Anderson/Hatgidakis/Nelson/Metcalf: Newsletter
Old news: October 2001
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Amanda
10/31/2001
Happy Birthday John! Happy Halloween to everyone, Tristen is SO excited! They had a hoedown at daycare today and she dressed like a cowgirl, so the whole day is cool for her... She is the leopard that Sean & I were many years ago, to those who hadn't heard... Also, don't know if you heard, or been missing it, but the Simpsons Halloween special is on next Tuesday night (the 6th?).... 7:30 I think. Well, I have 5 more weeks left of school, can't wait. Sheesh, this semester is neverending! Ryan leaves tomorrow, just for 5 days here in the states, should be home Monday.
The Nelsons
10/31/2001
Happy Birthday John! Happy Halloween everyone :)
Grandma
10/30/2001
Happy Halloween and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, John!! Greetings to everyone! Been a slow spell on the newspage. I have nothing to contribute either. Great pumpkin carving, Erika! Glad you sent pictures. Hello Linz!! What color is your hair, Sam? Sean and I (mostly Sean) have been cleaning out the garage. Garbage man was surprised this a.m. I have been starting to clean up the yard, and working a little bit on the new baby's afghan. This isn't exciting news... AND how about those HUSKERS Saturday??? I really enjoyed that game. Happy Halloween to you all.
Gary
10/29/2001
Take a look at the Projects page to see Erika's jack-o-lanterns. They're great! And for another great picture, don't miss our website tomorrow.... :-)
Lindsey
10/28/2001
Hello everyone!
Paul
10/27/2001
Wottttaa game, That's all I can say!!!
Thank you
Lindsey
10/27/2001
Hey neat coolsight! I read some of the ghost stories and they are kinda creepy. I looked around at some other stuff too, check it out!
Lindsey
10/27/2001
We just got two new remotes and a new mouse and Olivia got
headphones. The remotes are really cool and they can light up and our mouse is super cool. Gotta go, bye!
Paul
10/24/2001
Tristen, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WTIH AN 18 LB PUMPKIN??? Hey maybe you could cut arm and leg holes and wear it for your trick or treat costume!! Hope your new room is still great!!
Tristen
10/24/2001
I went to Vala's two times. I went with my school. Yesterday I went with my parents & I got a huge pumpkin, bigger than moms, but not as big as dads hog. (Ryan's 40 lbs., Tristen's 18 lbs., Amanda's 12 lbs.) Then we watched the pigs and rode a horse. The goats totally attacked me and my dad with the quarters and food, and one was choking. We are going to cut the pumpkins soon.
Gary
10/24/2001
Hey, I just noticed something on the Fargo, ND webcam -- snow!!
Gary
10/24/2001
In case you missed 'em yesterday (because windstream was down for a good part of the day), check the recent photos page for a few pictures from last weekend.
John
10/17/2001
Blessings of peace to all. To see an awesome tribute to the victims of 9/11 go to cantcryhardenough.com. It is truly a beautiful and fitting remembrance for those lives that were lost.
Gary
10/16/2001
I just learned that the press got hold of a secret White House memo. Here it is:
To: Albert Gore
Dear Al,
We just found some more votes. You won. When can you take over?
Your friend,
George W. Bush
Amanda
10/15/2001
Got all moved in on Saturday. Just got online for the first time since Thursday. Everything is going well. We had a TON of help on Saturday so that made things go very smoothly. I had a lot of help, too, with unpacking, and that was great. We started the move with almost 60 boxes, and I bet we only have about 10 more to unpack, so not too bad... We gained a lot of space, among many other things. Tristen has been playing with her kitchen since we moved in and she got it back in her room. We enjoyed our first 2 nights so far, and today got cable hooked up, and our phone situation semi-fixed (long story, but basically, our phone comany is about as smart as windstream), so life is getting back to normal. Still feel like we have a lot to do yet, but it will all fall into place soon I am sure. Thanks to those of you who might be reading this, and helped Saturday, it was SO appreciated you have no idea! ALSO, to everyone, if you need to get anything to us or ME in the mail, check the contact page, our new address should be on there....
