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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
9:50 pm	More Barry... Without the leadup, barry and i discussing one of three terrors of the fire swamp in the princess bride. Amy: Yes, they do look like the rodents of unusual size. Barry: What are the names they gave them? Amy: R-O-U-S's Barry: Why did they call them that? Amy: R-odent's O-f U-nusual S-ize. Barry: Yeah, I never got that.  I just thought it was some sort of french word.   (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
7:53 pm	my husband, ladies and gentleman... Amy: So Anne's getting boudoir photos taken for Brendan for her wedding.  Would you like those? Barry: Of Anne? Sure! (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
7:06 pm	2008 1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? I started Grad School. I retired from coaching.  2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Yes.  I lost a decent amount of weight this year. Of course I've also started to gain some of it back, so I'm hoping to lose the rest and get to a nice maintainable weight in 2009. 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? People at work are popping out kids all over the place...but not close to me, persay. 4. Did anyone close to you die? Yes, my grandfather. 5. What countries did you visit? Drove through Canada.  I *really* need to start traveling more.   6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? More vacation time -- or at least more actual vacations.  7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? No specific dates. 8. What are your biggest achievements of the year? Weight loss. 9. What were your biggest failures? not getting into Northwestern.  My god...was that really this year? 10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I impaled my palm on a light switch. 11. What were the best things you bought? My Coach purse. My size 4 jeans. Our new tv is pretty cool. 12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Barry got a job.  So that's good. 13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? I'm sure I was pissed off at myself at some point. 14. Where did most of your money go? That's a good question. 15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Being a movie extra. As sad as that is. 16. What song will always remind you of 2008? Song? Not sure. Album? Alexa Wilkinson's Lions. 17. Compared to this time last year, are you i. happier or sadder? Happier. ii. thinner or fatter? Thinner. A LOT. iii. richer or poorer? Poorer.  No coaching monies. 18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Strength training, yoga, pilates. 19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Eating. 20. How will you be spending Christmas? With family. 21. What was the best holiday for you in 2008? Election Day. 22. Did you fall in love in 2008? Should I have? 23. How many one-night stands? Ha. I wish. 24. What was your favorite TV program? That's tough. Project Runway? 25. What was the best book you read? I can never choose favorite books. 26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Alexa Wilkinson, Regina Spektor 27. What did you want and get? A nice purse. 28. What did you want and not get? Lots of stuff. 29. What was your favorite film of this year? I did not watch enough films this year.  But I did enjoy The Duchess. 30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I was 27, and I spent most of the day pissed off at Barry because he refused to say happy birthday. 31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? More free time? More money? More travel? I'm not the type to be satisfied. 32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? listen to Tim Gunn 33. What kept you sane? Who said I'm sane? 34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I still think Patrick Dempsey is one of the hottest men alive.  35. What political issue stirred you the most? Universal Healthcare. 36. Who did you miss? David. I don't think we communicated at all this year. 37. Who was the best new person you met? My clique! 38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008? Lots of lessons posted in my other blog. 39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. Just when you think you're in control, just when you think you've got a hold, just when you get on a roll, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again. (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
9:06 pm	epic fail I don't think I'm remiss in considering myself a reasonably graceful person.  I guess it comes with the territory if you've played sports as long as I have and if you danced your entire life or have pretty good body control in general.  That's why you could count me quite surprised today, when my heel caught going down a stair, and to keep myself from going head first down the whole flight, I impaled my palm on a light switch... I'm not sure that the phrase "impaled my palm on a light switch" has ever been uttered before. That's a Garden state sentence, I think. Now I guess if I were less graceful, I still wouldn't have been able to catch/right myself in time, especially after crying out in pain.  But I did right myself and managed to not go down the stairs, and only sustained a minor injury.  But seriously.  I put a bleeding gaping (ok, not really gaping, but light switch shaped HOLE in my hand. Light switches AREN'T SHARP. My palm hurts. that is all. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 16th, 2008
