The Colors of Weekend

It's been a colorful weekend. But I'll be honest, I didn't like ALL of the colors. Like above. Yes I realize we often consider Labor Day weekend as the end of summer, but dang, I wish the leaves would pay attention to the real calendar! Not quite ready for fall, that's for sure.

Saturday was a very laid back day on Blue Jay Drive. Finally got a little bonding time with Mr. Deck Chair!

In the evening, I shot pictures of the last waterski show of the season. It got dark pretty quickly so i didn't have a ton of stellar shots. I love how they twist and turn off the jump and I never know which way is up, but they more often than not "stick the landing." 

Today we tried to hold onto summer green.

Since our golf scramble for Royals Football got rained out 2 weeks ago, we got together with the other half of our foursome and golfed 18 at Bullseye this afternoon. Always a fun time with Mark and Trisha.

Saw plenty of wildlife – well mainly deer – who were trying to distract us on this very uphill par 3.

You can barely see the green from down below but look where I landed! Bring on my birdie dance!! Nevermind that I had an 8 on the hole prior. No one can take away my legit, non-Mulligan birdie!

After our round, we caught dinner at Ida's. Always yummy.

Speaking of yummy... I was just thinking of yummy chocolate...

As in the color of our new neighbor's nose! Yup, don't tell my hubby, but I am in love with the new guy next door. Meet Moose! A mini Bernedoodle, but a BIG cutie!

Hope you had some color or at least a bright spot or two to your weekend. Yay for no alarms tomorrow! Happy Labor Day!

I Used to Like Purple

Anyone who knows me knows I love purple. But I don't always have to like it! Especially when it represents below average temperatures on a long holiday weekend!

Today was worse because it was both chilly AND rainy. My friend Molly and I had planned to take the afternoon off and golf. But it was raining and that didn't seem fun. So we just met for lunch instead! That was nice.

Then I just worked the afternoon and tried to warm up. Tonight our friend Todd's band is playing down by Lake Arrowhead. Outdoors of course because it's allegedly still summer. Some friends were going as well so I sent Jim on his own. I hate being cold. And it's already down to the 50s.

So I've got my blanket warming up and I'm watching the original Footloose on TV. That combo should warm me up pretty fast.

Have a warm and dry and fun and safe holiday weekend!

Do What You Love

School has started for people like Assumption students who don't have to wait until the after-Labor Day start date like public schools. This also means fall sports immediately kicked into gear this week.

Since I know I'll be out of town all next week, I figured I better hit one fall sport at a time – beginning with Royals tennis.

First of all, I didn't realize it was going to be so warm this afternoon. So I sweated through a good hour-plus to take pictures of our talented girls.

Knowing I had to get home for another priority – my fantasy football draft through work. For the record, I have had the traveling trophy at my desk. But also full disclosure, it's been a hot minute. I want it back!

Tonight's draft when freakishly fast as I assume we all had the "next best player" strategy.

But I think the Swedish Chef Mafia did OK. Once I examine the roster I actually ended up with in such a fast-paced draft, I'll let you know.

Frankly, the best part was that my boy called in the middle of it just to check in and see how I'm doing. Since he had to do his fantasy draft in the middle of last weekend's wedding, he understood why I couldn't give him 100% attention.

Hopefully the stupidity of all this random actions makes it worth it in the end! 

Not Worth It

 So I almost faced some jail time last night. Facebook jail, that is. Three times I tried to share my blog link and they took it down accusing me of trying to scam people or spam people and coerce them to click on a link.

There are no humans in this process. They just follow some algorithm or something. No person on the other end where I can explain I'm some middle-aged woman in Wisconsin just trying to bring some inspiration or levity to people.

So I haven't decided if I'll even try to share this tonight. It might be too soon.

Also, I really don't want them to cut me off when I have sports to shoot in the coming days and a fantabulous work trip to the West Coast next week.

Just know this is where you'll always find me, whether I post the link on social media or not. Bookmark this site so you won't miss a thing. 

Including any pending time behind bars.

Be careful out there!

Foto Fun

 

How come every time I have a major life-changing announcement, T Swift has to eclipse it with some random announcement like, say, an engagement? Honestly, good for them. I like "them" as a "them."

Now onto my announcement that I am about to become a millionaire because I have developed something even better than the latest Google Pixel or Photoshop "Remove" tool. I am not joking here.

Tonight during my senior photo session, I told one of my waterskiing boys that I like the angle and the water but I'd probably have to Photoshop that darn dead tree out of the picture. He stands up and says, "Hold on."

And just like that I could see the technology working before my eyes as the tree was removed!

Wow. What an amazing app feature! I think I should go on Shark Tank or something!

For the record, he put it back in place when we were done so no one was the wiser. Except all of you, of course. I'm trusting you to keep this between us. I just haven't stopped giggling about it for 2 hours! 

Love my side hustles!

Hope you find something to giggle about this week! 

My New Photo Remove Tool

How come every time I have a major life-changing announcement, T Swift has to eclipse it with some random announcement like, say, an engagement? Honestly, good for them. I like "them" as a "them."

Now onto my announcement that I am about to become a millionaire because I have developed something even better than the latest Google Pixel or Photoshop "Remove" tool. I am not joking here.

Tonight during my senior photo session, I told one of my waterskiing boys that I like the angle and the water but I'd probably have to Photoshop that darn dead tree out of the picture. He stands up and says, "Hold on."

And just like that I could see the technology working before my eyes as the tree was removed!

Wow. What an amazing app feature! I think I should go on Shark Tank or something!

For the record, he put it back in place when we were done so no one was the wiser. Except all of you, of course. I'm trusting you to keep this between us. I just haven't stopped giggling about it for 2 hours! 

Love my side hustles!

Hope you find something to giggle about this week! 

May the Course Be With You

It was a great day at the office today – since 6+ hours of it was golfing for United Way! Hey, it's all for the kids! 

Our company's theme for this year's fundraising campaign is United is the Way so it naturally lent itself to some Star Wars themes. (Above) Which is why I teed off by Yoda (who I am taller than!) on the first hole.

But wait, this is a fundraiser! So we paid $20 to spin the wheel and we lucked out with the Luke and Princess Leia ball placement. Making it an easy birdie on our first hole!

Later on the course we ran into one of our fellow marketing dudes who was videoing things for the event. But was totally in costume!

Here's me trying to use my throat-crushing powers for good! Though coincidentally have Darth on our hole helped get my drive on the par-3 green. Let's not examine if my powers lean more to the dark side.

To be honest, most of the day was fighting wind (you can see above) instead of evil. But we can't deny that when it was behind us, it was an actual helpful factor.

Despite the morning chills (I'm serious about the wake-up temps of 52 degrees) it turned out to be a pleasant day with some cursing – but consistently gorgeous views. And so many laughs. 

I'm wishing us all a great week with continuous out-of-this-galaxy golf outing feels! 😁