Happy Birthday Aric *Sunday August 14th*

[Romans Mom]

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ARIC, HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM THE ENTIRE CLUB CHI GANG! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE!

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[Hercules Momma]

Happy Birthday Aric!! Thanks for providing such a great place for us all to chat!!!

Hope you have a wonderful birthday filled with lots of love and puppy kisses!

[2Chiwawa]

Hi Aric. I hope you have the best birthday ever. Gracie and Sammi Girl send puppy kisses to you and all your chi babies. Thank you so much for Club Chi. I visit every day more than once and everyone here has become very important to me. You are a special guy for keeping Club Chi going for us.

[Zoeluvs2chis]

Happy Birthday, Aric! I hope you're having a howlin' good time with your family and the chis!!!
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Cookie & Brownie will do a lil conga at home to celebrate with ya'll!
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[Aric]

Thanks for the birthday wishes! I spent the week up north (northern Ontario) in a secluded cabin on a "manager" retreat. It was soooooooo relaxing!

I'll have more pics later.. but here's a couple:

Sunset over the lake:
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Yes, I'm peeing (and giving the finger... no privacy):
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There was nobody else on the lake(s) but us.. it's that secluded!

[islandbabies]

Wow that sunset picture is just remarkable!!! I should blow it up and paste it somewhere so I can feel as if I'm actually there!! It seemed as if it was really relaxing, well, minus the non private #1 moments. But would it really be a retreat without that. LOL.
P.S. Happy waaaaaaaayyyyyyy belated b-day!!

[2Chiwawa]

You were lucky to get to such a beautiful spot. I haven't ever been in a seculded place like that.

You GUYS are so luck us girls have to go squat in the bushes... we have more privacy but there can be wild critters lurking...

[Romans Mom]

Wow! What a sunset on the lake. Can't wait to see more pics of this place.

Someone needs to complain about that "no privacy issue" to the upper managment. At least there is no Poison Oak or Ivy there! LOL

[Aric]

Hehe. It was a great time.

Here's another pic... my co-worker has yet to post them all somewhere!

[2Chiwawa]

Aric, could you catch a SMALLER fish next time. Or maybe you should use larger bait. Or was that the bait you are holding up. Ha Ha. Your doggies could eat that fish in one bite. You look very relaxed. Glad you had a good time.

[momof1chi]

Happy Birthday To You!
Chassi Chili And Chloe

[islandbabies]

You've got quite a catch there!!! ;) j/k. Looks like you got a tan!!
And yup, the scenery (sp?) still looks amazing!!
Bev, I'm coming to see you!!!!

[Romans Mom]

wow! A small green glowing fish with 5 legs...http://bestsmileys.com/fishing/1.gif

I can only think of a few captions here...(LOL)

"Your friend wants you to return his favorite fish to his aquarium...the sooner the better!"

or...

"That is not natural photosynthesis! Get away from the green glowing fish now and call hazmat!!!" http://bestsmileys.com/scared/8.gif

or

"Cook it before eating!"

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[Romans Mom]

Really though, what is that fish??? It's not a Green Sea Trout?! LOL

[2Chiwawa]

I think the fish is fake. And who knows what the real Aric looks like :-P

[islandbabies]

Barb!! Hilarious quotes...

[Aric]

Hehe.. the fish is real (and I'm real too).. it's a baby smallmouth bass. He bit, I reeled him in. What more can I say!?! I caught the biggest fish, the smallest fish, and the most fish :-P

A real fisherman catches his bait before he catches the big one!

I will post the rest of the pics and vids (yes, we have vids) once my damn co-worker gets them all off his camera. There's some real funny ones.

[Aric]

Wait till you guys see the pics of the shallow grave.. it will freak you out. I will post it and explain the story when my damn co-worker gets the pics off his camera :)

It will send a chill down your spine!

[2Chiwawa]

Hehe.. the fish is real (and I'm real too).. it's a baby smallmouth bass. He bit, I reeled him in. What more can I say!?! I caught the biggest fish, the smallest fish, and the most fish :-P

A real fisherman catches his bait before he catches the big one!
Aric, I'm glad you are real. I love the last saying. Does that means that you caught the one and only fish - it was the biggest and the smallest at the same time and the most fish the one fish?

