Golf with a student and a new shirt

Wednesday, July 9 and Thursday, July 10.  Hello everyone!  How's it going?  I hope fantastic!  I am doing great.  I'm falling behind again with the blog, but I will catch up right now.  Busy as usual with golf and other projects, and I'm getting ready to go to New York to look at some fabrics next week.

On Wednesday, my new experience was to give a playing lesson to Tom Cullum, one of my students.  We've been working together for a few years now and he's a very nice young man and works really hard.  He's also got some ability and it was nice to see him out on the golf course, because the range and the course aren't always the same.  It was apparent that course management and decision making were not problems.  His temperament for the game is very good.  He just needs to hone the physical skills a little more and he can be a solid high school player that contributes to his team!

On Thursday, I wore a new Puma golf shirt for the first time.  I like Puma stuff because it's not just normal run of the mill golf stuff.  This one is dark grey with asymmetrical yellow dots all over it.  It also fits like a shirt should, short sleeves and tailored sides.  I don't like swimming in my golf shirts.  Anyway, I feel really good about the shirt and look good in it too!  I think I'll order more when next season's styles come out.

I hope you all have great days or nights, wherever you are.  I am now off to work and then who knows?  Enjoy, laugh, love, and I'll talk to you all again tomorrow!  Thanks for all of your love and support and for reading!  See ya!

A rose

Tuesday, July 8.  Hi all!  How are you?  I hope great, I am doing great!  Today was a semi-busy day at work.  But it's all good because I got a chance to hit a few balls and run some errands.  Tomorrow I have a playing lesson with one of my kids so it was good to figure a few things out beforehand.  After work, Paula made tacos.  Yum.

My new experience for the day was to get a single pink rose from Paula for no reason at all.  Just her being sweet.  So I'm going to stay short and sweet today and talk to you again tomorrow.  For now, I'm going to relax, watch some TV and take a shower.  Very muggy and humid today, but nice and warm.  Take it easy, enjoy, and I'll talk to you all tomorrow!  Thanks as usual for all the love, support, and positivity from everyone.  Love ya all!

A unique conversation

Monday, July 7.  Hi all!  How are you?  Another day off for me, and I've had a good one.  I slept in, ran some errands, had a therapy session with Dr. Bob, and took a nap.  I was intending to play golf, but it is currently raining out so maybe that's not happening.  Otherwise, it's been a great day!

Earlier today, I had a very unusually pleasant conversation with a woman, Bonne, who worked for one of my credit card companies.  I was trying to move some money around and just so happened to get her on the phone.  Instead of it being just business, we had a nice, personal and pleasant conversation while we were getting things done.  It was new and strange to talk to someone in that position for that long, and it made me realize that I have the ability to make anyone's day just a little better and more pleasant than it might be.  I'll have to take that attitude on to all of my interactions and see what happens.  Fun!

Anyway, have a good day or night, enjoy life, laugh and love.  I'll talk to you tomorrow!  See ya!

Meeting a movie star

Sunday, July 6.  Hi everyone, how are you?  I am doing great and I hope you are too.  Today was my special day off.  Just decided to take it off.  Kind of slow at work too because it's a holiday weekend.  So I got a chance to sleep in and relax in the morning, then took Paula, AJ, and Elliot to lunch at Zingerman's.  We met up with Rick, on his way to Chicago, and my parents, who needed me to sign something.  It was a nice time and a beautiful day.  Later on, I showed my house to a nice couple and then helped Paula and the crew clean the garage.  It looks great!  I then finally went to play 9 holes with Elliot.  Nick from work called me and met us on the fourth hole and it was nice to play with him and spend some time with him.

Today's new experience was to say hi and approach a movie star.  At Zingerman's, we saw Drew Barrymore, who is in the area to shoot a movie.  So I decided to go up to her and say hi and that I liked her movies.  She was very nice and said thank you.  But it was cool to have the guts to just go up and say hi.  I loved it!  In past times, I would've never done something like that, but felt like what the hell, you know?  What's the worst that could happen?  Anyway, meeting a movie star is definitely something new for me and I'm happy to have done it!

