Monday, February 17, 2025 Presidents Day

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I forgot it was a holiday until I checked the calendar. The only significance here is that it will be a very busy week at the beach club and in restaurants due to visitors from the north.

The weather cooled off quite a bit overnight. It was in the low 80's at 7 last night but was 58 at 6 am this morning. Should be sunny and low to mid 70's most of the week so hopefully DD and her DH will enjoy enough sun.

Golf was okay and our group probably was the most dressed up (see FB), but though I did well at first it went downhill. DH has a tendency to tell me what to do before I take a swing and it makes me nervous so then I mess up. I don't mind constructive help after my shot but it really unnerves me when I am getting ready to hit to be told what to do. And the clincher of the evening was his statement "Our group played well but your putting was horrible". It felt like he was saying everyone did well but you. Am I wrong to have a hard time hearing that true as it may be? BTW, my putting was good in the first half but went downhill as did most of my shots. Our group came in 7th of 14.

Today is a Justice walk, water aerobics, then DH's regular cardiology appointment. He needs to talk to him about switching one of his medications because it is giving him headaches and making him feel kind of slow so he avoids taking it. Hopefully the wind won't blow during water aerobics because the air temperature is going to be a bit cool.

Have a pretentious Presidents Day!

No complaining about a 58 degree temperature when we have a - 18 degrees here (with windchill!)! Just kidding, I know it is all relative!

I would be hurt if DH said what your DH did. I also wouldn't like the coaching as you are about to take the shot, that would make me nervous too!

The predicted wind chill for Minneapolis was -35 today!!! Not sorry to miss that. Yikes. Last night sitting on the lanai, I thought starting next year, winters will be more like this! We won't escape every freezing day, but we can be away for lots of them. :) I hope the same for you!

Me too!

I think your DH is a gem of a man, who gets competitive in sporting events and forgets that you actually getting out and golfing is a gift you are giving to him. I don't think you need to "hear the truth" about whether you played well or not. And if you did, what metric for measuring "well" should be used? Should you be expected to putt as well as someone who has played for years? I think not. Again, your DH is a very fine man, but in this case he is wrong and should be ecstatic you've agreed to put time and energy into learning golf.

Yesterday we managed to get some sun after all. The clouds broke up for a couple of hours right before noon. It was even warm enough to get in the pool and paddle a bit. I have my tanning routine: arriving all winter pale requires restraint to avoid a painful sun burn. Day 1 I set a timer on my phone, 10 minutes on each side without sunscreen. The rest of the day, suncreen. Yesterday, I allow 15 minutes per side, then slop it on. This usually allows me to get some color without burning. The air temps will be cooler today, maybe 70 degrees, but the sun will be warm.

We watched the Saturday Night Live special last night. It was too long, but also had so many great bits, I'm not sure what they could have cut. It was very fun to see all the celebrities who hosted the show over the years, and all the former cast members.

Tonight we have dinner reservations at one of our favorite restaurants in Disney Springs: Wine Bar George. If its not too chilly, we'll walk over to House of Blues to listen to some music after dinner. My favorite kind of plans. :)

I sure hope you can get some sheltered sun today - the sun is bright here but the wind is howling. But way better than -35. Dinner sounds like fun!

Turned into a beautiful day here! Just a breeze, blue sky, bright sun. I even got in the pool for a bit.

Your dinner and after dinner plans sound wonderful, something my DH and I would enjoy!

Thanks for letting me not feel over sensitive. DH does tend to get very competitive at times. I keep having to remind him that I am only playing golf for fun and if it stops being fun there isn't much point in it as far as I am concerned.

And at this point you can still probably easily count the number of rounds you've played in total! Golf is hard. And you are brand new to it. He needs to stop mentally comparing you to himself who has been playing for a long time.