The Flood Aftermath 12/27/09
By Susie Devries
Here are some aftermath pictures we took today at Little Rock AFB and along Hwy 107. The small base lake is almost back to it's normal size. You can now see the bridges that were completely under water Thursday.
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Blizzard 12/26/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Our blizzard is finally getting over. No more power outages since yesterday at 5pm. This morning it is 8 degrees and the winds are down to 20 mph - gusts to 25. That's 1/2 of what the winds were all day yesterday.
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A Flooded Christmas 12/25/09
By Susie Devries
While many people are having a white Christmas, we have a wet Christmas. We have gotten 75.54 inches of rain for the year of 2009 so far. That has crushed the old record set in 1882! I've enclosed some pictures we took yesterday of the flood waters at Little Rock Air Force Base.
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Deer Sausage 12/18/09
By Susie Devries
I did something today that I have never done. I made some fresh deer sausage. Someone gave Michael and his friend a leg. He cut some off for steaks, gave me the leg and said can you make sausage out of this? I told him I'd try.
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What I Did On My Winter Vacation 12/14/09
By John Schmit
Preparations for the early December vacation began in earnest six weeks before. The plan was to purchase, prepare and deliver a new, Windows 7, notebook computer to Mom in Las Vegas. Cheryl couldn't get off work, so this was going to be a solo adventure.
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Move 12/13/09
By Allen Schmit
Just recently I moved a few miles up the road from where I was living before. I was in a 2 bedroom 1 bath apartment with a large living room and a small deck. Now I'm in a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment with a small living room, fireplace, and a huge deck.
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Wed Morning Snow Report 12/09/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
What a wild ride for a snow storm. I blew hard all night and this morn it is gin clear skies, no wind and -5. We had about 8" of snow and it is totally rearranged.
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New Cam 12/06/09
By John Schmit
Picked up a new cam for our South view. This one has a much wider view and tolerates brightness very well. The cam itself is very small (less than one by two inches) and very light.
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Bass Pro Shop 11/27/09
By Susie Devries
Here are some pictures I took at Bass Pro Shop in Springfield, MO. It was a lighter moment after spending two very hard days attending the viewing and funeral of Grandma McWilliams. I have no pictures but after Bass Pro, we went to Lambert's, Home of the Throwed Rolls and feasted on more food than we could eat!!!
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Thanksgiving 11/26/09
By John & Cheryl Schmit
What a fun and hearty Thanksgiving day here in the Northwest. The house was filled with laughter as we enjoyed the traditional dinner and trimmings. It was great to have Artie and Heidi with us, as well as Allen.
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Vera Mc Williams 11/18/09
By Susie Devries
On Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2007 our family lost Wayne Mc Williams. He was my ex father in law and my son's Grandfather. He was the best! Last night, November 17, 2009 we lost Vera Mc Williams. She was my ex mother in law and my son's Grandmother. She was the best too!
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Ben's Update 11/16/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Ben went to the Cardiologist today and got a fine passing grade. They did a chest x-ray first so the Dr. could see the films. No more water on the lungs, so no more Lasix. Also no more pulmonary hypertension, which is the biggie. Come back in a month for another follow up appt. This as good as we could have asked for! The Morbacker household is now slowing down to just 3 little ones, which is a tornado by itself.
A Long Time Learning 11/15/09
By John Schmit
I finally finished the music video of Heidi's graduation, "A Long Time Learning". This is my first attempt at composing and singing because I wanted to make this project special for Heidi. This is also the first use of Flash files on our website. Cheryl took the still images used in the video. Thanks to Cheryl for all her help and support.
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Autumn and Scrambled Eggs 11/13/09
By Susie Devries
I have Autumn enrolled in a HIPPIE program. It's basically like a home school Head Start. Part of the lesson she has this week is to make some French Toast. I think she pretty much has that part of the lesson done already.
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Ben Got Sprung 11/10/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Benjamin was discharged from the hospital today about 1:30p. What a welcome outcome to this big deal. He has a follow up appt next Monday for wound care (incision) and another chest x-ray.
