HappyUP!!! Day 2102

While I may not totally agree with the sentiment above,

I can pretty much guarantee you that I wouldn't agree with

the total sentiment of the Westboro Baptist Church either...LOL

All things in moderation, my friends

HappyUP - dinner
Why it happened - Giants game
Why it makes me happy - I had the most WONDERFUL chicken prepared for me tonight.  Chicken breasts stuffed with cheese and chili peppers.....kind of like a chile relleno in a chicken breast. OMG...this MAY have been the best chicken I have EVER had!

HappyUP!!! - Toastmasters
Why it happened - I went
Why it makes me happy - I almost eschewed attending today. SOOOOOO glad that I went. 3 FABULOUS speeches....great table topics.....several guests......would have HATED missing this meeting

HappyUP!!! - nephew golf
Why it happened - he comes out once in awhile
Why it makes me happy - he really played well.....especially for how often he plays.....and that he just recently got out of his cast.  The little booger officially hits the ball farther than I do!  My ego can take it. Just glad my bro and I were able to escape today with just a minimal loss

HappyUP!!! - World Series opener
Why it happened - it's October
Why it makes me happy - GIANTS WIN!!!!  PandaUP!!!

JJ

3 great...and funny speeches
Guests
Playing with bro/nephew
7 iron 1......recovery shot/chip/putt 2.....pitch/putt 3.....drive/bunker shot/sandie 4.....9 iron/greenie 5....drive/wedge 6.....hybrid/chip 7.....5 iron/chutt 8.....recovery/pitch shot 9.....hybrid/9 iron 10....drive/6 iron 11.....drive/pitch/putt 13....bunker shot 14....recovery shot 15....pitch 16.....7 iron/greenies/largo 17....drive/wedge/largo 18
Dinner
Giants series

HappyUP!!! Day 2101

HappyUP!!! - 2 great speeches
Why it happened - Toastmasters
Why it makes me happy - it's fabulous when we "hit it" and work in 2 speeches and have plenty of time for table topics

HappyUP!!! - a little win today
Why it happened - I played well
Why it makes me happy - it's always good to get "paid" rather than "pay"

HappyUP!!! - playing in "the new" game
Why it happened - we only had 5
Why it makes me happy - it didn't take me long to figure this one out....makes a few birdies and don't make double bogeys!

HappyUP!!! Day 2100

HappyUP!!! - Rototilling
Why it happened - rain
Why it makes me happy - nice to have the ground soft...no dust...and getting the winter garden ready.

HappyUP!!! - watching the rain
Why it happened - weather
Why it makes me happy - it was such a blessing...to be home...retired....and looking out and loving the first storm of the year

HappyUP!!! - Giants win
Why it happened - they are on a roll
Why it makes me happy - ANOTHER elimination game overcome....and the NLCS is DONE....on to the Series!!!

HappyUP!!! - a really fun and cool plan
Why it happened - I got to thinking
Why it makes me happy - I am SOOOOOOO going to bring some joy to someone this week...and others, I am sure


JJ

Rototilling
Giants win
Watching the rain
A REALLY cool and FUN plan!!!
Quinoa/Orzo/Tom sauce

HappyUP!!! Day 2099

HappyUP!!! - brekko
Why it happened - I know an excelletn place
Why it makes me happy - how good does the above look? Well....yeah...it tastes better

HappyUP!!! - Giants win
Why it happened - they are pretty good
Why it makes me happy - series tied...one more....and we go to the Big Show

HappyUP!!! - rain on the way
Why it happened - weather
Why it makes me happy - ahhhhh.....tho not ready for winter....here comes the first storm of the year...it's been awhile.

HappyUP!!! Day 2098

HappyUP!!! - an enchanted evening
Why it happened - I planned it
Why it makes me happy - perfect restaraunt.....great service....great food....and the best company in the world

HappyUP!!! - 18
Why it happened - I found something
Why it makes me happy - I didn't play well today...but came through for some loss mitigation

HappyUP!!! - birdie 6
Why it happened - skills
Why it makes me happy - birdies make the day....I didn't have many today....but this one really helped

JJ

9 iron 1.....chutt 2....pitch/putt 3....8 iron/putt/birdie 6....drive 7.....5 iron 10....bunker shot/sandy 12.....drive 13....hybrid 14....wedge 16.....drive/9 iron 18

Coming through for loss mitigaion
An enchanting evening

HappyUP!!! Day 2097

HappyUP!! - time with Stu
Why it happened - I made a little trip
Why it makes me happy - I will explain who Stu is a bit

HappyUP!!! - great round
Why it happened - I'm playing well
Why it makes me happy - it's what I do

HappyUP!!! - wood fired pizza night
Why it happened - my club does that
Why it makes me happy - gorgeous weather....outside.....woodfired personal pizzas....with the people that are the closest to me....heaven!

