<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706993024271374106</id><updated>2011-07-07T16:25:56.513-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BLADE'N'BANKERS  (A day in the life of "Blade" the Bankers Life Agent).</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bankers4me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01963090090471613554</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706993024271374106.post-5964091195117691028</id><published>2010-02-22T16:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-22T17:11:34.144-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Day at The Aquarium</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S4MqkmB3RzI/AAAAAAAAABk/IEF_yCQfB6c/s1600-h/100_1525.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239582965712690" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S4MqkmB3RzI/AAAAAAAAABk/IEF_yCQfB6c/s400/100_1525.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here is the reason why Gin and I really enjoy going the the Aquarium. Sleep well my little gifts from Heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S4Mp-cf4nFI/AAAAAAAAABc/TEHkVdKgIFo/s1600-h/100_1520.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441238927572245586" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S4Mp-cf4nFI/AAAAAAAAABc/TEHkVdKgIFo/s320/100_1520.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is a good action shot of a 150lb sea turtle coming straight at us. I have to say, it never gets old looking at the beautiful creatures that God has created.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S4Mo_mMgsLI/AAAAAAAAABU/sg62sNjZFpk/s1600-h/100_1504.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441237847843582130" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S4Mo_mMgsLI/AAAAAAAAABU/sg62sNjZFpk/s320/100_1504.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sometimes it does feel a little weird when you are standing on the glass looking down into the deep part of the tank. This shot shows another nice looking 7ft shark. It doesn't look like it is that big, but the shark is actually 8ft down from the glass.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S4MnyjLbRlI/AAAAAAAAABM/od_xw_KxsIs/s1600-h/100_1511.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441236524183799378" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S4MnyjLbRlI/AAAAAAAAABM/od_xw_KxsIs/s320/100_1511.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The most amazing thing is about this picture is that the shark on the wall is an exact replica of a Great White caught in 1987. It was 23ft long and when they opened it up. The shark had a 6ft blue shark, a 8ft &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;dolphin&lt;/span&gt;, and a sea turtle inside. It's crazy how big they can get.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5706993024271374106-5964091195117691028?l=bladenbankers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/feeds/5964091195117691028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-at-aquarium.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default/5964091195117691028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default/5964091195117691028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-at-aquarium.html' title='Day at The Aquarium'/><author><name>Bankers4me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01963090090471613554</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S4MqkmB3RzI/AAAAAAAAABk/IEF_yCQfB6c/s72-c/100_1525.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706993024271374106.post-4138034113521565971</id><published>2010-01-07T15:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T15:42:30.890-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Winter Has Come</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S0Zw99Sk8AI/AAAAAAAAABE/d-NDPIgnygo/s1600-h/P17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424147010941153282" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S0Zw99Sk8AI/AAAAAAAAABE/d-NDPIgnygo/s320/P17.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Finally winter has come to southern Indiana. The snow is white and the temp is low. It just doesn't get much better than this.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This weather reminds me of the year Pierce was born. Pierce's first Christmas was beautiful. When he was only 2 months old, we got about 10 inches of snow.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thinking of my family always makes me thankful to God for all the blessings that He has given me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Above is a picture of the little boy that God has sent to me the winter of 2004.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5706993024271374106-4138034113521565971?l=bladenbankers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/feeds/4138034113521565971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-has-come.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default/4138034113521565971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default/4138034113521565971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-has-come.html' title='Winter Has Come'/><author><name>Bankers4me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01963090090471613554</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nLZXGnHs7hA/S0Zw99Sk8AI/AAAAAAAAABE/d-NDPIgnygo/s72-c/P17.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706993024271374106.post-1993736377853834811</id><published>2010-01-03T18:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-03T18:41:28.451-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beginning of a New Year</title><content type='html'>Hello Everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      I hope everyone had a great Christmas and Happy New Year. I am looking forward to a great year in 2010. It's crazy to say 2010, but it feels good at the same time. I am happy to be one of God's children in America. I pray that all who read this are his children as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     I know that God has a plan for me and I believe there will be a big change in my life this year. Weather the change is for the good or for the bad. I have learned to trust in Him no matter what.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Well, that is all for now. And as a loving little boy once said; "God bless us everyone"!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5706993024271374106-1993736377853834811?l=bladenbankers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/feeds/1993736377853834811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/2010/01/beginning-of-new-year.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default/1993736377853834811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default/1993736377853834811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/2010/01/beginning-of-new-year.html' title='Beginning of a New Year'/><author><name>Bankers4me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01963090090471613554</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706993024271374106.post-6867430093617286596</id><published>2009-12-30T18:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-30T19:05:29.114-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Day Two</title><content type='html'>&lt;span &gt;Well, I don't know how I feel about &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;doing&lt;/span&gt; a blog yet, but I will try to make it interesting. Today I had a good day at work. I helped the people and made some sales.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;As for "Blade" all i have is dreams of camping right now. I will be planning to do a winter trip at the end of January or the &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;begging&lt;/span&gt; of February.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;Well, to all those who are reading this. Happy New Year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;P.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;My quote of the day:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'M SOBER, TAKE ME DRUNK! :)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5706993024271374106-6867430093617286596?l=bladenbankers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/feeds/6867430093617286596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-two.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default/6867430093617286596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default/6867430093617286596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-two.html' title='Day Two'/><author><name>Bankers4me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01963090090471613554</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706993024271374106.post-5038474781727278879</id><published>2009-12-29T19:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-29T19:33:24.163-08:00</updated><title type='text'>First note from Blade</title><content type='html'>Why am I Blogging,&lt;br /&gt;I don't know why,&lt;br /&gt;My wife just told me,&lt;br /&gt;I should give it a try.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I continue to Blog,&lt;br /&gt;My brains in a fog,&lt;br /&gt;As I think what to say,&lt;br /&gt;I'll try not to delay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, that's all for now,&lt;br /&gt;As my wife shows me how,&lt;br /&gt;to continue to blog,&lt;br /&gt;while my brains in a fog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Later&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5706993024271374106-5038474781727278879?l=bladenbankers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/feeds/5038474781727278879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/2009/12/first-note-from-blade.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default/5038474781727278879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5706993024271374106/posts/default/5038474781727278879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bladenbankers.blogspot.com/2009/12/first-note-from-blade.html' title='First note from Blade'/><author><name>Bankers4me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01963090090471613554</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
