Phoenix Golf - 6/28/06

We suffered through another week of hacking up the course but the weather was awesome. The Phoenix Crew welcomed Snappy out this week hoping he would show us how to play this game but we found out that he plays about like the rest of us. I know, I know, all the fans of Phoenix golf are wondering where are Big A & Buster's scores? We split the teams up and their score card mysteriously vanished...hmmmm?

'You betta check yo self'

Not to beat a dead horse, but WOW! Red seen this beauty and had to share it with me. These sights are becoming much to common. It makes me wonder what the next trend will be. Somebody do this guy a favor and get him some help before he gets any more great ideas. I guess I'm getting old.

Phoenix Golf - 6/21/06

There was no shortage of heat during this round in which Mr. Don broke out the whoopin stick and showed us who's da man! I think I heard it was 93 degrees when we teed off and it felt every bit of it. Thanks to the covert cooler, I was kept hydrated with cold refreshing beverages.

Father's Day Eve

After working all morning (some of us), Pops and I decided to try and play a quick nine to finish the day off. Those plans were seemingly squashed shortly after we teed off an ran into the group in front of us. If they had not let us play through, we may still be playing. Anyway, above are the scores from that afternoon.

Below are some pictures of my dad taking the time to inspect the toys his grandkids have to play with. Man it's great to have someone make sure all the toys are in working order and safe to play with before any youngsters play with them and possibly get hurt.

Didn't spill a drop!


Normally I would not post pictures so embarrassing and have people around the world able to see their friends in such incriminating photos that they may have to live with forever. Sorry Brooklyn...

Phoenix Golf - 6/14/06

Wednesday sort of turned into "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". I arrived at work Wednesday like any other normal day at the office. After countless hours (4) of hard work (solitaire), a co-worker and I decided to catch a noon game at Greer Stadium. We quickly found out, we were not the only people in Nashville ditching work to watch some baseball. Sounds pulled out a 5-2 victory in front of a fairly packed house. To top off our Wednesday, we headed off and met with the rest of our normal foursome to play 9 holes at Percy Warner. I kind of hope more work days turn out like this one did.

Names of participants have been omitted to protect the guilty.

Ryan before he goes to sleep

I decide to post some pics I took with my camera phone over the last week both of which have Ryan in them before he goes to sleep (for different reasons). The one above is a pic of Erin, Ryan, and Natalie (supposedly sleeping) during a card game the adults were playing. The parents were trying to get them to sleep but the kids outlasted the adults that night. The pic below is Ryan and Natalie in the waiting room at Southern Hills Hospital watching a little T.V. before Ryan was taken back to get his tonsils removed. Ryan's got good taste in doctors, the same doc removed mine 20 some odd years ago. After surgery and eating a couple of McDonald's fries, Ryan was on his way home and last I heard it was sleepy time. You did good buddy...

Sittin' on Dubs

The siding guys (Red, Captain, & Caulkboy) were hard at it this weekend patching a few holes left by the recent storms in Middle Tennessee. Good thing it was sunny and blistering hot this past weekend. That way I could work on my flawless farmer's tan and make a little extra money. After reading "Rimps" on Pee Wee's blog the siding guys were inspired to draw attention to themselves and drum up a little business. We decided to drop a set of "Dubs" on the Turd (siding van). T.V. ads being so expensive, we couldn't come up with any other way to turn people's heads. You can not help but stare in amazement at this beauty.

And you can't have your sled sitting so high when you are sporting such bling, so we worked some hydraulics into the siding guys budget. But with the recent string of burglaries in the Captain's neighborhood, well to be more specific, in the Captain's driveway, we will have to work a couple more weekends to fund a alarm system for the Turd.

Phoenix Golf - 6/07/06

Well, it looks like the Phoenix Crew has been officially relocated to Percy Warner golf course for at least the rest of this year. We had hoped to play at the McCabe course on Wednesday but were greeted with a big ole "This Nine Closed" sign as we were prepared to play our round. Looks like the north nine will be closed for a year or more so crews can work on the course. Off to Percy Warner we go. There seems to be a lot less drama getting on at this course anyway.

As far as the action on the course goes, the crew had a good week. Bus seems to have warmed up to his new clubs and especially his new driver. Mr. Don is knocking the cover off the ball. If Big A is within 20 feet of the hole (on the green or not) and has his putter in his hand, he's automatic. My score takes a beating when I pepper the card with doubles and triples among a few pars.

The guys did witness a little bit of Discovery Channel while walking down number nine. We teed off and started towards our balls when we noticed a doe walking around about 15 feet from us, paying us no mind. I turn to go retrieve my ball from behind a big oak on the other side of the fairway, when a hawk swoops down and tries to kick that deer's ass. She runs away only to be spooked by some other golfers in which she turns around and has to pass by the same tree the hawk was in again. She did not hang around under there very long at all. All in all, I think Mr. Don should be glad the doe was there or he could have been the recipient of a good woopin'. That would have made for a pretty interesting post on my blog.

On a totally different subject, check out the boat and rig Big A has set up for us for our fishing trip in July. Talking about roughing it....

Happy Half Century

I have to wish fellow co-worker, former carpoolee, and good man, Snappy, a happy birthday. Snap turned 50 this past month and we celebrated this achievement by getting him drunk as evidence by this "Yager-bomb" shot. If you met Snappy you wouldn't believe that he was turning 50. Not because of his fit physique but because he acts like he's 13. Throwing a surprise birthday party is probably no easy task so thank you Samantha for the invite. Had a good time.