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"I was thinkin' of growing a moustache, but they don't let you wear 'em at Annapolis." - Eddie Haskell, "Leave It to Beaver"

Archive for the '2000's - Early' Category

Dad and Vicki Get Married

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Dad got re-married on December 1, 2000 to his girlfriend Vicki Burns. The two had met at the March 1998 annual Chevy Club 50’s dance. This was one I hadn’t attended - but I soon got to meet Vicki as she began coming to some of my Sons of the Desert Meetings. Vicki had come […]

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Early Days with Carolyn

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

After our little gathering following the wedding of my cousin Susan and her brother Charles on October 21, 2000, it took me a week or so to decide how best to pursue Carolyn (seen with me at right in our very first picture together - taken at my Dad’s wedding). Simply put, it was a […]

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My cousin Susan became lawfully wed to her steady beau Charles Gelm on October 21, 2000. It was a very nice wedding ceremony held at Ascension Church in Kettering, the Catholic church that the bulk of my family on the Murphy side either had once or currently attended. Although I was not directly involved with […]

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It was not long after our Summer 2000 trip to Myrtle Beach that it became rapidly apparent that the relationship that Lisa and I had been building for the past six years was coming to a close. I returned from the trip on Sunday, July 30 and the next day resumed my management training at […]

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The First Annual Cousins Party 2000

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Our first annual cousins party was held on Saturday, June 17, 2000. The fact that it was only held annually for two years doesn’t detract from the excitement generated by our first suaree. My oldest Murphy cousin Cathy had recently held a generic party at her house in Dayton, one she had recently acquired and […]

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