10 posts tagged “golfin' fool”

Good God I had fun last night. It worked out that I was able to golf with Kiks and TOK. We played that crazy game again, and again Kiks didn't fare too well, but for some reason the stars were aligned and I golfed fairly well, (could have done much better too, but freakin' TOK shot a 3 above par 39... and this ain't no easy course!) and just had a pile of fun in general...

Very much looking forward to:

- The interactive culinary demonstration, wine pairing and winery tour on Friday night in honour of TOL's b-day.  

- Golfing this Thursday and Friday

- Leaving for TN next Friday

- The drive-in hopefully for Indiana Jones... wink wink.

- Eating (I'm hungry whatelseisnew)

So,

Life's good...

Yesterday was the home opener fun golf scramble and fun it was! I had such a great time... We were rained out after 12 holes. My team was always joking around, we golfed well, (uh, not so much me, but Debbie A kicked ass...) there was a big table of crazy ladies fooling around, the boys had a good time, the drinks were flowing, (I was a good girl, for once...) the boys came back here and did manly things liked watched a fight, played poker and ordered pizza, the food at the course was amazing, and my face still hurts from laughing... I wish I remembered my camera!

Days like that are what life is about.

Yesterday I ended up taking the pooch on an Incredibly Long Walk. We walked into Cottam, down the Belle River Road to the 'secret' park. I swear to God that most of the residents of Cottam have no idea that this place even exists! It is hidden between two very small subdivisions, (like 25 houses in the one, and 100 houses in the other...). I've been there dozens of times and have seen people there maybe twice. Crazy. I think that we walked almost 7 kms, as we also strolled around the field that is next to the secret park. Very nice, but a little chilly!

So, about change... my 18 hole golf league, whereby I am the Very Important Co-Captain, (although I do very little, as it is run by a Very Organized Captain) starts on Friday... so when am I going to clean the house? Oh, I know, Thursdays! I realized this at about 8pm last night, and therefore had to go grocery shopping on a Wednesday! Crazy! I hope my OCD-ish ways can handle it!

Tonight I golf with TOK (weather permitting) then off to SuprT's although one of her kids has a health issue of which I'm unsure... so that may get scratched...

Saturday should be uber fun as it is the home opener tournament at Sutton Creek, and somehow I've managed to be on the team with the owners of the club and president. It's not what you think.. these people are so far from stuffy and self important it's unbelievable. It will be the funnest foursome ever! (Can you tell I've been with my 13 year old niece lately?)

So, more about change... I'm thinking here from BMW's blog now... I guess when some people are unhappy (whether they realize it or not) they attempt (however accurate or genuine) to manifest qualities within themselves that they admire in others... when making other people aware of these new found virtues, (after 8 glasses of wine...) incredibly enough, it comes off with quite the opposite of the desired effect... they look like hypocrites, show-offs, braggarts, followers, phonies, and completely insincere... it's quite sad really, especially when children have to endure the wrath of the parent's newly formed morality... ugh... some people!   

Rereading my post on Monday regarding things that need to be done, I realize that I was in one of those 'Wah' moods where I didn't want to do anything, yet felt restless and bad for not accomplishing anything but making whine.

I actually ended up cleaning the car. Windex, paper towels, a vacuum, 2 cloths, Amour-all, Leather cleaner and conditioner, and a lint (dog hair) remover. It's done.

I also took the dog for a Fairly Big Walk. Because of Billy I've discovered a good walk to be had without getting in the car and driving... A little less than a kilometre away is a dirt road that connects our pretty busy road to the very busy by-pass, (oh and it's completely desolate service road which runs parallel). The road runs for just about 1.5 kms. Because this is the only dirt road that comes off the bypass, and it is flanked on each side by paved roads, it's deserted and I can let the pooch go. Very nice.

I cleaned out the AreoGarden. That was a very simple, quick job. I'll use it again in the fall when the fresh herb supply in the garden is dwindling (I've never spelled that word in my life..)

Yesterday I took poochy for a a little walk, played with my mom's dogs, as she is gone stateside again, did laundry, dishes, and made a metric tonne of mac and cheese. You can decide how healthy this dish is, when making it (it has to be worth my time) it takes 2 pounds of uncooked pasta, almost a pound of butter, 1 litre of milk, and 3, yes, 3 pounds of cheese. I can hear my arteries clogging and my cellulite growing exponentially...

Billy cut the grass for the first time this year last night, and it looks great!

Last night was the first night of the golf league and there was only 4 of us! Geez! It was a beautiful night, and thankfully I golfed okay... The Other Kim (TOK) brought this card game and it was so much fun! Mean! Vicious! And I got a free beer out of the deal.

So today? I'm just hanging out... Still a little too cool to a) fix the minor leak in the pond, b) plant the garden or c) plant the greenhouse. Life's good...

