JUST BECAUSE...

I LIKED THEM...ENJOY!

WEDNESDAY MORNING..IT LOOKED SO COOL! DO YOU SEE THIS IN THE CITY?

AWESOME

HAIL STORM..I WAS SCARED!!

THE HOLIDAY PIG...WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!

BARB AND I SEEM TO DIFFER ABOUT THE BATHROOM ART...SHE WANTS NATURE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I WANT BAR BATHROOM ART (YES, IT IS ART!). I SETTLED FOR THIS PICTURE...BARB WAS "NOT" AMUSED. (picture gone...)

I AM ON VACATION!! (yippy)

THIS WEEK I AM ON VACATION...A WHOLE WEEK..AT THE SAME TIME..WOW!

I WILL BE TAKING PICTURES AND SHARING MY CHORE FILLED..LIST MADE..WEEK!

FRIDAY 04-30 BARB AND I WILL BE GOING TO GREENSBORO TO SEE MARTINA MCBRIDE AND BLAKE SHELTON AND LUKE BRYAN IN CONCERT. WE WILL BE STAYING AT THE EMBASSY SUITES...4PM MANAGER GUEST RECEPTION (FREE BOOZE). WE WILL THEN SOMEHOW MAKE IT TO THE CONCERT (HOTEL SHUTTLE?) I WILL SEND PICTURES (ONLY BECAUSE YOU TWISTED MY ARM..OUCH.)

"OUR" DAY AT THE BILTMORE HOUSE!!

HELLO EVERYONE! BARB AND I SPENT A DAY AT THE BILTMORE HOUSE IN ASHEVILLE. WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME! SIDE NOTE...WE OVERHEARD A COUPLE TALKING TO SOMEONE THAT THEY WERE FROM CLEARWATER FLA. WE NEEDED (REALLY NEEDED) OUR PICTURE TAKEN (FIRST ONE IN THE SERIES) SO THIS COUPLE PASSED BY. AFTER THE PICTURES (WE HAD TO TAKE ONE OF THEM) I TOLD HIM WE OVERHEARD HE WAS FROM CLEARWATER FLA, HE SAID YES!! HE ASKED IF I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL THERE..I SAID YES...HE ASKED WHEN?...I SAID 1971...HE SAID "WOW"! IT JUST SO HAPPENS HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1971..40 YEAR (2011) REUNION! HOW WEIRD IS THAT! WHAT ARE THE ODDS...HE ASKED IF I KNEW THIS PERSON AND THAT PERSON...NOPE I SAID. DO YOU KNOW THIS GUY OR THIS...PLEASE LET ME MAKE THIS EASIER FOR YOU...I DON'T REMEMBER A WHOLE LOT FROM THAT TIME.(I WONDER WHY)

ANYWAY...ENJOY THE PICTURES. WE "REALLY"HAD A "PHUN" AND "SPECIAL" TIME. I FEEL WE HAD SUCH A "WONDERFUL" TIME IT WILL LAST A LIFE TIME!!

WE ARE SO PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER! BARB IS SO VERY HAPPY IN THIS PICTURE!

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY...COULDN'T ASK FOR BETTER WEATHER.

THE GARDENS..GOT THERE A LITTLE EARLY, STILL PRETTY

BARB LOVED THIS SIGN...SO HERE YA GO BARB!

THE SIGN WITH THE BILTMORE INN ON THE HILL

CEDRIC'S RESTAURANT..WE HAD LUNCH THERE. CEDRIC WAS THE DOGS NAME

THE VANDERBILTS CLOWNING AROUND AT THE ENTRANCE...A LONG TIME AGO!

THESE WERE PEAR TREES...COOL

THE COMPLETE PEAR TREE..I WANT ONE!!

THIS WAS NEAT. MADE A PERSON/DOG OUT OF CLAY POTS

BARB AT THE ANTLER VILLAGE PARKING LOT! SHOW OF HANDS..HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE PICTURES OF THEIR SWEETHEART IN A PARKING LOT?