10:05 am	Christmas List While Amazon is wonderful and I do have an up to date wishlist posted there, unfortunately they don't have absolutely EVERYTHING a girl might want for Christmas. Here is a supplementary list of wonderfulness: Sephora (Gift Card) -- there is also a separate wishlist here Victoria's Secret (Gift Card) -- I need a black suit for judging. Actual wishlist can be found here Express (Gift Card) -- for my general work wardrobe. CeCe Cashmere Sweaters (my absolute favs) -- Found_Here. Size Small. Color 1) Charcoal. 2) Eggplant. 3) Lipstick red. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, November 14th, 2008
9:05 am	Is it just me... ...or does anyone else think it's weird that I: 1) discovered my husband (who has been extremely anti-having kids for the past five years) now is deadset on having them 2) I know this not because we had a conversation about it, but because I happened to read his livejournal yesterday. I'm all for posting your thoughts and life online if you'd like, but major shifts like this should be brought up in person FIRST, right?  Or is that normal to not discuss this type of mental shift with your partner (and presumably the one who would be sharing said burdens of parenting). I feel it's along the lines of me posting in my journal that I'm going to die (of some random disease) without first clueing Barry in.  True? (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
11:37 pm	Curiously...or not so curiously...silent. I've been quiet of late.  Not much of a surprise, I'm sure. You're quite used to it.  It's been...odd...different....busy. Work has been at times joyous and at times overwhelming.  Though most of the time I'd describe it as both -- in a good way of course.  I daily take on more -- but feel as though after a crazy October, I'm starting to find my groove, hit my stride.  I like being busy and I do well at keeping myself so. My grandfather passed away last Friday, he was 92 years old and the only grandfather I had (the other passed away when my mom was only 16).  I drove out to the westside a few days before he passed to see him and though I wouldn't have preferred my last memories of him to be laying in a hospital bed, I know that it was important for me to make the trip.  I went out to spend time with my fam last weekend and the funeral is this weekend.  I'm looking forward to next weekend when I won't be driving across the state. I'm (after two+ years) finally making more friends at work, so perhaps the next time we try to throw a party...oh, well, I don't really want to jinx it.  Comp cheer season starts soon and I'll most likely be unofficially assisting my old team.  I do miss coaching -- a lot -- but at the same time, I've enjoyed having some semblance of a life. It'll suck me back in though.  It always does. Still working on the whole weight loss thing...though some weeks are better than others.  The next 10 pounds are going to be the hardest of all, and I'm struggling in the motivation department, so I'm really going to work and focus if I'm going to get them off by Jan 1.  It will be easier just to round out the year of weight loss. It's certainly a journey, and I think I learn something every single day. So that's what's going on. Hopefully, I can get to sleep now. (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
11:11 pm	Quick thoughts... 1) Sean Astin has really nice eyes.  I know, because for about 30 seconds today I was staring into them while his face was 2 feet away from mine.  And he's just as jolly in person as you might expect him to be. 2) Michael Vartan is exceptionally funny and down to earth.  He smokes a lot (and swears quite a bit too) and likes to talk sports.  And he has beautiful eyes as well, though I didn't get the close up that I had with Billy Tepper (my personal favorite Astin role). But I knew that from NBK when he was the hot teacher.  3) My film debut (and let's be honest here, final role) will be a scene in a montage running from first to second base.  I get thrown out, though in real life, they asked me to slow down so they could make the play :) (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
8:22 am	Dannimal "meme" What did you WANT to be when you were in high school and planning for college. I don’t mean what you dreamed of being, but what you wanted to be (what you reasonably thought you could be). I planned to go into International Business or law, travel a lot for my career, and make lots of money.  I dreamed of being an Actress or Britney Spears.  I also harbored thoughts of being a writer. Did you keep that plan through college, or did it change while you were there? After I realized that I didn't really want to go to business school, I decided that publishing might be my best career choice, so I switched to being an English major. What have you ended up doing as a career? I'm an editor at a reference book publisher.  So sort of in the field I switched to. Knowing what you do now, what would you want to have as a career? I would have done more science -- nutrionist, exercise physiologist, etc. It fascinates me. (Comment on this)
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
