Friday, September 30, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3819

HappyUP!!! - Finding Rangefinder
Why it happened - I'm a bit of an idiot
Why it makes me happy - my goodness...thought I lost it at Diamond Oaks 2 days ago...my clubs stayed in a guys bag after that...which I searched yesterday...but...not quite enough...cuz I found them in that same searched bag today. THAT is a $400 save of something I never lost! LOL

HappyUP!!! - Auburn Valley
Why it happened - a little warm up game
Why it makes me happy - won a little money...a place to play when my home course is recovering...gracious host. Great day

HappyUP!!! - Giants beat Dodgers
Why it happened - baseball
Why it makes me happy - are you kidding me? Can we do the sweep and get in????

Thursday, September 29, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3818

HappyUP!!! - Giants win
Why it happened - clutch stuff
Why it makes me happy - we are getting closer...we got a shot

HappyUP!!! - Free Golf
Why it happened - connections
Why it makes me happy - so appreciative of Walt. Great time today

HappyUP!!! - Largo 17
Why it happened - fabulous shot
Why it makes me happy - gotta appreciate what ya get on a tough day

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3817


HappyUP!!! - Diamond Oaks
Why it happened - our course was closed
Why it makes me happy - it's nearby...I love the course...it was in good shape

HappyUP!!! - Birdie 6
Why it happened - nice little wedge
Why it makes me happy - birdies are happiness

HappyUP!!! - Springer Favor
Why it happened - equipment issue
Why it makes me happy - glad I new how to help a brother out.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3816

HappyUP!!! - Grammarian
Why it happened - Toastmasters
Why it makes me happy - I put something extra into it...and it paid off

HappyUP!!! - Best Evaluator
Why it happened - Toastmasters
Why it makes me happy - Gave some great help to a speaker today

HappyUP!!! - getting game set up
Why it happened - aerification week
Why it makes me happy - hard to get buy in...but looking forward to the venue tomorrow

Monday, September 26, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3815

HappyUP!!! - ARNIE!
Why it happened - he passed yesterday
Why it makes me happy - all of the tributes that are pouring in to honor "The King." It's fabulous

HappyUP!!! - Hotel Cal remembered
Why it happened - I saw something
Why it makes me happy - not the greatest song of all time.....but it's up there. Enjoyed the rendition I heard today

HappyUP!!! - The END of Hot for this year
Why it happened - who knows
Why it makes me happy - bring on the fall.....please!!!  Can't wait!

Sunday, September 25, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3814

HappyUP!!! - Raider win
Why it happened - QB
Why it makes me happy - will this be the year they return to excellence? It's been a long, dry spell

HappyUP!!! - Arnie
Why it happened - he passed on
Why it makes me happy - great tributes to him today.  What a man!

HappyUP!!! - FedEx final
Why it happened - it's a tradition
Why it makes me happy - great shootout and some very exciting golf!

Saturday, September 24, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3813

HappyUP!!! - Coming back
Why it happened - we rallied
Why it makes me happy - we were getting killed...and I mean killed....we made an unlikely comeback and kept the loss under $10...miracle

HappyUP!!! - Giants win
Why it happened - pitching
Why it makes me happy - every win is critical right now....nice one today

HappyUP!!! - enchanting chat
Why it happened - I struck it up
Why it makes me happy - what a darling conversation....those are just the best!

Friday, September 23, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3812

HappyUP!!! - cheap Boxster fix
Why it happened -had an issue
Why it makes me happy - hey...you know how those car things can go! This one was light

HappyUP!!! - Fred giving me a ride
Why it happened - I asked
Why it makes me happy - it's nice when friends do things for you

HappyUP!!! - delivering...and winning
Why it happened - it's speech contest time
Why it makes me happy - when members turn out to support me, I always want to give it my best. Tonight, I did!!!

Thursday, September 22, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3811


HappyUP!!! - A Kevin Bacon kind of thing
Why it happened - my niece-in-law
Why it makes me happy - it is AMAZING how she ran across someone from my distant past today!

HappyUP!!! - calling that distant past friend
Why it happened - see the above
Why it makes me happy - it was so great catching up with this wonderful lady

HappyUP!!! - getting speech touched up
Why it happened - I give speeches
Why it makes me happy - really excitied about this one!!!

