This Is My 2008 Journey


 

 

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December Postings

December 31, 2008: NEW YEAR'S EVE 2008
December 30, 2008: If you get red x’s on the page that means
December 30, 2008: MGM Studios
December 29, 2008: A Day at Disney
December 28, 2008: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
December 27, 2008:
Epcot
December 26, 2008: Evening at Disney
December 26, 2008: Made it to Disney!
December 25, 2008: Arrived in Nashville
December 25, 2008: Snow article in Paducah Sun
December 22, 2008:
Charity work and other
December 21, 2008: Upcoming Paducah Sun Article On My Snow Chasing
December 19, 2008: Vault door arrives for tornado shelter
December 18, 2008: Testing new software

December 17, 2008: Sue Henry’s latest photos…
December 17, 2008: Slick roads - CJ's Bus Toys

December 16, 2008: Sleet
December 14, 2008: Winter storm approaching area
December 12, 2008: New rain/snow gauge has arrived!
December 11, 2008: Finals - storm system coming up

December 09, 2008: Rain Rain - Storms
December 08, 2008: Cloudy
December 07, 2008: Rain moving in - Daisy staying warm
December 06, 2008: Oil: $25 Is The New $200 - Train wreck
December 06, 2008: Weather instruments and cam - back up!
December 05, 2008: FINALS ARE OVER!!!!!!!!!!
December 05, 2008: FINALS!!!!! WOOHOO!
December 04, 2008: CJ’s Bus
December 04, 2008: COLD!
December 04, 2008: Rainy night and brutal cold headed our way?

December 03, 2008: Hurry up and wait
December 02, 2008: The now

December 01, 2008: Light snow is falling

 

November Postings

 

November 31, 2008: Tyler’s 10th Birthday Part
November 29, 2008: Snow chances in the coming days
November 29, 2008: Expert: Small Ark. earthquakes could be warning
November 28, 2008: Billion dollar investment in Metropolis?
November 28, 2008: FRIDAY!
November 28, 2008: Days ahead
November 27, 2008: A philosopher once said…
November 27, 2008: HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!!
November 26, 2008: Wednesday - rain or snow chances Sunday? Or not?
November 25, 2008: Moving along - countdown to building!
November 24, 2008: I need snow.
November 23, 2008: OMG - I see someone else was at the same movie
November 23, 2008: Up on the farm…
November 23, 2008: Large meteor streaks across Canada
November 23, 2008: Brrrrr
November 22, 2008: Twilight
November 22, 2008: NOAA’S Winter Outlook
November 22, 2008: COLD WEATHER CONTINUES
November 21, 2008: Brrrrrrrrr
November 20, 2008: Down…down…..down……….down
November 20, 2008: Will it snow soon?
November 19, 2008: BRUTAL
November 19, 2008: Decorating for Christmas
November 19, 2008: Winter Weather Workshop
November 18, 2008: Southern Illinois Electric

November 17, 2008: Pilgrim’s Pride layoffs - 355 more people
November 16, 2008: Old barn burned on the farm
November 16, 2008: Looks like it snowed in Canada
November 15, 2008: The big three
November 15, 2008: Waterloo needs more web cams
November 15, 2008: Brrrr - rainy morning
November 14, 2008: Thermograph has arrived!
November 14, 2008: Moving towards some solar
“It’s An Emergency”
November 12, 2008: Footer plans are finished
November 11, 2008: And then there were two!
November 10, 2008: Cold weather ahead!!!
November 9, 2008: Brrrr
November 8, 2008: Dylan’s Football Game

November 7, 2008: Met with builders today
November 7, 2008: Dakota’s Blizzard
A NEW DAY IN AMERICA
November 4, 2008: AN HISTORIC NIGHT IN AMERICA AND THE WORLD
November 4, 2008: CONGRATULATIONS TONY CROUCH!
NOVEMBER 4, 2008: VOTE!
November 3, 2008: Happy birthday Deena and mother :)
November 2, 2008: Dylan Football Photos
November 1, 2008: Introducing a threat for severe weather - Wed/Thursday
November 1, 2008: CONGRATULATIONS DYLAN!!!!! PATRIOTS!


