They're still doing some landscaping, but the outside of the house is done.

I've posted the picture of the house next door after the aluminum siding was taken off.  Now I'll post a side-by-side picture since it's been painted so you can see the difference.

This was after the siding had been removed. The house was very dirty underneath the siding and a lot of wood needed to be replaced and caulking needed to be done, especially around the windows.

They've finished the painting. New gutters, corners of the roof propped up, supports for the porch roof, new metal roof, side porch by kitchen enclosed and new railing installed.

Big difference!  They bought the house last summer and have just moved in the first of June.  They've been landscaping the back yar, installing some support walls and replacing the whole fence around the yard.  I'm sure they have plans for the front yard, too.

Another Tuesday round at Shawnee GC

The heat just won't break, and my golf scores keep being consistent.  Today it was 41 - 42 = 83.  I really hit nice drives today and good fairway woods.  My chipping and putting wasn't very keen today.  Normally the short game is what keeps my score respectable.  Many times a nice chip and a one putt whould save a par or bogey for me, but not today.  The short game suffered a little.  It wasn't terrible, as an 83 isn't too bad, but it could have been much better.  I was very pleased with how I hit my 3-wood today.  I don't think I've hit it better any time this year.

It didn't take long to get my only double bogey of the day.  I took a 7 on the first hole, a par 5. I did birdie #6, a par 3.

But, all in all, I'm pleased with an 83 for round 33 of the year.

This heat is getting to be a little much....

My Thursday golf at Iroqouis GC was a hot one.  And I don't mean I played great.  This 115 degree heat index can make even a fun thing like golf a little miserable.  I rode a cart again today.  I wouldn't even attempt to walk in this heat.  Nobody else did, either.  I played another consistent round, 42 - 38 = 80.  I only had one double bogey today, but it was early in the round, hole #5.  I'd just birdied the hole before that, so I kinda threw that away.
I'm not putting real well.  I'm leaving a lot of putts short.  I think the greens were a little slow today because I don't think they'll keep them very short in this heat.  Even some putts I hit well just aren't falling.  You go through stages I guess.  Sometimes they fall, sometimes they don't.  But I have to be happy with an 80 in the heat.  We lost the team low score by half a stroke.  I lost low round by 2 strokes.  I'm an '8' handicap on Thursdays now, so my score of 80 netted me a 72.  I keep shooting around an 80 and not winning.  My handicap keeps going down and I've got no money to show for it. 
It looks like it's gonna be hot at least the first part of next week.  I'm ready for a break in the weather.  Mid-80's weather looks good to me right now!

Riding the "Double Bogey Train" to round 31 for the year

I started off pretty good at Shawnee GC today.  I had a par on #1, a par on #2, which is like a birdie for me,as I can't reach that green in two, and then the 'Double Bogey Train' pulled into the station.
I had 3 double bogey's on the front, and a triple bogey on #17 to finish my round today with a 41 - 45 = 86.  This will be one of those rounds that is thrown out when figuring my handicap, so it won't raise my handicap any.  However, another bad  round and I know my handicap will go up.  I never try to throw off to raise my handicap, but I'd like to have every stroke I earn.  I believe if you throw out a high round, you should also throw out the low round when computing handicaps.  Take the last 5 rounds, throw out the high and low, then average the remaining 3.  I believe that would give a pretty consistant picture.  In our league we're only getting 80% of our handicap anyway, so don't just throw out the high score.
It was hot out there today.  I was planning on walking but Bubby Brown brought his cart and I went ahead and rode with him.  It only cost me an additional $4.50 to ride on someone else's cart, so I went ahead and did that.  I'll do it again Thursday at Iroquois GC.  It's supposed to be one of the hottest days of the week.  I'll be glad when this hot spell is over.  It's just way to hot to do anything outside.

No worries.....Lost 'Reese's to Pieces' won't stay lost

I've had an M&M machine in the basement for several years now, but because of Jill's problems with chocolate I keep it stocked with Reese's Pieces. Jill has always called them "Reese's to Pieces", so, that is now their name around here.

When that little machine's arm is cranked releasing those Reese's to Pieces the girls come running. Of course, being a responsible Grampy, I don't let them have very many.  But, let one hit the floor and the scramble is on.  It won't stay lost long.  I didn't get the camera soon enough or I'd have had a picture of Jill holding the flashlight for Erin as Erin probed for the lost Reese's to Pieces!  I think Jill, realizing there was only one, figured she wouldn't get it anyway! 

Another Consistent Round of 80

Thursday golf at Iroquois GC.  I shot a 42 - 38 = 80 for round #30 this year.  My handicap on Thursdays has dropped down to a '9'.  That made my score of 80 net down to a 71.  Today a 67 was the low net round.  That means with a 9 handicap I'll have to shoot an actual 76.  I really can't see that happening.  I'm playing well and I've earned my 9 handicap, but, It's also a handicap I can't win any money with. 
I walked the front nine at Iroquois today, but rented a cart for the back nine.  It was a pretty nice day, and I'm sure I'd have had no problem walking the back nine, but everybody else in my foursome were in carts.  I was arriving on the scene in the fairways a little late, so I thought it would just flow a little better if I also rode a cart.

A Visit to the Flaget Museum at St Xavier High School

I visited the Flaget Museum for the first time today.  I took a few pictures, some of which I'll post here on the blog.  It was very interesting. Yep, my picture does appear several times in the Museum.  It was nice to see all the old memorabilia. I took a picture of the baseball team Photo, but it was blurry so I won't post it.  Here are some of my photos:

Yep, I was runner-up as most talented in our Senior Class, here's the proof!  I was probably 3rd in most of the others.  You can also see that my best friend, Dub Jansing was voted Most Likely to Succeed, and was 2nd in the Best Student Category.

I had to take a picture of this trophy.  The Ryken Trophy was awarded to the winner of the Flaget-St Xavier Game every year.  I noted my Senior year game, 1963, in which we won 7 - 0.

I didn't have the money to afford a Senior Ring, so I never had one of those.  I did have one of the cheap rings I circled, but I have no idea what happened to it. I was able to get that only because I sold enough chances in the One of those items I left at home when I went into the Navy.  No doubt Joe acquired it until he lost it.

 

This is a program from my Junior year playing DeSales High School.  One of my best friends played for them. I was looking through his year book several years ago and it has a picture of our Senior year game and we were playing the End position opposite each other.  There was an action picture from the game and he had his arm wrapped around my leg blocking me.  Notice I was a strapping 5'9"" and 145 pounds!  I wasn't always this heavy.

This was the Varsity Team picture from my Freshman year. Note my jersey number. The tackle position usually wear numbers in the 70's, and I wasn't a tackle.  But I was a Freshman and  as such we were given what ever jersey's were left over.  There weren't that many Freshmen that made the Varsity Team Picture.

This was my Junior year Team Picture. I was a fullback at that time.  I've posted a picture of my Senior year football team before, so no need to post it now, but in my Senior year I was an End and wore #83.





The Museum tour was fun.  I was in the room by myself and took my time looking through all the old stuff.  The had binders of a lot of the old School Papers, the "Landmark".  Binders of old newspaper clippings, Football programs, scoring books from basketball games. During the day, Flaget High School was one of the 'Big Four' Schools in Louisville, the other three being St Xavier, Manual, and Male.  Today, St X and Trinity game is the big game in Louisville.  Back in my High School era the two big games were Flaget - St X, and Male - Manual.  Male Manual played for years on Thanksgiving Day, a real tradition. My how time marches on.......