We were in Austin with the grandkids (and their parents, of course) this weekend so the Week 12 marker came and went, as did "Spring Break" last week. Stories of the week's events are buzzing around the office all day, here in the office, of course.
I prominently displayed my University of Arizona mug with Arizona logo, today, with our Wildcats making it the Sweet Sixteen, when many "pundits" thought they should have not been in the NCAA tournament. Guess we show'd 'em, huh?!?! ;-)
With Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma also joining the Sweet Sixteen, out of the Big 12, we will really enjoy the Thursday and Friday night games this weekend... after that, we'll see... ;-)
It is a very good day, despite the high winds and weather warnings - we are in Kansas, after all! ;-)
Monday, March 23, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
This would have been my Mom and Dad's 71st wedding anniversary!
They would have enjoyed our wonderful spring like day, in March!
It is a very good day! ;-)
They would have enjoyed our wonderful spring like day, in March!
It is a very good day! ;-)
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Thirteen Weeks to end of Contract-New Activity
This week I finished the Kinnick Early US Family History book on lulu.com with the ISBN number on it. I'll get my first copy early next week. By doing this, of course, the book is open to full distribution and I could open my storefront: Dr. Bill's Book Bazaar; at:
http://stores.lulu.com/drbillshares
This book, for the first time in print, starts with the first recorded Kinnick in the US, in Maryland, Jasper Kinnick, father of William Kinnick, the Sergeant Major in the Revolutionary War, and his brother, Jasper, who became the father of John Kinnick, who moved his family to North Carolina. As recorded in the 2003 Kinnick Genealogy Book Online, and related databases at worldconnect.com, this current book then records the history of three generations (actually four, with the list of children) from John and Ann (daughter of William; John and Ann were first cousins) to North Carolina and then Tennessee and Indiana, and, John (William's son; Ann's brother) and Mary to Ohio, then Illinois and Iowa. The John and Ann line goes down to, for example, Nile Kinnick, Sr. (father of Nile Kinnick, Jr., the Heisman Trophy winning football player). On my side of the line, the John and Mary line, it goes down to Alonzo Kinnick, my great-grandfather.
Subsequent books in the series will bring all of these lines, and there are many, into more recent generations. I am currently finishing the Schwyhart family line, that includes Walter and Susan (Schwyhart) Kinnick, which includes Alonzo Kinnick but also his son, my grandfather, Paul Kinnick, for example. Another book will have a section on Nile Kinnick, Jr., of course. There were Kinnicks in both lines that settled in Montana. Each of those will get a book, as well, of course. Watch Dr. Bill's Book Bazaar for the latest Kinnick books available, along with some historic fiction books by author Bill Leverne, and some creative nonfiction as well.
Retirement will not be dull, that is for sure. Come along for the ride.
It is a very good day! ;-)
http://stores.lulu.com/drbillshares
This book, for the first time in print, starts with the first recorded Kinnick in the US, in Maryland, Jasper Kinnick, father of William Kinnick, the Sergeant Major in the Revolutionary War, and his brother, Jasper, who became the father of John Kinnick, who moved his family to North Carolina. As recorded in the 2003 Kinnick Genealogy Book Online, and related databases at worldconnect.com, this current book then records the history of three generations (actually four, with the list of children) from John and Ann (daughter of William; John and Ann were first cousins) to North Carolina and then Tennessee and Indiana, and, John (William's son; Ann's brother) and Mary to Ohio, then Illinois and Iowa. The John and Ann line goes down to, for example, Nile Kinnick, Sr. (father of Nile Kinnick, Jr., the Heisman Trophy winning football player). On my side of the line, the John and Mary line, it goes down to Alonzo Kinnick, my great-grandfather.
Subsequent books in the series will bring all of these lines, and there are many, into more recent generations. I am currently finishing the Schwyhart family line, that includes Walter and Susan (Schwyhart) Kinnick, which includes Alonzo Kinnick but also his son, my grandfather, Paul Kinnick, for example. Another book will have a section on Nile Kinnick, Jr., of course. There were Kinnicks in both lines that settled in Montana. Each of those will get a book, as well, of course. Watch Dr. Bill's Book Bazaar for the latest Kinnick books available, along with some historic fiction books by author Bill Leverne, and some creative nonfiction as well.
Retirement will not be dull, that is for sure. Come along for the ride.
It is a very good day! ;-)
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Truck to Retirement Cabin
As Week Fourteen came and went, yesterday, we celebrated Allison's birthday, Friday, by unloading the truck at the storage and cabin, that we had loaded in Emporia, the day before.
We had a 16 foot Penske (white, not yellow) that worked just fine (photo of the truck outside the storage unit, with Allison on the right, behind). We had earlier taken our small bookcases, two at a time, but needed to get the taller ones, and some more storage shelving down there. So, this run included 4 big metal shelves for storage (and all the boxes, etc. that had been stored on them in our garage), as well as four big-tall bookcases and four tall bookcases from our bedroom... and about 20 boxes of books, from the bookcases, etc.
I had sprained my left leg (behind the knee) early in the week, so I was hobbling a lot... looked like an old man, for gosh sakes! But, with help from Nancy, neighbor Paul (a bit) in Emporia, and a lot of help from Allison, we got them all loaded on Thursday and unloaded on Friday. Also on the truck were my new desk from Staples (unassembled) and Nancy's new four drawer file cabinet. Oh, and by the way... 5 Mar it was 81 degrees in Emporia; 6 Mar it was 83 degrees in Branson/Hollister!! Great for working...