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Ben Update 11/08/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Ben is doing just fine. He was moved out of ICU this morning and up to a floor bed. They were going to move him yesterday, but did not have a floor bed available. That was fine with Candy, another night with close eyes watching is just fine. All the lines and tubes are out of him and no more oxygen. Sometime mid-week he'll get sprung and go home. It's
been an uneventfull recovery so far. Candy said that's the kind nurses want.
We are all grateful.
Madison Jessica Chamberlin, 9 1/2 Months 11/07/09
By Tammy Chamberlin
After a few requests, here is the update and brag letter for Madison. We went to our 9 month appointment last week, and Madison is 28" long (65%) and weighs 18 lbs, 12 oz (45%). She had her final Hep B vaccine and the first of two shots for seasonal flu and H1N1.
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Ben's Second Heart Surgery 11/05/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Ben had open heart surgery this morning at Children's Hospital in Denver. They needed to fix the big hole in his heart, that was the size of a dime. There was also a small hole up next to a valve that they hoped they could do something with.
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Rain Part 3 10/31/09
By Susie Devries
OK, so we have had a lot of rain. Today the sun is out, it's really out and the sky is such a pretty blue!! One of the benefits of all this rain is that the changing colors of the trees are just beautiful. I hope to go out today and get some nice pictures. I also want to travel up Batesville Pike, which is only a 1/2 mile from us and get a picture of the caved in road. If they turn out good, I'll send some on.
Rain Part 2 10/30/09
By Barbara Lawrence
I just copied all of this, out of the paper, to send to my friend Kim, who used to live right on Lake Cypress Springs as I knew she would be interested.
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Rain Part 1 10/30/09
By Susie Devries
Man oh man, did we get hammered with rain yesterday!! All day it rained, sometimes light, some times heavy. Along in the late afternoon big storms came through. There were some tornado watches but none developed. Our county had one for a time. Bill was coming home from California last night.
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The Nana Visit 10/25/09
By Cheryl & John Schmit
Earlier this month Nana came up from Texas and spent a week here in the Pacific Northwest. The weather cooperated and we were able to take several day trips. We had visits with both Heidi and Allen and had the chance to go sightseeing.
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Texas Ride 10/23/09
By Barbara Lawrence
I drove to Tyler today and took the long way going down - 90.2 miles - and the short way coming home - 71.5 miles. One thing about driving in east TX, it is so gorgeous with ALL THE TREES and hills.
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Students Run L.A. 10/11/09
By Tricia Miller
I wanted to let you know about Andrew's first run Saturday the 10th. It was located at Dockweiller Beach in Playa Del Rey, right next to LAX. Andrew is apart of an organization at school called SRLA which stands for Students Run L.A.
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Snow Job 10/10/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Today is opening day of duck season, and I am hot to go. Set my alarm for 5:30am this morning as shooting time is 7:10am. Planned on hunting my own pond, have seen plenty of ducks on it for the past few weeks.
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Ben's Heart Surgery 10/09/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Ben had a cardiac catheterization done this morning at Children's Hospital in Denver. He is 8 1/2 months now and right at 20 pounds. They were able to close the Payton Ducts off solid. This is a vessel between the heart and lungs that is supposed to close itself at birth - his didn't close.
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Camping/Zoo 10/07/09
By Robert McWilliams
Here are some pictures of a recent camping trip that we went on. There was Alicia, Autumn, Addison and myself. Everyone had a great time. This was Autumn's first camping trip and she absolutely loved every minute of the time.
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Gone Fishin' 09/24/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
What a great time Candy and I had on our OR and WA vacation. We flew to Medford, OR from Denver on Thursday, the 17th and stayed with a long time friend of ours that we knew from my VA days in Medford from 1978 to 1987.
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Zoo 09/20/09
By Susie Devries
Today, Bobby, Autumn, Alicia, Addison and I went to the zoo. Oh man did we have fun!! Bobby and I took Autumn quite some time ago and she loved it. Addison is Alicia's daughter and will be 1 year old, Sept 30.
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New Pittsburg Hospital Ribbon-Cutting 09/20/09
By Barbara Lawrence
Pittsburg TX is a "town" of about 4700 people and also the home of Pilgrim's Pride chickens.
