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Bye 2001!

Written 12/31/2001 at 9 PM in Downtown, Jacksonville

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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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).

Vicky's Page

Cool Movies

->Memento<-
Lord of the Rings
Shallow Hal
Enemy at the Gate
Pearl Harbor
Ocean's 11

Okay Movies

What Lies Beneath
American Pie II
Bridget Jones' Diary

Special Mini-series Note:

BAND OF BROTHERS RULES!

Crafts I Made:

Marge Simpson magnet for Sean (Valentine's Day)
Professor Frink magnet for Sean (Birthday)
Lisa Simpson magnet for Sean (Graduation)
Hokie colored quarter holder for Bret (Graduation)

Books I read:

All The Best, George Bush
Night
The Fellowship of the Ring
Hiroshima