Category Archives: Family & Friends

Ski Hachimantai

Posted on Sun, 13 January 2008 by Chris Penningroth

     Yesterday my family and a friend of my wife’s all caravan’d out to Hachimantai to try some skiing there.  We hit the Panorama side, which had six or seven easy and well-groomed runs (two or so had decent powder … Continue reading →

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Ski Hakkoda

Posted on Mon, 31 December 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Today my wife and kid went to the Hakkoda ski area with Shep and his family.  Getting there and back was more time-consuming than normal, one of the roads up the mountain was closed, and all of them were … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas 2007

Posted on Tue, 25 December 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     May everyone in all the world experience the peace and joy of the season, even if only for a few moments.       Please keep the folks who are downrange in your thoughts and prayers!      Let’s all keep in … Continue reading →

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I’ve Named My Dining Room Table “Jericho”

Posted on Wed, 07 November 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Little DJ may nearly be what my friends call a "Sucker Baby."  He’s pretty easy to care for.  He sleeps 6-7 hours per night most of the time.  The only drawback is that he gets fussy from 7-11 PM, so it’s … Continue reading →

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Departure and Arrival

Posted on Thu, 01 November 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     The primary thing that made today a lousy one:  I had just finished my sortie and was getting ready to deal with other happenstances when I got paged to go to the Ops Desk.  Corey, the Samurai’s Aviation Resource Management … Continue reading →

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Flight of the Stork

Posted on Fri, 12 October 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Perhaps I should say "Landing of the Stork."  Christina and I just welcomed a healthy baby boy into the family.       Mother and son are doing splendidly! Christina spent 2 hours, 19 minutes in labor.  This was our first … Continue reading →

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Life’s Been Good

Posted on Mon, 19 March 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     This evening was one of those rare ones.  It was a long but decently productive day at a day of work after a long week of a lot of work.  I was a little tired, but not too tired.  … Continue reading →

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Ski Okunakayama (or as I Say, “Not Appi”)

Posted on Sat, 13 January 2007 by Chris Penningroth

    Christina and I took the day off and went skiing again.  Christina is going to try to become a skiing instructor, and the instructor course starts soon, so she wanted to get in a day of good practice with … Continue reading →

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Ski Appi

Posted on Tue, 02 January 2007 by Chris Penningroth

    Christina and I took a day off (finally) and went to the Appi ski resort.  Christina has been skiing most of her life, and she’s pretty good at it.  I ski once every three years on average, often enough … Continue reading →

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Married Life 101

Posted on Thu, 30 November 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    As I mentioned before, my wife and I are finally living together.  Happily for me, she seems to enjoy cooking.  I personally don’t understand how anyone can get any enjoyment out of the act of cooking, but I do … Continue reading →

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