3 Goof Balls

Bestemor, Amanda, and Leon having some fun with my telephone.

Back in Business??

Am feeling better now, have almost no pain in my stomach and can now travel safely away from the house and or bathroom to put it more precisely. The rest of the family is feeling better as well, Amanda had some pain in her stomach tonight when she was going to sleep. She developed symptoms a couple days after me so I hope her pain will be over in a day or so. To her credit she has only been home from school one day this week. She is a tough one. Will be having the first private lesson of the season tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing some of my "regular" students in the days and weeks to come. Might be a season filled with more time for private lessons than in years past. That would be ok for me, will miss teaching the jr's that I have had the last years, but it seems like the situation is beyond me. Amanda stated to me today that she is interested in practicing with the jr girls group at the club. I thought this was a great thing for her to admit, she has after all created a little network amongst these girls. Will be a little different to "just" be a regular pappa watching the girls trying to get better at their social practices. Will be interesting for me to look from the outside in and see what how the last 20 years of teaching golf will conjure up different thoughts I'm sure. I reassured her that I will of course be helping her just us two and of course I will be looking out for her and the other girls best interest as "just" a regular pappa. She looked at me like I was a real idiot.. "like duh??? of course you will, dummy!!" Funny girl.

"Swine Flu???"

This swine flu stuff looks a little scary. Our whole family have been sick with some kind of stomach sickness. Leon had it first, then Tanja, me and lastly Amanda. Looks like everyone is getting better everyday. As is typical I have had the worst of it... ;-) I've been in bed almost three days trying to stay close to the bathroom. Feeling a bit better and was actually able to hold down my three pieces of cinnamon toast I ate about an hour ago. First "meal" that I've been able to hold down in the last three days. Some of my friends have said, "oh, great for you da.. you'll maybe lose some weight".. hahaha real funny guys. Seriously though, feeling better and am hoping to be fit for fight in a couple days. No, but in all seriousness, this swine flu looks like what we call "shock and awe" again. If one looks into the state of affairs in Mexico in the last years all know that the country is headed towards upheaval and quite possibly revolution. In the last weeks it's been getting worse and worse, and then comes this "never seen before" flu virus. Many reports state that this is a combo of avian flu, swine flu and a "regular" human strand combined into one. Hmmm, now Mexico is more or less in a state of martial law and that's just what the government there "needs". Scary business. The United Nations is stating this can become a world wide pandemic. Once again this reminds me of "shock and awe" strategy, which the nwo uses to keep the sheepeople in order. Look into Baxter and what happened with their recalled vaccinations that were sent to 18 different countries outside the US. Baxter sent vaccines tainted with the avian flu virus. This is fact that never comes into main stream media. Please do your own research and follow the trends of Big Brother. I am not trying to scare anyone, my personal belief is this is a scare tactic, you can see on different Norwegian news websites that this swine flu scare is the number one reported news. Having to wear masks at Gardemoen, stay away from places where many people congregate, and all the typical fear mongering. Mexico is in serious trouble and this is another test run for the powers at be. Not just for Mexico and their people but for the whole of the civilized world. I'm not saying the "swine flu" epidemic is not real or people are not getting sick and even dying, but I have a hard time believing the end of days mambo jumbo. Not to say the nwo is not working hard to suppress and make people used to the idea of martial law and the like, but people are waking up at alarming rates and that's great!! Take care everyone and thanks again for checking in with my site.

Here's the little guy doing what he likes best... "Putta!!" Was funny seeing him walking around the green and saying "putta!" in a little bit of a loud voice I have to say. I was laughing and was not the only one either ;-) He just wanted to "putta!" the whole time except when he tried to run out on the driving range. Funny little man.

Amanda - Handball

Here's Amanda at handball practice, she seems really to enjoy the game and has many friends from school that play. She says she's really looking forward to playing golf this summer and I of course like to hear that. She's now twelve and maybe her coordination and strength will help her make better and more consistent ball contact. But... of course she needs to play much more to get "good", which she herself might not be even be at all interested in?? Kids at this age switch there meanings and interest in things a little..................... ;-)

Master Re-Cap -09

Angel does it! Was one of the best Masters I can remember for years. The sunday pairing of Phil and Tiger was cool to follow. Thought maybe one of those guys might actually do it, but I must say that I was really pulling for Kenny and it was a little sad to see him falter down the playoff holes. His swing with those last two approach shots were not good, understandable I guess, the pressure must be huge and he's only had one real chance before yesterday at the PGA where he lost to Mark Brooks in a playoff. I was really hoping he would hit that par putt on the 72 hole. Great tournament, just sad to see it end.... looking forward to next year!

Leon invents "Street Golf"

He played all the way down the street today and around the corner, the ball of course rolls a bit on the pavement but he's not only hitting them straight either. He thinks it's fun to go down in the ditch and try and hit it out. Seems to me like he just thinks it's cool... No influence by the rest of the family either..... ;-)

Masters Widget

Look at that Stance

The little guy is all bout the fundamentals...hahaha. He's got a handle on the most. Putted for about an hour, strange that he didn't want to stop and he didn't want to share the hole he was putting at. He'd pick up my ball and toss it towards another hole and point like, "hey, use your own hole".. was killing myself laughing.

Leon's first putt....

We took a chance and made a dash for the putting green, was a little windy and cold on the fingers. Leon was real excited and his first putt he picked up the ball which was about 6 feet away and put it about 4 inches from the hole and tapped it in. Hole in one. Funny boy. He's got the idea.

Lillegutt and Birdie

L Here is Leon cuddling with one of his best friends Birdie. He is lucky to have a cat that is calm and patient as Birdie. The other one, Birdies brother Bogey is running from Leon at first sight. Funny how two cats can be so very different.

Happy Birthday Amanda!

Here you have the "ladies" out on town all dressed up and ready to take Pizzaninni by storm. They had a fun time scaring all the people along the waterfront, they even got claps and whistles and thought it was maybe a little embarrassing. Amanda turns 12 tomorrow and I must say that the time has just flown by, I remember taking her to kindergarten like it was yesterday but I'm sure almost all parents think the time just flies by. Happy Birthday my sweetheart!

Looking forward to Shorts!!

You bet I'm looking forward to shorts and warm weather! Have a good bud over in Myrtle Beach and I am jealous to say the least. The snow has melted a bit the last couple of days, maybe I was wrong in thinking that it was going to be 5 to 6 weeks in the waiting... Positive that it's melting and the forcast is for spring to be just around the corner. Yippie!! Actually took the clubs in from the garage a couple days ago... they have been punished enough.