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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | How's this for a good weekend? On Saturday, I finally got my Legend LX back from the shop and it's as good as new, and later that day my wife and I found out that we are expecting our first child! Doesn't get any better than that!
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Wow! You could not have had a better day! Congratualtions! |
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Location: NJ | CONGRATS, John!!
All The Best to You and Joanna. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Thanks Cliff. Do you think it's too early to buy the baby his/her first Ovation??? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Better start thinking of good names.
...for your child
Congrats!!! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Good reasons to rejoice! |
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Location: Snellville, GA | Congratulations! |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Congrats all around. Good material for composing a new song. Can't be Blues, though. We have rules for that. |
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Location: NJ | . . . there'll be PLENTY of sleepless nights ahead in order to compose blues tunes . . |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Is Lake Hiawatha, NJ anything like Memphis or Chicago? However, a sleepless night is a sleepless night.... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Good times John,
Any secret desires for a girl or a boy? |
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Location: NJ | That poses a good question:
John;
Is there even a LAKE in Lake Hiawatha??
I've known a bunch of people who've lived there (including my ex-mother-in-law) over the years, and in all the times I've been there, I don't think I've EVER seen a "lake" anywhere . . . . |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by stephent28:
Good times John,
Any secret desires for a girl or a boy? I go back and forth on that one. I think I'm leaning slightly toward a boy, but I'll be thrilled either way. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by cliff:
That poses a good question:
John;
Is there even a LAKE in Lake Hiawatha??
I've known a bunch of people who've lived there (including my ex-mother-in-law) over the years, and in all the times I've been there, I don't think I've EVER seen a "lake" anywhere . . . . I think that there was years ago, but other than the flood in my basement 2 summers ago, I haven't seen one either. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Better start thinking of good names.
...for your child
Congrats!!! We've been trying for a while so names have been discussed quite a bit. If it's a boy, we are probably going with "Andrew John" and for a girl I think that we have it narrowed down to "Julia" or "Emily". Maybe I should post a poll on this one. ;) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | My daughter, now 28, always says she wishes she had a name that was easily abbreviated or changeable...ie, Samantha could be Sammy or Sam.
Seems like kids these days always want to shorten things up. My duaghter Heather was called Heath by her friends and my son Justin was called Just.
Laziness on their part but I guess it is the current thing among friends. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | John,
Congratulation's. When the baby comes it will be the best and most exhausting time of your lives.
Best Wishes,
Phil :) |
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| I wish you both all the joy and happiness that my children have given me - just don't tell them I said so or they'll be after a raise. Welcome to happy poverty. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Congratulations! We know the baby will be around OVaitons all it's life!! |
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Location: Midland, MI | Congratulations! |
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Location: Central Oregon | Congratulations! Maybe you'll get one of each! :) |
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| Congratulations!!!! You are now gonna now turn around twice and then he,she,they? will be teenager/s
at which point you will remember Jerry saying;
"what a long strange trip it's been"
rejoice in who they are, and let them be who they are, just let them learn who they should be, show one face to the world and smile every day.
between Char and I we have 7 from 28 to 16(last one still in the house) and my first grand was born last October.
Lead by Example, but Learn everyday with them. and from them.
God Bless,
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Location: RI. That small State out East | Congrats...
"The" moment is remembered (when we first found out) for ever.
I smile thinking about when we found out our first...
Woz
PS: They have a nice Parlor on ebay with 12 hr. left... He/she would love it. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Congrats, John! |
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| Can't think of a better place to put this - my 12 year old daughter just passed her Grade 4 clarinet exam with Distinction. The examiner noted her "intelligent and sensitive playing."
I tell you John, they can bring you pleasure like nothing on earth.
And, man, can they surprise you. |
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Location: Va Beach, Va | Congratulations! |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Thanks for all of the kind words and well wishes. I appreciate it. The initial shock is beginning to wear off now. My wife and I are really excited. |
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Location: NJ | So . . . . letsee . . . . baby's due in about 9 months . . . . that means the guitars'll be on the market in about . . . oh, 12 to 15 months or so . . . plenty of time for me to start saving up . . . . I may have an LX afterall . . . .
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Not likely! The guitars stay. I doubt that I will be buying any new ones for a while though. It's like I tell my two friends who are new dads, "your hobbies all cost money, but I make money with my guitars". Even the wife has a hard time arguing with that one. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | John!!!!! How awesome for you! Many congrats to you and your wife! I wish you all the best! You guys MUST be thrilled! Wow! I'm really happy for you!
You're lucky, John. With all the guitars and gear I've bought over the years, time I've spent learning and rehearsing songs, and then time I've spent packing, lugging gear to and from gigs, and I don't think I'll EVER catch up to the point where I can say I MAKE money with music, as far as a profit is concerned. I'll be lucky, really, if Iever break even!
Cliff, as far as I know, there was a lake in Hiawatha many years ago. It was located in the lower side of town behind the Lake Hiawatha Country (swim) Club. The area is more or less just a marsh/woods area now. There was a photo circulating last year of people swimming off it's beach in the earlier 1900's (I think) when the lake was still a lake. Many of the homes in town are little bungalow style because it was a originally little lake/vacation community.
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A Good Weekend!