Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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Monday, February 9, 2009
"Selected Kids and Grandkids"
As time permits, I intend to add pictures and blurbs about our "selected" kids and grandkids, people who we think of as part of our extended family. Today I want to tell you about Russ and his awesome family.
My stepson Shannon grew up with Russ and they have been friends for a loooong time.
Russ' beautiful wife is Bonni and she works as a hair stylist with my niece Becky (small world).
Their children are Miranda and Reilly.
We feel very lucky to count all of them as part of our "selected" familly and love them all!!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Frank and Nichole
My youngest child Frank got married to Nichole on November 15, 2008.
As soon as I get wedding pictures from them to scan (HINT,HINT) I will get them posted.
In the meantime, here are a few pictures of them. Welcome to the family Nichole!!
Friday, January 30, 2009
New Pics Of "The Boys"
Here are the grandson's school pictures for this year. Chase is 8 years old and in second grade.
Landon is 5 years old and in Kindergarden. Ya think Landon wasn't too thrilled about getting his picture taken, lol ?? :)
Monday, January 26, 2009
BABY IS BACK !!!!!
BABY IS BACK !!!!
On January 3rd, 2009 my kitty cat Baby snuck out the front door and disappeared on me. That afternoon we got a big snowstorm and I figured she was gone for good. I looked all over the neighborhood for her without any luck. As the days went by, we got more snowstorms, and we had a period where the temperature at night went down to 29 degrees below zero. I was rapidly losing hope that she would ever come home again.
Everyday I looked around the neighborhood hoping to see some sign of her. I even put a bowl of food outside near the front of the house, hoping that at least if I didn’t see her, maybe she would at least get to eat and stay alive. She is very skittish around strange people and the day she snuck out, I tried to catch her, but she took off like a rocket and she just wouldn’t come back to me.
3 weeks went by and I had lost most hope of seeing her again. The really sad part of all of this was that the day she disappeared, it was the one year anniversary of my 22 year old cat Rosco passing away.
Well, this Sunday (January 25, 2009) was a blessed Sunday indeed. About 10:00 A.M. I got a call from the Rock Island County Animal Shelter asking me if I had lost my kitty. To make a long story short, some wonderful people only 3 blocks from my home had found Baby!!
We made arrangements by phone for me to come and pick her up.
The wonderful family that found her had moved here in December and still had most of their packing boxes in their garage. The weekend that Baby disappeared, they had their garage door opened about 6 inches, and Baby managed to find her way into their garage. That same day, they closed their garage door and it hadn’t been opened since because they still had a lot of packed boxes to empty out yet. “Ruby”, the lady who found her, told me that she knew there was an animal in her garage but Baby kept hiding on her and Ruby couldn’t tell if it was a cat or a rabbit or what it was.
Finally, after 3 weeks, Baby got herself backed into an area where there were boxes all around her and they were able to corner her and catch her.
If you don’t have a microchip in your pet, GET IT DONE NOW!!!! Because Baby has a microchip and she was wearing her tag that gave a toll free number to call if you found her. Ruby called the number and they were able to tell her who Baby belonged to. That chip was the only thing that made it possible for her to come home.
I am eternally grateful to the family who caught her. Baby didn’t eat for those 3 weeks and she lost some weight and was dehydrated, but she is home and recovering tonite. They didn’t put food or water out because they weren’t sure what kind of an animal they had in the garage. I don’t blame them, it could have been anything from a possum to a rabbit to who knows what!! After they caught her though, they didn’t have any cat food but they had tuna, so Baby had a royal feast after her long fast.
Baby is sort of insecure right now after her ordeal. I can’t go anywhere in the house without her following me and meowing to make sure where I am. Even when I go to the basement to do laundry, she sits at the top of the stairs and meows at me until I come back up again. The bathroom is no longer off limits either, lol.
I truly believe the good Lord was watching over her. I just don’t believe that otherwise she could have found shelter and survived for 3 weeks in way below zero weather and numerous snow storms.
Thanks to the Lord, and some wonderful people, she is back home, hopefully to stay.
