Category Archives for family

A Long, Warm Fall Weekend

October 11, 2017
/ family
/ By tom

It has been very summer like well into October here in the Chicago area. We took advantage of the weather by getting outdoors over the long Columbus Day Weekend. Max was staying with us so we had fun together.Fall FestivalIndian Boundary Park in Chicago is home to an annual Fall Festival especially for children. Max […]

Catching Up and Future Plans

October 6, 2017
/ 3D Printing family genealogy Other travel
/ By tom

Before I retired, I thought retirement would mean I had more time to pursue my own projects. In some ways that is true. I can now spend my time doing what I want to not what a “boss” tells me to. Still, I never have enough time to do everything I want to do.This blog […]

Georgia’s Recovery and a New Project for Me

June 13, 2016
/ 3D Printing family
/ By tom

I know, I have been lax about posting for a while – again. We haven’t been doing any traveling for a while now. In my last post I said that Georgia was scheduled to have hip replacement surgery in May. That surgery went well and she is now in the rehab stage of recovery. She […]

Two Road Trips – 1 Planned and 1 Not

January 30, 2016
/ family travel
/ By tom

On Wednesday of last week, Georgia and I took a “cabin fever” break by making a short two night trip to Wisconsin Dells. We stayed at our favorite hotel in Baraboo and spent much of our time at Ho-Chunk casino. They had a promotion going on that awarded rewards play for certain tasks. 10 points […]

Book Review: Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II

March 27, 2015
/ books family Other
/ By tom

This is a review of the Kindle version of Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II. By Bob Wilbanks. Disclaimer: I have a personal connection to the main characters of this book so I might be biased in my review. That said though, this is a great […]

« Previous 1 2