Winging It

Georgia’s First Grandchild

April 2, 2013
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Georgia first grandchild, my step-grandson has arrived! Maxwell Browning Galloway was born March 29, 2013. He weighed 5 pounds 4.8 ounces and was 20 inches long. He arrived six weeks early but he is doing great.

Great Lakes Road Trip

June 6, 2012
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/ By tom
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My Aunt Juanita celebrated her 80th birthday in Eau Claire, Wisconsin over Memorial Day weekend. Georgia and I decided to extend our trip by coming home to Chicago the long way – through the Upper Peninsula then down through lower Michigan and Indiana. We left on Friday, May 25th, and spent the first night in […]

Georgia’s Surgery

July 11, 2011
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On Tuesday, July 5th, Georgia had her gastric bypass surgery at St Alexius Hospital. It was scheduled for 10:30 AM but the doctor was behind so she didn’t get into the operating room until after noon. The surgery went fine but took a little longer than expected because the doctor had to work around scar […]

Waiting for Georgia’s Surgery

July 4, 2011
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For a while we didn’t think it was going to happen but, Georgia is going in for her gastric bypass surgery tomorrow. She has been on a high protein liquid diet for two weeks now in preparation and went to the hospital for a pre-surgery checkup and lab work last Tuesday. Her kidney function readings […]

Door County Weekend – Part 3

June 3, 2011
/ travel
/ By tom

Sunday was forecast to be a rainy day so we took our time getting going in the morning. As it turned out, the rain and storms that hit so much of Wisconsin and Illinois that day missed us completely and is was another beautiful, mostly sunny day with temperatures in the seventies. We couldn’t have […]

Door County Weekend – Part 2

June 3, 2011
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/ By tom

Saturday morning we had breakfast at the hotel then got back in the car for more driving. The plan was to drive up the eastern (Lake Michigan) side of the peninsula all the way to the tip then come back down the Green Bay side arriving in Fish Creek about 5 PM. We had reservations […]

Door County Weekend – Part 1

June 2, 2011
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/ By tom
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Georgia’s constant battles with health issues have kept us close to home lately. The Reglan that caused her Parkinsonism last year was effective at controlling her gastroparesis and, now that she can no longer take it, that condition is back. She was hospitalized in late March and again in April. With no other drugs available […]

Las Vegas – Part 2

January 31, 2011
/ travel
/ By tom

With the wedding over, we now got into vacation mode. Sunday we slept late then had lunch at Red, White and Blue. Later we shared a cab with Steve and Bonnie and went to Bellaggio. After looking around that hotel and playing a few slot machines, we split up again. Steve and Bonnie went back […]

Las Vegas – Part 1

January 28, 2011
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/ By tom
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Georgia and I flew to Las Vegas last Friday afternoon. The main purpose of the trip was to attend our niece’s wedding but we also made a mini vacation out of the it. The trip from Chicago was one problem after another. It started when Georgia’s mobility scooter set off alarms with the TSA. Apparently, […]

EAA AirVenture Museum

August 31, 2010
/ flying
/ By tom

This past week end, Georgia and I made a trip to Oshkosh to visit the EAA AirVenture Museum. We left home about 9AM on Saturday and pulled into the museum parking lot right at noon.The weather was good, the museum was uncrowded and we had the whole afternoon to explore the exhibits. We used Georgia’s […]

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