On January 3rd, 2009 my kitty cat Baby snuck out the front door and disappeared on me. That afternoon we got a big snowstorm and I figured she was gone for good. I looked all over the neighborhood for her without any luck. As the days went by, we got more snowstorms, and we had a period where the temperature at night went down to 29 degrees below zero. I was rapidly losing hope that she would ever come home again.
Everyday I looked around the neighborhood hoping to see some sign of her. I even put a bowl of food outside near the front of the house, hoping that at least if I didn’t see her, maybe she would at least get to eat and stay alive. She is very skittish around strange people and the day she snuck out, I tried to catch her, but she took off like a rocket and she just wouldn’t come back to me.
3 weeks went by and I had lost most hope of seeing her again. The really sad part of all of this was that the day she disappeared, it was the one year anniversary of my 22 year old cat Rosco passing away.
Well, this Sunday (January 25, 2009) was a blessed Sunday indeed. About 10:00 A.M. I got a call from the Rock Island County Animal Shelter asking me if I had lost my kitty. To make a long story short, some wonderful people only 3 blocks from my home had found Baby!!
We made arrangements by phone for me to come and pick her up.
The wonderful family that found her had moved here in December and still had most of their packing boxes in their garage. The weekend that Baby disappeared, they had their garage door opened about 6 inches, and Baby managed to find her way into their garage. That same day, they closed their garage door and it hadn’t been opened since because they still had a lot of packed boxes to empty out yet. “Ruby”, the lady who found her, told me that she knew there was an animal in her garage but Baby kept hiding on her and Ruby couldn’t tell if it was a cat or a rabbit or what it was.
Finally, after 3 weeks, Baby got herself backed into an area where there were boxes all around her and they were able to corner her and catch her.
If you don’t have a microchip in your pet, GET IT DONE NOW!!!! Because Baby has a microchip and she was wearing her tag that gave a toll free number to call if you found her. Ruby called the number and they were able to tell her who Baby belonged to. That chip was the only thing that made it possible for her to come home.
I am eternally grateful to the family who caught her. Baby didn’t eat for those 3 weeks and she lost some weight and was dehydrated, but she is home and recovering tonite. They didn’t put food or water out because they weren’t sure what kind of an animal they had in the garage. I don’t blame them, it could have been anything from a possum to a rabbit to who knows what!! After they caught her though, they didn’t have any cat food but they had tuna, so Baby had a royal feast after her long fast.
Baby is sort of insecure right now after her ordeal. I can’t go anywhere in the house without her following me and meowing to make sure where I am. Even when I go to the basement to do laundry, she sits at the top of the stairs and meows at me until I come back up again. The bathroom is no longer off limits either, lol.
I truly believe the good Lord was watching over her. I just don’t believe that otherwise she could have found shelter and survived for 3 weeks in way below zero weather and numerous snow storms.
Thanks to the Lord, and some wonderful people, she is back home, hopefully to stay.
Monday, January 12, 2009
More Family Pictures
Family Christmas Donation
This year for Christmas, instead of having a family gift exchange, we all kicked in $25-$50 per family and donated our collection to The Lion's Club through the Iowa Donor network in memory of my brother, Bobby Reiman. It just seemed like the right thing to do this year.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Bobby's Birthday
Today would have been my brother Bobby's 57th birthday.
I miss him every day.
On birthdays and other special occasions, he always sent us a single rose.
So, here is your birthday rose Bobby.
My Grandsons
This is Landon and Chase. The picture was taken in 2007 when they were age 4 and 7.
Can't you just see the orneryness???
This is Chase (age 8) and Landon (age 5) with their dad Shannon on Shannon's birthday July 2008.The boys sure couldn't look more like their dad, could they??
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Family Photos - Reiman Grandparents
Henry Peter Reiman
1872-1953
Theresa Mary Flynn
1879-1940
Since my brother passed away very unexpectedly last month, it has made me realize you just never know and we need to pass on to our children any information we can about previous generations.
I have decided that at least once a month I am going to post pictures of previous generations with a little background on each person, so that my children, grandchildren, nieces, and great nieces and their families will have a permanent record that they can always come to if they want to know some more about their ancestors.
