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And you thought I was gone...
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So I keep asking myself, does anyone even update their personal web pages these days? What with Facebook, Myspace and all these other social sites, does anyone even come here. Am I writing for my own personal satisfaction or is anyone reading this? Oh well, I will continue to write and even continue to rant but today I just wanted to announce that I did get a few new pictures up from our Memorial Day Camping trip. There are a TON more pictures to upload but as I said before I am having issues with the javascript loader so I can only do one picture at a time. Boo Hoo, once I figure out what the problem is there will be a flood of photos. Enjoy your week.
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Posted by schoon on Tuesday, July 20 @ 21:42:04 MDT (86 reads)
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2010 Summer Vacation was AWESOME!
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We are back from our 2010 epic journey! We did 2500 miles over 17 days. Including stops in Chicago, Saugatuck, Niagara Falls, Schroon Lake, Schnectady, Clintondale and Washington DC! Whew, what a whirl wind tour. We saw many family members and spent lots of time just hanging out. The car did well and we didn't have any trouble at all out of it which was nice. I will be posting pictures soon of the journey but have about 400 to go through so bear with me on that one. As always, look me up on facebook to find out more about what's up with me and my family.
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Posted by schoon on Monday, July 12 @ 17:35:44 MDT (52 reads)
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2010 Schipador Ale is Fermenting
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On Saturday my friend Brian came over and helped me to brew my first official batch of beer. I've done this twice before at his house but this time I became the Brewmaster! We brewed up a batch of Rogue Bitter Brutal and are naming it Schipador ale. This is because we had two dogs in the house that day, my Dog Lady, a Labrador and Kathy's dog Angel, a Schipperke. I just put the two names together to make one, I think it sounds cool. So, we put the beer in the primary fermenter and sometime on sunday we achieved fermentation. I have the fermenter in my office so I get to hear the bubbles all day, I find it soothing. I will post more updates as they happen. We should be moving to second stage fermenter in 7-10 days then bottle in around 21 days. I look forward to describing the rest of the experience here.
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Posted by schoon on Monday, March 15 @ 09:26:12 MDT (143 reads)
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Today I gave my 5th Toastmaster's Speech
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Today I gave the 5th speech in the Competent Communicator's Manual for the Wachovia CIC Toastmaster Club #7358. I joined the club back in October and as some of you know this is my second stint with Toastmasters. Back in my early years I joined the club to learn leadership and speaking skills for purposes of student government. After attending and getting a certificate from that club I was voted in as student body president of Margaret Meade Junior High in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Unfortunately we moved so I was unable to fulfill my role as president but the memory of my accomplishments lived on. I give the Toastmasters club a lot of credit for helping me learn the skills needed for leadership. When I found there was a club here at CIC (my place of employment) I attended and ultimately joined. I am now 5 speeches into my Competent Communicator Track and will complete it hopefully by the middle of this year. Today's speech was entitled "Oh the Places I've been!". I am going to start recording these as I give them, I need to buy a digital recorder.
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Posted by schoon on Thursday, January 14 @ 10:22:09 MST (136 reads)
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So, are we getting a new house for 2010? Well, kind of. You see, a month or so ago we had our Sewer line back up into the house and it flooded us with about 75 gallons of dirty water. We had to have the cleanup crews come in and remove carpeting, tile, drywall, cabinets and other materials. The insurance company is picking up quite a bit of the tab but we've also decided to do some upgrades. This week the bulk of that work has begun and the house is in utter chaos. Tile is currently going down in the kitchen so we are without a kitchen and also can't go in there as the tile cures. It is tough keeping the dog out of there too! Carpeting is going down today and then the bathroom and cabinets will be put together. I anticipate another week or two of craziness and will be so happy when it is all over with. I know Suzi is excited to be getting a new kitchen too! I will post updates and pictures soon, have a great week!
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Posted by schoon on Wednesday, January 13 @ 07:41:54 MST (130 reads)
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