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Kennewick Trip 09/08/09
By John Schmit
Last Thursday we took Heidi's cats to her in Kennewick. The ride was interesting and we had a good time while we were there.
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September Birthdays 09/03/09
By Roger Schmit
Last weekend we had to go to Milwaukee for a retirement party. We decided that since we would be there we should celebrate all of the September birthdays (4 of them).
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Dean's New Truck 08/30/09
By John Schmit
Just got these pictures in from Dean Lawrence. He got a new truck earlier this month.
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Northwest Update 08/28/09
By John Schmit
It’s a quieter house now that Artie and Heidi are in Kennewick. My pick for fall work and finishing the Rhodie garden have been tops on our list.
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Visiting and Moving 08/27/09
By Artie & Heidi Cardona
We left in the wee hours of the morning in Tampa, Florida on July 27th to make our way across the United States to our new home in Richland, WA. The area is also known as Tri-Cities because it is made up of Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco cities. This is where Artie will be working as a Recruiter for the Army.
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Trip to Monterey 08/25/09
By Tricia Miller
Here are some pictures we took on our trip to Monterey, CA. Wes was going with his co-workers for work and his boss, Glen, invited Andrew and I when one of his clients couldn't make it.
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This Years Garden 08/25/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
What an interesting gardening year. First, I decided to plant my sweet corn 1000 ft. from the house over in a new place for garden plants. Have been putting wildlife habitat stuff over there for the deer and game birds to eat on during the winter.
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Georgia & Florida 08/20/09
By Daryl & Jan Lawrence
Here are some pictures from our recent trip to Georgia and our visit with Doug & Joni in Florida.
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Summer Is Over 08/19/09
By Susie Devries
Summer is over!! Today was the first day of school for those kids who live here in Little Rock, AR. This was a common site around our neighborhoods!!
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From the Sea to the Mountains 08/14/09
By Cheryl Schmit
Today was another busy day of sightseeing. We went to the northwest side of Seattle to the Ballard area and later to the east of Seattle to Snoqualmie Falls.
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From Tourists to Workers 08/13/09
By John Schmit
What a busy time the four of us have had over the last two days. Taking absolute full advantage of my two days off, Cheryl, Artie, Heidi and I did it all. We were tourists on Wednesday, riding the light rail into town and showing Artie Seattle. On Thursday, we all were workers as we dug into the Rhodie garden and moved plants.
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MY Grand Kids 08/12/09
By Susie Devries
This has been a quick week so far. Michael was here on Monday with two of his girls, Angelique age 6 and Kylie, age 14 months. We took them back to Mama late Monday afternoon and Chloe came back with us.
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Visit 08/09/09
By Cheryl Schmit
Artie and Heidi and the cats are still here. The apartment they rented isn't available until Aug 20th.
Artie took some vacation time and they will be staying with us until then. The cats will continue to visit
until after the furniture is delivered.
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Senior Citizen 08/07/09
By Susie Devries
July 14, I joined the Patrick Henry Hays Senior Citizen Center here in North Little Rock. It is a brand new place, very nice, and close, only about 4 1/2 miles from me. It's been open since '05 I think, I'm not sure. I thought you had to be 62 at least to join, come to find out you only had to be 50!! I said well, shoot, I'm nearly 60 so I guess I can join and did.
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Wet July 07/31/09
By Susie Devries
I've known all month that this July has been wetter and cooler than normal here in Arkansas. We had rain, hard rain most of the day yesterday.
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Heat Wave 07/29/09
By John Schmit
We set all time high temps today in the Seattle area. Officially 103. Still 89 at 11pm. To add to the fun we lost power between 9:30 and 11:30pm. The little air conditioner is working overtime.
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Rain 07/28/09
By Barbara Lawrence
I put my rain gauge out last night because the newscaster said we could have between 3-5 inches of rain during the night.
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Baby Lamb 07/27/09
By Barbara Lawrence
This is the picture of the 2 day old lamb I got to see a week ago this past Sat. Daryl couldn't believe it was 2 days old because it looks so big already. The baby wouldn't turn around to look at the camera so Emma waited to take this at the best angle.
