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1959	Mom bought the kids fishing sets and we went to Lake Pepin by Lake City where we fished and played baseball. Brought home the extra minnows, but no fish, so we roasted weiners. Angi and I hit flies to each other.
1960	Dr. Bussen filled two upper teeth. Billy and I played catch. Signe, Danny, Paula, Billy, Warren and I played battleball. Warren, Kincy and I explored the house being built next to Newstrom's.
1961	High = 74°F. Day of Recollection at school. We pray, read religious books, listen to talks on "our goal" and Cardinal virtues. Mass and Benediction and we were out at 2:10PM. Went to Babe Ruth meeting and our new manager is Mr. Engebretson and the new coach is Mr. Sundum. White and I picked scrimmage teams and we played a game.
1963	My first paycheck ever = $25.90, clear $22.66. Worked the Twins 8 - Chisox 6 game. At the game were Chuck Slater, Jim Breitenbucher, Ron Labiak, Tom Olson, Mark Plasha and Dick Bastyr.	Tom
1971	Letter from Gail who has a job at Le Centre at $7400. Sounds like an ideal place for us to live, so I sent her a reply telling her how happy I am about it. Also one from Heasley who can't afford to go to USP. Boys are back for 2nd term.
1972	First day of classes. Spent afternoon getting the set up in the chapel. Fed Meli and Navitalai, then I went to bed instead of going to the play.
1973	Removed bell and cleaned chain on Teresa's bike. Practice at lunch. Had to kick Kevin Parry out of class. Toblers picked up their television.
1974	Into Auckland where I was blown away by American Graffiti which was my life. Bussed to Mitchell's for a meatball meal. He brought us to Radio i studio (on Newton Rd) to see all the albums and the broadcast booth. From there we walked downtown. Ran into John Greenhill. Managed to get the Express bus home.
1975	Jane gave us macadamian nuts, Kona coffee and guava jelly. Picked Rachel Sato in Lapahoehoe. Dropped off the rental car and checked out bags in at the airport. Then we went to Volcanoes National Park with Fujiokas. Watched the movie in the Info Center, walked Desolation Row and into the Thurston Tube. Lunch at the Volcano House. Back to Hilo and Asaichi's sister's place. From there we went to Rainbow Falls and the beach. See Hawaii photos. Jane gave us leis as we left for the plane. I had carried Te (age 10 months) to the rear of the plane where I stood holding him. John Denver, carrying his son Zak, emerged from 1st class and he ended up standing next to me. Instead of music, we two proud papas exchanged views on fatherhood and babies. And Zak "gave" David the plastic lei that he had been wearing. Had a flat Almaden Pinot Chardonnay. Got into San Fran at 12:30AM and no Boardman at the airport, nor at home nor at his parents, so we ended up going to a Holiday Inn, finally getting to bed at 4AM.	Fujiokas Lei
1976	Term II. I wore my gloves for the first time. Showed 4H the slides I took of them. Began Groups with 6ths and 5ths started Pythagoras. Stayed after school to print worksheets and mark 5th form quiz. All the boys showed up for practice. Aldersons stopped by to get apples and watch TV until 9:30PM.
1977	8 new students from Bullen's class. Noeline is back from OZ. An Aussie exchange student in 6th form class which is now up to 34. Very busy at morning interval selling $63 worth of stationery. Had Anna fire the "oh dears". Patricia says thats he wants to quit all maths extension work. So busy at lunch that I didn't have time to eat. Jr bb boys reporting in, 3S girls covering books, 4U girls working on projects. Catherine and Brenda in to talk about Chaotics. Lynette quit as Head of Textbooks. Basketball: we beat Papakura 27 - 7. George played a great game. Tape from mom.
1978	W - Wore a suit for Parent Interviews after school. Many pleasant chats including one with Audrey D.
1979	Th - Mary Ann and Megan's first day on stationery duty. Helped Nadine and Delwyn with prep for Maths midyear exam. Protective grills put onto Stationery windows. Huge package of items from Linton, Indiana.
1980	Sa - took 35W through North Branch on our way to Taylor Falls where we walked around rock outcrops. There were 3 groups abseiling. Couple miles down the road we stop at a picnic area and had barbecued hot dogs and roasted marshmallows. Lent charcoal and lighter to a couple who had forgot theirs. After chow kids went into the river. Drove home along the river. Stopped at Stillwater and had free drinks from a REACT station. Home at 5PM to find two more boxes delivered. Graduation notice for Donna Hartmann.
1981	Su - Watched Silver Streak and the very first episode of The Lone Ranger.
1982	M - Larry Tokson called and wanted re-rates done this month, so I got busy pulling policies from the database. Letter from Nadine with an ad for boats Martin is doing. Kids and I walked to Hillside and I kept score. David got a clean single and 2 strike outs - this time they only lost by 27-7.
1983	T - Busy at work putting four things into production. David had a solid double to left and we won 12-5 in a game at Hillside. The coach had his son pitch again and he was just as bad walking in 4 runs in the first inning before being pulled. I can't believe that Ron doesn't realize that Jeff is not a pitcher.
