ENGAGED

Denison: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” We’re learning that the proposal actually took place two weeks ago at Travis’ home. Taylor’s engagement ring is estimated to cost $550,000. A Chicago group insists a man has been living inside the city’s “Cloud Gate” (a giant sculpture popularly known as “The Bean”) for two decades and wants him to be freed.

After the long days on both Friday and Saturday, like a fool I got up early Sunday to play 9 holes before church. Then traffic was jammed downtown due to construction. Teed off at 651 am. Played better than last Wednesday. When I hit a good first shot, I rarely hit a second ball, except around the greens.

1. Decent distance on my tee shot, though it didn’t look pretty. Same with my approach. Two decent chips. Two putt for “bogey”.

2. Not much distance off the tee. One of my chips settled on the green. Two putt for bogey.

3. Worm burner rolled down the hill. Chip to the back of the green. Good lag putt. Bogey.

4. Hit two cruddy tee shots. Three cruddy chips. Three more cruddy chips. Two good lag putts. Double at best.

5. With two guys watched, I pulled my first tee shot into the woods to the left. Made great contact on my mulligan. As it was headed toward the left part of the green the ball nipped a tree branch, and fell straight down onto the fairway. Three chips, but only one was good. I am concentrating more on my putting to get ready for the EZGo tournament, so again I rolled three putts close. Bogey.

6. Hit two good hybrids off the tee. Then a good 5 iron. Three good chips onto the green. I was putting for par, but missed the long lag putts. Bogey.

7. Hit a good hybrid most of the way up the big hill. Then a good 6 iron. Then a good chip to the fringe. I had taken three swings and was putting for par. Missed three times. Bogey.

8. Climbed the hill up to the new tee box. Hit driver, and got good distance. Hit three approach shots: left and short, onto the green, and right and short. Two putt for a rare “par”.

9. Hit a good hybrid most of the way up the hill. Three poor chips, but then I hit a super tough long lag putt to just a couple of inches from the hole. “Bogey”. Finished at 7:59 am. One of my better rounds.

Back home before 9 am.  Made it to Sunday School by 10 am. Attendance = 39, including several “sent ones” and a few visitors. All afternoon Ceil cooked, and I cleaned. Laundry. Cleaned off the driveway. Made three separate trips for supplies, to Kroger, Whole Foods, and Dollar Tree. Had the Tour Championship on the TV. I thought about WNBA but was so busy that I couldn’t take time two channel surf. Plus Ceil was focused on the tourney. A&C arrived in time to watch the last couple of holes. My nephew Zane was at the tourney, and afterwards posed on the 15th tee box.

Matthew arrived about 730. Ceil fixed the burritos that A liked, plus beans, Mexican rice, homemade salsa, guacamole, peach cobbler, and homemade peach ice cream. Good stuff. Should've took pictures.

Anna opened all the presents that C had bought. A&C left at 8 pm. M gathered a few items and left at 815-830. Took us 30 minutes to clean up. Then we crashed on the couch, exhausted. I fell asleep, then went to bed at 930. A six mile, 10,000 step day. Up early to lift weights at the gym.

Monday night Ronald Acuna was wearing Ja Morant sneaker cleats.

Small group starts back tonight. This year we are studying the book of Genesis. Fifty chapters, so it will take all year.

JOE DiMAGGIO  [SABR Bio] was known as “Joltin’Joe”. He jolted 148 homers at Yankee Stadium. DiMaggio won the World Series with the Yankees in 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1950, & 1951. Only Yogi won more. Joe was the first Yankee to hit two home runs in an inning. In only his 46th game, DiMaggio hit two in the 5th inning on 24-Jun-1936, off Red Evans & Ray Phelps of the CHW.