Wow. It was a good day to be indoors watching football. There was a chance of rain this afternoon with snow up in the mountains above 6000 feet. Darla is off to Lodi for the annual Lodi Street Fair and a booth for her Touchstone jewelry. She was up and out of the house before 6 this morning. I had planned to go to church, but motivation to go and sit alone wasn't high this morning. I got up and showered and then headed out to the store to pick up some eggs and milk and then stopped by the hardware store and got some more seed for the lawn. The grass is coming in nice, but I think the hot weather that rolled in after I sowed the seed slowed the germination. I sowed that seed as an over seed on the entire lawn and then put down some more starter fertilizer. I did some handicapping for next weekend's Monterey away event. Darla and I are not attending this year as we've had some expenses this Fall that have added up and the Monterey trip with food, golf, housing and Darla's shopping usually adds up to a $1000 weekend. The repair on the Explorer ended up costing us over $1600 when all was said and done. We have a Hawaii trip coming up and still want to get to Vegas soon. Anyhow, the rain came in about 3:00 PM with heavy rain, wind and hail. I had to run out and put all six umbrellas in the backyard down before the wind took them airborne. The heavy rain likely helped push some of the seed deeper into the turf. Here are pictures of the transfer case that was replaced in the Explorer:
By the way, it's not supposed to look like that. The fluid looks to have been boiled or something.
I had a full week with work, a road trip to Napa on Friday for golf and another golf game Saturday. Darla and I went out and saw the movie, Sully last night at the Studio Movie Grill in Rocklin. I was impressed with the facility, the intimacy of the theater itself, and (surprisingly) the food. I had a chicken macaroni and cheese dish and Darla had a steak sandwich. Both entrees were excellent. We also had some theater popcorn and a couple of drinks. The service was excellent and they were right there as soon as you hit your service button. I would go back. It was a great experience and the movie was awesome. You can't go wrong with Ton Hanks starring in a movie.
I got together with Bob Pando, John and Neil on Friday in Napa. The weather was incredible, about 72 degrees and sunny...well, once the marine layer burned off. I had planned to leave from my house at 6:30 for our 8:52 tee time in Napa. John panicked and thought we were cutting it too short. It takes about and hour and ten minutes with no traffic. I planned about 90 minutes, it being a Friday. John wanted to leave at 6 AM and we compromised at 6:15. We breezed through traffic and were in Fairfield by 7 AM. We stopped at Panera bread and had breakfast, arriving in Napa about 8:15 after relaxing with coffee and iced tea for me. The marine layer moved in and the temperature dropped to 49 degrees. John was driving and we were both in shorts. He wanted to know if I saw snowflakes. It was a fun day and I shot 88 after struggling to a 98 the first time I played the course. It was a great visit with Bob, who drove down from San Jose to meet us.
I got a text on the way home from golf from Darla that Daniel had asked for a ride over to his brother's work place after 5. She had a party and asked if I could help out. I got home about 4:30 and went over to pick up Dan at his Dad's house. Dan is in Roseville one week a month and works out of the Psomas Roseville office and stays with his Dad. David was driving to San Francisco to attend a Blue Grass festival ( I think the beard has really affected him). He drove Daniel back to San Francisco where Dan took a Bart train back to San Jose. They all met up at the Blue Grass festival at Golden Gate Park yesterday. I took a picture of the boys at David's office and you can see he has trimmed his beard and looks handsome again.
Saturday I played over at Cherry Island with Ron, Rico and Paul. I shot another 88, which seems to be my number lately much like 83 used to be, I really need to take a lesson on chipping as I've really lost my ability to nip the ball and get it to hit and spin on the green. We had a good day and I even won some money in skins. We had a nice lunch while watching the Ryder Cup Saturday 4 ball matches. I got home and mowed the lawn and cleaned the backyard and pool. That was a waste of time after the storm today. I did repair the hose on the pool sweep, which had a cut in the hose and wasn't operating optimally.
Darla is home from her event. She said it was a bit slow, although the weather there was much better than here. She came home with two bags of kettle corn and a cross with live plants. I guess she about broke even after her purchases. Here is a picture of the cross she bought:
There have been so many good TV programs that have been canceled in the last few years (The Good Wife, Parenthood, Mad Men, The Newsroom, Rookie Blue, etc), We've been looking at some of the new shows. So far we like Designated Survivor and This is Us, We really don't like The Good Place, on NBC which has been the most watched show this season. It is horrible, a weak plot and embarrassing acting. Stay away. We started watching the Voice this year and enjoy Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. It was not one we watched, but we did enjoy the X Factor and American Idol, so gave it a try and really enjoy it.
That is it for this week. I have a golf game (sports marketing) on Wednesday at Serrano Country Club in El Dorado Hills. I will also play the course at Rio Vista next Saturday. It is Paul's birthday and I told him that I would treat him to golf. Have a great week. I was out Friday, but I think we missed our goal at work this month, although surpassed 2015. Ciao.
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