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Road Trip! – Day 1 – NY to Mystic, CT

Our Mystic/Boston trip started, strangely enough, at my dad’s church in Wellsville, NY. By the way, Jeffrey and I played bass & guitar during the service, and our “newer” music was well-received.  After service, we left for Mystic, Connecticut. The … Continue reading

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Day 18 on the lake – we visit a pair of 93 year olds

Today was another trip to grandma’s house.  First though, we said good-bye to Thomas and Kristen.  Kristen was driven by my parents to ROC early this morning, and Thomas was headed back home in his car.  My family left between … Continue reading

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Day 17 on the lake

One year ago today, a bunch of us got on a plane for a whirlwind tour of Germany.  It seems like it was so long ago!  I’m now seriously thinking about the next tour in 2013, which will likely be … Continue reading

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Day 16 on the lake… was kind of boring to most

Today was boring to most.  Early in the morning, Matt and I began to read our science fiction books.  Later, dad joined us, and then Kristen.  All of us are avid readers.  The rest, not so much, so they got … Continue reading

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Day 15 on the lake

Well, the weekend went fine.  Saturday was all about setting up for the church event.  Sunday was pretty much an all day affair, and though exhausting, it was fun.  I think all of us went to bed early. This morning, … Continue reading

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Day 12 at the lake – It would really suck to die on your birthday

Somehow (?) I had some sort of an attack just before midnight.  I couldn’t breathe for a while.  I wasn’t sure if this was asthma, allergy, sleep apnea or getting some snot down my windpipe.  Breathing was very slow and … Continue reading

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Day 11 at the lake – My Birthday

I got up pretty early today so I could start to boil-down 30 cups of blueberries for a whole bunch of pies.  After I got that going, my sister and I started chopping up meat and vegetables for tomorrow’s shish-kabobs.  … Continue reading

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Day 10 at the lake

Today we visited my grandma who lives a couple of lakes over.  The day was overcast, but the views were lovely – so pastoral.  Grandma was doing fine.  We took her out to lunch then my mom shopped for her … Continue reading

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Day nine on the lake

Eight solid hours of work done today!  Bringing the computer into my room really helped, but now my back hurts.  This chair and sewing cabinet was never designed for long-term computer use (heck, when this sewing cabinet was made, there … Continue reading

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Day eight on the lake – Brian gets out of the house!

I walked two miles this morning with my dad.  Hopefully, today starts a new discipline.  I really need to get back into shape! Sometime around 11, Mindy and I went out to pick more blueberries.  Even while talking on my … Continue reading

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