US Senior Women's Open ~ Aug 17 & 18

And we're off!  Had to really figure out how to get everything in the trunk this time as I had the big tour bag and I also brought the yellow carry bag along, just in case!

5 hours later... made it to Barton Hills!

So exciting to be on-site.  Found my locker!

My locker is so plain and sad, compared to say... Juli Inkster.  Look at all of her "trophies"!

Everyone is very happy with their hospitality pass, including Charlie - who has his caddy pass :-)

Already soaking it all in:

Here are all the contents in that little bag that was gifted to us. I really wonder what they are trying to tell us.  Ha ha!!

Picking up the courtesy car for the week.  Nice!!

The next morning... my caddy is ready!

Just the carry bag for now.  So fancy with the name on the driving range. I'm feeling very special :-D

Photo op during practice!

Okay, time for the cocktail party.  My caddy cleaned up pretty nicely here:

Hallway heading into the locker room of the University of Michigan football team:

Fancy!

Tunnel heading into the field:

Pretty neat!

Nicknamed "the Big House", this is the largest football stadium in the United States, with an official capacity of 107,601.  Yikes!

Enjoying the food and the view at the Jack Roth Stadium Club:

O.M.G, it's Mike Tirico!

Looks like Mr. Tirico is a member at Barton Hills. So glad we are able to have some photo ops with him:

Super nice guy and he's really good with selfies.  Ha ha!

Looks like I didn't even need fancy shoes for this event.  But at least I got a new dress out of it too :-)

Okay, one last photo for the night with my date:

USGA Senior Women's Open - Prep (Aug)

This was the prep back in August - for the US Senior Women's Open.  We will be off to Ann Arbor, MI for the event and looks like the boys will be missing their first week of school.  Oops!  So in the meantime, both boys are going through their classrooms during Charlie's freshman orientation:

It's such a trek trying to figure out all of their classes!!

In the meantime, I've picked up the embroidery of my new tour bag.  Love it!!

We're taking my new tour bag out for a trial run with my "caddie" :-)

Charlie keeps saying that it's not so heavy.  I'm not sure if the double-straps are working so well:

It's probably not heavy now, but try official practice rounds AND tournament days!  I think he's already starting to look a tad tired on the 9th fairway.  Ha ha!

I'm glad I'm not the one carrying the bag ;-P

I'm also prepping at the store - trying to figure out what to wear for the cocktail party.  Maybe not those shoes. LOL!!

So excited for our trip!

Random photos

Some of the things that Graham 3-D prints is pretty impressive!  Here's a "robot" doing a one-hand handstand:

This was back in July... 100F!!

I love my new compression socks! Yes, it had to be cats.  I've already had a few nice comments about it :-)

Dinner at the Malaysian restaurant with the boys after work one evening:

Ps, I'm actually able to wear my skort from college!!

I've lost some weight throughout the summer (again!) - too much running around with all the golf academy kids' camps!

In the meantime, still trying to work on my game as the US Senior Women's Open is coming up (this was back in July for the tournament in August):

I was trying to figure out why I was in the Simulator Room.  I think maybe because this was happening outside??! 

Yes, there's been some crazy storms lately!

Loving this dispersion - yup, working on hitting them straight / on the line!

My cousin (in Canada) spotted a bear!! 

Ok, one last video - did you see this one yet? Charlie is trying to park Bobby's car into the garage.  I have to say, I think it's more difficult to park his car vs my truck. I don't know what it is... can't see over the top as well??  

I can't remember exactly how many minutes it took since this video is in hyperlapse, but pretty funny no less!

Yard work

This yard is getting messy!!  After the summer vacation and so much rain throughout, everything is growing so quickly and is just lush.  We can barely get through along the front walkway:

Lovely flowers:

This one though, is not looking so good!  Last year, it was the other yew that called it quits.  So looks like they are only lasting for 2 years each:

I'm glad the bee balms are taking in the front yard:

So glad my wellies are still working out well. Don't mind my white compression sock after work/golf. Ha ha!

Bought some new light and it's looking great under these little trees by the front:

Okay, there is a path!

And then, the weeds. O.M.G... how did this one get sooooo tall!!

We have so many apples - looking great in the photo, but the skin has this weird discoloration. I really wonder if it's safe to even eat them??

We have pears too, but again - most of them are looking pretty odd:

Maybe we need to get someone to come by and look at them? In the meantime, lots of trimming!

And guess what I found in our raised garden bed.  Two baby carrots. Ha!!

Look at this leaf I found on the golf course.  It's a heart shape. Awwww 💗

Ok, this is like the most disgusting thing ever. Totally gave me the heebie-jeebies!!

They are called Bagworms.  Here's a video of a live one, if you're interested:

Look what it did to this poor pine tree!!  

And I guess I parked my golf bag too close to the trees and so they were climbing up my bag somehow, or perhaps it dropped onto my bag?!

Whatever it is... I was totally eek-ed out!!  I had to check my bag before putting it into the car, and I even asked my student to check her bag!

Charlie and Graham are doing a great job taking care of the rest of the yard:

Graham mows and Charlie weed-whacks:

Although, Charlie has been playing a lot of golf lately on his school's JV team, so Graham has been taking a lot of the responsibilities in the yard. He does a great job mowing using the lawn mower!

Here's Charlie showing off his muscles - thinking he can out-do Graham in an arm wrestling match. 

Not quite just yet! But he does hit the golf ball much further than me and Bobby now - although still trying to keep it in play most of the time ;-P