Monthly Archives: May 2011

Smacked Upside The Head… Reality Checks In

Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Paul

We had, what we thought, was a simple procedure to do an angiogram and likely a angioplasty.  The tests returned bad news… The artery feeding the left side of Sue’s heart was 90% blocked and the location was NOT suitable … Continue reading →

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Monday Was Interesting

Posted on Monday, May 30, 2011 by Paul

We celebrated Memorial Day by going to a Korean Restaurant for lunch with Carri, Hannah amd Thomas. Pork kimchi… yummy! Sfter the lunch we dropped Carri at the LB Airport so she could head for home and we returned home … Continue reading →

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Sunday Was Relaxing

Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2011 by Paul

We went to church and off to dance at the Elks Lodge in Newport Harbor. On the way home we stopped at Old Ranch to celebrate Tom and Bunny’s 43rd anniversary.   Afterwards we came home at watch two movies.  … Continue reading →

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Cooking & Dancing… Life Is Good

Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2011 by Paul

We stayed around the house this morning and did chores.  We love the garden and it appeared that Swiss Chard was ready to go along with fresh berries. Please join the fun. We then went  VFR to Santa Ana and … Continue reading →

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On Da Go… No, Really

Posted on Friday, May 27, 2011 by Paul

We started the day at Old Ranch with breakfast and then played 18 holes ending up on 19 for about 45 minutes.  Sue headed for physical therapy and Paul did some errands.  We then went VFR to home to feed … Continue reading →

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Golf & The Phoenix Club… Life Is Good

Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2011 by Paul

We did a small medical procedure and then headed for Old Ranch for breakfast about 10:00 and had lunch with Carri before our 11:45 tee time.  Bunnaford joined us on 12 today as the game was FAST.  We played in … Continue reading →

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Arrrrrrrr

Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by Paul

Yes, we played golf but then we did ADULT MOVIE NIGHT…. No no, it’s really OK.  The adults went to the movies.  Bunnaford, Nancy, Carri, Greg and us went to the early bird movies at Four Star and saw Jonny … Continue reading →

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Alpine Village Here We Come

Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 by Paul

We went to the Long Beach Aquarium with Theo yesterday.  It was a load of fun. We had a great lunch at P.F. Changs… Spicy was the order of the day.  Please join us. We then headed for Alpine Village … Continue reading →

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Sunday Was Pretty Busy

Posted on Sunday, May 22, 2011 by Paul

We began at church and then headed for the Elks at Newport Harbor (where we are now associate members!)  Crazy Jon Destry was playing today so we had tons of fun and danced all afternoon.  Paul even had a hamburger … Continue reading →

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Starlighters On Saturday After Wine Tasting…e mail distributin list

Posted on Saturday, May 21, 2011 by Paul

We first went wine tasting at Old Ranch in support of “The Roosters”  The Zaitz told us about it even though it was at our own club… Gotta love communications! After the wine tasting we grabbed a cart and drove … Continue reading →

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Third Friday Means Topper’s Dance

Posted on Friday, May 20, 2011 by Paul

We did some chores, visited a local doctor and then headed for Old Ranch at 4:00 for Happy Hour and then to Topper.s for an evening of dancing. Please join us

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Eighteen Holes And An Evening Of Dancing…

Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Paul

We played 18 holes at Old Ranch and then went to Happy Hour with the gang before heading to the Phoenix Club for dancing.

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Dave McTevia, Golf, & Friends-Family

Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by Paul

Today was difficult in that we met with Dave and his two daughters and discussed his medical condition and prognosis. We decided to do it at Old Ranch since it is so nice and quiet. It is tough to have … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Was Chores Day

Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Paul

We did some work around the house and then to the bank and doctor wit Dave.  We also had dinner with Robin, Dave  and Bunny at Fio Ritos.  We ended up with a visit from Greg Leach and then some … Continue reading →

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Monday Was Chores Day

Posted on Monday, May 16, 2011 by Paul

Finish unpacking, gardening, dog beds, doctors, etc.  We did go to Alpine Village and danced from 7-11:00 so that was excellent.  We were doing well until about 10:00 and then we could bearly dance the rest of the set.

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Friday-Sunday? Avalon Ball Of Course!

Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2011 by Paul

Friday morning we packed and then headed to Old Ranch for lunch.  We really threw the staff as we generally do breakfast on Fridays.  After lunch we went to the Catalina Express terminal in Long Beach and met up with … Continue reading →

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Baby Ducks And Tiny People

Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2011 by Paul

Finally we got to play golf today and the babies were out to say hello. The ducks are generally monogamous, although these bonds generally last a single year only. Larger species and the more sedentary species (like fast river specialists) … Continue reading →

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Tea Party Time

Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 by Paul

We worked around the house most of the day except for some time at Old Ranch for a drink.  More gardening and then to the 405/605 Tea Party.

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The Garden And 9-5 Made For A Great Day

Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 by Paul

Our 2011 summer garden is about 90% planted now with the removal of the peas and the planting of six additional tomatoes. Visit the garden in May 2011. We went to Dave’s doctor today and sadly he does have Leukemia … Continue reading →

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Monday… Chores And Dancing

Posted on Monday, May 9, 2011 by Paul

We did chores and worked around the house… The garden is looking pretty good.  The sauerkraut was ready and now exists in the frig ready for some veggie hot dogs.  We headed for the Alpine Village to dance the evening … Continue reading →

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