New House 08/26/11
By Barbara Lawrence
Daryl started building his own house the first part of May 2011 next to where the trailer is now located. As soon as they finish the new house to where it is livable (hopefully the end of Sept.), they will move out of the trailer into the house. He already has a buyer for the trailer so one of these days, when he can, he will build their garage where the trailer was. He has done almost every bit of the work himself but decided to have the roofing, drywall and the brick done by professionals.
Daryl said the brick layers left this afternoon and said they would be back next week to finish the window sills as they didn't have enough brick to finish.
I am attaching three pictures taken as Daryl started, during and as of yesterday after the brick layers left.
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Autumn's Ears 08/25/11
By Susie Devries
Autumn got her ears pierced and I just fell in love with this picture!!!
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The First Visit 08/23/11
By John Schmit
Finally got the video done of the first visit to Artie and Heidi's new home. Sure had a nice time there. Artie bar-b-qu'ed and we enjoyed a wonderful meal together.
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Trip to Carpinteria 08/14/11
By Frank B.
You may be getting tired of travel stories and pictures but Carol and I, along with a close friend, went to Carpinteria, just below Santa Barbara, last week for a "Desert heat get-a-way" for a few days. Carol and I along with our sons, when they were smaller, often went to Carpinteria State park to go camping. Over the years we began to think of this tiny old fashion town as our dream vacation place for us as it does not seem to have changed much in the last 40 years we have gone there there.
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Spontaneous Weekend 08/14/11
By John & Cheryl Schmit
We had a great time this weekend. Our main objective was to deliver a headboard to Artie & Heidi for their new king size bed. Our second objective was to find a dark area to see the Perseid meteor shower Saturday night. We accomplished the first, but the full moon was too bright to let us see any meteors. We also had a great ride home on Sunday.
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Our House Part 2 08/13/11
By Heidi Cardona
It's wonderful to finally be in a house instead of an apartment! Woo Hoo!! Artie needs more tools now. The joys of being in a new house. All the things that still need done. There's more than we thought. Still, glad to be moved in! No more dealings with apartment problems. Mom & Dad were our first guests. Glad they could make it over so soon. I love my house!!
Our Building 08/13/11
By Barbara Lawrence
I live in a SHAG building "Senior Housing Assistance Group". They have decided to take the stucco siding off the south side of our three buildings and replace it all with Hardy Plank siding. The first floor has all brick, so they will leave that.
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School 08/09/11
By Rick Schmit
As of August 8th, the first two English classes with St. Louis University are complete. If all goes well, I'll finish this class with an "A"! I'll let you know how it goes.
Sweet Corn 08/08/11
By Cliff Chamberlin
10a Candy and I just got in from picking our first sweet corn for this year. My first patch is 11 rows @ 20ft long each.
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On The Way Home 08/07/11
By John Schmit
There were many pictures to take after the wedding ceremony. Of course the toasts and the cake cutting. Generally we tried to get pictures of everyone who attended. Finally, we were tired and it was time to go back to the motel. We packed the equipment and said good-by to the Bartons.
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Russ and Lisa Barton Wedding 08/07/11
By John Schmit
It was a beautiful wedding. The weather was perfect, the setting was comfortable and the bride was beautiful. Family and friends gathered together to see Russ and Lisa reunite. I had the honor of officiating the wedding this last Friday. You couldn't ask for a better day.
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Our House 08/07/11
By Heidi Cardona
Here is what our house looks like. We have everything up for now. Ther's still a few additional small things here and there to do, but most of it is done. Enjoy!
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Little Bit 08/06/11
By Susie Devries
Well folks, I think my 'little bit' granddaughter is just way too grown for her short 5 years. Today we had her baby sister, Nadia, for a short time. Nadia is 20 months. Autumn is carrying her around and says "oh I think I smell a stinky diaper". She lays Nadia down, inspects the 'soiled diaper' and says, 'yep, just as I thought'.
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Joplin Update 08/05/11
By Judie Riggen
Hopefully you will be able to see just some of the first pictures of our house and neighborhood. Most of them are on our street, the street at the top of the hill and 26th street, which goes down toward the hospital, just a bit less than a mile from our house. There are some pictures of Dianna's house on here too, if you can pick it out. It's the one with rock and yellow. One pic shows 26th street looking from the east toward the west. Our house was just over the hill. It's hard to imagine it only took a couple of minutes to do all this.
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This time the bus 08/05/11
By Cliff Chamberlin
For the past 4 1/2 yrs I've riden the train to Denver everyother Thur morn, to drive Candy back to Kearney after working a week. The past 3 months the train has had big time troubles. getting thru Western Iowa and Easter Nebr due to the flood on the Missouri River. The river is so far out of its banks, the records don't even had an idea how to measure it
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