7:17 pm	7 mins remaining on my Library Time allotment... ... we'll see how much I can get on. 1) I have been driving around south east michigan constantly, prepping for the Hall of Fame Induction video I am putting together for one of my fellow coaches.  I completed my last interview this evening, so hopefully, I can now stop driving. 2) I received a $250 gas card a little over a week ago from my company, because the employees hate the upper management and we said so in a survey.  Due to #1, most of it is already gone. 3) I am going to be in a movie...sort of....as an extra.  Demoted.  It's filming in Metro Detroit.  Look it up on IMDB.  4) I have my car back from my accident, but I am significantly poorer.  My sincerest apologies to those of you I have to buy presents for in the next 6 months.  They aren't going to be as generous as you may be accustomed to.  Especially because I  no longer have coaching monies coming to bail me out of my financial woes. 5) My grad class is going ok, but I also haven't really done much work except for reading...also due to number 1.  I *have* to get on that this weekend. 6) I'm trying to have poker (and failing miserably it seems) this weekend. So far, the count is 1.  Me.  Not even Barry can make it (he's spending the evening, and the night, with his school's venturing crew).  However, I haven't heard from a few newbies and several regulars, so I'm still  holding out hope.  If nothing else, maybe I can convince my new friends to play euchre with me. 7) Due to work softball coworkers, I have new friends.  Yay!  I made friends!  How did that happen?!? And how do I do more of that?  8) Ok, I cheated. The computer offered me extra time and I took it.  9) I have done a piss poor job of cooking and cleaning so far last week and this week.  Unfortunately, I don't envision it getting that much better until after October 13 (see number 1 again).  I am really trying this fall to get better at being on top of that. 10) I've been invited to a Halloween party...thanks to my new found friends...but I don't know what I want to be.  Costume ideas, anyone? 11) I won the female division of my parents golf tournement on Saturday.  And I was 5th of 22 over all (men and women).  It was very fun. And made me miss golf. I want to get out again before the weather turns to total crap. 12) I way over ate this weekend, and now I'm kicking myself because I was .4lb shy of a 30 pound loss (I was too chicken to weigh myself this morning to see the damage I've caused).  I've been stuck for the last week and a half though, and I think I got fed up with being stuck so I just said fuck it.  Today, I am punishing myself for that.  It's at the point where everything drops slower, so I have to work, work, work to lose anything.  2 more pounds to break 130.  Those two goals have been motivating me too, but the combination of being busy, lack of sleep, and stress has started to take a toll on my body and my ability to lose efficiently. 13) My rball league is going well...which is why I'm at the library (waiting for my match).  I trounced my first two opponents.  I'm the only chick in the league, but I think I'm the best player (that's not arrogance..it's just the way it works out).  The guy I beat last week beat the guy I'm playing tonight, so assuming all goes well, I should win tonight.  I was blown last week (not enough water before the game) and I still eeeked out three games on top, so hopefully tonight I'll be playing better anyway. (There's only four in the league). 14) I continue to rock at softball (though I do believe I'm overrated) and made my debut at shortstop last week.  I did ok...though I need to work on backing up third more. I like it, but I'm not so arrogant that I actually think I should be playing there permanently...it's fun to switch from time to time though. My hitting continues to be shitty and inconsistent, though I do get on base more often than not and score (because I think I'm speedier than I look--which is hard for me to believe). 15) I've taken on a 2nd full time project at work (on top of already having a full time project, a quarterly project, and a biannual project).  So i'm hella busy.  I think I prefer it this way, but it does add additional stressors, even if I do enjoy it.  That is all and I think that's enough.  Remember, if you've made it this far, I need halloween costume help! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
10:32 am	Well that's not good... ...so about a week ago on the Diane Reem show, they were discussing lonliness.  Specifically, that feeling lonely (even if you aren't actually ALONE) has negative impacts on your health.  It increases blood pressure and affects brain chemicals, etc (i'm not a scientist, so you'll have to live with that description).   I guess what I found interesting is that even if you do have friends, family, etc. as long as YOU think you are lonely, you suffer the physiological consequences.  Isn't that crazy? I'll be the first to admit that one can be married, have friends (no jokes here please, I'm doing better at this), and have a supportive family and still feel occassional loneliness. So now, not only do lonely people have to worry about the fact that they FEEL lonely, but they also need to worry about what it's doing to their health! So yeah...I felt a bit lonely just now because I've been keeping busy (which is a good thing) but haven't really talked to anyone about how nervous/stressed I am about some big things in my life right now. (Grad school, Hall of Fame presentation, taking on a whole new project at work, eating less, spending less). But then I had to think to myself, "Stop...feeling lonely is BAD for you.  Quit it."   Why this bad behavior I pay attention to as opposed to all of the other bad behaviors that I dont is completely beyond me.  Wow.  that sentence had the worst grammatical structure ever. Anyway...that's all.    (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