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3810


HappyUP!!! - allowing "cuts"
Why it happened - I am that way
Why it makes me happy - it's a simple courtesy that I have seen ignored time and again. I had a full basket....and a dude had one item this morning....I stepped aside. I always feel good when I do that

HappyUP!!! - errand run
Why it happened - had to
Why it makes me happy - it was "bam....bam....bam."  Errands aren't my favorite thing to do but they just flowed today. Pretty sure I got mostly green lights along the way

HappyUP!!! -  coffee
Why it happened - it's a Wed thing
Why it makes me happy - Lots of enjoyment in discussion items today

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3809


HappyUP!!! - ride from a buddy
Why it happened - my ride cancelled
Why it makes me happy - really got picked up on this one....so appreciative

HappyUP!!! - being the Toastmaster
Why it happened - it was my turn
Why it makes me happy - I really made a difference in the member experience today

HappyUP!!! - Giants beating Dodgers
Why it happened - nice hitting
Why it makes me happy - it's getting into the stretch drive....maybe?....just maybe?

Monday, September 19, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3808

HappyUP!!! - being retired
Why it happened - I worked on it
Why it makes me happy - I got to stay indoors on yet ANOTHER nasty 100 degree day. I appreciate not having to deal with it

HappyUP!!! - the 100's are done
Why it happened - who knows
Why it makes me happy - there have been waaaaaaay to many of them this year. Good riddance. Whew!!!!!....survived!

HappyUP!!! -putting meeting together
Why it happened - I got on it
Why it makes me happy - had to sub in today....I'll make it magical tomorrow

Sunday, September 18, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3807

HappyUP!!! - great 6 miler
Why it happened - I got up and got on it
Why it makes me happy - it was just gorgeous out there today....smelled a lot of roses

HappyUP!!! - fixing club for a friend
Why it happened - it was broke and I have the skills
Why it makes me happy - this one was a little tricky...had to risk ruining something...but saw through it...fixed the little problem...should be good as new. We'll see

HappyUP!!! - riding 
Why it happened - heat
Why it makes me happy -NO WAY I was going to walk in this little heat episode!

Saturday, September 17, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3806

HappyUP!!! - our putts on 18
Why it happened - who knows
Why it makes me happy - my partner today is also my tournament partner. We have a joke, "we never make putts".....but we both ran them in on 18 for the win!

HappyUP!!! - bittersweet loss
Why it happened - Giants loss
Why it makes me happy - I wasn't happy with it....but there was a sweetness about it. Hard to describe

HappyUP!!! - playing partner
Why it happened - we get paired on occasion
Why it makes me happy - always a pleasure to team up with this gentleman....lots of fun today

Friday, September 16, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3805


HappyUP!!! - birdie on 1
Why it happened - nice play
Why it makes me happy - a hot start is always great

HappyUP!!! - skipping the road trip
Why it happened - just played early
Why it makes me happy - didn't really want to hit the road today

HappyUP!!! - Giants win
Why it happened - some pitching/hitting
Why it makes me happy - they are hanging in to that wild card chance

Thursday, September 15, 2016

The Ol Nutter Almanac 2016




Days Predicted: 15-18
Days to Date: 30


The Days - 
1)5/31...102  
2)6/1...100
3)6/2...100
4)6/3...102
5)6/5....102
6)6/21....101
7)6/25...101
8)6/26...105
9)6/27....107  
10)6/28....107  
11)6/29...104
12) 7/1...101
13) 7/13..101
14) 7/14...104
15) 7/15...102
16) 7/23....104
17) 7/24...107
18) 7/25...103
19) 7/26....106
20) 7/27....108
21) 7/28...107
22) 7/29...107
23)  7/30...104
24) 8/2...102
25) 8/12...101
26) 8/13...103
27) 8/14...104
28) 8/16...101
29) 8/17....102
30) 8/18...100

9/15 Update -  see you next year! Good riddance 2016. I can only say.....YOU SUCKED!

8/30 Update - August was kind of nice/average....nothing SUPER scorching on a one day basis.

7/30 Update -  we hit that darn "end of July wall."  The hottest month was looking OK....up until that last week!

