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 ==== * [[Second data the Vault]] (Second Date at the Vault) * **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 * **Nov** moved into 103 Downing Place ==== 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 ==== 2023 ==== * Jun 19 - Jul 4 Lauderbrunnen, Venice, Florence, Pisa, Rome * Jul 28 - Open Heart Surgery * Aug 29 - Day 1 Physical therapy ==== 2024 ==== * Jan 13 Polka Cruise - Bahamas, San Juan, Dominican Republic * Jan 23 Synology 4 bay NAS * May 23 East Coast trip - W Palm, Vero, Melbourne, Cape Canaveral, St Augustine * June 19 Yellowstone, Bozeman, Tetons * July 21 EcoFlow System arrives * Aug 24 LG Reboot device * Aug 26 Synology Drive failure * Sep 9 Asolo Open House - tickets, Circus Museum * Dec 27 Joe & Family come for Christmas