HappyUP!!! - wonderful morning time
Why it happened - well...it does
Why it makes me happy - it was absolutely.......THE BEST!

JJ

Wake up
Family cuddle time
Time with Stu
A returned call
Drive/wedge 1....drive 2....drive/3 wood 3....drive/4 iron/wedge/putt 4....8 iron 5....chutt 6....drive 7...drive/5 iron 9....drive/hybrid/wedge 10....drive/6 iron/pitch 11.....7 iron 12....drive/7 iron/2 putt 13....hybrid/9 iron/14.....wedge 15...drive/wedge/birdie 16... 6 iron 17...drive/hybrid/wedge 18

Perfect weather
Great round
Lifting a few off my buddy
Fabulous dinner companions

HappyUP!!! Day 2096

HappyUP!!! - TileUP!!!
Why it happened - I met a guy
Why it makes me happy - when a workman shows up ON TIME....does great work....leaves.....and then comes back to complete the job ON TIME AGAIN....all in the same day....for a reasonable price.....YEP!!!! THAT is a HappyUP!!!

HappyUP!!! - a call from Mac
Why it happened - he was thinking of me
Why it makes me happy - what a great opportunity he has for me! I'm not sure it's something I want to be involved in...we'll see....it's an open invitation. It's great to be appreciated and respected by peers

HappyUP!!! - great evening invitation
Why it happened - it was one of those perfect things
Why it makes me happy - hmmmm........let's just leave it at......it does

HappyUP!!! - other calls
Why it happened - friends
Why it makes me happy - one inbound from Nicky....another outbound to Eric.....great reconnecting with these two fine dudes

HappyUP!!! - a little purchase
Why it happened - I just had to
Why it makes me happy - hmmmmm.....I don't think I will disclose it here. The people that need to know.....already do......but this is fun!

JJ

Tile guy showing up...and on time
A purchase
A call from Mac
Talking to E man
Some home reorganization
Call from Nicky
Fabulous evening invitation

HappyUP!!! Day 2095 Wed

HappyUP!!! - an invitation
Why it happened - I have some cool friends
Why it makes me happy - we will be doing some private touring soon!

HappyUP!!! - 3 birdies
Why it happened - hitting it well
Why it makes me happy - had one of my most solid rounds of golf for the year today. The weather was just tremendous....so glad to be alive

HappyUP!!! - nailing down plans
Why it happened - I asked
Why it makes me happy - fun times ahead for this event....it is going to be an AWESOME night. Something to look forward to is ALWAYS a HappyUP!!!

JJ

Kristy speech
Bob speech
TM's filling in

Hybrid/wedge 1....punch/pitch 2...drive/3 wood on to 3...drive/hybrid/wedge/putt/birdie 4....wedge/chutt 5....drive/wedge 6....drive/wedge 7....chip 7....putt 9....drive/3 wood/wedge 10....drive/9 irong/putt/birdie 11....bunker shot/putt 12....bunker shot 13...drive/putt/birdie 15....punch shot/putt 16.....7 iron for dots on 17....drive/hybrid/wedge 18

HappyUP!!! Day 2094

HappyUP!!! - new Tuesday game
Why it happened - changing things up
Why it makes me happy - glad I was able to fall in with these guys. Tues is a great day to play

HappyUP!!! -birdies and skins
Why it happened - I got a little game
Why it makes me happy - I didn't exactly understand what the game was today.....I just know....if you make a few birdies and get some skins, you don't reach into your pocket at the end of the day.

HappyUP!!! - tile guy
Why it happened - he was in the new group above
Why it makes me happy - he is the PERFECT guy to do a little repair job for me....and he has the time.

JJ

Pitch 1.....drive/8 iron 2.....drive/3 wood/pitch/putt 3.....punch/wedge 4...drive/wedge 6....3 wood/pitch 10....drive/8 iron 11....bunker shot/putt 12....drive/wedge/putt 13....4 iron/wedge/putt/birdie 14.....wedge/putt/birdie 15....punch/bunker shot 16.....pitch 17.....drive/pitch 18

A Tuesday game
Meeting new guys
A tile guy
Gorgeous weather
2 birdies and 4 skins
Chatting with Seth

HappyUP!!! Day 2093

HappyUP!!! - brekko
Why it happened - the E-man called me
Why it makes me happy - LOVE this guy....haven't seen him in a bit....great convo.  The brekko was tasty as well

HappyUP!!! - gym
Why it happened - I do go there
Why it makes me happy - good little workout today. I prefer to do my workouts on my own.....but....it's nice to utilize the equipment on occasion

HappyUP!!! - Giants Win
Why it happened - they are winners
Why it makes me happy - Holliday's slide into Scutarro was DIRTY!  Serves him right that he later booted a key ball.  I'm thinking we will be seeing some payback in this series.

