US Open? Not So Much

So, the golf tournament is called the US Open. But how open is it, really, if I wasn’t invited to play in it? Once again.  That’s Tiger, who was invited to play at the US Open.  The other photo is of me, not invited.

Letters From Camp

I sent an e-mail to a local first term Camp Longhorn mom today to tell her that my daughter received a super cute letter from her kid. Moms like to know this stuff because sometimes other people get different info. The letter we got from her child was long and descriptive and explained everything that was going on at camp. This is the letter the same child sent to her mom:

Hi Mom,
I am in the Appaloosa cabin.  I need a new trunk.  Something else broke off.

Crossing Guards Out of Work

We mentioned this a couple weeks ago, but check out the story Cassie Clark got about why some crossing guards at Bradfield and Armstrong elementary schools may not be back in the fall.

Should there be an age limit?

Clean Sweep

I did it.

After complaining about leaf blowers, and recognizing that my own lawn service uses them, I called the owner yesterday and asked him to stop using them when they mow my yard. The conversation was amusing.

The very polite man said, “Okay, we’ll just run them on low, not [and here he imitated the screechingly high noise of a leaf blower].”

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