1984	Th - Biked up to David's Mariners game. He struck out twice. Had a chat with Gloria Royce (her son being Billy).
1985	Meeting with John and Alan about the PC vendor proposal. Alan wandered often from the subject. Even got John upset at one stage which is a rarity. Alan not happy either. But we made up a plan and I have to talk to alot of users next week. I gave a nasty call to IBM that finally got Peter North to reply and we get some action. Ian Mckim and I finished going over the Policy report. I checked with Alan as to status of Data Administrator before we produce the final report. He said it was external to IC, just forgot to tell me. So Ian and I had spent several hours arguing a moot point. And I won. Kids and I walked up to the YMCA to watch Nigel, Wayne and George play. Ran into Graeme Green. Ngaire, Joe, with grandchildren were there too. Leslie, Sam Noon and Alan Johnston played in the following game. Jack Hari gave me a tour of the expanded building. We talked to him about Ne doing gymnastics. Jack quit (again) as president of PBBA and at the moment no one runs it, so there was some pressure for me to take it on (again). But the standard of the play and reffing is still so poor that I don't want to get involved. Talked to the boys (young men now) and told them I wouldn't coach their teams. We stayed until 9:30PM and watched a little of a girls game. Sam coached the Papakura girls rep team to NZ championship this year.	Jack
1986	Kids and I went to Melsop's going out of business sale. Bought a volleyball for $18.80, fish rod for $10 and some household items.
1987	Letter to Thomas. Power went off just as the second series of The Good Life began. So we had the first fire of the year.
1988	Monty ran across the road for the very first and last time - big truck. Gail had been chatting with Betty by the mailbox and he saw a dog on the otherside. Gail brought the body to Isaac Low for cremation, called me and carried on with her SPELD students. I came straight home. We went to MOT to sign up for lifetime licenses [ed. - nope, law change put us onto 5 year ones]. Picked up new distance glasses. Left eye feels wrong right from the start. Met one of Gail's students, Elizabeth M, Nigel's niece.
1990	Two hours with Lance Wickman and Graeme Hadfield from LINGO. Letter from Mom.
1991	Brought oscillating heater and electric typewriter both in for repairs under warranty. Finished reading Avenel Dictinary of Saints. Brought Ne to Chapman's to babysit.
1995	Checked noise on van and the fan cowling had loose screws (since new radiator put in). Chat with Robson who is taking computers at night class. Steve Graham (sold Conifer Grove place) in to see David. Ian came to pick up his lawn mower. Jason over and we all wore the red socks he had given us. America's Cup victory parade today.
1996	F - Letter to Hoffsis. TP at Ronda's where we met her new guy, Barry O'Shea, and her boarder, Phillip. Ronda has an abandoned car in front of her place and can't get anyone to remove it. Pam came up from Matamata.	Ronda
1997	Sa - Picked up kitchen doors from Mike ($20) and put them up. Bought floor tiles for kitchen at Placemakers. Over to Aldies to setup the new computer (200 MMX, 17" monitor).
1998	Su - Pukekohe Warehouse for the first time and found Tima and Trisha both working there. No gumboots for me but we got Ne a pair. First ones to a church in Pukekohe for the AFS party. So I played basketball and soccer with a 3 year old Sam. Soon everyone had arrived except for Laure, who had invited us. Played a game of Headbanz - I was Elvis. Laure arrived with Ong and Petsch (from Thailand and at James Cook). We played light a candle and blew it out with a balloon. Played pass the parcel. Gail won AFS shorts, AFS spoon, AFS pen and an AFS button (ironic since we were the only family there not associated with AFS). Then it was pass a Life Saver via toothpicks held in your mouth. Keep a feather in the air blowing through a straw (I should have won, my feather got stuck in the winner's face. Supper followed games. Afterwards Mr and Miss Counties AFS handed out awards and we had farewells from each AFSer. Each thanked their host family, except for Laure who said: "her family was probably doing something else (she hadn't told them the purpose of the meeting), but she wanted to thank me, Gail and Renee". Met Ong's host parents, Matthew and Penny Beal. Met Andre from Brasil, Laura from Paraguay and Sonja from Austria. (excerpt from a letter)
2000	W - Woke up to find 2 horses coralled in our paddock. Ne brought them to their owner (2 properties away). Mailed racoon mirror to mom. Broadhurst's - gave her a mouse and helped with XL lessons (her sister Denice B is paying $6000 for computer training). Sandspit until 5PM. Night class did an XL game (guess a number). Marion Stone and Mike Keat said that there answer was my age which they pegged me at 57 (I am 53).
2001	Stephanie brought her belongings over for storage, including her Holden Barina as she is off to France for four months. She gave me a bottle of 1999 Twin Islands Chardonnay for bringing her to the airport. Ne and I checked out the new Warehouse at the airport and picked up KFC on the way home. Finished reading Agatha Christie's Ten Little Niggers.
2002	Sears to buy the paint for the walls, then Walmart to get cat food (mother now has three kittens). Inez called. Shranko's to watch the Twins beat hot Angels 5 - 1.
2003	Needhams came for a meal and pool - Elaine's first go at it. Worked on Windows Advisor CD project.
2004	email from cousin Linda who had an eventful bus trip on school trip to Duluth and Cities. A pukeko wandered around the property today. An hour with Michael on math. Cold day = smoke everywhere from the fires. Finished reading The Groucho Letters.
2005	Steph dropped in to get more stuff. I spent another hour at WFSN.
2006	After supper I went to Freyer-Raishers thinking it would be just a checkup. Nope, illegal XP, so I brought the computer home to rebuild it to Win98.
2007	Afternoon at Brundell's - new lake being created. Elaine came from the hospital to have supper with us, watch TV and stay over night.
2008	Gail and I brought Elaine to airport (off to Napier to visit her cousin). Then we searched for tiles and curtain rods all over. My music computer fell apart and is unrepairable. Watched Dexter.
2010	M - Up early and out the door to have blood taken. Then New World to load up on candy bars, ice cream and potatoe chips. Found a white-tailed spider in my room.
2011	T - Lost cribbage game. Postcard from Tracy. Listened to the Twins 11 - A's 1. An evening of Dominion with Ne.
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