Golfing with Eric

Today was a great day! I got to go golfing with my buddy Eric. Both of us are terrible golfers. But today, we both broke 100! That was my first time breaking 100. It's amazing how much lower your score gets when you don't shoot a 10 on the first or any tee. Anyway, here's some picture of us. there were taken on my camera phone at Grandview golf course in Angola, NY. The top 2 are him, and I'm the bottom pic.

From Bad to Worse...

Today was my day off. So I played golf with one of my Elders at my congregation. Here's why the entry is titled the way it is.

I started off with a 10 on the first hole. And it really didn't get much better, strokes-wise.

Here's the other issue: Our cart died. It had started sputtering on the back nine. But guess where it died? In the middle of the 18th hole. We pushed it for awhile, but then gave up and informed the club. It was really too late for them to do anything for us except give us another cart to put the bags back in the minivan. The picture in this entry is the cart that died.

Hopefully, I didn't bore you too much, dear reader. I know it's kinda boring hearing other peoples' golf stories. I get bored with it too.

"We all had a terrific time."

So, today was a good day. I had lunch with a friend (who picked up the tab), went to a movie with another friend & his kids, then went to a murder-mystery picnic. This post is mostly about the picnic.

One of the highlights was somebody brought these amazing homemade pickles. They were just out of this world good! One of the people I talked to asked, "With all the pickles you can buy at the store, why would someone go through the trouble of making their own?" Then his wife made him try one. The look on his face when he tried it prompted me to say, "That's why someone would make their own."

All in all a good time was had by all. Plus I leaned to play this one game that I hadn't encountered until I moved up here. There's several names for it. You basically throw bolas at this ladder and try to score points. It's more challenging than it looks, and is really a lot of fun.

Good Times with Church Members

I just got back from a fun time hanging out with some of my parishioners. This morning they invited me to spend some time with them, their relatives, and some friends. It was down at the VFW hall. We all had a terrific time. let me give you some highlights:

1. Good food. Various people brought in different dishes. I love potlucks! I hadn't eaten like that for a long time. (And probably won't for a long time.)

2. I did karaoke for the first time in my life. It was a smaller crowd, so I wasn't really afraid to screw up. I did 2 songs, both by Johnny Cash (go figure). I did fairly well on "Cry Cry Cry", but almost completely botched "Ring of Fire".

3. I was pretty stuffed from the food people brought and the dessert, which was this killer apple pie, which one of my hosts described as legendary. Just as everything gets settled, somebody shows up late with a party-sized pepperoni and cheese from Ellie's Deli here in Silver Creek! Amazing!

Anyway, it was great. Needless to say, after this afternoon's festivities, gym workouts in Dunkirk are probably going to be switched to 2-a-days. Maybe I should make the trek to Pittsford, NY and see if I can slim down by working out with the Bills during their training camp, which opens this week.