Monthly Archives: July 2004

Jay y Karen Nelson nos mandaron unas fotos de la boda de Tony y Marta. Aquí están!

I cannot believe my weight is really continuing to drop. It is coming off slow, but I am down from my high of about 200 lbs. to around 185. If I stay the course, I think I have a good … Continue reading →

Lauro and Conchita rode the bus from Monterrey to Houston last night, so Lorena should be able to talk to them at Blanca’s house sometime today. Lorena saw some of Nancy Garrett’s pictures of Tony and Martha’s wedding at gospel … Continue reading →

This morning I got on the scales and found that I weighed only 187 lbs. I have been doing my exercise only two to three times per week and eating only a couple of meals per day. It seems that … Continue reading →

A brief update of Quality Corners is probably in order in that there is not much going on right now in the Chapman household other than waiting for Grandpa Lauro, Grandma Conchita, and Cousin Hectorin to show up. The kids … Continue reading →

This weekend we went to a baptism, Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah came for a short visit, and we went to meeting. It was all quite relaxing after having worked for so many hours over the last couple of weeks. … Continue reading →

I am stilling putting in a ton of hours at work with little time to do much else, so until I finish that up, my postingins here will be a little slow. Hopefully, I will be able to clean things … Continue reading →

I have been working so much lately, that there is really not that much to report. I was at ATS from 7:00 to 9:00 yesterday, so I did not even get to unload the dirt from the pickup that Lorena … Continue reading →

We got the great news last night that the youngest Ramsdell boy professed at Salmon Arm, B.C. Convention. We meet with the Ramsdell family for Wednesday night bible study and do a lot of things with them. Leah Ramsdell wrote … Continue reading →

Even though I was able to get the dirt Lorena brought to the house unloaded into our patio planter, nothing else got done on the lawn because I spent the entire weekend working at ATS programming serial port drivers using … Continue reading →

Joe Layman and Kevin Wilson came to our house for lunch yesterday. Joe gave us a bottle of “Ring of Fire” jabanero salsa. It is absolutely excellent. Lorena made us a great lunch of chicken sandwiches. After lunch, I took … Continue reading →

Kelly was on the front page of the Albany, Oregon Democrat-Herald newspaper today. I will let the article speak for itself. The photo was the above the fold main color photo for the newspaper. It was great! The size of … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon, Kelly competed in a talent show at the Albany Library and won! There were 13 kids competing in all and the competition was quite stiff. Of course Kelly played the piano. Christian took a great video of her … Continue reading →

We went to the Marion County Fair on Saturday to see Jordan Ramsdell play his fiddle in a talent show. He did great, getting third place and $100. The two people ahead of him were pretty pathetic and there was … Continue reading →

On the spur of the moment Saturday morning, Lorena, Kelly, Christian, and I decided to put a few things in the mini-van and go to the beach at Newport. It was a great idea. The weather was great. We spent … Continue reading →

I sold all my ESI stock the other day and today, I decided to use the money to buy Merit Medical Stock. We will have to see how it does over the next few months. Today, I am going to … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I burnt my bridges with MEI up in Seattle. I had a discussion with our new boss, Jim Sheldon at ATS Oregon. He convinced me that changes to the company were going to take place rapidly, there is a … Continue reading →

As soon as he heard that I had resigned, Barry Rahimian, the main sales guy at ATS Oregon grabbed me by the arm and took me in to see Jim Sheldon, the new head of the Oregon, California, Arizona, and … Continue reading →

After a very good Fourth of July weekend, today is the day I have to tell my boss that I am resigning from ATS. It really is not going to be easy at all. I really love my work at … Continue reading →

Here are some early photos of the parade Kelly and Christian organized. It was GREAT! The music was provide by Hank and Sue Whitsit. I will try to put up more as I get them. Hank and Sue’s patriotic dog … Continue reading →