 
October Postings

 
October 31, 2008: Halloween
October 31, 2008:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
October 28, 2008:
Nothing says I love you like a warm blanket
October 28, 2008:
Updated house plans
October 27, 2008:
One week until the election
October 20, 2008:
Dentist…sunny day and school
October 17, 2008:
Where to put the house
October 15, 2008:
Midterm grades!
October 14, 2008:
Glen Argo Closing 
October 13, 2008:
Returning to the real world
October 07, 2008:
Tests - Midterms Cramming
October 05, 2008:
Sunday
October 04, 2008:
Dylan’s Football Game
October 04, 2008:
The day the house gave away 850 BILLION dollars

October 01, 2008: A World In Spiral
October 01, 2008:
October? Already?

 

September Postings

September 28, 2008: Criminals in charge
September 28, 2008: Happy Birthday Dylan…Cold Weather Coming?
September 26, 2008: China Town…Aquarium
September 26, 2008: San Francisco, California
September 25, 2008: Beautiful day in San Francisco
September 24, 2008: San Francisco!
September 24, 2008: Made it to California…and insurance update
September 23, 2008: Insurance
September 22, 2008: Damage from storm
September 21, 2008: Sunday. Happy Birthday Daddy
September 21, 2008: Thumbing through some old photos
September 19, 2008: The day the free markets died
September 18, 2008: Fall is in the air? John’s Birthday!

September 17, 2008: Grades are in
September 17, 2008: A chilly morning! Four tests back today
September 16, 2008: Farm update
September 16, 2008: Some damage to our apartments
September 16, 2008: Cleanup continues
September 14, 2008: More damage photos - Lone Oak/Metropolis
September 14, 2008: Ike Moves Through
September 14, 2008: Widespread wind damage in the region
September 14, 2008: Hello Ike - widespread damage in our area
September 12, 2008: CATASTROPHE FOR AMERICA
September 12, 2008: Last nights birthday party
September 12, 2008: Run on gas last night in Paducah
11:14:40 pm 9/11 - Two Thousand Five Hundred Fifty Seven Days Later
September 10, 2008: Dangerous Ike
September 9, 2008: It is a Tuesday
September 9, 2008: Frymire makes his winter forecast
September 8, 2008: Ike
September 8, 2008: Tyler’s first football game
September 7, 2008: 8 cent gas :)
September 6, 2008: School!
September 2, 2008: Homework and then more homework

 

August Postings

August 29, 2008: Gustav
August 27, 2008: Gustav
August 25, 2008: Back Home
August 23, 2008: Back Home
August 20, 2008: Chess but in the real world
August 20, 2008: Mihai's Grandfather has passed away
August 20, 2008: Morning with the Pope
August 19, 2008: For Kristy

August 18, 2008: Florence, Italy
August 17, 2008: A Taste of Venice
August 17, 2008: Venice
August 17, 2008: Venice Clowns

August 17, 2008: A DAY IN VENICE

August 16, 2008: Venice/Adriatic Sea - more photographs
August 16, 2008: More Venice Photographs
August 16, 2008: A day in Venice! Stunning sky - beautiful weather
August 15, 2008: Venice, Italy
August 15, 2008: Rome and Venice Photographs
August 15, 2008: A day in Rome
August 15, 2008: A morning with a National Geographic photographer
August 15, 2008: Heading out to meet the photographer and then Venice
August 15, 2008: Sue Henry Is Putting Together A Photography Club In Paducah!!
August 14, 2008: Rome, Italy

August 14, 2008: Going out with National Geographic tomorrow morning.
August 14, 2008: Around the City of Rome

