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Timmys Thoughts

Monday, February 27th, 2006
    The reason, I really what to go on this trip, is that Lord of the rings is my favorite subject in the world, as you already know. Lord of the rings can be everyones favorite subject just like mine, my Uncle Max’s, and my brother Toms. My science teacher always loved the lord if the rings, so she might be gettiing jealous hahah. The Hobbit, I have read it many times, is incredible! Just like the other books. When you read the books, it seems like you are there, and everything around you is real. My teacher says the same thing. The same thing happens when I watch the awesome movies. I try to watch all three in a row in one night. Lord of the rings has the best influence on people. Every time I read, watch,and listen about Lord of the rings, I learn something new. Lord of the rings shows many things that you can learn, so I learn something new every day. Basically, Lord of the rings can be educational to anyone. The teachers should teach Lord of the rings at school. See ya.  Tim

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School

Saturday, February 25th, 2006
Hey Uncle Max,
 this is my article for the blog, so i hope you like it!!!
    School has been really hard these past few weeks, but I’m doing good. I think I will get good grades to go on our trip. One of the hardest thing to do, is to pay a lot more attention in class. I have to do a lot of work, I even help out my friend, Brandon because he has a hard time in school. It doesnt bother me a lot. Most of my teachers are really happy for my brother and I. The one teacher that is really happy, is my social studies teacher, Mrs. Lantka she has been to Japan. All of the kids in school are kinda jealous because they all want to travel. I do get frustrated a little bit when I have a lot of homework. My brother and I do all of the extra credit, we can so we can bring our grades up. My one friend had a C in the the class and he did all the extra credit and it brought his grade up to an A. My brother Tom always gets nervous because this trip means a lot to us. So overall, I’m doing good in school so I’ll  have a high chance of going on the trip.See ya
                                                                 Tim

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Cost of a Dream

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

   How much does a Dream cost? This is a question I have asked myself quite a few times these last few months. Ever since I decided to take the Boys to New Zealand, We have encountered 1 hurtle after another. First, since NZ is on the other side of the world, I had to try and get a furlo (Vacation) pick, in April, which would’ve corresponded with early Fall in NZ and also when the Boys had Easter break. That didn’t happen, I don’t have the seniority, I was out bid. The best I could get was October, which is early spring, hopefully it won’t be a wet spring.  That was a blow that took some time getting over, But The Boys have such a positive attitude, they figured it would give us more time to save money and more chances for me to work overtime.  Overtime is a huge hurtle for me, becuase, i’m personally very lazy,  I really enjoy my free time, and any time away from work is well spent. But money is definitely a Huge hurtle.  I just didn’t realize How huge a hurtle, until pricing everything With Jill From Relaxing Journeys, This is going to set me back!!  Don’t misunderstand, I always knew it was going to cost a lot, but this is crazy. For the Tour alone, it is costing $7,600 US for the 3 of  us, for 12 days! Now add into that the air fare, that is going to set me back almost $6,000 US, I almost feinted !!! But this dream has become a Passion, A chance in a lifetime, to step outside one’s life and do something out of the ordinary.  As I write this,the Olympics are on, I’m listening to Athletes from all over the World, talk about the Goal for Gold, and all the hurtles and injuries it took for them to achieve their Goal.  This then has become our Goal, our Dream. Anything less isn’t good enough. It’s All in God’s Hands, we can only do our best, and keep our eyes on the Gold.    MAX

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Max 261 days to go

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

About 2 wks ago, I emailed a question to the editor of Agent of Travel, A column in the Chicago Sun-Times Travel section. Today, the answer to that question was published. In summary, I asked whether or not there were special papers, aside from the pre-requisite passports, that I needed to take with me, that allows me, as The Twins Uncle, not their Guardian, to leave the country.  The Editor Lisa Lenoir responded with  more information than I could have hoped for. No special papers needed, she also provided plenty of other information.  The books she recommended, I already have, but she also provided flight information, info on immunizations and also websites we could visit to get even more information.  The boys were so excited, they jumped on their bikes in a snowstorm to ride to the nearest store to buy the paper. The full story is available on The Sun-times website.   Another hurtle down,,,,,,  Max 11 Feb 06 15:05 hrs

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