Ah... I've just been wanting to use that line for a few days now...

Pretty uneventful week-end planned... thankfully... tonight we are going to watch about 6 shows that we have DVR'd (2 Big Brothers, Survivor, Earl, Big Break) and eat HOME GROWN ASPARAGUS (I should take a picture before I cut them down...) and pork loin. The hot tub is probably still off limits due to recently completely stained deck (can I get a Woot woot?).

Tomorrow I have league registration (whereby I sit behind a table and attempt to appear helpful), then a little golf. Billy is going to cut the grass for the first time tomorrow (wow!). Might golf Sunday, not quite sure, and hopefully 'burgs and salads at MomG's on Sunday night.

Yep, hold onto your socks kids - it's crazy! Life's good

It seems that all winter long, and it was long, I was waiting for spring for several reasons, but mostly to golf. Why? It's fun, it's social, it's active, it's great to be outside, there are so many reasons. I am not disappointed by the course's beauty, and I've already had so much fun out there, seen people I've missed this winter, sampled the menu, played a few rounds, (yes, the back is better) and judging by my inability to lift my arms and shin splints, I know I've been getting some much needed exercise.

However.

My game sucks. I don't have game.

I thought that by reading up on golf, watching it on TV, and 'thinking' about golfing I would be better, but man, I'm brutal. It makes me feel that I shouldn't have been anticipating the start of the season so much... ugh.

So here I am at home today, on what is by far the most beautiful day so far this year, ( about 77*, and NO WIND). Why you may ask? There are three reasons, and it has nothing to do with my sucking... A) I'm damned sore after golfing three days in a row, B) I'm slightly sunburned C) Billy was supposed to golf with one guy, so I thought I'd give him his man time, but as it turns out, that guy had to cancel, so instead his is with PF, who is apparently joining SC today, (very cool).

I guess I'll go back to square one, and see what I can do with this crazy game...

Because I don't have the patience to write in proper paragraphs

- Yesterday was the first annual Grady Master's event. It was cold (about 45*F) windy with occasional driving rain. Obviously this event was for men only, and consisted of just Billy, JP and PF. PF won the event, and during his acceptance speech (involving cash and a trophy) PF sadly acknowledged that all he needed to do to win was simply break 100.... next year may be different... the weather was terrible.

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- Last night was fun! The prime rib was by far the best we've ever had. We think due to an odd set of circumstances that we stumbled upon a fail proof way to make the perfect prime rib. We'll try again in a month or so I'm sure... I'm loving the grilled red onions as a side and a topping to the prime rib...

- As per usual, a get together at our house involved being really full from dinner, then busting out the Wii. The boys bowled (for money, of course, duh) and then played a little tennis. We then moved on to the PS2 for a little Dance Dance Revolution, where BMW showed great improvement, (not to mention looking fairly fly...) and has motivated me to work on my skills (or lack thereof...). Billy is moving a little slow today, not due to excessive drinking, but from playing Wii. He he.  

- It makes me so happy to have a good dinner and a nice time with friends at our house. In my opinion, it's the best place to be (indoors, Kiki's backyard is hands down the best in the summer....), and the layout is perfect for what we do. Ahhh, so nice! Next time, I want to see if we can borrow Billy's sister's Guitar Hero. That game is fun and addictive... probably a good thing that we don't own one...

- Kiks bought me, (for no real reason, my birthday is in July... she's just nice like that) a kick ass pair of golf shorts from Mark's Work Wearhouse. They may be my new favs, as soon as I tan my legs a bit... rats! no pics available online...

- Today MomG is coming over for lasagna and homemade bread. This is Billy's department, the most I will do is watch him and possibly stir the sauce.

- It's lightly snowing outside, but the weather is supposed to be improving this week... it can't get worse! So I already have plans to golf on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday... Saturday I have a meeting about the 9 hole league. Fun, fun fun!

- I'm a lucky girl, and life's good...

Wow, three days since my last post, time is certainly flying by. I have had time to write, just nothing much of interest to say, even now I'll keep it short and sweet...

- We went to SuprT's new house on Friday, it is beautiful! It was nice to see all the kids.

- We missed the projected 10 inches of snow by about 50 kms, and ended up with only about 2

- Detroit is reported the 5th snowiest winter on record. I forget the inches, but suffice to say: a lot.

- I was unfairly hung-over for much of yesterday. Billy's friend popped by for a 7 hour visit, and he brought his sweet pooch.

- TOL popped by, (literally, for like 10 minutes) with her puppy Schmeichel, (fun to say, not to type...) and they played, meanwhile Halia missed all the fun as she was at MomG's.

- The Easter Egg Hunt was a success. The ground was pretty much frozen so it wasn't too muddy, and there were more people there than 2 years ago, (it didn't happen last year). Halia won a dog bone and a light up leash, (which doesn't work well - rats! I could have been a HUGE box of milkbones... ) and Dave (on behalf of Lilly) won only a small bone which was pretty funny because looking at his prize card I was convinced that he was going to win the grand prize... haha, oh well, it's really not about the prizes...

