My Book………………..LILAGCS (21)

November 17, 2010

I want to give you an idea of the magnitude of this writing exercise (My Book LILAGCS). To do that I am going to give you an idea what I have left to cover in an outline I have been trying to follow.

This outline picks up where I left off in my High School years at Sac Community High School and continues to my move and now residing in the Philippines.

I have been entering all of this in Microsoft Office Publisher and so far I have just over 90 pages entered. (I have entered it in 12 point type) I have divided it into sections and just started Section 3. I estimate that I am only one third completed so there is a lot more to come.

Each of the following topics has a lot of memories involved (some more and some not so much) but they all are a part of my past. Here is the remaining outline:

Remaining Outline

High School Years Finish 10,11 &12^th grades

University of South Dakota

Tau Kappa Epsilon

Difficult Times at USD

Decision to Transfer from USD

Founded DaLe Monogramming & Signs

Buena Vista College

Work after BV graduation

US Army Reserves

Getting married in 1966

Adopting 2 boys 1970 & 1974

Trip to Florida wife Sharon got sick

Dealing with Wife’s Brain Tumor (Cancer)

Son Chad’s difficulty with substance abuse (oldest adopted American son)

Losing our homes/cars and etc.

Positive Support from Youngest son, Bart (youngest adopted American son.)

Caregiver for 14 years

Jobs I had worked at between 1957 and 1987

Wilber Winchell Contractor (First job while in High School)

Sac City State Bank

Felco Regional Cooperative

LeFebure Corp.

Free Lance Forms Designer

Golden Sun Feeds

Wallace’s Farmer (Farm Progress Publications)

Garner Publishing Company

Preferred Risk Insurance Company

Casey’s General Stores

Directory Services (City Directory) Company

Part time Jobs while caring for Sharon

Fareway Food Store (Meat Market)

Radio Announcer KLSN – Jefferson, IA

Perry Lutheran Home (Cook)

Methodist Manor (Storm Lake, IA)

Spurgeon Manor (Dallas Center, IA)

Perry Care Center

Under went foot surgery in Iowa City (toe amputated)

Part time Volunteer Jobs in Iowa City/Coralville, Iowa

Television Program Producer at Iowa City Senior Center

Foster Grandparent Program at Coralville Daycare

University of Iowa Hospital/Clinics Volunteer Program (Pastoral Services)

Trips to Brother Jim’s in Massachusetts (Thanksgiving 2004 and Caregiver 2005)

Decision to move to the Philippines in July of 2005

Life in the Philippines since 2005

Five plus years and many details