These are my paternal grandparents, Henry and Theresa Reiman.
Henry was born April 24, 1872 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.
Henry died April 5th, 1953 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
He is buried at Mt Calvary Catholic Cementary,Davenport,Scott,IA
He was living with his daughter Dorthy and her husband Al at the time of his death.
1900 Scott County Iowa Census lists Henry Peter Reimann's occupation as machinist.
Henry was of the Catholic faith.
Baptism records for Henry reads Henri Peter Reymann.
Shows godparents as Johannes Reymann and Ursula Brunolt.
1915 Iowa State census shows Henry living at 2015 Scott St, Davenport, Scott, Iowa.
He was 40 years old, worked in a machine shop and completed 8 years of schooling.
1933 Polk City Directory for Davenport, IA shows Henry living at 1716 Elm Street and his occupation as machinist.
Theresa was born October 8, 1879 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.
Theresa died on June 24, 1940 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.
She died on the first wedding anniversary of her son Frank and his wife Elva.
She is buried at Mt Calvary Catholic Cementary,Davenport,Scott,IA next to Henry.
Theresa was of the Catholic faith. Her nickname was "Jess".
They were married May 25, 1898 at St Joseph's Catholic Church,Davenport,Scott County,IA.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Organ Donation
The Lion's Club through the Iowa Donor network has notified my niece that both of my brother Bobby's corneas have been donated to 2 different people to help them see again. This is wonderful news for us. Bobby would have been so proud to have been able to help someone else like this. He would have been surprised that they could use his corneas as he was blind as a bat without his glasses but I guess that doesn't matter.
Because of other possible medical problems his corneas were the only organs that we were able to donate, but it's so awesome to know that part of him is living on in 2 other people and helping to improve their lives.
Because of other possible medical problems his corneas were the only organs that we were able to donate, but it's so awesome to know that part of him is living on in 2 other people and helping to improve their lives.
Friday, September 26, 2008
THANK YOU!!
How awesome it is to find out how many wonderful friends and family you have when there is a crisis.
There were soooo many people who were there for me and my family when my brother died 2 weeks ago today.
Isn't it sad though that sometimes the only time you see or talk to some of your family and friends are when there is a funeral or wedding?
There were so many wonderful words of kindness and support. Beautiful, beautiful plants and flowers. Enough food to feed an army, and we all ate for many days on it too!!
Sometimes it is very hard to know what to say or do when a death happens so suddenly and unexpectedly. Bobby's cerebral hemorrhage and stroke came on so fast, and his death was so sudden that it's still hard to believe he is gone.
I just want to tell everyone who was there for us in any way, whether you were with us, or just thinking or praying for us, THANK YOU from the very bottom of my heart.
You will never know how much it meant to me.
There were soooo many people who were there for me and my family when my brother died 2 weeks ago today.
Isn't it sad though that sometimes the only time you see or talk to some of your family and friends are when there is a funeral or wedding?
There were so many wonderful words of kindness and support. Beautiful, beautiful plants and flowers. Enough food to feed an army, and we all ate for many days on it too!!
Sometimes it is very hard to know what to say or do when a death happens so suddenly and unexpectedly. Bobby's cerebral hemorrhage and stroke came on so fast, and his death was so sudden that it's still hard to believe he is gone.
I just want to tell everyone who was there for us in any way, whether you were with us, or just thinking or praying for us, THANK YOU from the very bottom of my heart.
You will never know how much it meant to me.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Robert F. Reiman My Brother
Robert (Bobby) F. Reiman
January 11, 1952 to September 12, 2008
A short tribute to my brother.
He passed away suddenly on Friday September 12th of a cerebral aneurysm. It was all so sudden that I am still somewhat without words. His services aren't until this coming Thursday morning so there really isn't any closure for me yet.
I feel the least I can do at this time is post his obituary and post other things sometime in the future.
Thanks to all for understanding.
