Bye 2001!

Things that happened in 2001 (not in chronological order):

• Sean and Vicky buy a house
• Kevin Ledman, Tristan Mackey and Kevin Dublin move in house in summer.
• Jimmie takes inaugural dump in house
• Seven days afer moving into house sewage line backs up.
• Fifteen days after moving into house, washing machine hose bursts and floods first floor and destroys basement ducts.
• Sean and Vicky buy a new sewage line
• Sean and Vicky get new duct work in basement.
• Miranda Guinevere Barnes is born (April)
• Kathleen leaves QualTrax (July)
• Chris Mullins joins QualTrax (April)
• Chris Martz joins QualTrax (August)
• Tim Kirk and Carrie Bishop get married.
• Andrew Tegemkamp and Vanessa wed.
• ...
• Rugrat dies.
• Stinky, a.k.a. Farrah, joins the ferret cage
• Aaron Evans gets a computer
• Aaron Evans gets a girlfriend.
• Sean gets XM radio
• Sean and Vicky buy XM Radio stock.
• ...
• Larry Bowman starts dating Lori Ott.
• Larry Bowman reinovates deck and back fence. Proper tailgating season ensures.
• Gang purchases Larry Bowman a grill.
• Sean and Vicky get their first Christmas tree. To help fill it, they hold an ornament party.
• Vicky has pumpkin carving party.
• Sean forgets to carve his pumpkin.
• Pumpkins rot on deck.
• Ginny Bowman is hospitalized for a severe car accident.
• Jodi hospitalized for appendicitus
• Jodi hospitalized for pulmonary embolism
• Melanie gets wisdom teeth extracted
• Bill has a spell and goes to emergency room.
• Melanie has acid reflux and goes to emergency room.
• Ryan Schutt starts grad school at Clemson.
• Kevin Ledman becomes a full time employee of CCS
• Kevin Ledman buys new car (Acura RL 1998)
• Tristan Mackey buys new car (Chevy Celebrity?)
• Vicky, Ryan Schutt, Stacy McMahon, Todd Upchurch and Todd's girlfriend go see Phantom of the Opera in Charlotte.
• Vicky plays two more losing seasons of volleyball.
• Vicky goes to Traverse City, Michigan to conduct a training session for Boride Engineering (June)
• Vicky goes to Louisville, Kentucky to conduct two training sessions for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Vicky's car breaks down on I-77 in West Virginia
• Vicky's car gets new alternator.
• Vicky takes car to Lube Time for oil change.
• Lube Time reimburses Vicky for mechanic's bill. They had let her transmission fluid leak.
• Vicky's car gets new tires and brakepads.
• Vicky's car gets new serpentine belt
• ...
• Bret Herrala starts Virginia Tech
• Bret Herrala parks his car at Sean and Vicky's house
• Bret and Kevin Dublin get CDs stolen from their cars. Bret's CD player was damaged.
• Bret's car get egged in front of Sean and Vicky's house.
• Sean's parents' computer catches on fire in 2012 House
• Kevin Ledman's monitor catches on fire in 2012 House.
• Vicky goes to England to conduct training for Palm Computers. Jay's there for cruise ship training so they visit.
• Vicky, Carolyn, Jay, Ryan Schutt, Marissa, Aaron and others go skiing at Blue Knob, PA (March)
• Carolyn visited Sean and Vicky's house (July)
• Mom and Jay visit pending house. Jay climbs up on deck.
• Sean drinks in front of his parents for the first time.
• Vicky and Sean get engaged.
• Vicky spends first Christmas away from home.
• Oven breaks right before Thanksgiving. Sawyers all eat at a buffet.
• Sean's parents and Vicky's parents have Christmas Eve supper together.
• Annual cookie baking the day after Thanksgiving takes place in toaster ovens.
• Vicky gets her first facial (December 31, 2001)
• Vicky gets her eyebrows waxed for the first time.
• Sean, Vicky, Brian and Jodi attend ALL Virginia Tech football games:
  Home: UConn, Central Florida, Boston College, Syracuse, Miami, Western Michigan
  Away: Rutgers, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Temple, UVA
  Bowl: Gator Bowl (Jan 1, 2002) vs. Florida State
• Sean, Vicky and Bret go to Belma Herrala's 80th Birthday Party.
• Vicky and Tony blade Huckleberry Trail a few times.
• Vicky blades to NRV Mall to meet Ryan for Bridget Jones' Diary.
• Vicky blades in Europe (July).
• Ryan Schutt visits Europe (July).
• Vicky blades from Automasters to Bowman's for a ride to work.
• Vicky blades to Sharkey's from 2012 house.
• Vicky, Jimmie and Henry hike to Angel's Rest Point.
• Vicky and Mom hike near Mountain Lake.
• Mom goes to her very first Virginia Tech football game (UConn)
• Sean's parents go to their first Virginia Tech game in the past three years (Central Florida)
• Vicky is told to eat more fat.
• Larry Bowman promoted to Director of Business Development
• Stench and Maggie mangle carpet in new house.
• Rugrat is first Sawyer/Herrala pet to be buried in the yard. She's in the side yard by the ferret cage window.
• Ben Harden buys a townhouse
• Vicky, Carolyn, Clint and Kipp go camping the weekend after terrorist attacks.
• Brian Vandervort and Keith Phelps in air during September 11, 2001.
• ...
• Keith Phelps gets pilot's license.
• Vicky and Sean commemorate five years together.
• Sean's featured in the slide show at the CCS Christmas Party.
• G3 has its first Christmas Party.
• QualTrax 3.0 is released with customizeable workflow.
• ...
• Vicky makes homemade soap, bath oils and bath salts at Deanna Felton's house.
• Larry Bowman's first grandson is born-- Pendleton Rainer Jones
• Vicky picks up Ginny Bowman at Raleigh-Durham airport.
• Andrew Krier gets married (June)
• Andrew Krier gets divorced (October)
• Gina Cornelio plays college basketball for Colorado School of Mines
• Vicky and Sean compete against each other in two fantasy basketball leagues.
• Vicky and Sean attend NHL game in Pittsburgh.
• Jodi becomes a Pampered Chef consultant.
• Jodi retires from Pampered Chef consulting.
• The Kaltens move to Mechanicsville, VA.
• Brent Ingrebresten and Vicky on good terms.
• Vicky and Larry do consulting work for VT Psychology.
• Vicky, Larry Bowman, Kathleen Ryland, Brian Leitten and Brian Vandervort go to tradeshow in Charlotte, N.C. See filming crews for "Shallow Hal"
• Vicky buys a laptop!
• Vicky's shift key falls off.
• Sean sees first live NFL game.
• 2012 gets and abuses Tivo.
• Tristan gets exposed to and enjoys "West Wing"
• Vicky and Sean visit D-Day Memorial.
• Vicky and Sean go to Ted Herrala's Chick-a-que for Ted's Birthday.
• Vicky and Sean meet Daniel in Jacksonville-- a damn good homeless man [Present day note-- Daniel was standing right next to us and insist that we include him in our list]
• Bret Herrala graduated from high school.
• Jay starts dating Jackie.
• Sean graduates from Virginia Tech with a B.A. in Communications.
• Vicky and Jodi "share" a hat in Jacksonville (Dec. 31, 2001).

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