Jack's 4th Birthday Party
Saturday, August 31, 2002
Friday, August 30, 2002
Thursday, August 22, 2002
Friday, August 02, 2002
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Saturday, July 27, 2002
Sunday, June 30, 2002
Saturday, January 12, 2002
Tuesday, December 25, 2001
Wednesday, October 31, 2001
Saturday, October 13, 2001
Thursday, August 02, 2001
Almanor 2001 Day 6
On Thursday, a large group went to the Hamburger Hut for lunch about 1:30 p.m. Hunter had made two tee times for Bailey creek for about 4:30 p.m. Drew had been after me all week about playing some golf and he really wanted to go. I had brought all of our clubs and was also pretty interested in trying to get out. During lunch, we were talking about who was interested in playing golf. We ended up with one foursome of kids that included Drew, Robbie, Danny and Nathan and another group of adults with Jill Wallen, Hunter and I. Wallen had mentioned something during lunch about taking chabrier’s hobiecat out for a sail, but I said that I was probably more interested in playing golf. I also said that I would like him to come with us and play golf (my first mistake). This last statement is something I came to regret from several angles.
After bouncing back from the hamburger hut in the boats (the wind had picked up pretty good), the group including John Wallen took off for golf. I rode with the Wallens and quickly realized that John felt that he had gotten pressured into going; he was not unhappy. When we got to the golf course, things went from bad to worse. Greens fees with a cart for twilight golf (as many holes as you can play before it gets dark) was $43 dollar a person. It cost Wallen $129 for him, Jill and Nathan. He started getting more and more vocal about not wanting to play, how he got pressured into coming along and how much it was costing him. At this point as we are walking to the carts, Jill tells me that the only reason John came was that I had said that I wanted to come along and since I wanted him there I could ride in the cart with him! Jill then jumped in the cart with Hunter. We sent the boys out in a foursome in front of us.
As an aside, I had literally not picked up a golf club since last year at Almanor. We did not get a chance to hit any balls on the driving range so we were all stepping up cold. Anyway, I hit one about 200 yards slicing along the outbounds on the right side of a dogleg right. Wallen swung and missed the ball completely on his first attempt and then hit a nice short shoot down the right side near some trees. Wallen hit into the trees and then over to the left side of the fairway where I kind of lost track of him. By the time, I got to the green John was even more wound up; I think that he ended up hitting one or more balls into the water behind the green.
As we were walking off the first green, I made my second mistake of the afternoon. I asked everyone what their score was. Wallen started to try and count his strokes by remembering the shoots and got madder and madder has he tried to figure out how many strokes he had taken.
Things went from worse to terrible on the second green. John and Jill were sharing a putter and it was not in either bag. John is now fit to be tied. I had an extra putter in my bag so they used that one to putt out. As we were walking off the green, john jumped in the cart and took off back down the second fairway without saying anything to any of us. I was standing there with my putter in my hand. The third tee turns out to be a little ways away so I end up walking over to the tee box and waiting and hoping that John was going to come back.
At this point, Hunter was scratching his head. He had never played golf with Wallen before. Combining this golfing behavior with the WWF moves that John put on him after the horseshoes match, Hunter is opening speculating whether or not Wallen is losing his mind. Wallen finally gets back, but still without a putter. The putter was no where to be found. I spent most of the third fairway trying to get Wallen to lighten up and relax without much success. Unless you have spent a period of time with Wallen in a confined space with the lizard going on his neck, you have no idea how intense an experience it can be!
On the four tee, the drink cart finally shows up. Wallen buys a six pack at what he called airline cabin prices. Things actually improved from this point on. Wallen and I pounded the first beer and John actually started to relax. After this point, Wallen actually started to play a lot better. Wallen probably played better off the tee than Hunter, Jill or I for the rest of the day, while Jill probably putted the best of the group.
Two postscripts on the day. First, in more than thirty years of playing bad golf, i have never played and not kept score; Nooter can attest to how competitive I am even though I am not really very good. After the Wallen’s reaction on the way to the second tee, I did not keep his score or even think about keeping score.
Second, the adults went out to dinner after we got back from golf. During dinner, Jill leans over and whispers to me that John told her on the way over that they should play golf more often!
After bouncing back from the hamburger hut in the boats (the wind had picked up pretty good), the group including John Wallen took off for golf. I rode with the Wallens and quickly realized that John felt that he had gotten pressured into going; he was not unhappy. When we got to the golf course, things went from bad to worse. Greens fees with a cart for twilight golf (as many holes as you can play before it gets dark) was $43 dollar a person. It cost Wallen $129 for him, Jill and Nathan. He started getting more and more vocal about not wanting to play, how he got pressured into coming along and how much it was costing him. At this point as we are walking to the carts, Jill tells me that the only reason John came was that I had said that I wanted to come along and since I wanted him there I could ride in the cart with him! Jill then jumped in the cart with Hunter. We sent the boys out in a foursome in front of us.
As an aside, I had literally not picked up a golf club since last year at Almanor. We did not get a chance to hit any balls on the driving range so we were all stepping up cold. Anyway, I hit one about 200 yards slicing along the outbounds on the right side of a dogleg right. Wallen swung and missed the ball completely on his first attempt and then hit a nice short shoot down the right side near some trees. Wallen hit into the trees and then over to the left side of the fairway where I kind of lost track of him. By the time, I got to the green John was even more wound up; I think that he ended up hitting one or more balls into the water behind the green.
As we were walking off the first green, I made my second mistake of the afternoon. I asked everyone what their score was. Wallen started to try and count his strokes by remembering the shoots and got madder and madder has he tried to figure out how many strokes he had taken.
