Merry Christmas!

Pretty mellow Christmas this year - not too many golf lessons this winter so far to buy too many presents.  Ha!  

In the meantime, the boys brought home their musical instruments for the winter break and decided on an impromptu duet. Love it :-)

When I asked the boys what they wanted to get Bobby for Christmas, Graham was pretty persistent about this "Book".  And wow, Graham was right about him loving it!

Graham got a chuckle out of this 18+ envelope.  Ha ha!

Charlie is so into golf now (which I totally LOVE!), and all he wants are these colorful golf balls.  Hopefully not too many will end up in the water hazard ;-P

Graham gets so excited with these little gadgets:

It is pretty cool!  Do you see the long green string?!

As the boys always know I'm cold, they bought me this re-chargeable hand warmer:

Although, I think Graham has used it more than I have. LOL!  I did buy a re-chargeable vest recently. That's been quite helpful!

Warm socks and exfoliating wash-clothes to scrub off all the sunscreen from this past summer :-D 

Charlie is so excited about this present:

Yup, a little foldable table:

He already has it all set up in his "man cave" in the basement. I forgot to take a photo of his setup. He's basically using it as his "driving" station.  Yup, computer screen, steering wheel, plus pedals.  These kids, I tell you!

Graham got this cute little musical instrument called Otamatone:

It's almost like a little synthesizer:

In the meantime, one of my golf students seem to have figured me out.  Yes, I still love Hello Kitty:

Aren't these tupperwares too cute?!

Although, this screenshot from another student probably made my day!

Can't believe 2025 is coming to an end!

More Parent-Child events

I love how much golf Bobby and Charlie wants to play these days.  1-under at the recent Parent-Child event at our home club - front-nine of Pebble Beach. Not too shabby!

Too bad Graham has a broken wing/collar-bone:

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Drone photos

Here are some recent photos that Graham has taken on his phone and also his drone. Pretty neat!

This one below is probably my favorite so far:

It got up to over 40F today, so I suppose better day for drone flying than the freezing temps!

Pretty sunset:

Graham has signed up for an online class to obtain a drone-flying license. Hopefully he will make use of it when he finally does complete the course!

COLD!!!

It's amazing how crazy cold it's been.   Woke up to -4F the other day and actually still had to go into work!

It's amazing how quickly the inside of your nostrils freezes up.  LOL!!  And how quickly your lips chap.  And I forgot to bring my chapstick.  Drives me insane because we have so many at home!

Nice to come home to a warm fire:

And now for whatever reason, our gas fireplace downstairs is not working.  So sad!  The one downstairs keeps the basement so warm. So mad it's not working and of course, it's going to cost money just to get someone to come in and check it out. Urgh!

Well, just have to forget everything and enjoy the Christmas tree for now :-)

In the meantime, Elvis the Elf has been making his rounds around the house - making sure the boys are behaving.  Graham and Charlie did not like him in the bathroom. They said that it's felt too weird. Ha!

By the way, speaking of weird - can't figure out why I'm hitting on the toe so much of my new clubs. And what's even more weird is that the golf ball is still traveling pretty straight. Voodoo magic weird!!

New PXG golf clubs!

My new clubs have arrived!!

Although I think Charlie is more excited about them. Ha ha!

I never thought I would be playing PXG clubs, especially when Bobby does not particular like the commercials. Ha!

It's difficult to resist if the clubs came with a good price though.  And yes, graphite shafts.  I'm starting to show my age. I really should just accept it. LOL!

I hope their slogan is true!  Hoping to play a bit more next year and hopefully to do better!

I have one less club now - no 4 Hybrid.  I've added a 7 Wood instead of a 5 Wood, but they are all a 5 degree difference between the 3 Wood, 7 Wood, and 5 Hybrid:

So much for telling the boys to be careful with the hardwood floor. I accidentally knocked my wedge and it fell through the slot. Like a cartoon, pling-plopping down the stairs. HA!!

I haven't had much of a chance to swing yet. I did hit the 8 iron a few times the other day. It felt really good!  The 5 Hybrid - not so much at this time, hit some low hooks with them. We'll see if I need to adjust the lie angle but thankfully PXG has a fitting facility really close by. This was probably another reason why I went with them.  Can't wait until Spring when I can take the clubs out on the golf course!

Recent happenings - SO MUCH SNOW!

O. M. G. The amount of snow we have gotten so far... and it's still December!! This is right after the 10" of snow a week ago:

The lake is already part frozen. And actually after today and tomorrow with 12F as a high and lows of -3F and 2F respectively, the lake is most definitely frozen!

Would be so fun to drive the truck out there LOL!

Getting the snow off the bins.  Daddy do :-)

Geez, so much snow:

Tried to remove as much snow as I could from the trampoline, without tearing the netting with the shovel. Ha!

At least the roads are somewhat clean:

19F last Sat = -7C.  Brrrr...!!

The piles of snow on the sides by the parking lots are getting high. It's probably even higher now after the recent snow fall:

Icicles!  

Here's our rain chain - also icy:

I think I missed my window to get these candy canes into the ground.  But there's been so much snow that I'm able to stab it into the snow!  

I guess I can also remove the Chinese New Year decor from our door:

Although CNY is going to on February 17 - which is coming up very soon (Year of the Horse). I suppose the cow decor is not going to work.  Ha ha!

In the meantime, there has been scratching up again in the attic.  The mice are back! Yup, another 2 have somehow ended up in the attic:

I went straight to the glue-trap because those worked the best last time. And yes, let's just say, Momma:2 vs Mice:0.  Yay!!

Daddy admiring the wintery snow:

We might have this view for quite a while. So pretty actually!

Actually, more snowfall last weekend and I had to put the truck in 4WD.  I was trying to get to my junior classes and nope, canceled! Could not drive over 35-40mph!

This is how much snow we had overnight, as you can see from the tire marks:

Icicles from the roofline:

Since the junior golf clinics are canceled, I guess this would be a good morning to put up the Christmas tree.  Moving a few things around and oops!  The lemon tree planter has fallen over. Noooo...!!

Okay, getting ready for the tree. Our neighbor once commented on how she likes seeing our Christmas tree by the window, so I guess we will just set it there every year :-)

Thankfully, Charlie is still willing to participate:

Graham, on the other time, is using the excuse of "I'm a Teenager".  I hope he knows that he can only play that card for so long!

By mid afternoon, the roads are finally cleaned up:

Literally night and day with these road conditions!

I love where we live:

Definitely looking very frozen:

Boys are still dog-walking in these temps.  Little Pippen has a sweater. So cute!

Just yesterday, a squirrel came around and grabbed the last few berries on the tree:

What's so cute was that it was eating while hanging upside-down. Too cute!

And as the ice and snow continues to build up, I'm having Charlie shovel it off the driveway. That ice is slippery! But with these really low temperatures, it's getting very difficult:

Maybe it will be warmer by January??! A little bit of wishful thinking doesn't hurt :-D