Ding dong, the bells are gonna chime........

It's here! By this time tomorrow Cindy and I will be married, and about to be one our way
to Wisconsin!

The ceremony will be performed by her minister/brother, George, at the Cathedral of
Hope/East Liberty Presbyterian Church, in Pittsburgh. Just a small group of family
and a couple of close friends for each of us will be in attendance, then off to a family-
owned restaurant for an intimate dinner.

Plans are to go part way that evening, then arrive in Kimberly/Appleton late Sunday
afternoon or early evening. We'll visit and entertain and be entertained by Bill and
Colleen and the 3 grandsons, whom I haven't seen since last summer, and who
Cindy hasn't met or talked to yet.

C.J. and Leeann, his girlfriend, intend to be at the wedding, but Chartel still has to
let her intentions be known. Hopefully she'll show up.

C.J. will be leaving in a couple of weeks to move back to Harrisburg. His job at
Hollister's is still open, and the opportunity to take management training is
still being offered him, so he'll have a respectable income while pursuing the
use of his Spanish skills. It's been good to have him around the house, though
we haven't had much time together, just got out once to hit the tennis balls
around.

My writing for the PAFocus paper is taking off, with my weekly column getting
a lot of attention and comments from my readers. Currently we are running a
4-part series of my many trips for Rite Aid, with Cape Cod and Plimouth
Plantation featured in this week's edition, complete with 4 pictures I took.

A lot of folks liked my "Do You Remember?" columns, and a third one will
probably be in print soon. The next two weeks my title is "If I Was The
President!", which is meeting with mixed reactions from my following.

Ha-Ha!

Got to finish packing tonight, copy my vows on 3 x 5 cards (Cindy already
has done hers), and get a good night's rest. Oh, yes, we wrote our own
vows for the wedding - they will posted on the web at some point - we'll
let you know.

That's all for now. More after we get back home. Love, Chartel, C.J.,
Cindy and Bill.