7:51 am	Progress... So I may have mentioned that on January 1st, I was six pounds away from being technically obese.  Barry hates when I mention this because he doesn't believe it...but still...it's the truth. Good god, just look at the facebook picture of Barry and I at Mer's party! I was a cow.  And I knew it. So in true "new year's resolution" fashion, I spent the next 5 months losing weight.  In may/early june I stalled.  My motivation dissappeared, I was still very active but I got stuck.  Well and truly.  Right at the point where I was hovering right at or slightly above a "normal"/"healthy" weight for my height. And weight started creeping back. So anyway, I knew that I didn't want to stop my progress but I was unsure of how pin down my motivation and kick it back into shape.  As an aside, anyone that says losing weight is easy is a crack fiend.  Yes, it's "simple"...eat less/move more...but it's not "easy" by any means.  Too often life...emotions...other priorities...even fucking horomones...get in the way. And it seems as soon as you "let down your guard," it becomes too easy to say yes to yummies like pizza rolls and carvel (which are fine in small quanties and moderation), but not as an every other day thing in large quantities.   But ANYHOO...so I joined weight watchers at my job.  After some "will we/won't we have a meeting" (because we didn't think we'd have enough people) we finallly got our crap together and started.  And it's helping.  But even more than that, I was talking to my brother about maybe/maybe not joining WW on our canoe trip and he was saying that he was trying their online program to lose weight, and mentioned that we should do it TOGETHER.  Hmm.. what an interesting idea.  I've had a workout buddy before (julia, *sigh*) and that was a great help, but I've never had a true "weight loss" buddy.  Right at the moment, I'm not actually counting *points* because I've counted calories on and off for years, and it's a hell of a lot easier for me to just stick with that than totally switch my system (and it's not as though points are magical, they are just a calorie control mechanism).  But it's nice having the weekly weigh in as a pure motivational tool -- and the at the meetings we talk about good topics -- which also help the motivation.  Two of the girls on my team at work are also doing it (one who's done it for a year and has lost like sixty pounds) and another like me, who's just been fluctuating (though she just had a kid so she has an excuse).   But beyond that, Josh and I check in 1-2 times a week (on Weds after my "meeting" via email/and a Sunday phone call--which actually hasn't yet happened--) and talk about positives, struggles from the previous week, set goals for the next week, and generally give each other more motivation and support.  Once the fall hits, we're also going to try to get together and work out 1-2 times a month.   And I think this *really* makes a difference.  It's nice.  It's really nice.  There's something about *having* to check in with someone, about staying accountable, that aids the motivation.  Don't get me wrong, it's still not easy...and there are still days that aren't the greatest, but it's good knowing that you're not all alone (for me at least.) So basically, the whole point of this is to say that if anyone else is interested in setting up something like this, drop me a note. I've decided that it's nice having support...and that you can't have too much...and that I really like supporting others.  I'm not really a phone person...so checking in via email is preferred...or even if you'd like to set up a time to get together and take a walk/bikeride/rollerblade/racquetball/yoga session or something, let me know.  Current Music: Leona Lewis -- Bleeding Love (it won't get out of my head!!) (Comment on this)
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
11:18 am	Best Round EVAR... So anyone who regularly checks facebook already knows the big news.  I had the best round of my life yesterday.  12 strokes better than my previous best score.  I shot an 86 (47/39) at Farmington HIlls (rating 133).  Had I not thrown my first ball into the woods on #4 (and had to take two strokes) it would have been a 37.  Had I used a "mulligan" it would have been a 37.  But as Barry pointed out, you don't want the best round of your life to have a mulligan in it.  So I'll take the few strokes and settle for the 39 :) I think the 86 is good, obviously, but I think I should be routinely shooting in the low 90s.  I don't.  But I should be.  Things that contributed to the good scores: 1) Mentally tough.  I didn't let Barry's pissy mood throw off my game.  Even when he said that he would settle for competing with me (as that is beneath him).  2) Letting my body (not my head) take the lead.  I've gotten good at not thinking during the swing.  I focus on the ball and let my body do it's job. 3) Putting just felt on (again, I didn't think.  I let my body do it's job).  I had a lot of good putts (including a couple long "birdie" putts.  I stayed confident.   4) There wasn't one club or one group of clubs that I wasn't confident in.  I was hitting my 7 iron (a usual bane, just as well as the pitching wedge) of course it helps that I only had to hit it once :)  That's not to say that everything was perfect; far from it.  But when I did hit a less than stellar shot, I recovered well.   Barry and I were supposed to play 18 again today (with our buy one/get one coupon), but he's not feeling well, so I'm just going to go walk 9 (for exercise purposes mainly.)  I don't have any expectations.  In fact, I think after yesterday's high, I'll probably struggle to break 50.  But you know, I'm okay with that. Because I knew I had a good round in me, and I'm happy that I finally let it come out to play. (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