Robert F. ReimanSeptember, 16, 2008
DAVENPORT — Memorial services to celebrate the life of Robert F. “Bobby” Reiman, 56, a resident of Davenport, will be Thursday, September 18, at 11 a.m. at the Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, 614 Main Street, Davenport. The family will greet friends at a memorial visitation from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home and additional visitation one hour prior to the service on Thursday. Burial will take place at a later date. Keeping with Bob’s wishes organ donation took place through the Iowa Donor Network and cremation rites have been accorded. Bob died Friday, September 12, 2008, at Genesis Medical Center, West Campus, Davenport, after a sudden illness.Robert Francis Reiman, was born January 11, 1952, in Davenport, the son of Francis and Elva (Pool) Reiman. He was previously married to Linda Thornton. Bob was employed for 15 years at The Brandt Company, Davenport, and had previously worked at Warren Packaging also in Davenport.Memorials may be made to the family.He is survived by his two daughters, Katherine Thornton and Becky (Dashawn) Pernell, and his two granddaughters, Cayleigh and Brittany, all of Davenport; a sister, Susie (Dan) Martin, Bettendorf; a niece, Mindy (Jarrod) Krug, Durant; a nephew, Frank (Nichole) Thornton, Davenport; his best friend, Al Stouffer, Davenport; and his beloved dogs, Laydee and Buddie.Online remembrances and condolences may be expressed by visiting Bob’s obituary at http://www.hmdfuneralhome.com/. QuadCity Times
DAVENPORT — Memorial services to celebrate the life of Robert F. “Bobby” Reiman, 56, a resident of Davenport, will be Thursday, September 18, at 11 a.m. at the Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, 614 Main Street, Davenport. The family will greet friends at a memorial visitation from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home and additional visitation one hour prior to the service on Thursday. Burial will take place at a later date. Keeping with Bob’s wishes organ donation took place through the Iowa Donor Network and cremation rites have been accorded. Bob died Friday, September 12, 2008, at Genesis Medical Center, West Campus, Davenport, after a sudden illness.Robert Francis Reiman, was born January 11, 1952, in Davenport, the son of Francis and Elva (Pool) Reiman. He was previously married to Linda Thornton. Bob was employed for 15 years at The Brandt Company, Davenport, and had previously worked at Warren Packaging also in Davenport.Memorials may be made to the family.He is survived by his two daughters, Katherine Thornton and Becky (Dashawn) Pernell, and his two granddaughters, Cayleigh and Brittany, all of Davenport; a sister, Susie (Dan) Martin, Bettendorf; a niece, Mindy (Jarrod) Krug, Durant; a nephew, Frank (Nichole) Thornton, Davenport; his best friend, Al Stouffer, Davenport; and his beloved dogs, Laydee and Buddie.Online remembrances and condolences may be expressed by visiting Bob’s obituary at http://www.hmdfuneralhome.com/. QuadCity Times
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Flowers and Pets
It is such a beautiful sunny day out that I just had to take a few pictures of some of my flowers.
These purple ones are my Balloon flowers. Before the blooms pop open they look like a balloon. Pretty cool.
Here are my Dahlias. Always so bright and pretty.
And here they are together in the middle of the flower bed.
Her name is Baby. We tried calling her Patches, but that didn't work. She answers to Baby, so what you gonna do??!!
We adopted her from the pound and she is the funniest thing ever, except when she decides it's time to play at 3:00 a.m. :}
My pictures aren't the best. She just isn't real good about holding still for me when I'm trying to take her picture.
<<<<<And this pic shows exactly how she feels about me taking her picture!!
If I could just figure out how to not get weird eyes. Ah well, at least you can see how cute she is!!
These purple ones are my Balloon flowers. Before the blooms pop open they look like a balloon. Pretty cool.
Here are my Dahlias. Always so bright and pretty.
And here they are together in the middle of the flower bed.
Then there is the queen of the house.
Her name is Baby. We tried calling her Patches, but that didn't work. She answers to Baby, so what you gonna do??!!
We adopted her from the pound and she is the funniest thing ever, except when she decides it's time to play at 3:00 a.m. :}
My pictures aren't the best. She just isn't real good about holding still for me when I'm trying to take her picture.<<<<<And this pic shows exactly how she feels about me taking her picture!!
If I could just figure out how to not get weird eyes. Ah well, at least you can see how cute she is!!
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