Another Birthday and a Most Embarrassing Moment from Junior High

Written on 9-8-2020.

        Well, I don’t really want to be writing about another birthday celebration for myself, but why not?  I love the attention.  So, it was on this date a year ago that I had a stroke.  I won’t recount the entire ordeal, because I already wrote about what happened, but just know that it would have been devastating if it weren’t for my wife Belinda’s quick actions.  

If it weren’t for her, and the many others who helped me through it all, I would not be able to write this, that’s for sure, and I know my keyboarding has improved drastically as I have continued to practice.  Once again, it is through my reflection in this journal that has helped me put it all into perspective, and it has also helped me to shine a light on the things I am thankful for, the things that make my life worth living.

For example, let me write about what is happening right now, because I am thankful in this moment.  Belinda and I are...

Target Tree and a Little Break

Written on 8-29-2020.

        B and I are camping in our Baker Street at the Target Tree Campground tonight.  We only came up for one night, and James will be joining us shortly.  We had breakfast for dinner (eggs with sausage mixed in and pancakes on the side), and we finished taking Kody for a walk on the trail that goes right up the mountain behind the campsite right across the road.  It was beautiful, and we even got to see Eric flying and circling above us when he was working for C.A.P. tonight.

James decided not to buy the Fiat from Char and Ed after all.  He chose instead to buy Anna’s Acura, and I am relieved.  It is older, has more miles on it than the Fiat, but it is bigger, more comfortable (it is a luxury car after all), and ultimately more reliable.  He plans on getting new tires, and he has already replaced the battery and charged up the air conditioner.  He will also get it lubed soon.  The only step after all of that maintenance is to get the paperwork done with Anna, and they will seal the deal next week.  He is getting a good price, of course, so he can afford to put a little extra money into it.

Written on 8-30-2020.

We are back home now, and I am relaxing and watching the BMW Championship.  We played frisbee golf around the campground loop this morning, and then B and I relaxed until checkout time while James hurried home to have a meeting.  It was a wonderful weekend getaway, and I would like to go there again.  The camp host said the campground was designed by a woman, and I said she had done an incredible job.  Super layout there.

The wedding was great, but not for the reasons that most weddings are great.  I enjoyed the vows that Savannah gave, but the best part for me was seeing Danielle give Matt a huge hug when we first arrived.  She left some tears on his shoulder, and it was a tremendous reunion for both of them.  And, it was a miracle it even happened.  They both didn’t think Matt would be able to come with his work, but...

James's Birthday and an Obsession

Written on 8-15-2020.

        And, the learning continues.  I am now watching the YouTube series #Grip to #Finish-Build a 365-Day ‘Moe Norman Single Plane Golf Swing, and I am on Part 2.  

My Perfect Impact Club came in the mail yesterday, so I hope to go to the range later this week.  I am thinking that this system is similar to Shot Doctor’s Successful Six.  I just need to know this system inside and out.  

Written on 8-17-2020.

It’s James’s 27th birthday today!  We have had a great day so far, too.  He dropped me off at Pinon Hills on his way to Char and Ed’s place.  He was having a little business meeting with Char, but the bigger news is that they are willing to sell him their Fiat, and it only has just over 30,000 miles on it.  I think he should do it.  They are asking a reasonable price.  

He joined me on the range after his meeting, and I shared some of my range balls with him.  He arrived earlier to pick me up than I thought he would, so I was still down there.  We had a blast swinging my clubs together.  

After the range balls were used up, we went to...

What Is It About Hole #7 at Civitan?

Written on 8-7-2020.

        It’s 4:07 in the afternoon, and it’s quiet time here in our house.  James is playing video games in his room, and Danielle and Belinda are taking a nap.  James was surprised this morning, but it was because he didn’t think Danielle was coming today.  Belinda accidentally let it slip that Danielle would be coming, and then she tried to cover it up, but James was super suspicious.  He knew something was up.  He just thought she would be coming tomorrow.  Despite the slip-up, they had a great reunion.  Our little family is all together again!  I am just happy I wasn’t the one who let the secret out this time.

We had a wonderful brunch together, and Jess came up to get a picture of the two kids.  James and Danielle went shopping at Safeway for dinner tonight and tomorrow, so we are all relaxing and doing our own things.  I see very few clouds outside my computer room window, and it’s a little cooler than yesterday.  It’s still hot enough to keep the swamp cooler running most of the day, but it’s not super hot outside.  It’s bearable.  It feels like the day is letting go and allowing room for the evening to come out.  

On to golf…  

I am watching the seventh part of the series today.  He is continuing what he said in Part 6 about the proper positions.

Oh, I ordered two clubs from Graves Golf.  I got the Sandy Andy Wedge and the Perfect Impact Training Club.  We got a little extra money from Popo, so that is what I bought with my money.  Thanks, Popo.  I look forward to using both.

Todd is going though the positions.  They are the stabilization of the right knee,  the stabilization of the left knee, and the stabilization of the left shoulder after it goes through impact and behind the body.  He is saying that if anyone of those is off, or out of order, a golfer won’t get the proper acceleration of the club.  The left shoulder blade has very little movement through impact once it goes behind the body.  

Nothing is ever going backward.  That is why Moe simply stands up after the ball is gone.  There is no reverse C.