Thursday, July 24, 2008

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Fire Department retirement party




Last night there was a small party at the Cloverleaf Bar and Grill to celebrate my retirement from the fire department. I'd like to thanks all of those who attended and
send out a special thanks to Brad and Jen for organizing the party.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

First time bloggers

At the ripe old age of 51, Di and I decided to try our hand at blogging. We have been married for almost 31 years, August 6th will be our anniversary. We live in the twin cities area of St.Paul/Minneapolis. We have 1 married daughter and 2 grandchildren.

Our lives to this point have better than we ever expected when we first got married. Over the years Di and I worked extremely hard to build a good life for our daughter and ourselves. Now we have the luxury of sharing "the good" life with our grand kids. 

We are not sure where this blog will go but hopefully we can share a little part of our lives with who ever cares to read our blog.



About Dick



            
                        I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin. I  moved to St. Paul in 1975.
Shortly thereafter I started working in a folding carton plant. In 1978 I began selling folding cartons for that company and have been a sales person ever since.
A folding carton is a form of packaging made out of paperboard. Cereal boxes are the best example of a folding carton, everyone knows what a cereal box looks like. Most of the cartons I sell today are used in the cosmetic industry. My specialty is environmentally friendly packaging. I am a co-inventor of 2- 3M patents for recyclable CD ROM packages.

In 1980 I joined a suburban volunteer fire department and over the years I achieved the rank of Fire Chief. I recently retired from the fire department after serving for 28 years.

My other interest are riding our harley, collecting watches,  DIY work around the house, collecting tattoos, traveling and of course spending time with my family.