Saturday, after birthday lunch with Allison, I spent the rest of the day and evening assembling my desk... after the first hour, I said it would be done in September; a couple hours later... maybe sometime in August. I stopped a little after ten; had the main assembly and three drawers done... two drawer thingees yet to do... Perhaps in April! ;-) It literally had several hundred parts to sort and assemble. 37 page booklet! Fun! Really neat desk... when it is done.
It was a productive weekend... and today was a great day! ;-)
We had a 16 foot Penske (white, not yellow) that worked just fine (photo of the truck outside the storage unit, with Allison on the right, behind). We had earlier taken our small bookcases, two at a time, but needed to get the taller ones, and some more storage shelving down there. So, this run included 4 big metal shelves for storage (and all the boxes, etc. that had been stored on them in our garage), as well as four big-tall bookcases and four tall bookcases from our bedroom... and about 20 boxes of books, from the bookcases, etc.
I had sprained my left leg (behind the knee) early in the week, so I was hobbling a lot... looked like an old man, for gosh sakes! But, with help from Nancy, neighbor Paul (a bit) in Emporia, and a lot of help from Allison, we got them all loaded on Thursday and unloaded on Friday. Also on the truck were my new desk from Staples (unassembled) and Nancy's new four drawer file cabinet. Oh, and by the way... 5 Mar it was 81 degrees in Emporia; 6 Mar it was 83 degrees in Branson/Hollister!! Great for working...
Saturday, after birthday lunch with Allison, I spent the rest of the day and evening assembling my desk... after the first hour, I said it would be done in September; a couple hours later... maybe sometime in August. I stopped a little after ten; had the main assembly and three drawers done... two drawer thingees yet to do... Perhaps in April! ;-) It literally had several hundred parts to sort and assemble. 37 page booklet! Fun! Really neat desk... when it is done.
It was a productive weekend... and today was a great day! ;-)
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Fifteen weeks times 7 days a week is 105 days
June 13 is fifteen weeks ahead... 105 days, it turns out. Not counting days, yet. Trying to avoid that.
Snowed today, 20 degrees below normal. Yuk! Actually sunny most of the day, but high was 29!
Moved six of the eight big bookcases down the stairs, getting ready for truck next weekend. Packed some more boxes. Filled the two trash barrels.
It still was a very good day! ;-)
Snowed today, 20 degrees below normal. Yuk! Actually sunny most of the day, but high was 29!
Moved six of the eight big bookcases down the stairs, getting ready for truck next weekend. Packed some more boxes. Filled the two trash barrels.
It still was a very good day! ;-)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Week Sixteen plus two days
We spent a nice long weekend in Austin with Arrion, Ben, Alex and Kaylee. Nice drive down (stayed over at Holiday Inn Express in Burleson) and great drive back. Alex went to two birthday parties, Kaylee had good afternoon naps. Watched "W" movie Saturday night - great! Enjoyed the Waterloo Icehouse for noon meal on Sunday. Ben and Alex went to church. Need to get photos posted on travel pages... posted a couple of short movie clips of Kaylee walking on Facebook.
Third annual Flint Hills Heritage Conference in El Dorado, celebrating festivals, on Friday, all day. Looks like it will be biggest and best yet - registration has passed 85 and counting. Judge Tacha speaks on Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area and Marci Penner leads a panel on festivals. I'll take some Visitor's Guides to Belle Plaine Service Area after the conference.
Will be sorting and boxing books, this weekend, to get ready for medium truck to Hollister on Allison's birthday weekend, March 6-7.
It is a very good day! ;-)
Third annual Flint Hills Heritage Conference in El Dorado, celebrating festivals, on Friday, all day. Looks like it will be biggest and best yet - registration has passed 85 and counting. Judge Tacha speaks on Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area and Marci Penner leads a panel on festivals. I'll take some Visitor's Guides to Belle Plaine Service Area after the conference.
Will be sorting and boxing books, this weekend, to get ready for medium truck to Hollister on Allison's birthday weekend, March 6-7.
It is a very good day! ;-)
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Retirement in 18 weeks
Not that I'm counting, but 18 weeks from today is the end of my professor contract with Emporia State University. We made a fun trip to Branson/Hollister this weekend, with a few boxes of books. Had a good time with Allison. I spent an hour at the storage area, re-assembling the two "gorilla" metal shelves we had brought down in the truck in November. Really does feel like home, here. Just went in and sat in may "office chair," even though that is all that is in the room... imagining what it will be like with new desk, bookcases, etc.
Couple of drives around town. Walgreen's opened in Hollister Towne Center earlier this week. We also discovered a new building in towndown Branson, just up hill from north Branson Landing parking lot, where Dino is opening a new Carrot Cake shop... actually have a variety of cakes - expensive.
Drove around some new territory along Turkey Creek, and parks around the Hollister City Hall. Very different view of Downing Street from the road into the City Hall. Fun!
It was a very good day! ;-)
Couple of drives around town. Walgreen's opened in Hollister Towne Center earlier this week. We also discovered a new building in towndown Branson, just up hill from north Branson Landing parking lot, where Dino is opening a new Carrot Cake shop... actually have a variety of cakes - expensive.
Drove around some new territory along Turkey Creek, and parks around the Hollister City Hall. Very different view of Downing Street from the road into the City Hall. Fun!
It was a very good day! ;-)
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