tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15961323338093911142013-04-01T22:01:53.038-04:00Worker Beenoreply@blogger.comBlogger171125UnskilledLaborhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596132333809391114.post-15106254720837046642012-01-24T18:55:00.001-05:002012-01-24T23:32:02.802-05:002012-01-24T23:32:02.802-05:00

Hearing the waves when I take Delta out at o'dark thirty in the morning. Watching Donovan play and hearing him and his mother laugh.  Putting up the last full ceiling piece of sheetrock. Bedtime. Hearing the chimes on my porch when the wind picks up. Watching the flames through the glass in the woodstove. That first morning cup of coffee. David's smile. Seeing flowers popping up already in

Worker Beenoreply@blogger.com0http://housedrone.blogspot.com/2012/01/nice-things.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596132333809391114.post-33314231948766100602012-01-18T10:50:00.007-05:002012-01-18T11:02:52.302-05:002012-01-18T11:02:52.302-05:00

We have been truly lucky of late...   usually living on the coast you get used to misty, chilly, foggy winters. And summers.  However, we moved in a very unusual weather year. Since we have been here I think it has rained lightly once, and has been foggy maybe two afternoons... other than that the winter sun has been brightly shining, and we have loved it.  But now the weather lady tells us we

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On into December!  Ho, Ho, Ho!  However, before I get ahead of myself I realized I forgot to mention Thanksgiving...  On Thanksgiving Day we had a dual celebration, my sister Brooke's 40th.. yes I said 40th.. did you hear me say 40th?  birthday as well as the annual Thanksgiving Day feast.  Brooke got to open her presents alongside the turkey carcass, and pumpkin and apple pie crumbs.  We had a

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    Early November this year started on a very sad note... two sad notes actually.  My aunt Maureen Killion passed away, and so did my ex-sister-in-law Dana Ahner.  Maureen Killion                                                                                        Dana Ahner Their services were one right after the other.  My aunt Maureen was 80 years old and she was ready to leave us. 

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We arrived at our new home the same day we left the old one.  Exhausted does not quite cover it.  Sure we were tired from the drive, but then add in the stress and joy of leaving our last post.  We took a quick look around and fell into bed. We woke up and got our bearings and started working.  We are really redoing the house... a little at a time.  We have a list but don't seem to follow it in

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First the down and dirty nitty gritty: For the past year and a half we have been managing a golf course...  more accurately we were involved in a lease option to purchase contract.  We had the opportunity to spend two years on the course, check out the business and the area and decide if we wanted to take the leap and purchase.   Well... to put it simply we found within just a few months after

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AdamAdam is the night waterer and all around helper.  He is quiet, and  kind hearted.  He is funny, and when he gets rolling out there on the course he does a very good job.  He has a little dog named Milo who bites... (he does not bite David anymore) but he took a good chunk off of David's finger the first time David went to pet him.  Adam likes the animals we try to get him to er... 

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Three ladies come in for a tee time and they are 10 minutes late. They are oblivious to the fact that they are late and that there is anyone else on the golf course, in the clubhouse, or apparently on the planet. They are chattering like hens on crack the entire time only breaking long enough to hand me their credit cards to pay for their rounds....   and then one leans over with a

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As I mentioned previously the sun finally decided to make an appearance and we have been enjoying having the golfers return.  It has been nice and steady for the most part with a tournament here, a birthday party there, and a bachelor party thrown in now and then just for spice.  Yikes. Bachelor parties are ...  fun. Not really. So. Anyway. During the 4th of July weekend the neighboring

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Man: I would like to make a tee time for 7:00 pm. David: Oh I am sorry the last tee time is at 6:00 pm. Having the last tee time at 6:00 pm gives you time to finish the course in plenty of time before we lock the gate at 8:30. Man: What!! I said I want a tee time at 7:00 tonight! I golf there all the time! David: I am sorry. There are no tee times at 7:00. We are closed. Man: THAT'S BULLSHIT! I

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Well...  the second wettest winter and spring on record...  We sure are glad to have been here!  ::smirk::  But as things do, it seems to be changing and now it finally is beginning to look like summer.   Hold on tight here we go!  It was a wild ride last summer and this summer might turn out to be the same way. 

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Hope you all have a Happy Mother's Day!  We sure deserve it...  and would not have it any other way!  