It is! --Gary
The Hatgidakis gang
10/13/2001
Hi Ryan, Amanda and Tristen. Congrats on your new house! It sounds
really nice. Happy Birthday Ryan....hope they let you rest at least part of the day. Does Sasha enjoy her new yard? Looking forward to hearing more about your new place.
Nelson's
10/12/2001
Happy Birthday Ryan -- have fun moving :)
Anna
10/11/2001
Happy Birthday Ryan!!
Paul
10/11/2001
Happy birthday Ryan!!
Driving back thru Kansas, not missing anything by sleeping thru it, believe me. See you Saturday.
Hiiii Tristen...
Grandma
10/11/2001
Happy Birthday Ryan!! What good timing to be moving into "new housing" the day after a road trip. Sounds like a good move to me. Get nice and settled before December's BIG event. Glad to have you back.
Gary
10/11/2001
I'm giving everyone fair warning: Be sure to check the webpage tomorrow for Ryan's birthday -- it's funny! :-)
Amanda
10/11/2001
Anyone watch According to Jim? I missed it, but Ryan said it was hilarious...
Amanda
10/11/2001
Got the keys yesterday! Woohoo! Tristen got to see it, and she loves it. We took a few things in, the necessities, toilet paper, and pop and juice for moving day! Countdown now is less than 48 hours! Ryan should be home Friday night sometime, nice birthday: on the road 9 hours through Oklahoma and Kansas no less!
Amanda
10/9/2001
Is it worse to GET GET caught sleeping at your desk, rather than just to GET caught sleeping there?
Ooops, typo on the front page! Now fixed. :-) --Gary
Paul
10/4/2001
Great news about the house Amanda. It's about time. Tristen will really love the extra room, so will Sash.
See you on moving day!!
Amanda
10/4/2001
Official move in date: Saturday October 13th... I went and looked at it today, it is great. So excited! Big side yard for Sash, Tristens room is big enough for her kitchen and her bed (which has been an issue since she got the new bed and the kitchen had to go into storage), and she has her own bathroom. Rather, we have our own bathroom hooked onto our room, so hers will be the other one upstairs, but she will probably be the only one to use it. 2 1/2 bath, TONS of
storage, attached garage, laundry room. Nice nice nice. If I had a digital camera I would take some pictures. Maybe I will borrow Seans...
Amanda
10/4/2001
At long last we got the call..... Our 3 bedroom new house is done! I go today to get the keys to go look at it and tell them if we accept it (duh), and then sign some papers, and by the time Ryan is back on the 12th I think we will be ready to move! Woohoo! We knew that once we finally got the call it would happen real quick, it has just been awful waiting for the call!
Zoe
10/4/2001
Sasha goes to get a confidence booster at the groomers, and I get sent to the vet to get fixed. How is life fair for a cat?
Sasha
10/4/2001
I got groomed. My mom and dad took me to Petco, on Ceasar's suggestion, and they got me all prettied up. I look and feel great. They were real nice too. That Ceasar, he just can't go wrong, thanks bud! I recommend it to all dogs out there.....
Amanda
10/3/2001
Tennessee.
You got it! --Gary
Lindsey
10/3/2001
Well on the "cool site" I found that Pennsylvania was spelled wrong and that they forgot to put Utah on the west coast selections but that's all I could find......
You're right about Pennsylvania. I didn't notice the Utah thing -- good eye, Linz! But there's one more state misspelled.... Here's a clue: "coonskin cap." --Gary
Gary
10/3/2001
Hey, if you missed yesterday's "Cool Site," you should still check it out. It's a collection of fall foliage webcams -- webcams from all over the northern half of the country focused on outdoor scenery, so you can watch the changing colors over the next few months. You can find it in the October section of the links page, or you can just click here to go there directly. By the way, on their map (where the states are in red), two of the states are spelled wrong -- see if you can find which ones. :-)
Karen
10/1/2001
Amanda, ours are all correct - we got your message :)
Amanda
10/1/2001
Could everyone do me a quick favor? Go to the contact page and make sure your info is right. I just tried to e-mail someone I hadn't e-mailed in a long time and it came back undeliverable. Seems like there for awhile lots of e-mail changing was happening and I don't think I stayed on top of it in my address book..... THANKS!
Gary
10/1/2001
Don't miss the new countdown page. Thanks for the idea, Erika!