Target Practice

I live on a golf course in Virginia.  The scenery is absolutely stunning.  I look out the windows on the back of my house, and I see a golf course.  Just past the golf course there is a lake.  The lake has no visible houses on the far side.  So I see nothing but trees on the other side of the lake.  It really is beautiful.

When I was younger,  I would go golfing from time to time and I would imagine what it was like living on a golf course.  I imagined having no neighbors in my back yard and enjoying a nice view.  So when I saw this house for rent I jumped at the opportunity.  I never realized it would be hazardous to my health living on a golf course.  Our house gets hit by golf balls almost daily.  The house is stucco on the outside  Because the house gets hit all the time, the back looks like Swiss cheese.  This house is ruined by the constant barrage of golf balls flying into the back yard.

One day I was out mowing the yard, and a golf ball landed about five feet from me.  Another time I was sitting on the back patio with my Father-in-law, and we had two golf balls, within a 20 minute time frame, fly into the patio area and bounce around.  Most of the exterior lights have been damaged in one way or another.  We have had two broken windows. and the frames of the screens over the windows are so bent and dented up that they no longer fit right.

The other major issue I have is golfers wandering around in my back yard looking for their ball.  Some respect our privacy while others act as if they own the property.  Some will hit the ball right out of my yard even though it is out of bounds.  There is one area of sweet revenge so to speak, I have on occasion been able to go out and startle a golfer who was about to hit out of my yard.  It makes me laugh, they know they are not supposed to be hitting out of my yard.  When I startle them, they run off like a little child who has been scolded.  Its very funny to see a grown man scampering off.

Moral of the story?  Think long and hard before you buy a house on a golf course.  Make sure you buy a house right by the tee box, and NEVER I repeat NEVER buy a house in the middle of the fairway.

You have been warned.
That is all

I'm Back

Hi all,
I am back.  I am excited to be writing again.  I will try to post twice a week.  I have been thinking about life quite a bit lately.  My beautiful wife recently passed her one year mark of being cancer free.  The whole experience was very surreal.  I never imagined I would hear the words you have cancer.  I know that is a very naive thought to have, nevertheless it was a surprise to me that she was sick.

I have not written my feelings until now.  I think the first feeling I had was surprise.  I know I felt some fear, especially when the Surgeon wanted to do her biopsy the same day as the consultation.  I remember I met her at the doctors office, and had to drive home alone after the biopsy was taken.  I know I had some fear at that point, but it was very quickly replaced with peace.

I do not remember if I have posted this before, but I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  We are more commonly known as Mormons, but that is a nickname.  The name comes from a book of scripture, The Book of Mormon.  I will talk about the Book of Mormon at a later date.  As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I believe that the family is the unit of eternity.  I know that God is my Heavenly Father, and that I am his son.  I know that through the Priesthood restored to the earth I will be with my wife for all eternity.  I also know that I will be with my children for all eternity as well.  That knowledge alone brought such peace to me it was incredible.  I knew that irregardless of what the outcome would be, I would be with her again.