THE BASS POND...(AND A GOOSE)

BABY LAMBS...STAY AWAY FROM GASTON COUNTY!! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

A KOOL BRIDGE

SO PEACEFUL...

YOU CAN RENT STUFF AND GO FISHING...WONDER HOW MUCH? IF YOU HAVE TO ASK..

THIS WAS TAKEN FROM "OUR SPECIAL SPOT"

HI HONEY!

BARB...COME HERE!!

I WANT ONE MOMMY!!

HI BABY!

I ASKED BARB TO GO TO THE VERY TOP OF THE WALL FOR PICTURES. SHE REALLY IS A GOOD SPORT WITH ME AND MY CAMERA!

SHE STOPPED AND I SNAPPED AND SNAPPED AND SNAPPED AND...

WOW..WHAT A NEAT GRASSY AREA ABOVE THE WALL. WHAT COULD ONE DO "SPECIAL" THERE? A VIEW OF THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND GROUNDS..A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

BARB IS SOMEWHERE..CAN YOU FIND HER?

FOUND YA!

ON THE WAY TO THE TOP....IT WAS A LONG WAY!

ON THE WAY...HAVE A SAFE JOURNEY (FUNNY..JOURNEY IS ON THE RADIO)

ONE HANDSOME STUD TYPE GUY...NOT ME..THE OTHER GUY!

HOW MANY PICTURES CAN I TAKE OF THIS? DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW?

WAITING IN LINE FOR THE HOUSE TOUR. WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM ME..PICTURES OF COURSE!

ON THE TOUR..BABR RINGING FOR THE WAIT STAFF. I NEED MY FEET RUBBED!

THE WINERY...IT WAS COOL DOWN THERE (REALLY, IT WAS COOOOL)

I WONDER WHERE THAT GOES?

100 BARRELS OF WINE IN THE HALL...TAKE ONE OUT(DRINK IT)...99 BARRELS OF WINE IN THE HALL..TAKE ONE OUT(DRINK IT)...98 BARRELS OF WINE IN THE HALL..ETC,ETC,ETC. (SIDE NOTE...IF YOU GOOGLED THE WORDS FOR 100 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL (TAKE ONE DOWN AND PASS IT AROUND..) WOULD YOU GET THE WHOLE SONG?

MY WINE!! ALL MINE!!

FOR LOOKS ONLY...I LIKE MY WINE A LITTLE (NO ALOT) CHEAPER!

YOU SURE DO TAKE A GOOD PICTURE! CAMERA GUY MUST BE REALLY GOOD AT PICTURE TAKING!

DON'T GO DOWN THERE! THE SIGN SAID "DON'T GO DOWN HERE". WHY IN THE MOVIES DO PEOPLE SEE THESE SIGNS AND GO ANYWAY?

CHARLESTON VACATION...

HEY EVERYONE!!
MARCH 19TH BARB AND I WENT ON OUR FIRST OUT OF TOWN VACATION. WE WENT TO CHARLESTON SC TO SEE THE MOODY BLUES (60'S,70'S ROCK BAND). WE SPENT 4 DAYS THERE BEING TOURISTS. WE WENT ON A DINNER CRUISE...SAW THE AQUARIUM...WENT ON THE YORKTOWN...SAW A REALLY NEAT LIGHT HOUSE...WALKED THE NEW BRIDGE...HAD DINNER AT A REALLY FANCY RESTAURANT...WENT TO THE BEACH...AND WENT ALL OVER CHARLESTON.

ENJOY THE PICTURES!

THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE MAN CAVE

BARB SAYS "WELCOME TO CHARLESTON"

DAVE SAYS "WELCOME TO CHARLESTON"

BARB TALKING TO KELLY ON THE DINNER CRUISE

SUNSET....

SHE DOES "NOT" HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM!!

THE BOAT