SEPTEMBER 26, 2004 - SUNDAY: We took a bike ride from Charles' apartment over to the lake shore and down to south of McCormack's Place. Gorgeous weather. A little over a 20 mi. ride.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2004 -- WEEKEND: Celebrated Joyce's birthday Friday night at the Athanaeum. Polka Boy was very entertaining.
"IN HEAVEN, THERE IS NO BEER......
"THAT'S WHY WE DRINK IT HERE.....
"AND WHEN WE'RE GONE FROM HERE.....
"ALL OUR FRIENDS WILL BE DRINKING OUR BEER."

On Saturday we visited Charles and Carrie …

Thursday Evening: WELCOME BACK, CHARLIE PARTY. Had a little get together to say hi and bye to Dad, before he took off to visit the Crystal Cathedral in L.A. Presented the Italy-Albania Show after dinner. Had some funky camera feature turned on for that first picture.

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ITALIAN and ALBANIAN ADVENTURE: August 1st thru August 12th -- Coming Soon. I'll be posting pictures, but let me just say between myself, Charles, Jim and Jennifer -- we took alot. I'll be dividing them up into Pompei, Sorento, Albania, Wedding and Rome. The first pictures are a few taken at Pompei …

JUNE 25, 2004: There was an article in last Saturday's Indpls. Star about a 72 year-old guy from Ft. Wayne participating in a bicycle race across America. Check out the website at: www.raceacrossamerica.org Well, today the first 4 man teams started making their way through Indy so I …

CHICAGO - JUNE 5th and 6th: We spent our 28th anniversary in Chicago with Charles and Carrie. Saturday we spent the day downtown. Of course lunch was a Berghoffs. Then onto the book fair at Printers Row. I bought some neat postcards
of the 1934 Chicago World's Fair. We had dinner …

May 30-31: MEMORIAL HOLIDAY. Had to commemorate a few spring flowers. They have been especially nice this year. We almost got hit by a tornado Sunday evening. Of course Dot went bonkers as usual. Insulation came raining down from the sky and landed in our yard from some location further …

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHARLES! I went downtown to see the Memorial Service. Tom Brokaw was the Keynote speaker which was kinda neat. He was wisked away right afterwards, so I want to be sure and check out the news tonight to see if he makes it back to New York. I …

MAY 16, 2004 - Had the ground breaking ceremony for the addition to White Lick Presbyterian Church. Now I hope they can actually get to a contract and get started with construction. There are also some miscellaneous and curious pictures. Make sure you check out the smaller movie versions of Dot …

Had a big weekend with a lot happening. I think I'll do it in reverse order so as to keep the most current near the top.

SUNDAY: We were so very happy to be able to have a short visit from Volker and Anita, parents of Judy and Zena, from …

SUNDAY; APRIL 11, 2004: HAPPY EASTER!

We gathered at Sally and Jim's for Easter dinner. Always good to get together with family and enjoing great food. Thanks Sal for hosting and thanks to all the cooks. Anna had her first Easter Egg hunt. The eggs were bigger than she is …

MARCH 7, 2004: It was time for me to recognize another tick of the birthday calendar. Janet made a wonderful lasagna dinner complete with german chocolate cake for dessert. What more could I ask for? Sally and Jim, Joyce and Mary were nice enough to come over and help us …

LEAP YEAR, February 29, 2004: Charles and Carrie came down from Chicago to go to one of Charles' friend's, Carrie, wedding. Not too often do we get to see these kids dress up, so I took a pic.

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FEBRUARY 20 TO 24, 2004: I went to visit Dad and check out his new apartment at Sun City Center. They provide three meals a day and seem to have a good policy of keeping tabs on their residents while still keeping their privacy, so what more could you ask …

JANUARY 3, 2004: Started the new year out by attending the Great American Train Show. I always enjoy the layouts and seeing what the vendors have to offer. One day I'll do that layout of my own. Yeah, right!

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* Lego Layout Movie
* "O" Gauge Layout Movie
* "N" Gauge …

NOV 27, 2003 - THANKSGIVING: Catherine and Aunt Joan joined us for Thanksgiving this year, which made for a very special Thanksgiving even though the weather wasn't very good. We all had a great time. Joyce hosted the main event, while everyone else contributed. Friday, Janet got stung by a yellow …

NOV 12: Saw a deer in our north field. A first for me in almost twenty years. He or I think she was just walking around nibbling on bushes. She finally had enough of me trying to sneak up on her, so she just hopped the fence and took off …

GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY: It's starting to look a little drab outside after all the rain. I think last weekend was the high point for fall colors. I needed a flower fix so I went to the Garfield Park Conservatory. They also had a Bonsai show going on.

Show me the …

Sunday, October 12, 2003: ANNA CALISTA BAPTISM
On a beautifal fall day, we were all invited to see Anna Calista's baptism at St. Mathew's Catholic Church this morning. Chris and Chrissy had a very nice reception afterwards at their home.

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* Movie 1
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2003, Friday: We all had to say good-bye to Chuck Brandt, who passed away on Tuesday from complications due to some surgery he had over Labor Day weekend. Man did he ever have a lot of friends. This was also the day Johnny Cash died. Sad day....sad …