A shallow grave oooooo.

[Aric]

Aric, I'm glad you are real. I love the last saying. Does that means that you caught the one and only fish - it was the biggest and the smallest at the same time and the most fish the one fish?

A shallow grave oooooo.

Haha... nah.. that was just the only available pic at that time with the little guy... I caught many fish.. big and small.. some I used as bait afterwards :)

The shallow grave sent chills down my spine.. a wooden cross, rocks on top of the body and the toes of the boots sticking out of the ground. Very freaky. You'll see :)

[Chloe's Mom]

Happy Belated Birthday, Aric!

Miniature fish? Shallow graves? OUTDOOR plumbing???

<fires up the microwave popcorn and waits for the video>

THIS, I gotta see!!

[Aric]

Ok here's a few more pics :) Bigger fish and the shallow grave (see the boot toes sticking out?)

[Aric]

And another great sunset...

[islandbabies]

Woohoo!! A bigger fish this time. LOL, j/k. That last picture, geez what can I say about that one!! I'm jealous!!!
Waiting for those vids, they have to be hilarious!!

[Romans Mom]

Aric, That's a nice catch! That's the best sunset picture. You could sell copies of that. Now the grave...that's eerie. Is it real or a legend, or one heck of a party? I'm conjuring up a lot of stories in my head over that, but they all depend on if the soles are leather or rubber. http://bestsmileys.com/lol/6.gif

[Aric]

Now the grave...that's eerie. Is it real or a legend, or one heck of a party? I'm conjuring up a lot of stories in my head over that, but they all depend on if the soles are leather or rubber. http://bestsmileys.com/lol/6.gif

Actually, it's fake hehe. My boss told me that when he took me to it, but made me promise not to tell the other guys. Real or fake, it was still pretty damn freaky.

On another note, I do have the videos from the trip.. but I dunno if they're suitable here.. they're mostly of us drinking and having a good time :razz: Nothing with real substance :-|

[lilchipups2]

Aric, I popped in here to wish you belated birthday wishes and found all these great pictures. What a wonderful place to spend your time. The sunset pictures are awesome!!

Oh, Happy Birthday!:-)

Elsie and the boys

[2Chiwawa]

Ok, a real fish and a real Aric. That is a good catch. I'm glad the grave is fake, I would freak out if I went to pee in the woods and saw that.

That sunset picture is so beautiful. I love how everything reflects in the water.

[Romans Mom]

On another note, I do have the videos from the trip.. but I dunno if they're suitable here.. they're mostly of us drinking and having a good time :razz: Nothing with real substance :-|

Personally, If you decide to post, I'm fine with seeing the videos and think it sounds like a good time, and feel if someone doesn't want to see, you can put a "warning, mature only, non-chi content." and they don't click on the link. I think it would be fun to see something with no substance.

[Aric]

Personally, If you decide to post, I'm fine with seeing the videos and think it sounds like a good time, and feel if someone doesn't want to see, you can put a "warning, mature only, non-chi content." and they don't click on the link. I think it would be fun to see something with no substance.

I'll consider it when I get back... Yes I'm off again for another week vacation (Leaving Monday morning). This time it's Disney World with Dee and the kids.

That's 3 "vacations" this month - oy. Vacations can be so exhausting.

The first was our annual business trip to Miami for a convention at the beginning of the month, next was the northern retreat, and now Disney World.

I'm so tired!

[Jemma's Mom]

I just came back from vacation myself - not a big one, just over to British Columbia but I had a *BLAST*!

Happy Belated Birthday, Aric!! I'm glad that you had lots of fun. And the sunset pics.. WOW. It's left me speechless!

[Romans Mom]

Bummer you're so tired from VACATIONS!! HAHA You all have fun and don't forget to wear your Mickey Mouse ears for pictures. :wave:

[islandbabies]

Hey Kathy, nice to see you!!
Aric, have loads of fun for us too. Some of us can't go on vacay, we have to work. And boy does that get tiring. LOL. j/k Take lots of pictures of Mickey and the gang. Can't wait to see those vids too!!