March 11

A great day, hot and sunny.
Went golfing with Gene, Pat & Stan today to ASU Karsten.  Check out the pictures on their web site, I have never seen a better manicured course.  It is the course where Az University teams play and where PGA pro Phil Mickelson plays as his home course in Phoenix.  Gene's cousin is the asst pro at the course and we got an unbelievable deal to play there.  Included in the deal, Stan was listed on the announcement at the door as player of the day.  He's taken the sign home for his man cave, LOL.  What a beautiful course and a step up for this guy.  As you pull up, the attendants take your clubs and put them on your cart.  The cart has a bag of practice balls on the seat, the ice bucket is full, it's pretty deluxe.  At the end of the round they wipe your clubs down & take your clubs off the cart.  The course was tough, narrow and lots of hazards: sand, water, what they call waste areas.  I hit the ball as well as have in a long time, but still took 2 8's & 2 7's but was able to card a score 46/51.  I was happy.  Gene of course scored well, but higher than normal at 7 over par, the other two above my score & they usually kick my butt.  Got a bit of sunburn in the process, which is unusual for me.
  Marg had a lady in the park give her a hair cut, so I was concerned as this is always a traumatic event.  It looks good, as always, but she was well pleased with the result, bonus.  After she went to water aerobics and had a good workout with the gals.  After lunch she went to the unit where she put the first coat of paint on the kitchen cabinets.  It's a pale green, somewhat along Charlene's colour scheme for the kitchen because she liked it so much.  According to her, she got mixed reviews of love it or not sure, have to see it.  I guess she conducted more tours, anything different here is an attraction and a topic of conversation.  Another couple put their trailer up for sale yesterday and it sold today.  It's a smaller unit than what we bought, but had lots of extras, like laundry, although it went for quite a bit more than the one we bought.
  Got back to the park in time for happy hour and Marg was already there, party animal that she is.  Lots of new info, it seems Jerry will be having surgery tomorrow for his detached retina.  When I saw him at poker last night he was going back to N Dakota to get it done.  Bud had his doc apt and his condition is worse than they originally thought, so it is likely his last winter here, very sad.
  Supper was shrimps on the bbq, very good.  After supper it was bingo night, we really had a tough night, not one winner at our table, but quality time with friends.