Sounds like you had a good visit. This is tax season and I only signed up to volunteer one day a week but have been working two or three days instead so hadn't had a chance to go though any more of granddad papers will do when I can get time Ruby ----- Original Message ----- From: ENC6@aol.com Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2003 8:22 pm Subject: [IVESTER] FYI and a bit off topic > Good Evening Everyone, > The list has certainly gone quiet so I guess everyone is busy. I > know I have > been rather busy. I also know that there are some messages I need > to respond > to and will try to do so in the next couple of days. > > I did want to let all of you know what a nice evening my family > and I had > last Friday. Mike Ivester from Missouri was in town for a > conference and he > was able to come out to the house for a while. I understand that > several of > you have already had the pleasure of meeting him. We really did > have a grand > visit. AND... he did a admirable job of surviving Shannon, Shawn, > and 4 dogs > not to mention me.... <g>. He really impressed everyone when we > realized > that Snickers (our oldest dog) was quite taken with him. The > unusual thing > about this is that Snickers was an abused dog and was beaten by > two young men > who had her for the first 18 months of her life. Not only was she > beaten but > she was locked in a closet for long hours and they also managed to > crush her > hip which required surgery. So she is often quite hesitant around > men. Yet > here she was - going over to sit by him and asking him to pet her. > > > As I said, we had a grand visit - shared information - talked > about some > Ivester puzzles and in general had a very nice time indeed. > > Hope all of you had a great weekend as well. > Take care - Emma > > > ==== IVESTER Mailing List ==== > HINT: Make your queries more effective by including dates and > locations as well as names. > Have questions or concerns contact list administrator at > Ivester-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >