Tom's Life Bits

You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data.

A compendium of significant life events, highlights, vacations, etc.

==== 1969 ====

* Graduation from Florida Institute of Technology, BS Electrical Engineering
  * **June 16** Started employment with IBM in Owego, NY

==== 1971 ====
  * **September 9, 1971** (Thursday) Lib & Tom engaged

==== 1972 ====
  * **March 25** Tom & Lib married St Patricks Church Owego, NY

==== 1974 ====
  * **November** move into new house Beecher Hill Rd, Owego NY

==== 1978 ====
  * **June 19** Start working IBM, Wake Forest Rd Raleigh, NC

==== 1979 ====
  * **Aug 31** Ordered Radio Shack TRS-80

==== 1980 ====
  * **Feb 25** Sign Contract to purchase Lot 26, Buckingham
  * **Aug** Started clearing Downing Place lot

==== 1981 ====
  * **March** Greenhouse wall collapses
  * **June** Moved from Rosecommon to StoneyBrook

==== 1994 ====
  * **Mar 28** Dad passes away, age 78
==== 1997 ====
  * **September** Tom & Lib trip to Moscow and St Petersburg

==== 2000 ====
  * **May 26** - Last day of work at IBM forever!
  * **May 31** - Official end of IBM employment. Retirement starts June 1 !!!
  * **August 11** - Start replacing skylights on back porch
  * **Sept 13** - Roof shingles replaced

==== 2001 ====
  * **July 12** - Tom and Lib leave for a week in Paris
  * **July** - [[info:Paris Trip itinerary]]

==== 2002 ====
  * **May 6-10** - Monte workshop in Sarasota
  * **Dec 6** - Raleigh's worst ice storm

==== 2003 ====
  * **May 31** - Tom and Lib photograph first paid wedding
  * **Aug 1-8** Huntington Beach, Sequoia National Park, Getty & Venice, CA

==== 2004 ====
  * **Apr 15-17** Fly to Tucson AVSA & Grand Canyon
  * **Aug 1-5** - East Coast School with Suzette Allen

==== 2005 ====
  * **April 19-24** Drive to AVSA Convention Cincinnatti
  * **July 21** Replace Downing Place driveway

==== 2006 ====
  * **May 30** - June 5 Drive to AVSA Minneapolis and Wisconsin

==== 2007 ====
  * **May 16 - May 26** Huntington Beach, California Zephyr & AVSA Denver
  * **July 13-16** Fly to Philly for Arlene & Rich anniversary

==== 2008 ====
  * **Jan 20** - Barbara Shaeffer dies in house fire
  * **Jan 25** - Barbara funeral
  * **March 12** - Mom passes away age 87
  * **March 15** - Mom's funeral
  * **May 28-31** - Fly to Tulsa for AVSA
  * **Oct 8-15** - Fly to Huntington Beach Joe's Wedding

==== 2009 ====
  * **April 12** - Fly to Denver for Amtrak Zephyr to Reno
  * **June 13** - Fly to Cape May for Billy Sherwen christening

