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Archive for January, 2008

Donna Mills 2005

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

I supposed I spoiled any suspense or anticipation on whether or not I ever met Donna Mills in my last celebs from 2005 posting about Thora Birch. More than one person asked me if that was her standing behind us in the photo. So here’s the answer: yes it was. But honestly I never noticed […]

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January 1996

Friday, January 25th, 2008

I hadn’t kept a journal for a couple of years, when the urge once again struck me to at least begin recording my day-to-day routine in some regard - no matter how small. And it certainly was small. My Kroger co-worker Marilyn McKinley always gave a calendar to the fellow employees for Christmas and I decided to […]

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A Very Short Trip to Pigeon Forge in 2005

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

The day after our little birthday party for Ashleigh and Briana at home, My Mom, Carolyn, Ashleigh, and I embarked on a half-week trip to Gatlinburg - more specifically staying in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. We left on Sunday morning March 20, 2005 and headed south, arriving approximately six hours later and checking into the Holiday Inn and went out for […]

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Christi’s Senior Prom 1991

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

On the exact same day that my future wife Lisa was turning 15 years old, on Saturday May 18, 1991, Christi and I were busy primping ourselves and stuffing ourselves into our Senior Prom duds - my black tuxedo and her blue dress and silver shoes, preparing for the final prom for both of us. […]

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Charcoal

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

It wasn’t too long after our cat Laddy ran away sometime between 1975 and ‘76 that a new stray kitten ingratiated himself to us and merged his little self into our household. My Dad gave him the moniker Charcoal simply because he was solid gray…charcoal gray. I had established a fondness for kitties at a young age, and I […]

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