Again, I hope all is good with you all.  Thanks for all the love and support and positive energy.  Have a great day or night, and remember to enjoy, smile, laugh, and love!  See you tomorrow.

A unique junior clinic

Saturday, July 5.  Hi all!  How are you?  I hope well, I am doing great!  I feel peaceful, still, and going with the flow.  I taught for 6 hours today and afterwards hit some balls.  I think I'm on to something with my swing and will keep experimenting.  It's felt good for two days now and we'll see what happens.  Afterwards, I took it easy, watched some golf and took a short nap.  Paula made a great dinner of ribs and pasta salad, and we went out for ice cream afterwards.  All four kids are home right now, so Paula is pretty happy.  That happens very rarely right now, so I feel good for her to have all of the kids home.

My new experience for the day was running a free junior golf clinic.  Now, I've been running this clinic during the summers for many years now, but today was the first time only two kids showed up.  Usually it's anywhere from 8 to 15 kids, so just 2 is unusual.  But instead of canceling the session, I decided to go on with it anyway.  I figured the kids wanted to learn, so why let them down?  So we went ahead with it and it was nice to work more in depth and make a closer connection with fewer kids.  They were very nice and listened and we all had fun.  Their father was very nice too and unobtrusive, which was good.

Anyway, please enjoy the rest of the weekend.  I will talk to you tomorrow.  Don't forget to enjoy, smile, and laugh!  Until tomorrow, my friends!  Thanks for all of the love and support, I am very grateful and appreciative.

A new kind of Fourth of July

Friday, July 4.  Hi everyone!  I hope all of you are well, I am excellent.  Today was my day off, and my first chance to get some rest and sleep in for weeks.  So I did, and spent a morning relaxing and hanging out with Paula.  We then went to Miles and hit some balls together for the first time all year, which was nice.  Finally, we drove to Clark Lake for our annual Fourth of July trip.  For the first time, though, there were no kids at all.  Just adults.

In the last three years, there has always been a younger presence and a different vibe with past July fourth celebrations on a lake, so the vibe was much more chilled out and different.  But still nice and a pleasant time.  It's a beautiful lake and the fourth celebration is a cool day, with the local residents firing off fireworks themselves.

Anyway, it's off to work tomorrow again.  Things are good, I am happy, and life is awesome.  I also have decided to take Sunday off this week too, so I have three of four days off for the first time in a while.  Maybe I can play golf some.  My game the other day with Justin, Casey, and Brent was a sign that I need to really get my game in shape.  For no other reason than I think that I can play at a much higher level than I am.  So I'll make that a goal for the rest of this summer.  I'm making it important, so it'll happen.

I'll talk to you tomorrow, as usual.  Have a great day, enjoy, and remember to look at life, observe, and smile and laugh!  See you tomorrow.

Teaching a physicist

Thursday, July 3.  Hi all!  How are you doing?  I'm doing great and I hope you are too.  Today was a very busy day at work.  Straight from 9 am to 7 pm.  I taught some old students and some new, and a group of great kids.  But the most interesting of all was teaching a woman who was a physicist.  She started me on the wrong foot by arriving 5 minutes late, then saying that she didn't have any clubs and wanted two specific clubs that had to be put together by the guys inside.  Arriving late and needing to borrow clubs was not that big a deal because it happens all the time, but then she said we should really get to it because she only had an hour and didn't want to waste any time.  Well, maybe coming on time with clubs would help us not waste time!

Anyway, I taught her with everything I had, she tried and understood, and we enjoyed the lesson.  What was interesting though was that toward the end of the lesson,  I asked her if she thought the universe was a friendly place.  This question was one that Albert Einstein, another physicist, thought was the most important question for him to answer.  Her answer was that if you thought the universe was a friendly place, it would help you out.  If you think it's friendly, it'll be friendly to you and help you.  Now this is what I believe now too, but it was awesome cool to hear it from a physicist, not a religious or spiritual person.  I also then asked her it she thought that we created our lives in our heads, or manifested our life.  She said that without a doubt we do.  Again, from a physicist's perspective!  We create our own existence and lives.  Wow, very powerful.  Something that I've been doing now for the last 6 months!  Confirmation.

