Weekend Stuff

We had another golf lesson over the weekend – this one was all about the “short game” – as if my whole game isn’t a “short game.”  None of my clubs go further than 80 yards or so.  Maybe 100 yards with a stiff wind behind me.  (I’m sure it has everything to do with the clubs, and not my lack of ability to use them…)  However, the good news is… I don’t suck at the chip shots!!  At least, not all the time.  It was pretty exciting.  The next lesson is putting.  Hopefully it’ll help my mini-golf game (cheaper and less walking than real golf!).

This weekend was also a major spring cleaning weekend!  Tina did a bunch more of that than I did, but wow, we got rid of a lot of stuff – including several dead aspen trees from the backyard that she & Jimmy cut down.  It looks so bare now, but it’s good that all of those are gone.  Now I have the bright idea (which I’m sure will fade quickly once I realize I’d have to actually get dirty and do manual labor and stuff like that) that I want to grow some carrots and cucumbers and zucchinis and asparagus in that spot.  Huh.  I think I’ll hit the farmer’s markets instead.

One of the neighbors has a new puppy.  It’s a Golden-Doodle – a mix between a Golden Retriever and Standard Poodle.  She is so dang cute!!!  She’s all black (the Poodle dad is black), but the texture of her hair is like a Golden.  She’s got HUGE feet, and a bunch of silver on her face that makes her look much older than her four months.  Her face makes her look like she could be Grover’s older (and much bigger) sister.