August 14, 2008: Rome
August 14, 2008: Zen
August 13, 2008: Fashion in Rome
August 13, 2008: Rome
August 13, 2008: More Rome photographs
August 13, 2008: ROME!!!!
August 13, 2008: We have arrived in Rome
August 12, 2008: 4 AM Emergency Landing
August 11, 2008: Made it to Toronto
August 11, 2008: Heading to Toronto
August 10, 2008: Toronto Explosion
August 10, 2008: Ready to go! Heading for Nashville and Toronto…then Rome
August 09, 2008:
 Clarity
August 09, 2008: New KIVA Partners
August 09, 2008: Decisions and Crossroads
08-08-08: Lucky 8
08-08-08: Ashcreek Has SOLD!
08-08-08: IMAGINE
08-08-08: 2008: Beautiful outside!!!!
08-08-08  08-08-08
August 07, 2008: Sue Henry has a SmugMug site
August 07, 2008: Terrible forecast
August 06, 2008: Topo maps for farm
August 06, 2008: Apartments are ours!
August 07, 2008: Solar ideas…apartments
August 05, 2008: Offer made on apartments…closing for house on Friday
August 05, 2008: It is already August 5th?
August 04, 2008: House plans arrive!
August 03, 2008: Everything is moving along nicely
August 01, 2008: Next Semester
August 01, 2008: Preliminary Blueprints
August 01, 2008: Blueprints…Farm

 

July Postings

July 01, 2008: Poof - welcome to July!
July 02, 2008: My first solar light
July 02, 2008: Jungle Golf at Kentucky Lake
July 03, 2008: $$$$$$
July 04, 2008: Happy Birthday America
July 05, 2008: Nice day out
July 07, 2008: Tired…but good!
July 07, 2008: The Story of Misfortune by Max Lucado
July 10, 2008  Black Friday?
July 13, 2008: Sunday - picture of Danielle at the beach in Florida
July 13, 2008: Dione was on the History Channel - Dippin'-Dots!
July 14, 2008: Moments in time
July 14, 2008: South Pole Weather - brrrrrrr
July 14, 2008: Mariah’s Birthday Party
July 15, 2008: 1962 article about mother…Judy Verbarg
July 15, 2008: WOOHOO!!! Countdown to WINTER begins - the year is half over
July 16, 2008: LEAVING KENTUCKY FOR WASHINGTON!  Eastern Conference
July 17, 2008: Made it to Washington D.C., EasternUSwx Conference
July 19, 2008: The green light for war?
July 19, 2008: Offer on Ashcreek - Tony has called
July 20, 2008: Ashcreek - verbal offer.  Heading home from Washington D.C.
July 21, 2008: Ashcreek - offer has been signed.
July 22, 2008: We now have a written contract on Ashcreek!!!
July 23, 2008: Ashcreek - some wrinkles?
July 24, 2008: Time keeps on ticking
July 25, 2008: Fun at the St John's Ice Cream Social - Mariah and Ashton photos
July 25, 2008: Good news - possible offer on Ashcreek?
July 25, 2008: Ashcreek…Friday
July 26, 2008: FINALS!!
July 27, 2008: One final down! One house rented! Heading to Rome.
July 27, 2008: SWEET! Check this out - The Trackstick.
July 28, 2008: MOVING! Pictures of the house we are renting.  Offer on apartments…new archive website is up
July 28, 2008: Sue Henry has some wonderful photos on her site
July 29, 2008: Closing date? :)
July 28, 2008: Moving out of Ashcreek - again!
July 30, 2008: Moved - unpacked - getting computers set=up for emergency management!
July 31, 2008: Thursday! Thunderstorms!
July 31, 2008: Raw Talent! :)

 

June Postings

June 01, 2008  Dodson Cemetery
June 02, 2008: Exciting Days!!!!
June 03, 2008: Is it reallllly June????
June 04, 2008: Lucy In Florida
June 06, 2008: The Cap
June 08, 2008: Thoughts and prayers
June 09, 2008: Joey’s Birthday
June 10, 2008: Community Mourns Teens Deaths
June 13, 2008: Rest In Peace Kent
June 13, 2008: WKYQ Comments On Kent's Life
June 13, 2008: New KIVA Partner
June 13, 2008: Woody Laid To rest today
June 14, 2008: Newspaper Article About Kent & Funeral arrangements
June 15, 2008: Kent King's Amazing Life
June 16,2008:  Saying goodbye to Kent
June 17, 2008: A video tribute to Kent
June 18, 2008: A tribute to Kent King video
June 19, 2008: Thursday - meeting solar guy and moving back to Ashcreek
June 20, 2008: Added one more video about Kent

