Future In-Laws Visit

This past weekend, my fiance and I hosted her parents who were visiting from Maryland for the first time since she moved down to Chattanooga one year ago. It was an exciting time, especially for her. I get along well with her parents, and they seem to like me too, so it was good to …

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It’s Been a Year!

Today is the one year anniversary of when my then-girlfriend (now fiance) and I moved into our house to start our new life together. We had been dating long distance for some time, but I started looking for a place for us to live last June, with the intention of Gretchen moving down from Baltimore …

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An End of the Year Post

As I sit here writing this blog entry, I am recovering from a very major surgery I had on December 5th. It was quite painful, I was in the hospital for awhile, I still am in discomfort, but I'm coming along quite well, IMO. It's supposed to take 6-8 more weeks for me to heal, …

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Sobering Times

These are sobering times for my loved ones and me these days. Tomorrow I leave Chattanooga to go to Knoxville. Early Tuesday morning, my father is undergoing a frightening and terrible surgery at UT Hospital there. I moved to Tennessee from a nice little island I was living on several years ago, primarily to be …

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A Rare Update

Hello.  I can't believe it's been over a month since I last blogged.  I'm very sorry, for anyone out there who cares.  I've been both ill and insanely busy when able to be so, so I've neglected quite a few things.  I guess the biggest thing I've got going on is that my girlfriend, Gretchen, …

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