We had quite a week of wet weather with about 3 1/2 inches of rain in Sacramento and almost 7 feet of snow up in the Sierras. We really needed it as we were poised to re--enter our drought conditions of the last few years. The weather people like to complain that we are so far behind that this storm will do little to bring us back to normal. Fine, but it beats no rain. I had to clean up a lot of downed tree limbs and debris from the winds that accompanied the rain. We even had white out conditions on Wednesday in downtown Sacramento as a hail storm blew in and blanketed the downtown. it looked like snow, but was about 45 degrees outside when it hailed. We didn't get the hail out here in Roseville, just the rain and the wind. The hail was so thick that it looked like snow and many Sacramentans were fooled into thinking that it was snowing.
Darla and I were able to get out this weekend to see Luke's basketball game in Folsom. We were torn as I was playing golf both days and we wanted to go to church. We were able to get out to his game, watch them play and still make it back to Roseville in time for service on Saturday night. It was nice seeing Luke and Don and Alicia. Don has been diligently trying to lose weight and has lost over 30 pounds and looks good. It will be to his benefit to take off the extra weight and keep it off as he tries to keep up with Luke at 7 years old. Don is 48 years old.
The preacher at church was a guest pastor from a church in Oklahoma and a Cowboy fan and he got booed. He talked about Love and how to sustain or find a great partner in life. His point was building a strong foundation and he brought up the story of Mark and Brenda Voss, who retired and decided to build their dream vacation home in Hammock Dunes, Florida in a gated golf community on the ocean in Flagler County. They built a beautiful 5000 square foot, $680,000 5 bedroom 4 bath three story home. Six months after they built the home a survey crew was out in the community and made the discovery that the home was built on the wrong lot. The Voss' own the lot at 23 Ocean View Boulevard and the home was built on 21 Ocean View Boulevard. Well, you'd think that's what title insurance is for, right? Well, the problem is that the title insurance is for 23 Ocean View Boulevard and the home is built on 21 Ocean View Boulevard. There was an owner of the lot at 21 Ocean View Boulevard and the contractor of the custom home was able to work a deal whereby they switched deeds and the Voss' had to pay $20,000 for the increased value of the lot at 21 Ocean View Boulevard. Hard to believe that could happen, but it does several times a year across the country.
The pictures above are of the course at Diamond Oaks where the waterfall is that I've shared before. You can see the damage that the rain has done to the Oaks on the course there as they received too much water and rotted from the inside. We need to be careful or they will rename the course Diamond Oak-less.There is a picture from Luke's game as well as one of Darla taking Samson for a walk today as I was working on the yard.
Darla and I are struggling with our annual trip to Almanor. We're not sure that Jennifer and McKenny are going to be able to join us. We are thinking of just using our time share and trading it for a week in Tahoe. We want Sam to come up and spend a week or two with us again this Summer and go to the Kids Program at church. We have not saved a spot at Almanor as of yet and want to talk to Jennifer and McKenny and see if that vacation is in the cards for them this year.
I need to get my flights arranged for our trip to Vancouver in May. I'm on the board of the Western Insurance Agents Association and we take an Annual Board meeting trip to different places. We have been to Lake Tahoe, Washington, DC and Maine and this year will be in Vancouver May 9 -11.Darla and I will extend our trip and go see Dad and Shirley. We are done early on Friday the 11th and hope to have Dad and Shirley take the Sky Train into downtown so that we can have lunch with them somewhere on the water and maybe visit Gastown before driving back before the rush hour. We will fly home on Sunday and get the dog out of lockup. It will be fun and we will see Dad and Shirley in April for the wedding and then in May in Vancouver.
I played with Ron this weekend in the first two days of the 54 hole Team championship. We played best ball on Saturday and I shot 87 to Ron's 95 and we only managed a 68. The leaders shot 60. Today was a two man scramble and Ron and I played much better, posting a 75 and net 61 with our team handicap of 14. The leaders stumbled and shot 69 which ties them with us. The new leaders shot 57 and have a two day total of 122. We are 7 shots back and have about six teams in front of us. The final day is the toughest of the rounds as it is alternate shot and the low handicap guys (say 8 handicap) that team up with high handicappers and clean up the first two days end up getting their just desserts in alternate shot where the 26 they are playing with shoot like a 26, yet only have a team handicap of 15 because we use 60% of the A player's handicap and only 40% of the B players'. So on the best ball when the B player is getting two strokes on 8 holes they are smiling, but when he shanks a drive out of bounds in the alternate shot, the pain is real. Ron is a 14 and I'm a 15 and we get a team handicap of 14. I look forward to Saturday to see how we finish up.
Well, the tri tip that Darla has ready for the barbecue will not grill itself, so I had better wrap this up and get to attending to dinner. I hope you are all well. Take care. Ciao.
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