February 12, 1914 Was Mom's Birth Date

Mom was a wonderful woman who was a nurse when Dad met her.  They got married and mom turn to being a full time house wife.  Mom & Dad raised five wonderful humble children & of course they are all just beautiful.  I am probably the humblest & handsomest?  LOL, not really!  All of the five attended college and are living a very happy lives.  Mom was usually the good guy & dad the bad guy.  I mean mom was not as strict as dad.  Dad was also great if you consider he lived thru the depression and understood how hard life can be.   He always tried to prepare us for the road ahead.  While mom always tried to keep us in step with the life each day.  She kept a perfect house and  attend a lot of social events to keep in touch with our little catholic community.

Christmas 1985

Of course Mom's greatest pleasures were her grandchildren.  Even in last years before she went with Dad to heaven she was so happy to be with her grandchildren.

April 19, 2003

The family loves and misses you mom!  Hope to see you and the rest of our family in the future!

The Past Can Be Fun or Education!

The following is as I remember it as told to me by my father “Paul A.”

My grandfather (my father’s side of the family) was a very hard working American Citizen who’s father immigrated from Germany to America.  My grandfather died in 1932 (age 67) of Tuberculosis & was popularly known as consumption for a long time.  Frank J was a very successful Capitalist who practically owned the whole town he lived in.  However on his death bed he had lost most of his wealth with the stock market crash of 1929.  My father told me that the family never told him the bad news about his bank but my father felt Frank J. knew what was going on.  As we all know about dips in the market effects all of us here in this world as we know it.  The only business left was the family store was run by my father’s family for many years after that. 

I never had the opportunity to meet my grandfather however I did meet my grandmother and spent time at her home (on family vacations from Texas) eating her food etc.  I remember her killing the chickens and cooking in the kitchen. 

Below are photos of my grandfather’s glasses and tombstones of grandfather & grandmother.  My dad gave me these however I do not remember but I think it was in the early 1970’s.  I really think this is very interesting how time changes things.  I of course modeled the glasses for your enjoyment.  You see I am almost 67 and that is how old my grandfather lived before his exit from the planet earth.

Russell & Thompson
Jewelers
And Opticians
Jacksonville, Ill.

Case

Case & Glasses

The Model

The photos below are from a family vacation this summer!

Margaret Lived to be 87 years old!

Frank J. lived to be 67 year old!

Dad told me a story about one of his birthday's.  Paul A. had a twin brother Carl A. & on their birthday Frank J. gave each boy a quarter (25 cents).   That was a lot of money in those days.  However the rest of my dad's life was all work and nobody gave him anything for free!

Drought to Snow I love Texas!

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

Drought in Texas!

December 22, 2012

Snow in December!

December 25, 2012

December 22, 2012 See the trees on the small island?

See the tree's behind the John Deere?  That is the same trees and normal Water level.

 June 3, 2011

I am sure this drought we are in at present is the driest I have ever seen.

Do you believe in global warming?

So I took another photo 1 hour later:

In Texas most folks do not have snow plow.

Thailand 2012 Nang's Trip

When Nang is in Thailand we have communication daily (10,000 miles apart) with the world wide internet.  We are using Skype at the present time.  We chat on the phone every morning (I am in Texas) and at night we use Skype to do video chat.  Here are some cute photos of my wife last night!

 

 I hope everybody understands why I am the luckiest guy in the world!

Nang is my Queen!

Tom in Texas

Nang Working Fall 2012

Have you ever seen such a beautiful woman at work?  Well I have she is my wonderful wife.  We were moving firewood for Eric and his camper friends.

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Beautiful Woman!

Of course this was when we start working and in Texas Today was just wonderful!

Before we started there was no firewood between the trees, however now Eric & his friends can have a warm campfire while enjoying being young!

The New Oil and Gas Boom

Time Magazine October 29, 2012 The New Oil and Gas Boom.  According to this article we are heading for a wonderful next 50 years.  The United States will be exporting our Oil & Gas to the rest of the world.

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So we are almost rich again?  I hope!

Apple IPhone Information

If you want to watch your teenagers up close and personal read this from Time Magazine this week!

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