It's October 1, 2011, and much has transpired since the posting of, well, years ago. FOUR grandbabies, a 37th wedding anniversary, Claude's 90th (and Jeanne's 88th) birthday celebration, and fast approaching our twenty-fifth anniversary of the private practice. I think I should post more...

a fine pair

That's right: it's a pair of grandbabies coming up! WaHoo! Monique is due in early Nov. and Adele in mid-Feb. Every time I work with a young kid in my office, I imagine my g-bb being that age and rockin' with gramps. Yow! Who knows where the time goes...
Soon we shall be traveling back to the homeland (Ca.) and meeting up with Justin. We are excited about giving him his first wine tour, and hope to hook up with Joey Wagner at Caymus. Well, this blog wasn't the Nolen blog it was cracked up to be, but ya know, maybe the real writers are just too played out by the time they get home. Heck, that's OK, I've rarely been at a loss for words....... j.

p.s. In the post a time or two down, I really meant 4.5 MILLION gallons. 4.5 gallons would be a tiny bit undersized.... Balmorrea, Texas. July 4th, 2008.

Headin' North from Marathon, Texas. When we eventually passed 3 cars in a couple of minutes, I wondered if something was going on.....

We traveled to far away Marfa, Texas for our son-in-law's art exhibit. We saw the famous and mysterious marfa lights, swam like little fishies in the incredible Balmorrea spring-fed pool (4.5 ga.), had a fine time with darling Monique and John, and just generally had a mighty fine time. Happy 4th of July (2008)!

Detroit Cuties

7/08
I sure am tired of seeing baby Adele inhale all the spagetti everytime I look at this deserted web site!! I won't eat it for years now. We recently returned from a memorable drive from Texas to Detroit to see Jonathan and Adele's house.

Cute house, cute l'il newly weds. One hellatiously long drive, but worth every rotation of our tires.