In my mind I'm... in Carolina

not sure where this musical theme is coming from.

here i am in south carolina on a golf vacation. first time i've ever done this type of trip. it's kind of cool but kind of weird too. i'm enjoying the golf and the guys in the group are good guys -- a couple of pretty good golfers and some occasional players. the weird part is being on vacation without my family. it was a last minute opportunity -- a friend at work mentioned an open spot on a trip he was making this week. so, here i am.

we're staying/playing in the florence, sc area. i've enjoyed the golf -- 18 thursday, 36 yesterday, 18 today. today was cold and windy or we would have played another 18. tomorrow is supposed to be cold and maybe some rain. we're scheduled to play over near columbia, sc then head home. this will end up being a nice warm up for our golf league which starts tuesday night.

still, kind of weird to not have my family with me.

"Often is a word I seldom use"

ok drew, figure out who wrote that lyric.

figured i better write something since it's been a while since the last entry. don't forget -- i said it would not be a regularly updated blog.

just yesterday i was playing golf and today it's snowing here. as a friend of mine says, "it's a good thing i ate when i did because now i'm not hungry" -- but with a golf twist. it was nice to get out and play especially since i got to try out my new driver and hybrids. hit the hybrids well but the driver will take some practice. the golf league starts april 1 so i better get it figured out by then.

so, how's your bracket going? who did you pick to win it all? i picked ucla in my bracket (but i'd really rather see unc win it all).

healthy living (so i'm told)

green tea.
red yeast rice.
oatmeal.
these are a few of my...
current dietary items.

green tea is probably the most cool one of these. my new boss worked in china at one time. they send him green tea from china. we were talking about green tea today and this afternoon he walked in my office and gave me a small bag of green tea leaves. the leaves are dried and vacuum packed. they are little balls of dry leaves that you put in hot water to steep. when they hydrate they open up like little sea monkeys. actually the flavor is pretty good -- smooth in fact. supposedly the antioxidants in the tea prevent cancer.

red yeast rice -- big pills to prevent high cholesterol. 4 pills a day.

oatmeal -- the cereal from your childhood that you ate at your grandmother's house. the quaker man helps lower your cholesterol.

this is only the beginning i suppose. i do like the green tea though.

random love thoughts

i love coffee. i can drink coffee anytime of the day. coffee does not seem to keep me from sleeping. i like starbucks coffee, but i also like mcdonald's coffee.

i love girl scout cookies. in particular i like do-si-dos and #2 would be samoas. they can keep the rest. however, my favorite cookies are homemade -- mom's chocolate chips and susan's peanut butter.

i love golf. it's my favorite sport to play. i have a new driver and two new hybrid irons. today was almost nice enough to play but it was too soggy. our plant golf league plays a scramble on Good Friday. that may be my first time out this year.

i love my kids being in huntington (mostly). i'd still love for them to be home but it's nice for them to be around family in a non-visiting sort of way. it's cool for them to be there for the normal day-to-day stuff families do. they haven't had that living 2 hours away in parkersburg.

that's it for now. hadn't blogged for a few days so i thought i'd put something out there for all my faithful readers -- all 4 of them.