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I have been a little confused on my feelings about the recent news of Osama Bin Laden's death.  Justice most definitely has been served in his particular case. However, the celebrations in the streets for his death have surprised me actually, and have made me a little uncomfortable.  The coverage on the television of the American people waving flags and destroying pictures of him are so similar

Worker Beenoreply@blogger.com1http://housedrone.blogspot.com/2011/05/justice-not-revenge.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596132333809391114.post-67168665054102028162011-04-29T18:23:00.000-04:002011-04-29T18:23:10.907-04:002011-04-29T18:23:10.907-04:00

I have been contemplating my next post and gathering pictures etc as I usually do... meanwhile Easter holiday has passed, and the Royal Wedding of Will and Kate was today... yesterday... tomorrow.. however that time thing works.  The internet has been flooded with pictures but I ran across this one that I just could not pass up... had to share.  The bells were ringing to let people know the

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The sun peaks out a bit yesterday morning and the course phone rings.   An older man was on the other end of the line and he sounded like Alfred Hitchcock without the British accent.  He said, "I have sort of a strrrange requessst."    I said, "Yes? How can I help you, would you like me to book you a tee time?"  He breathed in deeply and responded, "Well no, I was actually looking for the

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The photographs are heartbreaking. and yet rebuilding attempts have almost started immediately... although finding, recovering, healing, feeding, and quenching the thirst of people takes precedence. Human beings are amazingly resilient.  Our continuing existence is evidence of that resiliency considering all we have been through... and all we do to each other. And yet we go on... because we

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Well...  we are just about done with this winter business... as the winter is causing very little business.   Oregon golfers might not mind a little rain so much but they definitely don't like the cold rain. According to the old and young timers this is the coldest and wettest winter folks can remember in many years.   So it has been a little too quiet here at the course.  We are hoping

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Conversations to be endured while working with the public that would not necessarily occur while working as a Deputy Probation Officer.  (Well.. might occur but the outcome would surely be different.) 4 Golfers fresh out of church. Me:  Ok guys I need your first names. Man 1: Ivan Me: and yours? Man 2: Fred Me: yours? Man 3: Peter and then as Man 4 was talking I turned to Ivan and said what is

Worker Beenoreply@blogger.com0http://housedrone.blogspot.com/2011/02/conversations-overheard.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596132333809391114.post-63911292222506398852011-02-06T17:23:00.000-05:002011-02-06T17:23:25.001-05:002011-02-06T17:23:25.001-05:00

Things seen on a misty morning walk. Hidden booze in the bridge rafters. Moss .... Moss.. and more Moss... Then something caught my eye... my first thought was a baby bird but then I looked closer and saw My Little Pony. Tree Moss   The 6th Green.   If you look close you may see smurfs under those dotted caps. Paper Birch Bark trees shedding. then at last...  Delta saw

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David loves crepes.Sweet crepes, savory crepes, he (as I found out) will travel a great distance for a good crepe. So...  in our latest vein of trying to find stuff to keep us busy on rainy freezing days we decided to drive to Astoria over 2 hours away to visit an old crepe haunt of his.  We packed up Delta who seems to be all recovered from her Salmon poisoning and left home, headed out on

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I hope your holiday celebrations were filled with happiness, friends, and family. Our was very nice although David and I did not spend it together this year. I believe it is the first Christmas we have spent apart since we have been together... for geez... what is it now 7ish years or so?  Sumthin‘ like that.  We have the golf course right now and that is traditionally an active day on golf

Worker Beenoreply@blogger.com0http://housedrone.blogspot.com/2011/01/holidays.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596132333809391114.post-12354889071730865222010-12-16T17:03:00.036-05:002010-12-17T13:51:48.364-05:002010-12-17T13:51:48.364-05:00

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and emails about my Uncle Russell.  If you were looking for the post I wrote about his passing it is here: My Uncle Russell We have had a touch of rain over the last week or so. I can hear you saying... umm.. Rebecca.. it is Oregon. It rains there.  Yes yes... I know.  I lived in the Pacific Northwest several years ago... in the great state of Washington and

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My Uncle Russell died yesterday.Details are sketchy still as the shock and news is still filtering in... but Russell died after having a massive heart attack on a golf course in Georgia where he and my Aunt Denise were vacationing.  I have a lot of aunts and uncles. On my Mom’s side there were 4 kids, and on my Dad’s there were 16.  That is not a typo.  This was a family reunion for just my

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