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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY NICOLE AND BILL . Don shares the secrets for a successful marriage.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY NICOLE AND BILL . Don shares the secrets for a successful marriage.

Seven years ago today we shared the memories of our only child getting married. All of you long time regular visitors know Nicole is my special sweetheart. Knowing she is happy makes it possible for me to wake up each day feeling so thankful.
I always told Nicole I just wanted her to be average in life as she got older .
I never wanted her to be the best at everything . I knew parents like that and their kids often became very frustrated and they ended up feeling like a failure to their parents.
It only takes a couple negative words as a child from a parent and it sticks with them the rest of their lives.
And all you regular visitors also know I think the world of my son-in-law, Bill. The only thing we questioned about Bill was that he drove the junkiest , rustyest pickup truck in Gaylord, ha,ha.
Seeing that all my vehicles were the cleanest, shiniest in Gaylord, including my tractors, LOL. , no , that is all true. (:>)
I quess God was testing us and the first time Nicole brought Bill home to meet us , that was all it took.
Once we had Bill fill out the 50 question form we had all her dates fill out, LOL.
He had to get at least a 90% on the form and he got a 95%.
So we knew he was the one for her and he has ended up being the kindest husband Nicole could have ever found .
He is so good to her and he has brought Nicole closer to God and that is the best thing of all .
It is their friendship they both have with God that gives them the strength to do well in life. And they are sure doing well. We are very proud of them in a time close to 60% of marriages are failing.
Marriage Tips from Don - I’m speaking now from experience and I see Nicole and Bill took my advice and it has worked so far.
And that is I bought a little Red Corvette when we were dating and I think that was the secret for a lasting marriage. LOL
This picture is a picture of Nicole and Bill next to their second sportscar. This was their first Viper.
So it looks like sports cars are the answer to a good marriage, ha,ha.
Happy Anniversary Nicole and Bill , We are very proud of you guys !!!
Have a nice Sunday with the ones you love
P.S. Nicole just got a new car last week !! (:>).

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Don’s uncle operating a Buckeye 403 ladder digger in 1953.

Don’s uncle operating a Buckeye 403 ladder digger in 1953.

Here is a cool old picture of my Uncle Dick Lewis on a cool old Buckeye Trencher from the past that was taken around 1953 in Grabill, Indiana.
He did a lot of construction work in Ohio too.
I get a lot of regular visitors every week from Indiana so maybe some of you remember this machine and my uncle Dick ruining your front yard , ha,ha.
My aunt Marianne sent me this picture and the one below this picture of them by the Cat D-8 that he operated for many years.
It is pretty cool to take family pictures of people by the machines they run. It is a big part of their lives. My uncle stills loves machinery too.
My family is missing something as we don’t have a single family picture from my childhood of us by a piece of machinery, ha,ha.
It is very surprising how I love machinery so much with my limited background of operating it . I never worked for a construction company , but I did run a dozer for a short time and I did run loaders for short times over the years. But I sure do have the machinery bug in me.
Everywhere we go I am always on the lookout for machinery sitting around. I still have so many machines I want to build into models.
I sat down a few weeks ago and started listing future machines I want to build models of and I stopped at 125 . I guess I love most all of them, ha,ha.
I remember going to my aunt and uncles in Ohio as a little boy and thinking even then about my uncle Dick was so cool because he drove such a monster of a machine.
And I couldn’t help think my dad just had a pipe wrench that he took to work as a pipefitter. Don’t get me wrong!!, it was a good sized pipe wrench, LOL.
But one day my dad took his pipe wrench and left us kids and never came back. So then my uncle Dick really became my hero because he never left his kids either , ha,ha.
Dan and Debbie — Deb and I are finally calming down after so many sleepless nights thinking we almost lost both of them in the motorcycle accident.
My mom said last night that Dan had no trouble adjusting to the routine of the therapist .
You do what they say or you spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair. Somehow that would get a clear message to anyone, ha,ha.
Debbie is a real fighter and has been good since the first day knowing what lays ahead for her slow recovery with so many broken bones to heal.
p.s. - Just to calm all the nephews after yesterdays , who is my favorite nephew post, I like them pretty much equal , LOL !!!
Have a nice Sat. with the ones you love.

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Don’s Aunt , Uncle and son and his Cat D-8 he operated for many years.

Don’s Aunt , Uncle and son and his Cat D-8 he operated for many years.

Here is a picture of Marianne and Dick Lewis and their son Kevin standing next to a Cat D-8 that he operated for many years.
My aunt and uncle and all their kids are big fans of my webpage. They love seeing the pictures of all the old and new machinery .
They all operated machinery over the years.
My favorite family pictures are ones with big machines as a background, ha, ha.

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