It was a nice Palm Sunday today. We had 6 new choir members so we sounded great today. Looking forward to Easter as well as Maundy Thursday (my mother's favorite service) and Good Friday where we will be participating as well.
Congrats to Sergio Garcia for winning the 2017 Masters on the first playoff hole. 17 tournaments and he finally won. It is a testament to his excellence that he qualified each of those years as a top 15 player in the world.
I had an interesting dream recently. I was left alone at a restaurant/bar on a Sunday afternoon. I struck up a friendship with another man who promised to give me a ride home. I ended up picking him up (like a groom carrying a bride across the threshold) to carry him outside. He was smaller than me so I was able to pick him up easily.
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Sunday, April 9, 2017
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Bishop's Golf Tournament
The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ( which includes South Texas) had a golf tournament to raise money for college ministry in the Rio Grande Valley. The tournament was at Rancho Viejo outside of Brownsville and both bishops came down from San Antonio. There was a hole to "Beat the Bishop" - if you hit it closer than Bishop Lillibridge, you got a sleeve of (cheap) golf balls for the $10 entry. I was pleased to beat the Bishop.
We played on a good team: Me, JRR, Rennie and Mr. Charles C. Charles wanted to play so we had a spot for me. Despite having had a stroke, and a fused left wrist and no feeling in most of his left side, he was a pretty good sport and we enjoyed him on the team. He was an avid golfer before and still was very interested. His motto: Do the best you can with what you've got.
We all played well, JRR and Rennie hit big drives and we took it from there. With wedges into many holes and 8 mulligans, we shot 58 which was good for 2nd place and our church St. Johns' got extra money for the college ministry.
I was pleased that I hit a lot of good drives and 3 woods as well as making a few putts. The most fun I've had in a while in a tournament. Good weather, good course and good teammates. It was a full Friday and we represented our church well.
We played on a good team: Me, JRR, Rennie and Mr. Charles C. Charles wanted to play so we had a spot for me. Despite having had a stroke, and a fused left wrist and no feeling in most of his left side, he was a pretty good sport and we enjoyed him on the team. He was an avid golfer before and still was very interested. His motto: Do the best you can with what you've got.
We all played well, JRR and Rennie hit big drives and we took it from there. With wedges into many holes and 8 mulligans, we shot 58 which was good for 2nd place and our church St. Johns' got extra money for the college ministry.
I was pleased that I hit a lot of good drives and 3 woods as well as making a few putts. The most fun I've had in a while in a tournament. Good weather, good course and good teammates. It was a full Friday and we represented our church well.
Latest dream
I decided to go hunting by myself. Since I was out alone, I thought I would start back early. I somehow didn't come back the same way and ended up on the south side of town instead of the north side where my car was.
I found my way to a golf course, when I ran into 2 friends. I suggested we get an Uber to go back to town. When the Uber did not show up in a timely manner, my 2 friends left me to continue their golf game and I was waiting on the side of the road. The Uber finally showed up before the sun went down and I rode back into town.
I woke up from this dream in kind of a sweat - sure seemed real.
I found my way to a golf course, when I ran into 2 friends. I suggested we get an Uber to go back to town. When the Uber did not show up in a timely manner, my 2 friends left me to continue their golf game and I was waiting on the side of the road. The Uber finally showed up before the sun went down and I rode back into town.
I woke up from this dream in kind of a sweat - sure seemed real.
Monday, March 27, 2017
May vacation
Here's the golf course we are going to play as I visit my next state of Delaware. 50 state quest is moving in the right direction in 2017.
Called Bidermann
http://www.myphillygolf.com/detail.asp?id=6919
Called Bidermann
http://www.myphillygolf.com/detail.asp?id=6919
Monday, February 20, 2017
President's Day
It's another good Monday - the 3rd Monday in February bring spring temps to the Valley - today is no different. I had planned the day off - and had some big plan, which never came to pass.
So despite the words of Burnham - "Make no little plans, they have no ability to ignite the soul" - today is a day of little plans. But I'm happy with the way I'm feeling. Woke up at the right time with the right frame of mind.
Thankful for the ability to handle a number of little matters that tend to stack up and stress me out when it is hard to deal with them without appropriate space. Some are better than me at dealing with that - good for them. Doing it the way that I expect that it can work usually leaves me feeling satisfied.
