2006 IS DEAD!

I’m writing this at the crack of 2007. Not quite at the crack of since it’s already twelve hours into the new year, but it sounded good to me as I prepared to say so long to last year. 2006, although not what you would call super eventful it did prove to be a pretty good one. No great trips this year except perhaps Myrtle Beach last March when I took everyone’s money. Ate too much toward the end of the year and put back some of the weight I had lost trying to get in shape. Quality of the golf game continued its downslide except for a late season comeback. Did get hit in the head with a golf ball….line drive shot out of a practice bunker by my playing partner. Bled bad, but thank God no stitches required.

Went fishing again in Maryland, again caught s..t, but had a nice time. Most of the good time in Maryland was spent drinking Pennsylavania’s Yuengling Beer. Great stuff. Also got a chance to see Annapolis and ate the hell out of plates of Oysters. So good, I even took Oyster pictures.

Also had a nice time visiting fourteen Connecticut wineries. Lots of wine tastings, picnic lunches and fodder for the wine cooler our kids bought us. Connecticut wineries have what they call a Passport Program. You take your passport to the winery you visit and get it stamped. If you visit the required number of wineries you enter your completed Passport in a drawing to win of three great trips to Germany, California, and Canada. Needless to say, we didn’t win, but it was a nice way to spend our days traveling Connecticut.

Looking back, I think that the best part of the year was that I stayed pretty damn healthy for an old fart over seventy. Hope I have this kind of luck in 2007.

You’ll notice that there were no bitches in this Blog. I thought I’d bring you a whole new batch in 2007. Till then!