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New England Autumn, Halloween and Life

Ken Savage — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:11:24 +0000

Pictures from my new camera (Nikon D5000) over the last few weeks in New England. It’s nice to remember this time of year with the leaves changing color, Halloween and the autumn activities like picking pumpkins and playing in the leaves.

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A long year and there’s reason to believe, maybe next year will be better than the last.
I can’t remember the last thing you said as I was leaving, now the days go by so fast.
~inspired by Counting Crows

New England Autumn, Halloween and Life

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Fun Video of Jake

Ken Savage — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:01:33 +0000

I got a ton of pictures of my son Jakob but it seems like I never do much with them. I thought a video of them might be a fun place to start. I’m buying a new professional camera soon so I hope to take some higher quality photos and carry it around with me more.

Just trying to capture his life more while he’s young cause I doubt I’ll be having kids every again. Life does that to you sometime, huh?

Fun Video of Jake

Jake Riding His Green Machine

Erin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:53:04 +0000

Jake 5 years old riding his green machine

This is Jake riding his green machine and was going so fast that he skidded and rolled himself over into a puddle. Of course he got soaked but the funny thing was that his Mama was more concerned about his school clothes than him.

Good times on the Green Machine.

Jake Riding His Green Machine

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I’m Older Than My Dad & Just Like Him.

Ken Savage — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:35:14 +0000

So I was thinking the other day it’s coming up on 23 years since my father Brian K. Savage died. I’ll have to check on the day but I think it was May 1986. It’s strange because I was about 13 or 14 when he died and yet he seems so much older and smarter than I was then. My mother has given me some of his identification cards, drivers license, firearm permit, college ID and passport over the years but it never hit me until recently that he died at the age of 36. My brothers and I were 13, 9 and 7 years old when he died. My son Jakob is 6 1/2. I’m 37 now. What a weird time.

So I managed to live longer than my father has and it seems strange as if I am on borrowed time. My father and I share many traits in life and our careers. Height, body type, career, bad eating habits and for me lately lack of exercise. So at this point in my life I can see that we both work long hours and don’t take care of ourselves as best as we can. Of course doctors and family members say that I need to get in better shape and I feel healthy most of the time but I do have type 2 diabetes basically from my weight. Currently I weigh 350 pounds. About six years ago I weighed 295 pounds and was in very good shape. I was the strongest I’ve ever been in my life and I could run 5 miles in about 35 to 40 minutes and I did that fairly often. After our son was born, I spent more time with our new baby then I did taking care of myself and maintaining my health and fitness. I think my relationship with my wife also began to change at this time. But that’s another post.

So why am I writing this?

I developed type 2 diabetes when I first got married in 2000 because of the weight I gained. I wasn’t diagnosed until after our honeymoon when I finally went to the doctors to find out why I always fell asleep after eating and I would get shaky if I didn’t eat routinely during the day. It is now gotten to the point where there’s been a few times that I haven’t eaten in time and have become very lethargic, confused and close to passing out. It’s called hypoglycemic and it’s dangerous. Also with the situation with my wife Erin, I think with the extra stress I’ve developed a weird feeling in my chest as if my heart flutters for a second or two. I got this checked out and was told its heart palpitations and could be related to stress, too much caffeine energy drinks or something more serious. I was told to relax and eat better and “try to get out and enjoy life a little more with the joy of walking.”

So now at the age of 37 it seems like I don’t take people’s advice to often including doctors and my health and fitness level have dropped dramatically over the last six years. So I’m writing this to scare the shit out of myself and convince myself to start exercising more and cut out the fast food that it seems like I live on lately. Oh sure I get a gym membership. I’m paying $75 a month for Boston sports club and have only been there a few times in the last four months. Getting out first thing in the morning and taking a walk or going over to the apartment health club and getting on a treadmill or elliptical machine would do great for me and my health in the morning.

Even my son Jakob says he wants to go over to the gym and work out with me.

How much more motivation do I need?

So as I sit here in my apartment living alone I turned on the TV and strangely enough the Shawshank Redemption movie was on HBO and it was at the park where Morgan Freeman’s character says “get busy living or get busy dying.” I shut the TV off right away sat in the dark thinking for 20 minutes and decided to write this post to get mass out of bed tomorrow morning at work out and start making some changes. If you care I’ll let you know how it goes.

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Jakob and his Ferret Say Merry Christmas

Ken Savage — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:14:23 +0000

Jakob and his Ferret Say Merry Christmas

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Jake’s Halloween Costume 2007

Ken Savage — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:00:49 +0000

Jake’s Halloween Costume 2007

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Merry Christmas from Erin, Jake and Ken

Ken Savage — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:48:42 +0000

Merry Christmas from Erin, Jake and Ken

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Jake’s Christmas Email to Santa Claus

Ken Savage — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:21:29 +0000

Dear Santa,

Jakob Savage would like a Work Bench that he can keep downstairs next to his papa’s work stuff.

Jakob hopes you have a nice trip around the world on Christmas Eve. He will leave you out milk and cookies for you to eat in case you get hungry.

He loves you very much.

He also would like a little trash can to keep downstairs with his work bench.

He also would like his papa to make a spot downstairs for him to do his own work.

Jakob would also like a CD that plays good beats that are easy to dance to. He also would need a CD player made just for kids that he can play is rockin CD on.

Jakob also says that he needs a little flashlight that can clip onto his belt loop.

Jakob also needs a camera so he can take pictures of Grandma and a cell phone so he can call papa.

That is all.

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Jake caught his first shark

Ken Savage — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 05:38:30 +0000

Jake and Mama went out fishing yesterday and Jake was using his own fishing rod all by himself. After a few minutes of having his bait sit on the bottom he got a snag and Mama helped him reel it in.

Being the tough kid that he is he wanted to reel it in himself. When it got close to the boat Grandpa got the gaff out and pulled the shark into the boat. It’s only a small sand shark but still great for a 3 year old kid to catch on his own.

Don’t you think?

Jake caught his first shark

3 Year Old Jake Talks About Playing Outside

Ken Savage — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:27:15 +0000

As always Jake mentioned a quick plug for his website. He’s such a marketing professional. A few bumps from playing outside with the kids and on his swing set today. He also helped me clean the yard a bit today too.

You can see more of Jakob at his own website http://www.jakobsavage.com

3 Year Old Jake Talks About Playing Outside

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