June 21, 2008: So Tony got paid by Hillary
June 22, 2008: Saturday
June 22, 2008: Warm day - midterms
June 23, 2008: Let The Excavating Begin!
June 23, 2008: First Sunset Since I Moved In 1988
June 24, 2008: Old Farm Maps
June 24, 2008: Watching it all unfold - excavation continues
June 27, 2008: Busy days -Daisy photos - farm
June 28, 2008: Farm…Solar…Happy Birthday Tony
June 30, 2008: SWISH and June was gone

 

May Postings

May   02, 2008  Busy severe weather day
May   03, 2008  Birthday outbreak potential
May   04, 2008  Dylan goes to prom
May   07, 2008  Deadly typhoon
May   08, 2008  Humanitarian crisis
May   09, 2008  Post birthday
May   13, 2008  Busy busy
May   13, 2008  Cloud day photographs
May   14, 2008  Closing on the farm
May   16, 2008  Closing day
May   16, 2008  VICTORY - the homeplace is ours
May   17, 2008  Hillary comes to Mayfield
May   20, 2008  A flash back - photographs from past winter
May   21, 2008  Daisy photographs
May   23, 2008  Daisy photographs
May   24, 2008  Arrowhead show and bison
May   26, 2008  The wisdom of being unwise
May   27, 2008  Trip to the farm - storm photos
May   27, 2008  Family get together - Aunt Jeno
May   28, 2008  The Dodson Award - a discovery - Great Uncle War Hero
May   28, 2008  More on Robert A Dodson
May   29, 2008  More information on Robert A Dodson
May   30, 2008  Busy busy - plans for the farm
 

April Postings

April   01, 2008  Bloom - new web site I am putting together
April   01, 2008  New apartments
April   04, 2008  Flash flooding hits the region - again
April   09, 2008  Major severe weather threat?
April   10, 2008  Severe weather threat less likely
April   11, 2008  Severe weather
April   15, 2008  Fern Cliff State Park
April   16, 2008  New severe weather site
April   16, 2008  Hippy ice cream
April   17, 2008  Joey's photograph that he made
April   18, 2008  Local earthquake
April   19, 2008  Farm news - offer made
April   19, 2008  Farm update
April   19, 2008  Offer accepted images
April   20, 2008  Ten years ago in May
April   21, 2008  We reclaim the homeplace!
April   22, 2008  Words of wisdom
April   24, 2008  Quavarius dies
April   25, 2008  A surprise for mother
April   25, 2008  Putting together the mailbox for the farm
April   25, 2008  Offer on one of our new homes
April   26, 2008  Today is the day
April   26, 2008  THE BIG DAY - VIDEO PHOTOS
April   27, 2008  Teddy bears for local charities
April   28, 2008  Good news we sold a house
April   28, 2008  Quavarius
April   30, 2008  Tornado shelter
 

March Postings

March 01, 2008  Meteorological Spring and more Moscow Photographs
March 02, 2008  Warm - Spring like weather
March 07, 2008  Winter storm - Mayfield, KY photographs
March 08, 2008  Making an offer on the farm - snow photos
March 08, 2008  Tyler and Danielle snowman photo
March 08, 2008  Anthem - song
March 09, 2008  Dreams 
March 09, 2008  Dione's Birthday
March 10, 2008  Excavator at the farm
March 11, 2008  Oprah's Big Give - tv show
March 11, 2008  Teddy beat update - 2008 bears
March 12, 2008  Denver Children's Home
March 13, 2008  Farm photos
March 14, 2008  Closed on our new apartments today
March 17, 2008  Daisy photos
March 17, 2008  Teddy bears have arrived!  Photos
March 18, 2008  Flood
March 19, 2008  Flood rainfall and photographs - Massac County
March 19, 2008  Worst flood in Vienna's history
March 20, 2008  Happy Birthday David - Happy Spring!
March 20, 2008  Denver Children's Home - Photos of computer monitors
March 20, 2008  BLOOM - New Website Launched
March 21, 2008  Poplar Bluff, Missouri - flood

