How a Missing Signature Killed the Dreams of the Donald Jenkins' Family - Are You Making the Same Mistake?

Written by Daniel Gutschenritter


The headline and accompanying article were only 3 sentences long:

"Tragedy Strikes Local Family - Donald Jenkins was killed yesterday evening in a single car accident whenrepparttar vehicle he was driving hit a patch of ice and lost control striking a concrete bridge support. He is survived by his wife and three children.”

Can two sentences sum uprepparttar 110451 life of Don Jenkins?

No way. You see I knew Don Jenkins and I bet you have friends just like him. A great guy, a loving husband and a caring father. Heck, you might be just like him yourself. Let me take a moment to share with yourepparttar 110452 story behindrepparttar 110453 story:

The accident occurred on a Friday evening in early December. I had just talked with Don earlier that afternoon and he was on top ofrepparttar 110454 world. So many things were going right for him, he joked, it just wasn’t fair for anyone else. He and his wife Marianne had been married for 24 years and she had given him three terrific kids. The oldest, Sarah, had announced at Thanksgiving that she was engaged and was going to be getting marriedrepparttar 110455 following fall. Everyone liked her fiancé and they were already making plans for a lovely wedding with lots of friends and family.

Next in line was his son Stephen who was a senior in high school. Stephen was a well-rounded kid who did well in school and was busy applying to a number of colleges. He hoped to get accepted to an Ivy League school and his grades were strong enough that he might just get in.

Finally, there was Tony who was a sophomore in high school. Tony was a great basketball player, good enough to play varsity, and was excited asrepparttar 110456 season was just getting under way. Don had not missed one of Tony’s games since he was inrepparttar 110457 sixth grade.

For Don, well he was on a roll too. He had gotten a promotion overrepparttar 110458 summer that gave him a significant pay raise. Enough for he and Marianne to buy a larger home in a nicer part of town.

When I talked to him earlier that afternoon, he was making plans to leave work around 5:00 PM, go home and change, then he and Marianne were going to their first Christmas party ofrepparttar 110459 holiday season. He was telling me he was looking out of his office window at a light snow falling.

Unbelievably, at approximately 5:52PM Don Jenkins was pronounced dead onrepparttar 110460 scene. Apparently, according to police reports, he was traveling downrepparttar 110461 road and hit an icy spot which caused him to loose control of his car and hitrepparttar 110462 bridge support head-on.

Packing Tips

Written by dan the roommate man


This weekend, I moved from an old apartment into a new, bigger, WONDERFUL town home. Just like any move, this one wasn't very fun. No matter how many times I do it, there are always an infinite number of sentences beginning with "I wish I'd...." or "It would've helped so much if we'd...."

This move, I realized thatrepparttar moving process needed to be organized like a scientific experiment. There are materials you need, there's a procedure to follow. The result? You finish moving, and can settle comfortably and un-stressed into your new home. Today we'll look atrepparttar 110450 first stage of moving:

STAGE 1: Packing

Materials needed: several good, big, black permanent markers; lots of paper to wrap your breakables in; masking tape; friends or people who owe you favors; boxes; boxes; boxes; boxes; more boxes.

Procedure:

1. Buyrepparttar 110451 markers from your grocery store. Click here to print out a full STUFF YOU'LL NEED LIST and get everything your going to need forrepparttar 110452 move in one trip.

2. Get your boxes: After you shop for your moving supplies, check behindrepparttar 110453 store. Most stores will have a plethera of great boxes (unless someone's beaten you to them). If you're moving aroundrepparttar 110454 beginning ofrepparttar 110455 school year, you might make a call to a nearby school. Every year, teachers get in new book shipments, so they usually have tons of extra boxes.

3. Get packing paper: If you're living in an apartment, there's usually a "paper only" recycle bin next torepparttar 110456 mail boxes. Raid this first, and then gather up old newspapers.

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