events:milestones
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Table of Contents
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
- 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 - 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
- Aug 20 Sold half of the greenhouse
- Aug 25 Ellie & Dave Anniversary party
- 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
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
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