29 Jul 2010 11:44 AM

Didn't think it was fair to leave out the kitty kat... she was chillin too... This sunglasses thing must be CONTAGIOUS !!!!  Lol

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28 Jul 2010 10:47 AM

This is my niece's dog, Pebbles.  As you can see, I'm not the only creature with a sunglasses fetish.  Apparently sunglasses run in my family...  Anyway, Pebbles is a real character.  I can't even begin to describe her to you in words.  Lets just say that she actually thinks she is human.  You can do practically anything to her except touch her front paws.  One night she even got in bed with me and acted like I was taking too much space and should move over a little...lol.  Anyway, while I was down there on vacation I must have taken 50 photos of just her.  I'll try to post a few more to give you an idea of her personality... Jim

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28 Jul 2010 10:39 AM

Here is a photo of my grand nephew Michael at the gym.  He is 16 years old and both he and his brother David, who is 19 both compete in sanctioned AAU meets.  Between driving me all around the Savannah area, Michael took me with him to work out several times while I was on vacation. 

It was pretty amazing to see the different age groups that did Olympic weight lifting and training.  While at the gym I saw people from 14 to 73 y/o training with heavy weights.  There were even women that were doing "cling & jerks" and "squats" with weights I wouldn't even touch.  In any case its a great activity for Michael and it keeps him out of trouble.  My God the boy is strong as an ox.  The picture doesn't do him justice as it can't show the real intensity of the sport.  I had no problem letting him carry my luggage either...lol

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27 Jul 2010 9:24 AM

Hi to everyone!  Just got back from vacationing and visiting my family in Savannah, Georgia and Steinhatchie, Florida.  I really had a great time.  I spent a couple days with my brother in Savannah and then stayed with my niece and her hubby and two boys at their farm in Midway, Georgia for about 5 days.  Everyday I would get up early and just sit on the front porch with their dogs and watch the sun rise over their beautiful pond.  Later in the day I would go out and about with my grand nephew Michael.  He's 16 and just got his driver's license so I had him chauffer me all around.  It was good training for him and allowed me to drink some beer if I wanted... lol. 

After about 5 days of that we all went to my niece's second home in Steinhatchie, Florida.  It was really nice because a bunch of cousins and 2nd and 3rd cousins even came down for the fun.  On top of that my niece and nephew have made tons of friends from living down there too.  So, everyday I was meeting new folks to the point I gave up trying to remember anyone's name.  I spent another 5 days fishing, scalloping, eating, drinking, dancing and partying in this little Florida gulf coast town.  Steinhatchie's motto is... "Steinhatchie is a small drinking community with a large fishing problem"... lol.  Trust me, they aren't lying either... lol. 

The Steinhatchie community totally relies upon the ocean and related recreational activities such as boating, fishing and scalloping.  There are so many boats you wouldn't believe it.  I'm usually the "landlubber" type and not much for the ocean but you just can't help it if you're down there.  Before you know it you're 10 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico and diving into the ocean and snorkeling for scallops.  I got one helluva suntan too.  The weather was hot and sunny the whole time.  Then when we got back to shore we would all take a short nap and then every night there was a huge informal dinner party with over 30 friends and family showing up.  Afterwards we all would head down to Fiddler's restaurant & bar to drink, dance and be merry.  More often than not we would close the place.  No matter, we'd all be out on the ocean by 10 am the next day... 

I have to say that everyone was unbelievably friendly to me despite my being a "Connecticut Yankee"... lol.  It really is true that people from the south are just so much more laid back and friendly.  Unfortunately, I finally had to fly back home last night.  I slept a little on the plane but when I got home I fell into my bed around 2 am.  Right now I'm still exhausted.  I really need a vacation from all the vacationing.  But unfortunately, it's back to the office tomorrow.

I got so many photos but don't know how I could even begin to post them all on Over50.  I'm sitting here thinking that they really need to do something that would allow us to post more than just one profile picture and 4 other photos on Over50.  I enjoy Over50, but IMO it would be so much nicer a web site if they would just expand the number of photos allowed and give us the option to post 10 or even 25 at a time.  That would make it so much easier to share with one another too.  So, Mr. or Mrs. Administrator... if you are reading this, give it some thought... how about expanding the photo options??  Oh well... 

In any case, I sure got a lot of sun and had a lot of fun.  Too much eating and drinking but that's the way it is on vacations I guess.  I'll have to get back into the swing of things and actually not eat & drink for two people for awhile... lol.  I'll put some new photos from my vacation on my profile and try to post a few short followup blogs with some other photos.  Here's one of me getting back on our boat with a few scallops.  The younger kids can handle it, but you wouldn't believe how tired you can get swimming around out there.  Be well.  Jim

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2 Jun 2010 11:04 AM

So some of you were asking what Thumper does in his spare time.... Well, I try to keep busy and put my time to good use.... lol

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