...#1 grandson's handsome bantam rooster...so named because if he doesn't do his job he'll end up on their menu.
Apparently he's in no danger of becoming a chicken sub, since all the hens are being serviced and laying eggs to everyone's satisfaction.
Ok, I admit it, it's a slow news day here at the bustling headquarters...
In other words, politics.
Can't wait for the election to be over, but woe to us if the mental defectives...
...actually win.
There's an astounding number of people who don't realize their freedoms - preserved in our constitution for the past 250 years and protected by those sworn to defend it - are on the ballot November 3rd.
As long as they have a cell phone and internet connection...
...they think they're fine.
They're wrong.
I used to tell people jokingly, "Vote your conscience. If you don't have one, you can always vote democrat."
No more.
The D's have run so far off the rails I've amended that to:
"Vote your conscience. If you don't have one, stay home and keep smoking weed or whatever hallucinogenic you use to achieve your vegetative state."
For the rest of us normies, consider this truth courtesy of Gary Varvel:
Vote responsibly!
I mentioned in a previous post Karen and I have joined a senior center:
Evergreen Commons.
It's a gorgeous facility and we were surprised to learn it has 5,000 members.
Thankfully they don't all show up on the same day, because Karen uses their pool to exercise, while I take advantage of their fitness equipment:
They also have many other activities and classes, along with a coffee shop and cafeteria where lunch is served daily.
Neither Karen nor I are thrilled at having arrived at this stage of life - I'd much rather be 45 than pushing 70 - but by the grace of God we're here, and having a beautiful center available for very reasonable $$'s is a true blessing.
Plus I found an old guy selling steroids from his car outside the gym...
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| I asked, why the orange jump suit? he said he loves fall colors. |
Had an extraordinary round of hickory golf this weekend.
Wait...did I say extraordinary?
Silly me.
I meant "wretched".
Since I've been playing this course I've never had a round where I was double bogey or worse for every hole.
Thankfully, that is still true - but just barely.
This weekend was, hands down, my worst round ever.
If not for a back handed bogey on the 9th hole (terrible tee shot, decent recovery to the green, 2 putt for bogey), I would have been skunked, 9 - 0.
Almost felt bad for Mr. Links...he was like a pitcher on the verge of a no hitter that slips away in the 9th inning on a bloop single.
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| you know what happens next |
The worst part of it was I had a witness.
Though he'll probably deny it, Justin came with me, and I fear he caught whatever I had, as he did only slightly better (2 bogeys against 7 doubles / triples).
I'm sure both of us agree...
Ever.
Let's 23 Skidoo out the back door:
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| got all 3 of the fireplaces going this weekend...it was 35°saturday morning |
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| Karen is #1 of course; since you're reading this, that makes you #2; #3 is sort of a rotating slot filled by whoever's done something nice for me recently |
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| beautiful lake vista courtesy of Larry up at his cottage |
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| don't know how many more times I'll get to sit out here and enjoy the view...winter's knock knock knocking on autumn's door |
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| leaves are falling, autumn's calling... |
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| ...but there are still a few holdouts... |
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| ...that haven't given up the ghost yet |
Ever had your confidence shaken?
If you're young and super talented, it's possible your answer is "no". (What you really mean is "not yet", but you'll learn that eventually.)
A former friend once told me most people get slapped around by life by age 40; for many of us, that's a true statement.
It's definitely happened to me.
I was pretty good at my job for a lot of years, but getting fired was a gut punch I didn't expect.
In the face of a humbling setback - professionally, relationally, financially, physically, spiritually - what do you do?
I'll tell you what you don't do; you don't quit:
¹³ Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
¹⁴ I press toward the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3
Press on.
And as you do, trust God for the results:
⁵ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
- Proverbs 3
later, mcm fans...