8:30 am	My fingers hurt... So Monday I asked my instructor to teach me how to do high, soft chips.  Then I proceeded to practice the shot. And practice the shot. And practice the shot.   I went through my small bucket of balls at least three times (before actually hitting them) so I probably took about 200 swings total.   On tuesday, I practiced the shot more.  This time stealing Barry's lob wedge (which worked much better than my sand wedge -- because of the bounce).  This time I only went through the bucket of balls 2 times.  Of course, I then worked on sand outs (20 or so) and did some lag putt practice.  Oh and then I actually hit my small bucket (this was going fantabulous in general and my swing this week has just been great).   I then went in to Miles to purchase my own Lob wedge (everything there is 20% off this week -- and they are giving 100% for trade in if you are in the market for something new).  I then proceeded to hit some more lob wedges.  Most of the mens lob wedges felt basically the same.  I liked the cleveland and the titleist vokey (no surprise because Barry has a vokey and that's what I'd been hitting for the last hour) and hated the Nike (no surprise, I always hate the feel of Nike clubs).  And then I broke down and tested the women's cleveland.   I didn't want to like it.   It's PINK, for christ's sake (and why all golf manufacturers think that all women adore pink is beyond me--though in all fairness, I would be ecstatic if it were purple--and the mcgreggors were--but Sandy said that only cleveland makes a good lob wedge for women--but I digress) and while all the men's clubs felt pretty similar, I was getting noticeably better results with the girly club.  Even if it's pink.   Okay, well at least the shaft isn't pink, the grip is pink (which I will change at some point in the next year), but there is also a pink plastic cleveland piece on the back of the club...so I can't avoid it altogether.  So now Barry calls it Pinky...because he KNOWS it annoys the crap out of me.  ANYHOO... So between practice monday and tuesday, I'd hit 400 hundred balls. So yesterday rolls around and after a dizzying visit to Ikea, Barry and I hit up Farmington Hills GC, which we haven't done in a WHILE.  The round itself was decent -- 45 for me -- 41 for Barry --  but as I was warming up, I took one swing and looked down at my right hand.  I had a few small blisters (one of which opened) from barry's lob wedge (and the fact that I'd taken 400 swings in the past few days)....but THANKFULLY, I still had an old glove in my bag from when I used to wear two, so I was able to throw a strip of tape over the blister, and use the old glove so I was as good as new.  More golf tonight and tomorrow (leagues this time), so who knows how my hands will feel at the end of the week!  But yeah, my hands hurt. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
7:38 am	"Why can't your nipples be like Christmas" -- me The former is a humorous line that I uttered yesterday...which actually makes complete sense in context.  But I'm not going to tell you what that context is...so you'll have to use your imaginations.  But that wasn't the point of this post.  The subject line is just a sidebar.   The point of this post is that I would never, ever claim to be an organized person.  Yes, I get things done...occassionally without even forgetting anything.  But even though I'm not organized, I love to plan and I adore list making.  There is something so freeing about making a list.  It gets the jumble out of your head, I think. So here is my list of things I need to do by Friday (ok...on some of these, need is such a strong word, but they do have to be done...sooner rather than later): Repaint my toenails. Bleach.  Laundry -- including putting away the laundry from last week. Hardcore Tidy & Clean -- because Anne is coming Friday. Go to the Gym (2 more times) Tend to my eyebrows. Pick up a cake for my coworker. I can't help but notice that there is a lot of personal grooming on this list.  Apparently, my vacations have caused me to fall off in the personal grooming department.  I find that more than vaguely disturbing.  Shouldn't vacations mean more time for such things?  Apparently not.  So now the list is out of my head, so hopefully now I can get some work done. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
8:25 am	HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! Barry was not thrilled about his 27th birthday (for many different reasons), but I'm convinced that 27 is going to be a great age for me.  17 was rather good, and I don't necessarily remember 7 but I'm pretty sure I had a pony and that's never a bad thing.  So yeah, 27 is going to be spectacular.  Sure I might not weight what I did at 17 (a girl can hope though, right?) But I have goals and plans -- and a little more free time on my hands so what could possibly make me not happy about being 27?    (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, June 30th, 2008
