Archive for April, 2009

The Masters 2009 and Dirty Balls

Monday, April 13th, 2009

So, I spent the last few days watching the Masters Tournament…and cleaning my balls.
Wait…that sounds SO wrong ;-)
I Googled “how to clean your golf balls”…and the results were…amusing.
From regular soap and water…to denture tablets, to using the washing machine ( and softening your jeans at the same time), to bleach, to WD-40..the suggestions were numerous.
The [...]

Of Hairy Turtles and Virginity Lost

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Now that I wrote the title, i think I got some explaining to do!
Settling in with some Don Julio here ;-)
On my Mexico trip, I explored much,,,uhm..virgin territory. Some of it, I’ll even tell you about ;-)
I wrote in an earlier post about my learning to snorkel while I was in Mexico…virgin territory indeed. [...]

Exploring New Worlds

Monday, April 13th, 2009

I did much exploring of “new frontiers” ;-) on my recent trip….and one of those frontiers was the underwater universe.
I cannot believe that it took me 50 years to try this..I have now found another thing to give me excuses to go to warm places. ;-)
I had to overcome some pretty huge fears to learn [...]

A Manta Moment

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

I was blessed to see a manta ray as I was returning from the reef at turtle bay. I watched in fascination as this beautiful creature swam towards me, and gracefully glided and landed in the sand right below me.
I stopped swimming, and just floated above it…marveling at this beautiful , graceful creature.
And then…a [...]