So despite the words of Burnham - "Make no little plans, they have no ability to ignite the soul" - today is a day of little plans. But I'm happy with the way I'm feeling. Woke up at the right time with the right frame of mind.
Thankful for the ability to handle a number of little matters that tend to stack up and stress me out when it is hard to deal with them without appropriate space. Some are better than me at dealing with that - good for them. Doing it the way that I expect that it can work usually leaves me feeling satisfied.
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Waco, TX
I've enjoyed the show Fixer Upper on HGTV this past year. At Christmas, I saw that some of my friends had gone to the Magnolia Market and liked it. So when I had a free afternoon in Dallas last week, I took the opportunity to drive the 90 miles south to Waco to visit.
It's located in the Silo District, so the idea of buying the silos was not completely out of the blue. Right downtown and off I -35 the location is ideal. The Interstate is a defining part of Waco and it unfortunately cuts off the downtown from Baylor University. But it is definitely a college town and there were lots of young people working at Magnolia.
The old silos are a landmark but the moneymaker is the large shed turned into a store. And there is a brick building of the Silo Baking Co. with the line out the door. The store was pretty full, particularly for a Thursday in February.
Outside there is a large green area for impromptu play, plus swings plus covered space for sitting (an old barn). There are food trucks and bathrooms and general open spaces to just be outside. It has a Disney feel in the best way possible -- a fun place to be.
Joanna Gaines will likely be the next Oprah Winfrey. Everything she touches seems to turn to gold. Waco is lucky that she has found the uniqueness of that area. The farmhouse look is right at home there. Even the rest area on the Interstate in the area have silos and metal roofs.
The rest of Waco needs a little help in some area. Over by Lake Waco there are large homes and nice waterfront lots. But on Valley Mills Blvd., it is 70s suburban sprawl from when people moves out from the older city.
A fun time and worth a return visit. Exit 335A from the Interstate (of course), west on 4th street and south on Webster St. You can see the silos from a distance. Maybe Chip and Joanna will be there.
It's located in the Silo District, so the idea of buying the silos was not completely out of the blue. Right downtown and off I -35 the location is ideal. The Interstate is a defining part of Waco and it unfortunately cuts off the downtown from Baylor University. But it is definitely a college town and there were lots of young people working at Magnolia.
The old silos are a landmark but the moneymaker is the large shed turned into a store. And there is a brick building of the Silo Baking Co. with the line out the door. The store was pretty full, particularly for a Thursday in February.
Outside there is a large green area for impromptu play, plus swings plus covered space for sitting (an old barn). There are food trucks and bathrooms and general open spaces to just be outside. It has a Disney feel in the best way possible -- a fun place to be.
Joanna Gaines will likely be the next Oprah Winfrey. Everything she touches seems to turn to gold. Waco is lucky that she has found the uniqueness of that area. The farmhouse look is right at home there. Even the rest area on the Interstate in the area have silos and metal roofs.
The rest of Waco needs a little help in some area. Over by Lake Waco there are large homes and nice waterfront lots. But on Valley Mills Blvd., it is 70s suburban sprawl from when people moves out from the older city.
A fun time and worth a return visit. Exit 335A from the Interstate (of course), west on 4th street and south on Webster St. You can see the silos from a distance. Maybe Chip and Joanna will be there.
Saturday, January 21, 2017
A nightmare
The night before my arbitration hearing in Austin, I had this nightmare which woke me up. I was glad wake up from it.
I dreamed I had fallen asleep in the room in which our arbitration was to start at 9 a.m. I woke up a few minutes before 9 as people were walking in to start. They were quite surprised to see me and were somewhat upset. But I was already dressed in my suit and tie, and had my rest. I popped up with my hair uncombed but ready to go.
Thank goodness I woke up from that. And needless to say I did wake up on time.
I dreamed I had fallen asleep in the room in which our arbitration was to start at 9 a.m. I woke up a few minutes before 9 as people were walking in to start. They were quite surprised to see me and were somewhat upset. But I was already dressed in my suit and tie, and had my rest. I popped up with my hair uncombed but ready to go.
Thank goodness I woke up from that. And needless to say I did wake up on time.
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