Tulsa Loveless

December 24th and 25th Weather

December 25th, 2009

Well, a lot of people always want a white Christmas. Not me.

We had rain starting early on the 24th which changed to sleet around noon and then changed to snow a couple of hours later. Tulsa airport reported 6 inches of snow but I now believe we had a few more inches than the airport. My observation of more snow comes after a day of moving the snow off the driveway. We had winds of 35 to 45 MPH here in Tulsa and temperatures down to 18. An old time blizzard.

Well anyway, we didn’t have a normal Christmas. Everyone was snowed in as highways and streets were blocked or closed. So Marie and I spent the second Christmas in 50 years without the kids. The first Christmas without the kids was the first Christmas after we were married. Anyway, we have reschedule for Sunday December 27th. Hopefully the wind will stop blowing the snow around and the temperature will get above freezing by Sunday.

My day was spent moving snow off the driveway as you can see in the pictures blow. I’ll feel the shoveling tomorrow.

These first pictures were taken early this morning.

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The next pictures were taken after shoveling for 3 hours in 20 degree temperature and 20 MPR winds.

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Family Lost A Member

December 25th, 2009

This past August we lost a family member after a long illness. Vladie (Val) Martin passed away on the 20th of August, 2009. We were blessed with seeing Val every so many years when he and Ginny would go on vacation with us or visit Topeka Kansas withVirginia and the family. Val was born Februry 23, 1923 in Glengamock, Scotland. He grew up and was educated in Scotland before coming to the United States.

And when he talked he had a brogue that was wonderful.

Val was an employee of Chrysler Motor Company in Detroit and was probably the reason my family has always, or at least the last 20 years, has always bought new Dodge or Chrysler auto’s or PU’s. Val was able to get us deals. Even now our son Matt is a Finance Manager for a large Chrysler dealer here in Tulsa.

Val and Ginny raised four childen, John (Jack), Ken, Jim and Mary Ann.

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December 2009 – Christmas Lights

December 9th, 2009

We have the house decorated outside with lights. These are some of the pictures taken earlier this month. There was some fine tuning completed after thes pictures were taken.

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November 26, 2009 – Thanksgiving

December 8th, 2009

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The Thanksgiving dinner this year was help as our place on 23rd Street here in Tulsa. Things started early as Matt and family were also going to Kim’s Family dinner east of Tulsa. With that said, things went ahead with no pictures taken of the Turkey as Matt had it stripped to the bone and on two platters before anyone knew what had happened. Plus the ball game was on TV and the viewing and eating really went on in the den. There was also grips about the TV and the green lines around the people on the screen. I guess that should be anticipated on a set over 20 years old.

Anyway, sorry for the lack of pictures. But with the ‘picture takers’ doing the cooking and some of us on the computer, or leaving early, there was little time for picture taking.

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October and November 2009 – 2009 & 2010 School Pictures

December 8th, 2009

The school pictures for those in school for 2009a- 2010 are below. Not all of the grand-kids or their parents have given us pictures but we will add them as we received.

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An Update from the Webmaster

November 25th, 2009

This is Kyle, here! As you may have read, there were a few issues with this site after the owner (hi grandpa!) upgraded his PC to the latest software. This revealed a small problem with WordPress (the software that makes this web site work). The only way to fix it: upgrade to the latest version. As with most system upgrades, there have been a few bumps.

The most obvious one for the readers is the unusual absence of the majority of the photographs on this web page. The reason for this is that they were attached in an unusual way that did not follow this software’s standard operation, but which was (and still is, technically) entirely acceptable for the old version. The photos are still on the web server, but have been stripped from the posts by the upgrade process. They were attached by a now-unsupported add-on to this software. I have installed the newest version of this add-on, but have had no luck in resorting the photos to their posts.

It should be possible to re-attached the photos from the on-site manager, but I won’t bore the readers of this site with the technical details thereof. Just know that the photos will be available for viewing by some means as soon as it can be arranged.

For now, I have to go update the support ticket for this issue with this unfortunate news, and then go to bed. It has been a very long day, and as much as I would like to get this fixed right now, I’m about to fall asleep at my computer.

Night!

~Kyle
The tech-savvy grandson.

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November 2009 – Ryan Back From Iraq

November 25th, 2009

Ryan returned from Iraq and arrived back in the good old USA at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on Saturday 21, 2009. The pictures below were taken at the arrival ceremonies at Fort Sill. Ryan will be stationed at Fort Sill until his discharge from active duty in the Spring of 2010.

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November 14, 2009 – Karen’s 47th Birthday

November 25th, 2009

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Karen celebrated her 47th birthday as of November 14, 2009. These are some of the pictures taken at the celebration on 23rd Street here in Tulsa.

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October 11, 2009 – Soldiers

November 25th, 2009

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Around Veterans Day this year, I got a request from Keith Taylor, Marie’s nephew, for pictures of Marie’s Dad and brother Paul. Keith wanted his Dad and Grandpa picture’s to show them on the air. He is a morning lead Newsman on channel 8 here in Tulsa. Marie and her sister Evelyn found other pictures of their relatives which we send to Keith. I will show all of them here.

Added will be some pictures of the Loveless side of the family.

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These next pictures are ofthe Loveless family.

Marie and Evelyn Albright (her sister) attended the Veterans Day event in Skiatook Oklahoma. Here they are seen with Dustin Langley in his cowboy outfit. The cowboy hat is a borrowed one from the Langley’s neighbor.

This is Marie, Dustin and Evelyn

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October 31, 2009 – Donovan Family

November 25th, 2009

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On Halloween afternoon, Donovan (Mark’s and Kim’s son) and his family dropped by to show us their costumes they were using this year. These are the pictures of Donovan, Bonnie and Ace.

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