Anyway, enjoy July 4th for those of you in America and remember what a privilege it is to have freedom.  Also remember that we are responsible for the live we have by the thoughts we create in our heads.  So imagine and think about whatever it is you want, and it will happen.  You can create the life of your dreams if you choose!  Talk to you tomorrow, enjoy!

A new foursome

Wednesday, July 2.  Hi all!  How's it going?  I hope well, I'm doing great and had a great day.  Early this morning, I went to show my house to a potential tenant.  She and her sister seemed nice and we'll see what happens.  I then went to teach some golf, but today only until 3 pm, because I had a golf game!  I played at Barton Hills with Justin, Casey, and Brent.  Casey is a member and our host, and he really made it feel like a great day.  It was quite a privilege to play there with those three guys.  I struggled as I kind of expected because I just haven't played that much with all that's been going on.  We managed to play 8 holes before the lightning came, at which point we went to the grill, hung out and talked for a couple of hours.  Chris Mile also came to watch us play and hung out with us.  It was a thoroughly enjoyable day even though we didn't play all 18 and had a good match going.  I felt lucky and blessed to be there.  I truly have had a great month and look forward to July being even better!

I hope you all have good days, and I will check in tomorrow as usual!  Enjoy, live, experience, and laugh a lot til then.  Thanks for all the love and support.  Later on...

A potential tenant

Tuesday, July 1.  Hi all!  How's it going?  I hope well, I am doing great as usual.  Today was a busy day at work with lots of lessons and Justin visiting Miles of Golf and doing the PR tour at his old stomping grounds.  He then treated us to a great dinner at Miki Japanese restaurant.  Justin likes to have sushi when we visit because he gets a chance to be more adventurous than when he goes for Japanese with his wife Kathryn.  It was great food and fun conversation.

Today, I, for the first time, actually spoke to someone who is interested in renting my home.  I've received several emails from people, but never actually spoken to anyone about it.  Hearing her voice and her story made me feel more comfortable with things.  Something about email is so very impersonal and it's good to hear and eventually meet and look someone in the eye when doing something like this.  But it sounds like she's interested and willing to pay the price of $2,100 a month, which would actually allow me to make money on my house each month while my tenants pay for the equity in my home.  A potentially perfect deal!  I will keep you updated and keep my fingers crossed.  I feel positive expectancy for this opportunity and will actually increase my personal income by quite a bit per year.

Anyway, off to watch a movie and get to bed early.  I have another big day tomorrow and also a golf game set up with Justin, Casey, and Brent at Barton Hills CC.  Cool, huh?  Have a great day everyone, and I'll talk to you tomorrow!

International final qualifying

Monday, June 3.  Hi everyone!  What's up?  I hope all is well with everybody, and all is great with me!  Tired, but great.  My new experience for the day was to caddy in the International Final Qualifying for the British Open for Justin.  This was a very unique exclusive privilege for Justin in that only very few get to play in the event.  It is based on world ranking alone, and his performance over the last three weeks has moved him up on that list which allows him to get into more and more events.  It was tough to carry the big tour bag for that many holes, and I will admit that I'm not the best caddy in the world, but it was fun and an honor to be there.  I was also recognized quite a bit myself and received another invitation to do the Big Show radio program because of it.  We shot 2 over and didn't make the Open field, but we tried to do the best we could and just didn't have it.  From his perspective, I think he just ran out of gas.  Deservedly so from winning the Nationwide Tour event and then having to drive all the way back to Dearborn from Toronto.  He didn't arrive until about 1 am, we got to bed at 2:30 am, and woke up at 5:30 am.  No excuses, but not the ideal situation for playing 36 holes.

Anyway, great things continue to happen and everything is truly fantastic.  I hope you have good days and nights, and I will talk to you later!  See ya!