1. Sunday Supper Club 2004

    OCTOBER 17th, 2004: SUNDAY SUPPER CLUB. Today was a good day. We went over to friends Arthur and Sharon's house where they hosted a very European style Italian dinner. Ron and Julie made the anti-pasto, Sharon made the pasto, Arthur grilled the meat course. Janet made the bread. Sharon also …

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  2. Dave Brandt's Retirement 2004

    OCTOBER 5, 2004: DAVE'S RETIREMENT PARTY

    Todd and Harold hosted a very nice retirement party for Dave and Pat. It was great seeing old friends and family for a great celebration. Dave gave a little speech crediting his Uncle Charlie with a few words of wisdom that have helped give …

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  3. Chicago 2004

    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 …

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  4. Dad's Party 2004

    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.

    Pictures

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  5. Albania & Italy 2004

    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 …

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  6. Race Across America

    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 …

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  7. Chicago Weekend 2004

    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 …

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  8. Memorial Day Weekend 2004

    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 …

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  9. Memorial Day Service 2004

    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 …

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  10. Easter 2004

    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 …

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  11. My Birthday Party 2004

    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 …

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  12. Charles & Carrie

    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.

    Picture Link

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  13. Florida 2004

    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 …

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  14. Thanksgiving 2003

    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 …

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  15. Deer in north field

    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 …

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