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James Roderick Riggen 07/26/09
By Susie Devries
Here is the newest addition to the Riggen family. Matt and his wife, Jaime, welcomed James Roderick Riggen into our world Wednesday July 22, 2009. He weighed in at 8 pounds 9 ounces, 20 inches long. Mom and baby are doing wonderful!! In the picture, the white haired 'gramma' is James Great Gramma Riggen.
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Here is a picture of Frank, Dianna and Ava Herrera.
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Kitties Arrive 07/23/09
By John & Cheryl Schmit
In preparation for their move to Washington, Heidi and Artie sent their cats to us. We will be cat sitting until they find a home and settle in.
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Madison Jessica Chamberlin, 6 months 07/22/09
By Tammy Chamberlin
I can't believe my little girl is 6 months old already! It's so bittersweet to watch her get bigger by the day. We had our 6 month appointment yesterday with the doctor.
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Hail Storm at Mugsy's 07/22/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Mugsy called Monday night (from Denver) at 11:30pm to say all her North side windows were broken out and they had hail, rain and broken glass all over the floor.
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Purley Gates 07/18/09
By Barbara Lawrence
First of all, my friend Stacey had called me Thursday and asked me if I wanted to go to a friend's house, Judy, who was going to have a showing of all the jewelry she's been making, at her house - all for sale.
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Candy's Leg Bolts 07/17/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Candy had her side leg bolt out yesterday and she did just fine. It had backed out of the hip ball 1 1/4" and was out in the meat of the side of her hip.
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Sleep Apnea test 07/16/09
By Barbara Lawrence
went for a sleep apnea test yesterday. Before I left home, I had to make sure my hair was CLEAN, with no conditioner and no makeup or moisturizer. They want your face and head clean so the "stuff" will stick to your skin.
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A New Fence 07/15/09
By Susie Devries
My neighbors in the back are finally replacing the old fence. It sure looks a lot nicer. Problem with today is the heat! It's been 95 today with a heat index of 110! It doesn't look like they got very much done today, but keep in mind just the son was out there working most of the day. When Dad got home, he came out and helped him put the new boards up. After it's all up, I am going to put some weather proofer on our side of the fence.
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Blackberries 07/10/09
By Susie Devries
I'm just a farm girl at heart. I have tomatoes in containers over on the side of thehouse, I have honeyberries up in the corner of the yard and today I planted two black berry plants.
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Phillys and her dog Angel 07/02/09
By Blanche Glaeser
Not to long ago I was with my friend Phillys at her house. Her dog is named Angel and here are some pictures of them.
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Hail 06/30/09
By Susie Devries
Here are some pictures of rain and hail we got just a while ago. I was on my front porch looking across the street and could hardly see my neighbors house. The other picture is just the hail, and then one of hail stones I picked up, that were easily 1 inch across. We had a lot of those!!
I had drained Autumn's little pool and after the first round of rain, it had 5 inches of water in it. It is sitting on our front deck under the trees so you know it rained hard!!
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Just A Note... 06/24/09
By Ryan, Wendy & Madelyn Gannon
We are doing great! Here are a few pictures of Madelyn. She is getting so big.
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Genevieve's Birthday 06/24/09
By Blanche Glaeser
Last month we celebrated my friend Genevieve's birthday at church. She is 90 years old. She is a dear friend and we has such a good time at the party.
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AARP Meeting 06/24/09
By Barbara Lawrence
What an AARP meeting we had Tue. evening...... First of all, I was nominated by three people to a State honor for a special award given each year to someone in the community that does a lot of volunteering.
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Graduation Trip 06/20/09
By Cheryl & John Schmit
Last weekend we went to Florida to see Heidi graduate from St. Leo University. We had a great time during the three days we were there. It was nice to be with Heidi as she took us to all the important places and introduced us to her friends.
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Bird Strike 06/03/09
By Susie Devries
This is a picture of a bird strike on the window of Bill's office. I found it very interesting. We don't know if the poor bird survived or not. From the print on the window, I don't think it's very likely.