March 21, 2008  Appraiser at the farm
March 22, 2008  Yesterday and Today
March 23, 2008  Spring - poem
March 25, 2008  Beginnings - spring and the farm
March 30, 2008  The Staircase
March 30, 2008  Photos from Kristy - Lucy
March 30, 2008  Rainy Sunday
March 31, 2008  Teddy Bears Arrive - More

 

February Postings

February 01, 2008  Easy come - easy go - light snow
February 01, 2008  Niagara on the Lake snow photos
February 01, 2008  Gingerbread men and winter wonderland  photos
February 02, 2008  Gorky Park - This time it is personal

February 02, 2008  Wet snow event in Niagara - photos
February 03, 2008  Severe weather outbreak - forecast
February 06, 2008  Night of the twisters
February 06, 2008  EF4 Jackson, Tennessee
February 06, 2008  EF4 Jackson County, Alabama
February 06, 2008  Calloway County, Kentucky tornado
February 06, 2008  Tornado outbreak map
February 07, 2008  Quebec City Winter Carnival photos
February 07, 2008  Posting from within the Ice Hotel
February 08, 2008  Updated outbreak map
February 08, 2008  Winter Carnival photos - Quebec City, Canada
February 08, 2008  Winter Carnival photos - Quebec City, Canada
February 08, 2008  Hotel night photograph - Quebec City, Canada
February 08, 2008  120 mile tornado track map - Arkansas
February 09, 2008  Cross County ski photographs - Quebec City, Canada
February 09, 2008  Winter Carnival photographs - Quebec City, Canada

February 09, 2008  Winter Carnival photographs - Quebec City, Canada
February 09, 2008  Snow sculpture photographs - Quebec City, Canada
February 09, 2008  Ice Hotel photographs, Quebec City, Canada
February 09, 2008  Ice Hotel photographs, Quebec City, Canada
February 09, 2008  Ice Hotel photographs
February 09, 2008  Ice Hotel photographs
February 10, 2008  Snowing hard in Quebec City - Photograph
February 10, 2008  Tornado outbreak map - updated
February 10, 2008  Winter Carnival Night Parade - Quebec City, Photographs
February 11, 2008  A cold morning in Quebec City - Photographs
February 11, 2008  Winter Carnival sights - Quebec City, Canada photographs
February 11, 2008  Out and about Quebec City -  Snow!  Photographs
February 11, 2008  Quebec City snow photographs
February 11, 2008  Quebec City snow photographs
February 11, 2008  Kids of Quebec City - snow photographs
February 11, 2008  New KIVA Partner
February 11, 2008  Back to Waterloo, Ontario
February 12, 2008  Waterloo - photographs
February 12, 2008  Quebec City Winter Carnival photographs
February 12, 2008  Quebec City snow photographs
February 12, 2008  Snowing in Waterloo, Ontario photographs
February 12, 2008  Livingston County, Kentucky ice storm damage photographs - Chris Ellis Photos
February 13, 2008  Sunset snow photographs - Waterloo, Ontario
February 13, 2008  Round Knob, Illinois - Ice Storm Photographs - Kim Jackson Photos
February 14, 2008  Packing for Switzerland
February 15, 2008  Snowflake Therapy - Snow in Iraq - news story
February 16, 2008  Text of Obama speech
February 16, 2008  Made it to Switzerland
February 19, 2008  Evening in Zurich, Switzerland - photographs
February 19, 2008  Farm update and Zurich sunset photograph
February 19, 2008  New apartments in Mayfield - eight units
February 19, 2008  New KIVA Partner
February 19, 2008  Kosovo independence - Zurich
February 18, 2008  Zurich, Switzerland photographs
February 18, 2008  Ashcreek open house - update
February 18, 2008  Ice storm threat?  Forecast

