Author Archives: Butch

Knee Replacement Surgery

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Butch

After several years of my knees getting progressively worse, I have scheduled knee replacement surgery come January. I had a round of Synvisc injections last year and another round again this year, but they didn’t seem to help that much. … Continue reading →

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Back in the Saddle

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Butch

I bet most of you thought the Butchie Boy blog postings were a thing of the past. Well here’s a disappointment for you, I’m back. When I started work for the Census Bureau I didn’t have a spare minute. But … Continue reading →

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Gourmet Club – February 2010

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Butch

We had our Gourmet Club dinner on February 20th. It followed hard on the heels of Beaches’ dinner and Howes’ dinner is only two weeks after ours. We had such a good time in France last summer that we thought … Continue reading →

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A New Page

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Butch

As I draw nearer to retirement, I notice my workload steadily decreasing. This time of year the prospect of doing sculpture in a frigid workshop is also less than totally appealing. So with the increase in idle time, I started … Continue reading →

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Gourmet Club – January 30th, 2010

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Butch

This is the beginning of our 19th year of Gourmet Club. There were lots of scheduling problems again this year but we got all that sorted out. Doug and Lynne had the first dinner and with only two weeks to … Continue reading →

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Calendars

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Butch

Those of you who have been to our house may remember that Karen and I keep a big calendar near the kitchen. It shows a whole year at a time with room to jot down appointments or other interesting things … Continue reading →

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Autumn Birthdays

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Butch

We had Ben’s birthday party the other day and when I started to write it up, I realized I had not done the same for Rachel. So here is a summary for each of them. Rachel We had Rachel’s party … Continue reading →

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Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Butch

Some of you will have seen these pictures in other blogs or had them emailed to you directly, but in case you didn’t, here you go. We had Rachel and Ben up to our house to trick or treat on … Continue reading →

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More Dick Pinney Murals

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Butch

Just before school started I watched Rachel for a couple of days. One day we went to see the 3D movie, G Force, but the big deal was what we did on the second day. You may remember that Rachel … Continue reading →

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Our Loreleis

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Butch

Today is Wendy’s birthday! All those years ago we were trying to figure out what to name her. We hoped she would be a girl for any number of reasons, one of which was we used up all our boys’ … Continue reading →

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