conversationalist, smart and attractive and we enjoyed our evening with them. David has dated off and on, but didn't want to introduce any of the other girls as the relationships weren't serious. He really likes Maya, so will be interesting to see where this goes. If anywhere.
Darla and I are setting up our replacement trip for Lake Almanor. We found a 4 bedroom condo in Zephyr Cove (on Lake Tahoe) to rent. It is in a private gated condo complex and includes use of the private pool and hot tub. It is a third floor corner unit with views of the Lake. Looking forward to spending time with Samantha, Jennifer and McKenny. The boys have a European vacation with their Dad in June and will only be able to come for the weekend, but we will have a ball. The condo will allow Jennifer to bring Maceo as well. We will be able to go to the lake, hike and relax all week. I'll be coming off a week of handling scoring for the National Trusted Choice golf event at Del Paso Country Club for our state Insurance Agent's group. We have our media day on Tuesday and will meet with the National tournament committee, have lunch and then play golf in the afternoon. Burns is a sponsor of the event and we have two spots in the golf event Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday I have a River Cat's Day game and Pete and I are taking two agents to the game and taking care of their lunch and drinks. Our seats are excellent and a magnet for foul balls. We are right behind home plate and there is a large screen protecting us from flying balls and bats, but high popups tend to fly over the screen and hit the facing of the stadium and careen back near us. I had one whiz by my head in the fifth inning and then actually caught one on a ricochet off the wall in the sixth. David's boss had come over and was visiting us and I gave him the ball for his seven year old son.
Darla did get back from her trip with Missy and her family to Monterey and I added two pictures of Missy and Darla to the blog. They had a good time, but were really late getting back from San Francisco on Tuesday. They got held up in the city and decided to wait for the traffic to die down before heading home. It is good to have her back.
The one nice thing about the master bath remodel winding down is that they had a cleaning crew come in and clean the bathroom from top to bottom. We in turn were able to get in and dust the bedroom and hallway which was where most of the dust collected from the job. It was pretty grimy there for awhile. Nice to see it finally winding down and I look forward to Friday and the end of the job.
I played in the twilight league Thursday night and actually played with Drazen in the pro shop. He is a plus one handicap and shot a 39. I had a 40 and we won again 14-6 and lead the league with 28 points. My partner, Ron, was in Kentucky for the Derby with one of his carriers. Saturday was the first round of our 54 hole Individual tournament. It was raining and I had trouble and shot 49 +41=90 on the day. A good comeback on the back nine, but the rain had stopped by then. I'm not doing great in the tournament so far, but have two more days to go.
David, Darla and Alicia all celebrate their birthdays next weekend, so we will get together with family for a barbecue. looking forward to seeing everyone. David met us at church this morning and then took his Mom to lunch afterward. We had Luis Palau as our guest pastor and his message was powerful and dramatic and there were many people who gave their life to Christ after the service. It was great. Luis is from Argentina and is 81 years young and a hoot. He is an evangelist in the vein of Billy Graham.
Well, that is it for this week. Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mothers in my life. Be well. Ciao.
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