Things went from worse to terrible on the second green. John and Jill were sharing a putter and it was not in either bag. John is now fit to be tied. I had an extra putter in my bag so they used that one to putt out. As we were walking off the green, john jumped in the cart and took off back down the second fairway without saying anything to any of us. I was standing there with my putter in my hand. The third tee turns out to be a little ways away so I end up walking over to the tee box and waiting and hoping that John was going to come back.
At this point, Hunter was scratching his head. He had never played golf with Wallen before. Combining this golfing behavior with the WWF moves that John put on him after the horseshoes match, Hunter is opening speculating whether or not Wallen is losing his mind. Wallen finally gets back, but still without a putter. The putter was no where to be found. I spent most of the third fairway trying to get Wallen to lighten up and relax without much success. Unless you have spent a period of time with Wallen in a confined space with the lizard going on his neck, you have no idea how intense an experience it can be!
On the four tee, the drink cart finally shows up. Wallen buys a six pack at what he called airline cabin prices. Things actually improved from this point on. Wallen and I pounded the first beer and John actually started to relax. After this point, Wallen actually started to play a lot better. Wallen probably played better off the tee than Hunter, Jill or I for the rest of the day, while Jill probably putted the best of the group.
Two postscripts on the day. First, in more than thirty years of playing bad golf, i have never played and not kept score; Nooter can attest to how competitive I am even though I am not really very good. After the Wallen’s reaction on the way to the second tee, I did not keep his score or even think about keeping score.
Second, the adults went out to dinner after we got back from golf. During dinner, Jill leans over and whispers to me that John told her on the way over that they should play golf more often!
Saturday, June 02, 2001
Friday, June 01, 2001
Monday, December 25, 2000
Christmas Card 2000
In 2000, I sent out a few Christmas Cards with this picture and e-mailed the following video to a number of people.
Tuesday, October 31, 2000
Tuesday, June 20, 2000
Friday, June 09, 2000
Monday, June 05, 2000
Saturday, June 03, 2000
Building the Elk Grove House Pic #11
In addition to some progress on the outside over the last week, a lot has been accomplished on the inside. The kitchen counter tops and floor, laundry room counters and floor, the entry way, and one of the bathrooms. It is still hard to believe that it is supposed to be done by June 20, only a little more than two weeks.
Monday, May 29, 2000
Building the Elk Grove House Pic #10
To my disappointment, the outside of the house has not changed much in the last two weeks. On the inside a lot has changed in the last week, the walls have been painted, the moldings, windowsills and railings installed and painted, and the cabinets have all been installed. It is hard to believe that the house is supposed to be completed in 24 days!
Saturday, May 20, 2000
Building the Elk Grove House Pic #9
The "formal presentation" of the house is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on June 20, 2000.
Saturday, May 13, 2000
Sunday, May 07, 2000
Building the Elk Grove House Pic #7
For the first time in seven weeks, the outside view of the house has not changed much. Nevertheless, the inside has changed a lot. The electrical and plumbing were finished and the house was sheet rocked. You can see the sheet rock in the garage…
A view from the loft down into the bonus room
over the garage (Sharon's head in the lower right corner)
A view from the loft down into the bonus room
over the garage (Sharon's head in the lower right corner)
Sunday, April 30, 2000
Saturday, April 22, 2000
Saturday, April 15, 2000
Sunday, April 09, 2000
Saturday, April 01, 2000
Saturday, March 18, 2000
2000 Spring Training Day 2
This was probably one of my favorite spring training days. We did not have tickets for a game, but decided to go to Hohokam and buy some outfield grass tickets. On a beautiful Arizona day, we laid in the outfield, watched Kerry Wood pitch and had Sosa hit a home run about 20 feet from us. Wallen, Tomasin and I spent a couple of innings leaning against a wall on the third base side discussing the meaning of life.
Saturday, March 11, 2000
Building the Elk Grove House Pic #1
Drew, Morgan, Jack and I stopped at the site on the way to Davis to see Keith play baseball and have dinner with the Snipes.
Friday, December 31, 1999
New Year's Eve 1999
Sharon's brother Tom hosted a New Year's Eve party. I popped back and forth between the party and the Sutter Health Y2K command center at Granite Park.
Saturday, December 25, 1999
Monday, October 25, 1999
Friday, October 22, 1999
Golf at Mather
Larkin, Boone, Brun and I played golf at Mather. Afterwards, as we were figuring out the skins, we were poking Brun about asking Kim out on a date.
Saturday, August 28, 1999
Jack's First Birthday
The Tomasin power chair pose!
Jack enjoying this new rugmower!
Jack celebrating a Notre Dame touchdown
in his new chair...
Saturday, March 13, 1999
Sunday, January 10, 1999
Purchasing the Ford Explorer
While Wallen and I were touring the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. with the Nooters, Sharon brought a 1998 Ford Explorer.
Friday, December 25, 1998
Thursday, November 26, 1998
Thanksgiving 1998
With Jack less than three months old, the three of us spent Thanksgiving at Sea Ranch. We stayed in a house on the forest side of Highway 1.
Friday, May 29, 1998
Sutter Health
I started working for Sutter Health on May 29, 1998. I was the Business Systems Product Manager and responsible for implementation and support of the Lawson Software Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application, including the finance, human resources, payroll, procurement and workflow suites.
Saturday, January 17, 1998
At Sea Ranch
With Sharon just realizing that she was pregnant with Jack, we spent the weekend between our birthdays at Sea Ranch.
Thursday, December 25, 1997
Saturday, November 15, 1997
1997 Sharks versus Coyotes
For our first anniversary, Sharon gave me tickets to a Sharks NHL game. The traditional gift for the first anniversary is paper. We saw the Coyotes beat the Sharks by the score of 3 to 2.
Monday, October 13, 1997
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