May 15, 2010

Today I want to say something to the most wonderful woman in the world and my beautiful companion in life.

Happy Birthday Charlotte

Char has worked hard to recapture what she lost from the stroke she experienced about a year and a half ago. She no longer has any difficulty walking. The daily use of a Nintendo Wii Console and Wii Fit Board has improved her coordination skills. Her ability to read is progressing slowly. Some thoughts are still a little difficult for her to express but are getting easier as her vocabulary increases. As she continues to improve we are looking forward to many more years of travel across this great country.

This afternoon we went with Bill and Jeanette to family-owned Urschel Laboratories, Inc. in nearby Valparaiso, Indiana for an open house celebrating 100 years of making precision food cutting equipment. We took a self-guided 3,760-foot tour through the plant to see the many innovative design and technologies used to build the slicers, dicers, shredders and other equipment used commercially around the world. We watched a demonstration of a machine that cuts 20,000 crinkle cut french fries in a minute. We were told if we eat crinkle cut french fries anywhere they were cut by an Urschel DiversaCut Slicer. It was a great learning experience for us. We congratulate Urschel Laboratories, Inc. for a growing and successful business.

Thank you Bill and Jeanette for taking us to Strongbow Inn for an outstanding dinner to celebrate Char’s birthday.