biography

Well, now that the new year has officially begun, I have tried to come up with a new project for myself. As if I dont have enough small projects around my house that I really need to finish, I am now going to dive into a major, (at least to me it's major) project of writing a biography of my mother's life.

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William H. Gates
ChairmanMicrosoft
Corporation

William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft had revenues of US$39.79 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2005, and employs more than 61,000 people in 102 countries and regions.

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George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. He was sworn into office on January 20, 2001, re-elected on November 2, 2004, and sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2005. Prior to his Presidency, President Bush served for 6 years as the 46th Governor of the State of Texas, where he earned a reputation for bipartisanship and as a compassionate conservative who shaped public policy based on the principles of limited government, personal responsibility, strong families, and local control.

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At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan viewed with satisfaction the achievements of his innovative program known as the Reagan Revolution, which aimed to reinvigorate the American people and reduce their reliance upon Government. He felt he had fulfilled his campaign pledge of 1980 to restore "the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism."
On February 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to Nelle and John Reagan in Tampico, Illinois. He attended high school in nearby Dixon and then worked his way through Eureka College. There, he studied economics and sociology, played on the football team, and acted in school plays. Upon graduation, he became a radio sports announcer. A screen test in 1937 won him a contract in Hollywood. During the next two decades he appeared in 53 films.

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They Should Give Medals To Caregivers!

I recently noticed that the ABC TV has a feature called, The Person Of The Week, and thought it might be nice to share my own choice for that honor.

My sister, Marie, has been the sole care-taker for her paraplegic husband, Delmar, for nearly 40 years.

Her husband, Delmar was a minister, who also worked as a logger in their small Oregon community to support Marie and their five sons. One day Delmar, while falling timber with one of his teen-age sons, was hit by a snag (known in those parts as "widow-makers.") His son pulled the snag from his critically injured father and summoned help.

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