July, 2023
We took a cruise out of Boston on American Cruise Lines.
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September, 2020
We've replaced the flooring in our Newport beach house and added
some carpet tiles.
Here is a house tour:
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January, 2020
Sadly my older brother, John, passed away on January 15th.
The cause of death was septic shock leading to organ failure.
He died a few months short of his 84th birthday. He had
been in poor health for a couple of years but was in good
spirits. He was a great brother and we will miss him.
September, 2019
Here's a revised Overview of Our New Apartment in the Village at
Mary's Woods
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Here is the surrounding neighborhood
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I left a few details out of the original overview. See
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December, 2018
We’re
Moving.
We’ve sold our
home of 24 years and are moving into an apartment here in Lake
Oswego. Going from
2900 to 1400 square feet.
Next March I’ll be 80 years old and in November Diana and
I will have been married for 50 years—seems like the right time.
About 2.5 years
ago we were invited to attend a briefing on a major ($220
million, 9 buildings) expansion of a local continuing care
retirement community (CCRC) at Mary’s Woods.
So we became “pioneers” which came with a number of
benefits. To
participate we needed to put down 10% of the move-in costs which
was put into escrow at US Bank.
If we were to change our minds we would get back our
deposit plus interest.
Moreover if our health condition necessitated moving into
assisted living, we were guaranteed a place.
Seemed like a no-brainer
to us plus the lunch was pretty good.
Well, the 2.5
years are up and on January 17th we begin moving into
the Villages at Mary’s Woods, Collin Building, apartment 113.
Here’s more about the Village:
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We will be among the first 28 residents (of about 300) to
move. Interestingly,
all 200 apartments already have depositors prior to anyone
actually moving in—I think there’s a market there.
Fortunately
neither of us needed to play the assisted living card and our
health remains good despite the nicks and dings of all the
years. We plan to live
independently as long as we can but if that is not possible, the
Village provides in-apartment care, assisted living, memory
care, and nursing care on campus.
Also our apartment includes cable TV, wireless internet,
all utilities, underground parking, and a helpful staff for
routine maintenance or assistance.
As many of you
know we also have a vacation home in Newport on the coast.
We plan to keep that and use it as before.
After we move in
and settle, I’ll produce a video tour of our new place.
May, 2017.
I've made a number of conversions of ProShow slide shows to
streaming videos. The slide shows only work with
Microsoft's original Internet Explorer which is very limiting (I
use Google Chrome, for example). The streaming videos will
work on any screen: PC, Mac, iPad, smart phone, etc. Click
on the Trips link above to find which trips have been converted.
April, 2017.
We have a
streaming video of our family vacation to Hawaii. View
April, 2016
Here is a
streaming video of our American Cruise Lines tour of the
Southeast coast:
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December 1.
Here is the Gough Christmas Times for 2015.
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March 14, 2015.
We took a two week vacation to New Zealand. Here is a
streaming video of the trip. View
December 13, 2014.
Our 2014
Christmas Newsletter is here:
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September, 2014.
We took a two week vacation to Florida with Corey, Whitney,
Connor, and Beckett with some time on our own on the Gulf Coast.
here is a streaming video:
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December 9, 2013.
Our 2013 Christmas Newsletter is here:
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September, 2013.
We took a two
week vacation to Vancouver Island, Canada. Here is a
streaming video of the trip:
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December 9, 2012.
Our 2012
Christmas Newsletter is here:
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November 30.
Our 2011
Christmas Newsletter is here:
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October 25.
Sample iPhone 4S HD Video:
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September 19.
Our trip with
Corey and the grandkids to DisneyWorld plus some time in Florida
on our own: View
June 9.
Four Connor and
Beckett Videos -- Baseball and Graduation:
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Jan 27, 2011.
Two new videos
in Gough Events:
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December 3.
Our 2010
Christmas Newsletter:
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Sept 26.
A family
portrait. View
July 19.
New ProShow with
Diana's photos: Connor & Beckett at the Beach:
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July 4.
Added a new
streaming video -- Our car trip down the California Coast:
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Diana made a
special dessert for our 4th:
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May 16.
Some flag
football shots:
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April 18.
Beckett and
Connor as iPod Gamers:
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April 11.
Connor and Beckett get ready for some football...View
March 29.
Photos from the Beckett-Papa Birthday Celebration:
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March 5.
Chris and
Melanie have a new daughter and we have a new granddaughter:
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Feb 15.
Connor at Basketball. Here is a photo of Connor sampling
shirt flavor:
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Here is a DivX Video of some practice and game play:
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Jan 11.
Beckett and Connor at PapaGrammy's Computer Lab.
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