6/29 Update -  and the proverbial CRAP has hit the fan!!! We got SLAMMED this week.  We aren't even to July and the OL Almanac is getting hammered.  The nice HOPE?....if the Almanac holds...we have seen the worst and it's all front end loaded

6/17 Update -  been kinda nice since the last update. Nothing much to say....and...no news is good news

6/10/Update -  off to a hot start....though we saw a little cooldown in the second week of June

5/31/2016...Well....here we go again - time to predict the number of days over 100 degrees in Roseville, CA

You know the drill - we look at the Memorial Day Weekend weather as our guide

As usual - we will use the reporting by Weather.com as our verification tool.

This year - it was a little trickier....and a bit disappointing to people like me that hate the hot weather.

Yep - I said HATE! Why?  1) I don't like to be hot  2) Everything is more expensive when it's hot.

Things looked great - a week before in the forecast. That changed in a hurry. We saw a quick upswing all throughout the weekend and more upswing on the way.

For that reason - we will be looking at 15-18 days at 100 degrees or more. If you look over the years that we have been doing this, it is the most days that I have ever predicted over 100. I'm really hoping I miss the boat this year.

2016 Ol Nutter Almanac  15-18 predicted .....30 actual
2015 Ol Nutter Almanac  12 or less predicted...16 actual
2014 Ol Nutter Almanac  11-13 predicted......14 actual
2013 Ol Nutter Almanac  13 or less prediceted....12 actual
2012 Ol Nutter Almanac  13 or less predicted...15 actual
2011 Ol Nutter Almanac  10 or less predicted....7 actual
2010 Ol Nutter Almanac 13 or less predicted.....7 actual
2009 Ol Nutter Almanac 10-15 predicted.........15 actual
2008 Ol Nutter Almanac 10-15 predicted.........15 actual




HappyUP!!! Day 3804


HappyUP!!! - Giant win
Why it happened - who knows
Why it makes me happy - we need every one we can get. No heroes tonite....just keep scratching

HappyUP!!! - chat with Dom
Why it happened - a common loss
Why it makes me happy - great catching up...learning of upcoming gig

HappyUP!!! - steak sandwich
Why it happened - leftovers
Why it makes me happy - man.....THAT was delicious!!!!

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3803


HappyUP!!! - Report from Mel
Why it happened - I pay up for great help
Why it makes me happy - it's ALL solid with me and the MAN.....STUPID MAN!!!

HappyUP!!! - birdies
Why it happened - great putting
Why it makes me happy - when you birdie 2 and 11 on the same day...that's pretty good

HappyUP!!! - BBQ
Why it happened - company
Why it makes me happy - steak and chicken....nice mix....nice leftovers....nailed em both

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3802


HappyUP!!! - winning club contest
Why it happened - I had some stuff
Why it makes me happy - ...pretty funny stuff......this material could travel a bit

HappyUP!!! - weather
Why it happened - it's weather
Why it makes me happy - ...sooooooo loving the coooool stuff! It's been soooo brutal this summer

HappyUP!!! - chat with mechanic
Why it happened - have a little problem
Why it makes me happy - it will all be good. Boxy is in good hands

Monday, September 12, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3801


HappyUP!!! - accountant
Why it happened - he called me back
Why it makes me happy - there is a reason I pay him....issue....DONE!...and a reason we need an outsider to be president

HappyUP!!! -  coaching
Why it happened - I do that
Why it makes me happy - K....got some cool stuff to work on

HappyUP!!! - walk and weather
Why it happened - who knows
Why it makes me happy - I TOTALLY dug 77 degrees today out on the trail today

Sunday, September 11, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3800


HappyUP!!! - 9/11
Why it happened - you know
Why it makes me happy - it gets farther in the background. Personally....I hate this gets observed every year. BUT...I am glad when it is done with no further damage

HappyUP!!! - Hillary sick
Why it happened - she's weak
Why it makes me happy - really?....a candidate with a cold that passes out?.....again? She's one more pass out till DONE

HappyUP!!! - Giants sweep
Why it happened - who knows
Why it makes me happy - they are staying in the race

Saturday, September 10, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3799


HappyUP!!! - Giants win at Springers
Why it happened - I got invited
Why it makes me happy - great sharing this win in the backyard of friends

HappyUP!!! - 3 straight sand saves
Why it happened - I got skills
Why it makes me happy - dots...dots...dots

HappyUP!!! - Invitation for fun
Why it happened - got some good peeps in life
Why it makes me happy - really looking forward to this one

Friday, September 09, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3798

HappyUP!!! - chat from my ol buddy
Why it happened - I was being thought of
Why it makes me happy - we'll get a chance to meet up soon

HappyUP!!! - haircut
Why it happened - I do that
Why it makes me happy - love my hair person...we had sooooo much fun today. Great ideas!!!

