LIFE GOES ON FOR SAM AND SADIE

GETTING BIGGER EVERYDAY AND ALMOST HOUSE TRAINED , ITS A GOOD THING SINCE THEY THINK THEY OWN THE HOUSE.

THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR TWO

SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR SANDY AND I SHARED THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH JUST US TWO. LAST YEAR WE WERE ON THE "CASH FLOW" TIED UP IN ORANGE BEACH AND THIS YEAR WE WERE IN THE VILLAGES SITTING AT OUR OWN LITTLE TABLE FOR TWO IN OUR LITTLE COTTAGE.

DO WE MISS THE FAMILY ? DEFINITELY! ALTHOUGH WE ENJOYED OUR SOLITUDE IT JUST AIN'T THE SAME WITHOUT FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO EAT AND WATCH FOOTBALL TOGETHER.

I COULD GO ON WITH WHAT I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS YEAR BUT IT NOT MY STYLE TO BE MELANCHOLY ALTHOUGH TWO THINGS STAND OUT ON MY LIST. 1) SANDY HAVING A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH AFTER HER SURGERY AND 2) ENJOYING MY MOM AND HER POSITIVE IMPACT SHE HAD ON ALL OF US AT HER REUNION

ONE BUSINESS PRATICE THAT I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN WAS IF YOU HAVE A GOAL YOU MUST WRITE IT DOWN AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. REDUCING A GOAL TO WRITING MAKES YOU COMMITIED AND OTHERS NOW KNOW YOU DID NOT JUST PULL THIS OJECTIVE OUT OF YOUR ASS IF AND WHEN YOU ACHIEVE IT. SO .... HERE IS MY GOAL ...

I PLAN TO LIVE TO BE 166 YEARS OLD .

WHY 166 ? WHY NOT? BUT I KNOW LIFE IS GREAT AND BEATS THE OPTION. (MORE ON THIS LATER)

THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

I HATE TO BELABOR THE POINT BUT AS YOU CAN SEE GOLF CARTS ARE THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE VILLAGES, YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE AND DO ANYTHING ON MOST VILLAGE STREETS AND DESIGNATED PATHS OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAGES.SOME PEOPLE HAVE TWO CARTS AND NO AUTOMOBILES AND SAVE A HELL OF A LOT ON GAS.

NICE BELLY FATSO

YOU CAN EAT WELL AT THE VILLAGES

RUDY ARRIVED IN THIS CART! ...NOT REALLY

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OF CUSTOM CARTS THAT SELL FOR IN EXCESS OF $20,000. I GUESS WHEN YOU GET OLDER YOU DON'T NECESSARILY GET SMARTER AND THE NEED FOR TOYS CONTINUES. CUSTOM CRTS ARE A STATUS SYMBOL IN THE VILLAGES ALONG WITH MANY CUSTOM SUPER CARS AND NEW SPORTS CARS THAT "CRUISE" AROUND THE TOWN SQUARES . FOR THOSE OF US IN THE TIRE BUSINESS YOU WILL BE GLAD TO KNOW PLUS SIZING GOES ON AND CUSTOM RIMS CAN SET YOU BACK THREE GRAND ON A GOLF CART.

WHO IS THIS PERSON?

IS IT PAT DAILY , IS IT ERNEST HEMINGWAY , IS IT AN OLD HIPPIE IN NAVIGATOR GLASSES , IS IT MR.VODKA , IS HE A BLACK RUSSIAN OR A WHITE TIGER WOODS?

NO ITS MR BOW LEGS??

THE BOW LEGGED GOLFER

LAST TIME I SAW LEGS LIKE THESE THEY WERE ON A THREE LEGGED STOOL!

WHY PLAY GOLF?

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN RIGHT BEFORE WE ENTERED THE CLUB HOUSE TO INDULDGE IN OUR FIRST BLOODY MARY OF THE DAY , OR WAS IT THE LAST SCREW DRIVER OF THE AFTERNOON, NEVER THE LESS OUR SCORE IMPROVES AS WE INCREASE OUR CONSUMPTION.

YOU WANT PUPPY PICTURES , WE GOT PUPPY PICTURES

IT IS NOW DAY FOUR WITH OUR NEW EIGHT WEEK OLD PUPPIES SAM AND SADIE.

WE ARE CONFIDED TO THE HOUSE IN THE ATTEMPT TO HOUSE BREAK THE DOGS BEFORE THEY TURN IT INTO A KENNEL. THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL AND SANDY AND I ARE GETTING WELL TRAINED , OR I MEAN THEY ARE GETTING TRAINED.

WE HAVE TAKEN THEM FOR DAILY DRIVES IN THE GOLF CART AND THEY CREATE ALLOT OF ATTENTION FROM ALL AGES WHO SEE THEM SITTING IN THEIR BASKET. I PLAN TO TAKE THEM WITH ME ALONE SOMEDAY IN ORDER TO HELP ME PICK UP CHICKS! JUST KIDDING!

KING / QUEEN OF THE HILL

SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY SLEEP IN THEIR OWN BED

EAT , PLAY , POOP , PEE , SLEEP , EAT , POOP , PEE, SLEEP YADA, YADA

LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE

I'M GLAD SANDY BOUGHT ALL THIS NEW FURNITURE SPECIFICALLY THIS COCKTAIL TABLE WHICH HAS TURNED INTO A PREFERRED BED FOR THE PUPPY'S

SAM 2

OLD SAM WOULD BE PROUD. NEW SAM HAS MANY OF THE SAME BEHAVIORS THAT MADE HIS NAME SAKE GREAT. HE IS MORE INQUISITIVE THAN SADDIE AND DOESNT FALL TO SLLEP AT A DROP OF A HAT (LIKE SOME GIRLS WE KNOW)

YES WE EVEN PLAY GOLF

SANDY AND I TOOK A WEEK OF LESSONS AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE PLAYED SEVEN TIMES WITH OUR FRIENDS ROGER AND SUSAN MORRIS. MANY OF THE COURSES ARE SHORT WITH MOSTLY PAR THREE AND A FEW PAR FOURS. JUST ENOUGH SO I DON'T GET BORED WITH THE GAME AND SO SANDY DOESN'T KICK MY ASS FOR GIVING HER FREE ADVICE

IF YOU DONT GET THIS ... YOU PROBABLY HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE!

OUR NEW RIDE

YOU CANT LIVE IN THE VILLAGES WITH OUT YOUR OWN PERSONALIZED GOLF CART . WE PAID $1500 FOR THIS AND ITS IN GREAT SHAPE .....YEA I KNOW ITS NOT A BOAT!