HappyUP!!! - walking
Why it happened - needed to shake out that gym workout
Why it makes me happy - so DARN gorgeous out there today....I just kept on going and going

JJ

Brekko
Fixing an issue
Gym
Walking
Giants win

HappyUP!!! Day 2092

HappyUP!!! - smoking it
Why it happened - I found a little something
Why it makes me happy - golf imitates life.....I got a GREAT wake up today

HappyUP!!! - par on 17
Why it happened - GUTS
Why it makes me happy - we had an audience....terrible tee shot....great pitch...and a better putt...sealed the deal

HappyUP!!! - a walk in the park
Why it happened - a lovely day
Why it makes me happy - who doesn't like a little time out in nature?....that's off the golf course?

JJ

wedge 2....punch 3....drive/hybrid/wedge 4....9 iron 5.....recovery shot/putt/birdie 6.....drive 7....pitch/putt/par 8....drive/8 iron/putt 9.....drive/hybrid/wedge/putt/birdie 10......recovery shot/chip 11....6 iron 12....drive 13...wedge 14....9 iron 15....recovery/pitch 16.....pitch/putt 17....drive/3 wood/wedge/putt 18
Putting the L man away
A walk in the park

HappyUP!!! Day 2091

HappyUP!!! - Dry Creekers
Why it happened - reunion
Why it makes me happy - I think we graduated 19 in my 8th grade class. We were pretty close to getting 9 of them there tonight.  So happy to get the 5

HappyUP!!! - grinding it out on 18
Why it happened - I never quit
Why it makes me happy - I was heading for a diaper fill on the last hole....but I played it to the hilt....including hitting an impossible bunker shot very well....and draining the putt....to save some cash

HappyUP!!! - reunion
Why it happened - we do this stuff
Why it makes me happy - we had soooooooooooooo much fun with this one....our 35th.  Two new venues were involved....awesome!

HappyUP!!! - safe travels
Why it happened - a strong constitution
Why it makes me happy - I'm always happy when my friends are safe

JJ

Drive/9 iron 2.....Putt on 4....chutt on 12....good break/ugly par 13...bunker shot/putt/grinding it out on 18
Reunion
After reunion
Friend safe

HappyUP!!! Day 2090

HappyUP!!! - planting
Why it happened - I bought stuff
Why it makes me happy - I took advantage of a little time window and got it done

HappyUP!!! - 7 iron on 17
Why it happened - coming back
Why it makes me happy - I had been having an awful day....but I hung in there...like I always do....THIS was a PURE shot....just like the 7 iron was on 11 that came out of nowhere

HappyUP!!! - communication
Why it happened - we do that as humans
Why it makes me happy - had some good ones going on today

JJ

Planting
Drive/hybrid/wedge 1....drive/3 wood/pitch/putt 3....hybrid/birdie 4....9 iron 5....drive/9 iron/putt 6....5 iron 8...drive/hybrid 9.....drive/3 wood/wedge/gimme birdie 10....drive 11....pitch 12....lucky break 13....9 iron 14....drive/punch/chutt 15.....drive/wedge 16.....7 iron 17.....break/hybrid/bunker shot 18
Winning big
Splendid weather
Lovely conversation

HappyUP!!! Day 2089

Roasted green beans....who would have

thought to make them that way? I got a 

recipe...very simple...from a friend the other

day. THIS is the way to go. Love green beans!!!

HappyUP!!! - yard/garden work
Why it happened - I was motivated
Why it makes me happy - a little at a time...brings it all back into shape

HappyUP!!! - the dump
Why it happened - it needed to
Why it makes me happy - this trip was so overdue. Feels so great to get rid of some e-waste/hazardous waste/and CRAP

HappyUP!!! - great wake up
Why it happened - I dunno really
Why it makes me happy - I just woke up.....and really enjoyed the early morning time

HappyUP!!! - Giants WIN!!!
Why it happened - Cardiac Kids
Why it makes me happy - who would have thought they could come back from 2-0 down....and sweep the Reds at home. Boy....was that an exciting last 3 innings to watch!!!

JJ

Yard/Garden work
A trip to the dump
Green Acres
Great wake up
Giants WIN!