HappyUP!!! - doing some good things
Why it happened - just keep working on it
Why it makes me happy - score was substandard...but...there were some shots...that clearly lead to better things.....OPTIMISM!!!

Thursday, September 08, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3797

HappyUP!!! - hitting a bunch of greens
Why it happened - progress
Why it makes me happy - I'm not a ball striker...I'm a scrambler...but did some fine ball striking today

HappyUP!!! - executive meeting set
Why it happened - initiative
Why it makes me happy - LOVE what our protege is doing....she is just DRIVING it

HappyUP!!! - errands
Why it happened - gotta do them
Why it makes me happy - they all went so well....especially the one at Golf Galaxy....THANK YOU SO MUCH on that one!!!

Wednesday, September 07, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3796

HappyUP!!! - Bob is back
Why it happened - he is feeling better
Why it makes me happy - dude been battling health stuff....great to have him back in the group...and getting us a win...impressive

HappyUP!!! - chip in 14
Why it happened - a bit of luck
Why it makes me happy - it was our last hole of the day...my chip was firm...but hit the stick dead nuts......and down it went for the birdie and the win!

HappyUP!!! - artichokes and corn
Why it happened - cleaning out the fridge
Why it makes me happy - that is a GREAT dinner!!!! ...in my world!!!!

Tuesday, September 06, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3795


HappyUP!!! - down some pounds
Why it happened - been working on it
Why it makes me happy - hey...who doesn't LOVE a smiling scale

HappyUP!!! - lots of dues checks
Why it happened - I am the treasurer
Why it makes me happy - nothing makes a treasurer happier than early payment of dues! YAY!!!

HappyUP!!! - chat with Rog
Why it happened - I put in the call
Why it makes me happy - got a contestant for next week...as well as great catchup!

Monday, September 05, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3794

HappyUP!!! - great e-mail
Why it happened - been waiting
Why it makes me happy - I have been hacking on this legal issue forever.....got the WIN...today!

HappyUP!!! - incredible wedge play
Why it happened - skills and bad other play
Why it makes me happy - sometimes.....golf imitates life.....you don't have your best day...so you have to scramble...and scramble I did today

HappyUP!!! - early morning workout
Why it happened - I went over common sense
Why it makes me happy - I don't like to workout before golf...but got the perfect one in today!

Sunday, September 04, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3793

HappyUP!!! - 7 miler
Why it happened - I got it on
Why it makes me happy - just keep working on it...discipline

HappyUP!!! -  family BBQ
Why it happened - it's holiday weekend
Why it makes me happy - LOVE hanging with the young en's....its what it's all about

HappyUP!!! - Texas/Notre Dame
Why it happened - its football season
Why it makes me happy - what a GREAT game!!! Exciting!!!!

Saturday, September 03, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3792

HappyUP!!! - Springer's House
Why it happened -I was invited
Why it makes me happy - nice to hang out by the pool

HappyUP!!! - Giants win
Why it happened - who knows...barely
Why it makes me happy - they keep trying to be in this thing...as doubtful as it looks at times

HappyUP!!! - 3 straight sand saves
Why it happened - bad approaches...skills to recover
Why it makes me happy - I'm not sure I have ever been in 3 traps in a row and then got up and down out of all of them. I'm pretty sure that is a record!

Friday, September 02, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3791

HappyUP!!! - 11 greens
Why it happened - good ball striking
Why it makes me happy - things are coming together...working on swing changes...they are coming along

HappyUP!!! - great score...worst it could be 
Why it happened - just working on it
Why it makes me happy - I am getting closer to my goal

HappyUP!!! - finished up great book
Why it happened - it was given to me
Why it makes me happy - not the best piece of writing I have ever read...but...it was interesting

Thursday, September 01, 2016

HappyUP!!! Day 3790


HappyUP!!! - Hole in One
Why it happened - my buddy is good
Why it makes me happy - happy for him....and a free drink!!!

HappyUP!!! - cashing a check
Why it happened - decent play
Why it makes me happy - hey....I wasn't just "part of the field" this year!

HappyUP!!! - Lunch with the boys..weather....partner
Why it happened - Sr Club Championship
Why it makes me happy - just an AWESOME day!!!