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Bought a new car!
September 4, 2010
I bought a new car, actually an old car - a 1972 MGB. It was restored in '07, I will post pics soon. I bought it in Mesa. Took the bus up there and drove the car home, with the top down, in 100+ degree sunshine. My arms and nose got a bit sunburned, to say the least. but the car is beautiful and runs fantastic. It is my 3rd MG, and something I have been looking forward to buying for a long time.
Pics have been uploaded to the Photo Album, just look for the folder MGB!
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School starting
August 30, 2010
Well, I've made it through the roughest bit so far since Cheryl's death - dealing with all the legal stuff. I have been surprised by the amount of money one has to pay out before ever getting a penny from the life insurance - almost 22 grand! I was told the credit card companies will 'forgive' the debt on the cards of the deceased if you send them a copy of the death certificate, but alas, that is not true.
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Moving along
August 4, 2010
I have been in Washington state for a week and a half now. We had a grave side service and a memorial service last saturday. The grave side service was difficult for me. David, Austin and I placed Cheryl in the inurnment vault. The memorial service was very nice. It wasn't easy of course, but there were well over one hundred people there. Since then I am driving around the state visiting relatives that couldn't make it to the services.
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Cheryl suffered a massive stroke
July 21, 2010
On July13th, in the later afternoon while she was resting, Cheryl suffered a massice stroke in the cerebellum part of her brain. We kept her on life support, a ventilator, for a couple days until all the family members could arrive from out of state to see her and say their last goodbyes. Friday the 16th in the afternoon we had a time of prayer with the hospital chaplain and turned off the machine. Cheryl never suffered any pain or agony or suffering.
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Running a 5k race
May 16, 2010
Today I ran a 5k (3.1miles) race - the Tucson 5000. It was my first 5k, or any running race for that matter, in about 30 years.
I started training for the race a little over 3 months ago, with a friend, Deborah, from school. Our first practice run was timed at 33 1/2 minutes. We set a goal of finishing a 5k race in under 30 minutes. Last week I ran a practice 5k and did it in 26mins 22 seconds, so I expected to do a time of around 26 minutes for this race. Did I make my goal? Sure did! I ran it in 25 minutes 24 seconds!
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