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What A Day 05/30/09
By Susie Devries
Oh my what a day today was. It began around 7 AM. We thought we would sleep in, it was Saturday, why not. I guess the outside world had other ideas. We woke up to sirens screaming up North Hills Blvd which is only about a block and a half from our house. OK, no more sleep.
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Ralph The Cat 05/28/09
By Susie Devries
I took the clothes out of the dryer, went in the bedroom, folded them, put them away, came back to put the next load in and this is what I found. Do ya think he's comfy? I swear, cats think I dry clothes just so they can find a warm comfy spot, even if it's the hard part of the dryer!!
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The Flat Stanley Books 05/20/09
By John Schmit
The Flat Stanley books are both now available on the menu to the left. Ryan's - The Adventures Of Flat Stanley 2008 and Aaron's - The Travels Of Flat Stanley 2009, can be chosen there. Enjoy!
Darn Turkeys 05/18/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
I have been watching the first corn planting I did 18 days ago. About 25% of the seeds came up, crap! It was time to till the other 1/2 of the corn plot and plant the 2nd half on Tuesday. The wind died down a little this afternoon and so off I went with my tiller.
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Garden News 05/15/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Solid overcast and damp outside this morn. 55 heading for 68 this afternoon and plenty of wind. Could use a good rain tonight, but its suppose to be dry till next week.
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Graduation Invitation 05/13/09
By Heidi Cardona
On June 13th I will be participating in the commencement exercises of Saint Leo University.
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Madison 3 1/2 months/Mother's Day 05/11/09
By Tammy Chamberlin
We're doing great here. Madison is growing so quickly and we're cherishing every day with her!
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Benjamin's Baptism 05/10/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
Benjamin was baptised at the Sat eve service on 5/9/09 in Lakewood CO. That was also Mugsy's 31st b-day, What a nice present. We had a great time and Ben was quite after the first 2 mins of his big doings, he fell asleep. The first 2 mins, everybody in the church knew his lungs work just fine now.
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New Tattoo 05/09/09
By Tricia Miller
On Friday May 8th at about 7pm I was able to go get my new tattoo. Wes, Andrew and I walked into the tattoo shop in Rancho Cucamonga and waited for a few minutes as the tattoo artist prepared for me.
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Rainbow 05/04/09
By John Schmit
After a beautiful day of blue skies and puffy clouds, a spring shower came along at sunset to give us a treat!
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Turkeys 05/01/09
By Cliff Chamberlin
I looked out my bedroom sliding glass door this morning at 10am and saw 3 turkeys. Kept watching and more and more came out of the tall grass. There were 5 Toms and 6 hens at one time in the open mowed meadow just behind our house. They were about 75 yds out.
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Northwest Report 04/30/09
By Cheryl & John Schmit
What we did on our vacation.
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Weekend 04/27/09
By Barbara Lawrence
What a wonderful weekend I had. I went to the Bank picnic yesterday before noon which was close to the lake and listened to the band from the Jamboree until 12:30 p.m..
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Vancouver Trip 04/23/09
By Cheryl & John Schmit
Recently, we took a day trip to enjoy springtime in Vancouver, Canada. While we took Flat Stanley along, we also wanted to take some time for ourselves. The weather was great and the opportunities for pictures and video were wonderful.
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Bedroom Redo 04/20/09
By John Schmit
The long term project of changing the master bedroom has begun. Cheryl has been shopping and sampling colors and fabrics for weeks. She finally chose the color group she wants and we started gathering materials.
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Sky Before Storm 04/17/09
By Barbara Lawrence
Here is a strange picture I took this afternoon and thought you might enjoy. We had a good deal of lightning and thunder after this picture was taken.
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Autumn and Goldfinches 04/15/09
By Susie Devries
Here are some pictures of Autumn 'helping' me make a chocolate cake. You know licking the beater is the most important part.
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Family Update 04/06/09
By Robert McWilliams
Today (Sunday) me and Mom went to TSC to let Autumn Jade see the baby chicks. She absolutely adored them. We liked to never have got her outta there.
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