SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION 1999 |
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Hamilton's
on the Move
 They started looking in earnest last Christmas and were quickly able to identify a target area to search (They couldn't afford choices one and two). |
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| They were really lucky in finding
a Realtor that would work with their quirky whims. They picked Donna
Moore of Prudential Realty out of a local homes book and it turned
out that they couldn't have found a better agent if they had tried.
Under Donna's guidance, the Hamiltons began looking for that dream place.
After all was said and done, they ended up buying one of the first places
Donna had asked them to look at. When they first looked at it, it
appeared to be two separate properties and had discounted one because the
house was too close to the barn and the other because there didn't appear
to be a barn. Donna finally straightened them out about three months
later as they were getting ready to put an offer in on another place.
On their first visit to the property, Elaine was out of the car and into the backyard of the house (picture above) and was looking out at the pastures and barns by the time the rest of the party caught up. Before anyone said a thing, she turned to Hayden and said, "I want this one!" They did go ahead and walk through the house and the rest of the property. This occurred on a Saturday and that night Elaine was asking Hayden questions like how many bedrooms were there? Or, what did the kitchen look like? Was there a fireplace in the master bedroom? She couldn't remember a single detail about the house, but the mare hotel had eight stalls and there were 10 in the barn with a big hay barn! And, was it possible to go back and look at the house tomorrow? To make a long story short, they closed on the property on May 7th, moved in on July 4 (after sleeping on the floor a couple of nights), Schroeder joined them (with his buddy Lenny) in the middle of November. For those of you interested, clicking this URL www.hamiltonfamily.org/Ranch.html will take you to a page that has a number of pictures of the property, including a satellite image of it [If you follow the URL listed, you can probably even find a satellite image of your own home]. |
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Hayden
Marks First Year at FileNET
Costa Mesa, CA - After a year at FileNET, Hayden has become known locally as Mr. WorkFlo-aholic. This probably stems more from he fact that he is the Sr. Product Marketing Manager for WorkFlo, more than his working habits. Workflow for the uninitiated is computer software that will facilitate the automation and management of business processes. On the good news side, FileNET is the leading supplier of this type of technology. On the downside, most people that could benefit from it are still trying to figure out what business processes actually makes their companies run, much less getting around to automating it. During the course of this year, Hayden had the opportunity of traveling to various locations on Company business. These included New York, Atlanta (where he was able to have dinner with his brother Berry and his wife and her daughter, Toronto, Denver, Kirkland, WA (FileNETs other development center), and Dubai, UEA. This trip to Dubai was Hayden's first to the Middle East. Even though it was October, the evening temperatures were never much below 75 degrees and the mid-day was probably in the high 80's. It was much like going home to the Rio Grande Valley (in Texas) in the middle of its summer - high temperatures, high humidity. Hate to think what its like in their summer. As we move into the end of this year, Hayden is working on a major product launch for one of his workflow products, and planning the end-of-life for the other - doesn't want to be bothered with having to manage more than one product! |
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| Elaine's
Contributions Recognized by Navy
San Diego, CA - Elaine is in her twelfth year at Naval
Hospital San Diego, and continues to perform her duties in exemplary fashion.
This year, she received a Letter of Commendation from the Admiral in charge
for a number of her contributions. These included setting up a telephone
triage service and a restructuring of the appointment scheduling that have
led to increased "customer" satisfaction and improved efficiency within
the Well Child Clinic that she oversees.
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| Schroeder
Gives Everyone a Scare
Poway, CA - In mid August, Elaine's trainer called
her at work and informed her that Schroeder wasn't doing well. A
quick call to the vet and visit from her diagnosed "gas colic", but just
in case a transport to the veterinary clinic. Several hours latter,
Schroeder was still not doing well. By now, Elaine had caught up
with them, and a quick consultation decided on another transport to the
San Luis Rey Veterinary Clinic in Bonsall. It was closer to home
and we had more confidence in their surgeons.
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FotoImages
 Plans for 2000 call for some significant expansion of the aviation section of the web site. This includes adding several databases targeted at aviation history researchers. Right now, Hayden is designing some dynamic query pages that will work off US, Britain, France and German civil aircraft registries, as well as investigating the area of US and British military aircraft serial numbers. In order to provide these extensive databases, Hayden is considering a nominal annual subscription service to defray the expense of maintaining the information. |
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