==== 2010 ====
  * **Apr xx** AVSA Convention Raleigh Hilton

==== 2013 ====
  * **Jan 1**  We attend the Rose Parade in Pasadena with Road Scholar
  * **Feb 4**  Bought a 4 lesson package of dance lessons from CBC
  * **March 8**  Colonoscopy - one polyp removed
  * **March 23-25** Palm Springs, Mary Elaine wedding
  * **March 26-27** Joshua Tree National Park
  * **March 28** Cinderella LA Opera
  * **March 30** - Apr 1 Joe's House, wiring front hall switch
  * **March 31** 2 PM Electric boat trip with Lapworth family on Newport Harbor
  * **Apr 2** Fly first AA non stop LA-RDU
  * **Apr 5** New Bosch dishwasher for Downing Place from HH Gregg
  * **Apr 13** Judged Show at Ginter Botanical Garden
  * **Apr 26** Brick sidewalk installed across Iris Garden
  * **July 2** RDU to Toronto in the morning, Embassy Suites 42nd floor Niagara Falls in the evening
  * **July 3**  Maid of the mist, Behind the Falls cave
  * **July 4** Drive to Hyatt Toronto for Gesneriad Convention
  * **July 8-12** Road Scholar Toronto
  * **Jul 21**  Libbie's birthday dinner at Fearington
  * **July 22**  Barb's Internet committee voted for the Drupal site over Plone 9 to 1
  * **July 24** Greenhouse bench disassembly and dump trips with cool cells, pipes and pots 
  * **Aug 20** Sold half of the greenhouse
  * **Aug 23**  Fly Frontier to Trenton, NJ
  * **Aug 25**  Ellie & Dave Anniversary party
  * **Aug 29-Sep 3** Fly to Sarasota for a break
  * **Sep 4**  New tiles on back porch Downing Place
  * **Sept 14**  Bob, Sam and 6 helpers took down house 1 and 2 of our greenhouses
  * **Sept 26** Replaced the condo carpeting
  * **Oct 21** Remainder of the greenhouse  taken to scrap yard in 40 yard dumpster 
  * **Oct 28** San Antonio - Visited Riverwalk, takeout dinner at Mark's to see the twins
  * **Oct 29** LBJ Ranch, Lukenbach TX
  * **Oct 30** Downtown Fredericksburg, Chisholm Trail Winery
  * **Oct 31-Nov 1** Lonestar convention
  * **Nov 2** San Antonio Riverwalk dinner
  * **Nov 3** Fly Home
  * **Nov 7-9** MAAVS New Bern using rental minivan
  * **Nov 10** Overnight Savannah on way to Sarasota
  * **Nov 12** Sarasota Opera "Evening of Operetta"
  * **Nov 15** Sarasota Opera Fledermaus
  * **Nov 16** Tango Fire at Van Wezel 
  * **Nov 20-21** Drive Sarasota to Apex, overnight Savannah
==== 2014 ====
  * **May 26** First Grand Daughter, Paige Victoria
==== 2015 ====
  * **Jun xx** Fly RDU to Zurich via London

==== 2016 ====
  * **Jan 15** Close on 4821 Jessie Dr
  * **Jul 16** Fly RDU-Seattle-Fairbanks, Alaska
  * **Aug 03** Leave Juneau Alaska for home
  * **Aug 06** Second Grand Daughter Emily Margaret born
  * **Nov 07** Land at RDU from Dallas without flaps
==== 2017 ====
  * **Feb 22** - Fly to New Orleans for Mardi Gras
  * **Apr 1** - Panama Canal transit 
  * **May 31** drive Sarasota-Orlando AVSA
  * **June 5-8**  Crawl Space Encapsulation
  * **June 6** Bill Condon passes away
==== 2018 ====
  * **Apr 16** Fly to London via Newark 
  * **Apr 20** Covent Garden Lady MacBeth
  * **Apr 24** Begin Road Scholar Tulipmania
  * **May 20** Drive to AVSA Buffalo
  * **Jul 9** Fly First Class RDU-DAL-Honolulu
  * **Oct 30** San Antonio, Riverwalk, Lukenbak, LSAVC
  * **Nov 1** Bob Lanner passes away
  * **Nov 4** Fly to NJ for Bob Lanner funeral
  * **Nov 8** George Condon passes away
  * **Dec 10** Knightsbridge Circle, Sarasota closing
  * **Dec 22** Start Selby volunteering, Lights in Bloom
==== 2019 ====
  * Fly to Calif Paige's 5th Birthday
  * Fly to AVSA Houston
  * Fly to Portland, ME Geo Condon Memorial
  * Fly home Portland-RDU via Frontier Airlines
  * Sept 5 Fly First Class to Juneau via Alaskan Airlines RDU-SFO-SEA-JUN
  * Sept 7 Begin Uncruise Juneau-Seattle Inner Passage
  * Sept 24 Fly RDU from Seattle

==== 2020 ====
  * **Nov 20**  Downing Place, Apex sale

==== 2022 ====
  * **Jan 201-28**  Mollie B Polka Cruise - Bahamas, St Thomas, St Martin

Edit summary

Note: By editing this page you agree to license your content under the following license: CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International