HappyUP!!! Day 2088

HappyUP!!! - A's/Giants win
Why it happened - playoffs
Why it makes me happy - this is getting exciting...both down 2-0 in their series'. OMG...both knotted at 2 up. Could they both do it

HappyUP!!! - Wor Won Ton soup
Why it happened - I got an invitation
Why it makes me happy - I LOVE Wor Won Ton soup.....and everything that comes with it

HappyUP!!! - 4 iron thru the bunker shot on 15
Why it happened - I know how to hit this one
Why it makes me happy - it's imagination...creativity...course knowledge..and a bit of luck.....not a lot of people try this shot when they are in this impossible shot. Pulled it out on a day when a lot was going against me.

JJ

Some entertaining speeches
A scrambled but solid meeting
Recovery shot/wedge 1.....hybrid/pitch 3....chip 5....drive/wedge 6.....drive 7....pitch 8....flop shot 9....drive/7 iron 11.....chutt 12...4 iron thru-the-bunker recovery 15....drive/putt 16
Wor Won Ton Soup
A's win
Giants win

HappyUP!!! Day 2087

HappyUP!!! - delivering
Why it happened - Toastmasters
Why it makes me happy - I could have "phoned this one in"....I didn't....and got rave reviews

HappyUP!!! - Cake speech
Why it happened - Toastmasters
Why it makes me happy - AB gave an incredibly entertaining speech about a guy......who has never baked......MAKING his daughter's wedding cake.  The tools...recipes...the fondent....the hours of study/testing.......and seeing the output....a TREMENDOUS cake

HappyUP!!! - Giants/A's win
Why it happened - it's the playoff
Why it makes me happy - both down 2-0.....neither eliminated. Go home teams!!!

JollyJottings

3 Speeches
An unlikely cake baker
A very welcome request
More fall weather
Brekko invite
Treasurer chat...settling it down
Rotisserie chicken
A's win
Giants win

HappyUP!!! Day 2086

HappyUP!!! - nice walk
Why it happened - I was inspired to do so
Why it makes me happy - it was such a nice crisp evening....ahhh...so nice

HappyUP!!! - Pete Townshend
Why it happened - caught an interview
Why it makes me happy - The Who have always been a favorite band. Pete got a bad wrap in the early 2000's. It was nice to get "the other side of the story" as he clears his name.

HappyUP!!! - fall has arrived
Why it happened - I noticed the weather
Why it makes me happy - it's been a little late coming....but I so LOVE this season

QuoteUP!!! 28 - Barenaked Ladies

"I could hide out under there

...I just made you say underwear"

I really do love - the irreverant nature of the Barenaked Ladies. Their music was pretty cool.

"I could leave but I'll just stay.... - ........all my stuff's here anyway"

BareNaked LadiesUP!!!

HappyUP!!! Day 2085

HappyUP!!! - playin with Da Booth
Why it happened - he had room
Why it makes me happy - love this guy...though we don't get to golf often. He's one of those "larger than life guys." So much fun

HappyUP!!! - 4 birdies
Why it happened - good hybrid/wedge/putt 1....nice 8 iron tight/putt 5....cute hold off 9 iron/putt into 14....drive/OK wedge/outstanding read and putt on 15
Why it makes me happy - I average a little over 1 birdie a round.....so...well....it's all about birdies....wish I had more pars to back the birds up today....but ....we won a fiver today

HappyUP!!! - riding
Why it happened - pards came in from late night flight
Why it makes me happy - I was ready to walk.....but....it ended up being good thing to ride today

HappyUP!!! - new friend
Why it happened - we were filling in
Why it makes me happy - played golf with a 60 year old characther today. It's the best way to describe this type of person.....met a bunch of them in my lifetime. They add spice...what a hoot.

HappyUP!!! - free drink
Why it happened - a hole in one
Why it makes me happy - nope! I still don't have one....so happy for guy playing behind us who was happy enough to buy us a celebratory libation

HappyUP!!! 2084 Sat

 

 HappyUP!!! - divisional speech contest

Why it happened - I'm a Toastmaster...we do these things

Why it makes me happy - I am so grateful to PCAR for donating

their lovely facility. It was PERFECT for this meeting. A great contest

was held.....and I got to do some volunteering as being responsible for the

facility

HappyUP!!! - a belt promotion

Why it happened - the kids are all moving up

Why it made me happy - it is a wonderful experience to 

just watch....all of these kids....working...working...working...

until they get to their next level. A magical thing to behold......

and I am glad that I was THERE! Sacred privilege

HappyUP!!! - call from old friend

Why it happened - I was thought of

Why it makes me happy - who knew I would get this call?

It lifted my day.....can't wait for us to get together soon

HappyUP!!!! - good report

Why it happened - I called the pro shop

Why it makes me happy - despite recent aeration, I heard

the greens are in good shape....TeeUP!!!!