February 19, 2008  Heading for Moscow
February 19, 2008  The Cuban dictator has left the building
February 19, 2008  Red Square - Moscow, Russia - Photographs
February 19, 2008  Ouch - another ice storm - forecast
February 20, 2008  Survey ordered on farm property
February 20, 2008  Light snow falling this morning
February 20, 2008  Cheetah out and about
February 20, 2008  A Car - 100 Rubles - and Hitchhiking in Moscow
February 20, 2008  Moscow photographs
February 21, 2008  Ice storm back home - Russian Ballet
February 21, 2008  Daisy is a mother - baby goats
February 21, 2008  Castro political cartoons
February 21, 2008  Gorky Park photographs - Moscow, Russia
February 22, 2008  Moscow, Russia photographs
February 23, 2008  Pigeon anyone?
February 23, 2008  Cheetah at the Kremlin - photograph
February 23, 2008  Moscow - rainy photograph
February 23, 2008  Mikhail fish photograph - Moscow
February 24, 2008  What I learned in Russia - story/photos
February 25, 2008  Moscow in black and white - photographs

February 25, 2008  Moscow in black and white - photographs II
February 26, 2008  Back in Canada - Gail Stubblefield photograph/Lucy photo
February 26, 2008  The Challenge of Inspiration

February 26, 2008  Made it home!

 

January Postings

January 01, 2008  Inspire To Be Inspired
January 01, 2008  Lucy Photos and Building
January 02, 2008  Tina Arena
January 02, 2008  Snowing - dusting in Paducah
January 04, 2008  Under the weather...
January 05, 2008  Metaverse - Starry Starry Night Video
January 05, 2008  Snow pictures sent to me from Romania
January 06, 2008  Second Life Images that I grabbed while I was on-line
January 07, 2008  Severe weather potential
January 08, 2008  Severe weather forecast
January 08, 2008  Political cartoons
January 09, 2008  Quieter day...
January 09, 2008  KIVA Partner- Bolivia
January 09, 2008  Metaverse comments - Documentary
January 10, 2008  Heading to Canada
January 11, 2008  Blogging from the road - first time in the car
January 12, 2008  Made it to Waterloo, Ontario - Kite Runner
January 13, 2008  Kite Runner Comments
January 13, 2008  Snowing in Waterloo, Ontario - Photos My First Snow of the Season!!!
January 14, 2008  Snow Photos
January 16, 2008  One Laptop Per Child has arrived
January 17, 2008  Heading to Toronto
January 18, 2008  In Toronto
January 18, 2008  Photos from Toronto
January 18, 2008  Photos from Toronto II
January 18, 2008  Photos from Toronto III
January 18, 2008  Photos from Toronto IIII
January 19, 2008  Good morning SNOW FORECAST
January 19, 2008  Out and about in Toronto
January 21, 2008  Snowing in Waterloo!  Photos 5 Degrees!
January 21, 2008  Possible house design?
January 21, 2008  Five Pin photos  Joey/David/Beau
January 22, 2008  Waterloo snow photos
January 22, 2008  Whiteout photos - Waterloo
January 23, 2008  Whiteoutp photos from Waterloo II
January 24, 2008  Ice photos at David's House
January 24, 2008  Snow sunset photos from Waterloo
January 24, 2008  Storms in the forecast
January 24, 2008  Snow Video from Waterloo - YouTube that I made
January 25, 2008  Lucy Photographs and heading to Deerhurst, Ontario
January 25, 2008  Arrived in Huntsville (Deerhurst) Snow Photos
January 26, 2008  Snow photos -- Joey/David/Beau Snow Mobiles
January 26, 2008  Snow photos from Huntsville, Ontario
January 27, 2008  Photos leaving Huntsville - heading back to Waterloo
January 27, 2008  How to add comments
January 27, 2008  Tech Minute: WildCharge
January 27, 2008  Lucy photos
January 28, 2008  Music download program?
January 28, 2008  Cancel music download program!
January 28, 2008  Snow map forecast!
January 29, 2008  Wicked weather back home - Wind event
January 31, 2008  It snowed back home!  Quebec City - snow photographs
 


 


 

 


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