Monday, September 5, 2005: We went up to the farm for a Labor Day picnic. This was Luli's (Juri's) first opportunity to see Benton County and it was a very good thing he went along. We took our van and just past Lafayette, the car started vibrating so bad I …

Janet took advantage of an opportunity to visit her family out east. She had a good time seeing everyone.

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August 19, 2005, Friday: Solle invited me to attend the preview opening gala of the Carmel Home-a-Rama featuring a house he designed and built. It is a wonderful house, definitely the best of seven on the tour. Congratulations, Dale, on all your hard work. Great Job!

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Matt & Emily's wedding: Saturday, August 6, 2005, 2:30 pm. Truly and beautilful couple, ceremony and reception afterwards. Congratulations to the newly weds!

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On Sunday, we did a quick tour of downtown Pittsburgh, then headed back to Indy.

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July 30th 2005: We hosted an American reception for Jane and Luli (Juri). Family and friends came from near and far. We thought this was better than asking everyone to go to Albania for the wedding last August. Don't think we would have gotten too many takers on that one …

We got together with Jim and Janet to give Ron a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday since Julie was out of town. Good idea, Janet H.! We took Ron to Luxor for dinner in Fountain Square and then came back to our house for brownies, ice-cream, and raspberries with hot …

May 29,2005 - CHARLES wasted no time in getting to work after closing on his new (110 year old) house. The back fence was taken down and the first 30 yard dumpster was delivered Friday afternoon. Friends and family dropped by over the Memorial weekend to see the "Before". There'll …

MAY 21, 2005: CHARLES IS MOVING BACK TO INDY! We checked out several homes in and around the downtown area of Indianapolis this past week and came across this gem on the near south side. Close to both Fletcher Place and Fountain Square. It will make a great place to …

MAY 7, 2005: Joyce gave a pizza party for Mary's 30th birthday. It was a lot of fun, especially for Mary. As usual, Anna kept everyone on their toes. She loved the bubble machine and the cake.

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March 28th: We arrived in North Carolina for a few days of site seeing. There are many things to do in the area. Since it was the closest to where we were staying at Lake Lure, we went to Chimney Rock the first day.

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March 29th: Since Biltmore (circa …

March 27, 2005 - I had the opportunity to spend a part of Easter with a few of my past relations. On our way to the mountains of North Carolina, we stopped for a brief visit at Riverside Cemetary in Falmouth, KY to see the grave markers of my four Great …

MYRTLE BEACH GOLF TRIP: This year's package featured the "Glens" courses. My game stunk, but still had a great time. We flew down and back on Hooters Air out of Gary.

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February 12th: Being close to Valentines, Ron and Julie hosted a lovely romantic dinner for eight along with friends Jim & Janet, and Arthur & Sharon. Everyone dressed up for this one which was kind of fun. Ron had roses for the ladies. The dinner was delicious. We all got to read …

February 8, 2005: I went down to Florida to help my father celebrate his 85th birthday. First, male member of his immediate family to make it to that milestone year, so this was truly a noteworthy historic event. Now there's hope for the rest of us!! It had to be …

JAN 20th-22nd: Janet went to New York City to visit with two of her sisters, Susie and Claudia. She stayed with Susie and Milton at their apartment on the west side of Central Park. She also got to see a special relation of mine, Jane Creel. Jane was reported to …

JANE'S PHOTOS: Jane sent us a CD with some pictures on it she had take this past fall and winter.

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SUNDAY: We went over to Jim and Janet's for a "lovely" progressive (without the progressing) southwest dinner. What a great way to start off the New Year. Thanks to all the Chefs, everything tasted terrific. Ron and Julie had the wonderful idea of playing Charades or as Arthur would say …

LONDON 2004: Janet and I finally made it back to London after 30 years. We had a "lovely" time while getting to share a part of our time with John and Virginia. The pound bought about as much as a dollar, it's just that the pound cost $2. But still …

Thanksgiving 2004

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