- Here is a sub list of some dog breeds we saw at the walk:

- Bouvier (s) (huge!)

- Labs of all kinds

- Basenji (they are fairly rare...)

- Collies

- Bichon Frise

- Bullmastiff, (I wanted to squeeze his cheeks!)

- 2 Brittanys (gorgeous)

- Pug (love the pug)

- Welsh Terrier

- A sweet small rescue Greyhound

- One Visula

- Bulldog, not sure which kind...)

- Either a malamute or a huskie, I can't tell the difference... sorry DD

- 2 basset hounds

- 1 sweet beagle

- Boxer (s)

- A few chihuahuas

- Dogue de Bourdeaux

- Dachshund

- Doberman

- Newfoundland (HUGE!)

- German short haired pointer

- Poodles (a black one was trimmed for show with pink bunny ears...)

- A smattering of small terriers, one wearing a camo jacket, another a tutu...

- And of course, one gorgeous, if not slightly portly Rhodesian Ridgeback! (TOL reported seeing a fat rhody at PetSmart... so Halia is not alone... or the fattest...)

I'm sure there is about a dozen or so breeds I missed...

I'm not sure what is up today with my mom and the kids, easter egg hunt wise... I'm fairly certain that it will not be outside, as it is a sunny 18*F!! Brrr! Did you know that we golfed for the first time last year March 30th, then the 31st... that is less than a week away and there we haven't had 3 days in a row above freezing since I don't know when! Ahhh! I'm going crazy! I just want to golf! I want to be warm! I want to be outside! Arg!

Oh, so anyway, we're going to MomG's house today for turkey (yes!) because someone doesn't like ham, (wah, wah, wah), so it's turkey for dinner!

Well, life's good, (except the weather), and my hair is out of control due to late night hot tub hijinx!  

It was a great week-end!

On Friday, we were at MomG's for Billy's birthday dinner. Halia helped Billy open gifts... she is so good for that...

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We then ventured to the Lion's Head, as it was also one of Billy's friends' birthday's. We were only planning on staying for about an hour, but it ended up being pretty fun, so we were there for about 3 hours. Because it was Billy's birthday too, he was bought about a *dozen* shots. People like to buy him shots just to see the look on his face. It's impossible for him to control his facial expressions. Here's the show:

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That's pretty typical.

It was a good time, and although part of me was dreading going, everyone was behaving well.... so....

On Saturday we lounged then went to the new Golf Town to look at clubs for Billy. He had hoarded and saved almost $1000 worth of gift certificates and after playing in the simulator for a while, he decided that the Calloway clubs were the best fit for him. He also added 2 wedges to the set. Awesome. Sweet. 

We then went to On The Green, the indoor golf place, where we met a couple of friends, and played 9 holes. It was great. If you can't be outside and golf, then this is the next best thing! Billy and I played pretty well, so of course that makes me even more excited about the upcoming golf season.

We went to the Keg and had a fantastic dinner, and a ton of laughs. What a perfect day!

Sunday I scabbed out on helping at SuperT's house *guilt* and was splayed on the couch until it was time for dinner at MomG's.

All in all, it was a fantastic week-end. This coming Easter week-end should be good as well! Life's good! 

Today is Billy's birthday, so happy birthday husband! It should be fun...

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Last night there was a pile of us girls at TOL's house. She has a new puppy named Schmeichel, and he's pretty damned cute. I actually wanted to steal him, but I didn't think that would be nice, and I'm all about the nice. So anyway, it was nice to see everyone, the apps and wine was great too. Very good.

Last week-end at the golf show, (I haven't really talked about it, due to my overwhelming guilt...) I bought myself a new golf bag. It is by far the sweetest bag I've ever seen... and the price was great at $80. It's black with some silver on it, has separate 'helix' designed club and iron compartments, (which I haven't really liked in the past... but it's great...) wheels, (although the short wheel base means that the ground has to be completely level to work well...) tons of storage including a waterproof pocket, and best of all: a built in cooler! It even has little drainage holes. Man oh man, I'm lovin it!

I cleaned my clubs and organized the bag, (so much fun...) added my new Tattoo Golf gear, (putter cover and towel... to match 'Skully') and am now just waiting for the snow to melt and the club to open... Meanwhile, the bag is too good for the garage and is resting nicely in the front bedroom.

Oh, I also should mention that although I was not looking for a bag, Kiki was for herself as well as her husband... so... we hauled 3 identical bags across the border! Aren't we going to look cute at couple's league. Billy will be the odd one out with his (although super sweet...) Nike bag. ... but his is yellow and black...

So anyway...

Life's good.