2:12 pm	Pine River Trip So I've always been partial to water and I realized in the last few years how much I love kayaking.  Canoeing is good too...but I like being in control and kayaking provides that control. And though I've only been there a handful of times in my life, the Pine River is absolutely gorgeous. If Barry wants his ashes spread in Gun Lake...I think I'd prefer a quiet stretch of the Pine...somewhere just south of Walker bridge.  It's so peaceful. I tried to put together a trip this year to share that with friends and non-Anderson family, but unfortunately, that failed miserably. Dean did come up and canoe one day, but because no one else made the trip, he ended up feeling like a third (or seventh) wheel.  So there was a lot of dissapointment (read: tears) associated with the trip and it's not something that I'll be planning again.  It wasn't worth the hassle.  Even with six months notice, people couldn't find time in their schedules. Though many people said they were interested, when it came down to people actually making an effort -- nada.  I'm hardly surprised, but it still hurts.  You always see big groups of people up canoeing and from past experience, I know that a bigger group is much more fun (even with people I didn't particularly like).  But as much as I love going, at this point I'm so sick of planning things only to have them not come to pass (i.e. poker games, holloween party, canoe trip).  So don't worry, I won't be sending out any more invitations.   But now we're back and I'm sad again that I won't be there again any time soon.  Three days on the water still wasn't enough time. I could have easily done 3 more, preferably on certain sections of the river that I've never seen.  Maybe next time...but sadly, probably not. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
2:50 pm	Tuesday Night Euchre  So after my league at Idyl Wyld, the ladies often go into the sports bar at the course to eat/drink/be merry.  Well, while Barry and I were there a few weeks ago, we noticed a sign on the door advertising Euchre tuesdays at 7.  Well, we missed it the first week when we wanted to go because Barry set the reminder only for 15 mins before the start time, but we finally made it over last night.   It's $5/person and you play 8 games of 8 hands.  You don't keep the same partner and you basically switch partners/tables for each game.  You keep track of individual points (pay $.25 euchre--which only sucks because both people pay and I only called up trump and was euchred once, but still had to pay $1.25 because of other people's calls) and then they give out prize money (and other piddly prizes in a random drawing) to the top three people.  The winner last night had 66 pts (averaging over 8pts/game).  I had 54 points.  Barry had 48 (I think).  So we weren't awful, but all the monies went to the people in the 60s. There were 9 tables total...so 36 people playing, which is way more of a turnout then we ever got at the U of M euchre club. Some players were very good....others were so so...some were really fast...and some were really slow.  It's interesting to see the different styles/decisions people make.  The loners are were a lot of the points are made so people are much more likely to call them.  Barry an I both had a good time.  It took about 3 hours to finish and then another 30 mins for prizes to be drawn and bills to be paid, etc.  We definitely plant to go back...though I don't think we'll make a weekly thing of it. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
7:34 am	Let's see... Friday night Barry and I were rained out of golf league (again).  This time, however, it was before league even started.  So we watched tv (the US open) and went to bed early.  Saturday morning we woke up bright and early, and headed out first to my evaluation lesson at haver hill farms. ( Evaluation ) So then we headed west to have lunch with my friend Jackie in Battle Creek.  ( Cracker Barrell ) Then we headed on to my parents house and to some pre-father's day golf.  Without going into too much detail, I shot a 87 (par 66, unrated course--don't get me started on the course--my parents love it, I hate it and think it's a complete waste of money--poor shape--not cheap enough for what it is).  It wasn't my best effort, but I beat my dad (though not Barry).  My mother played the first nine holes, but not the 2nd nine.  And I love my mother, but playing golf with her gets on my nerves so I wasn't surprised when I shot better on the 2nd nine.  (45-42). Watched more US open Saturday night, played cards, and went to sleep. Sunday, we woke up, ate, and head back east.  We hit up Warren Valley on the way home (because we have buy one, get one coupons there), and played another 18. After meeting with Sandy (my golf instructor) last week, I've been hitting the ball so much better (she's instructed me to stop thinking) and I think that it's working.   And I *really* thought I was going to break 100.  Oh god, did I not though. ( Warren Valley ) Overall, I still can't believe that I haven't broken 100.  It's rediculous.  I break 50 on nine holes all the time (so I don't feel like it's an unreasonable goal).  Granted we don't get to play 18 as much as I'd like, but I'm really frustrated.  I just need to get over the hump.  Do it once so it stops hanging over my head.  Frick, I should be working on breaking 95 right now.  I don't have practice club again until next Tuesday, but I need to get back out to a course or a range before then.  I know Barry will chide me for saying it, but I HAVE to. I can't leave it like this.  The rest of Sunday was spent watching more US Open (and much of yesterday for that matter), and all in all it was a fantastic/frustrating/fun weekend.  But I'm glad I finally decided to go...it was totally worth it. (Comment on this)
Friday, June 13th, 2008
9:42 pm	As I'm really trying to refrain from spending right now... ( ...so I know someone wants to get me this awesome polo for my birthday, right?  ) (Comment on this)