Author Archives: J.R. Amsbaugh
Tragedy in Virginia
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the students, faculty, and their families of Virginia Tech. I can only imagine the things they must be going through and how tough it will be for them over the next few weeks.
Who is that????
Here’s a blast from the past! Taken in the ’70′s (probably 1976), this is my mom, our dog Duffer, and Janet. Think the ladies have changed at all since then? I’ll be scanning some more of some photos I found … Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from us to all of you out there!
Send our troops a card for free!
Go to http://www.letssaythanks.com right now and send a very special card to our troops! Xerox is providing this very special service for us to send our thanks to US troops overseas at no cost. That’s right, it’s free! You don’t … Continue reading
BIG NEWS!
I have opened a new store to help offset costs of the Web site! You can now buy merchandise from Amsbaugh.com and help to keep me from going broke! Just click on the CafePress link on the left and choose … Continue reading
Trip to Michigan
My momma went to visit her sister, my Aunt Darlene, in Michigan recently. You can see her photos in the gallery!
Cobleskill Trip
We went to Cobleskill, NY, this past weekend for a visit with the cousins. See our photos in the gallery!
Local Landmark Destroyed
The building known locally as Washington Hardware was destroyed in a massive fire this week. The former three-story building had been purchased a couple of years ago and turned into an antiques store. The owner had pumped over $80,000 into … Continue reading
Washington Renovations
Downtown Washington started to look a little different the other day with the demolition of a few buildings on Washington Avenue. The new owner of the property is going to erect a new set of buildings in the style of … Continue reading
Testing a new theme for the site
I still need to make a logo and tweak a few things but I might keep this one for a while. Just to be different, of course. The old white thing was boring me.
Pirates are Free
In honor of Dead Man’s Chest being released last night, I have this for you all: http://www.dogclan.org/flashes/piratesarefree.swf
Happy Independance Day!
We hope everyone has a safe, happy, and healthy 4th fo July celebration today! Don’t blow up your hands or eat too much BBQ!
Fathers Day Photos
We have some photos from father’s day in the gallery. I am in some of them, too! Take a look and see what I looked like this past weekend.
New Photos in the Gallery
I have added some photos to the gallery today. Some are from the recent work I have been doing on the house and some are from Alyssa’s outings with her friends. Take a look!
Some more new stuff
I added a blog for Alyssa the other day, which brings the total number of blogs on this site to 2. She has not added anything to it so far but will probably be quite prolific in the long run. … Continue reading
New Blog Page Added
I have started a blog for my somewhat daily thoughts. I may or may not add to it daily but it should be pretty regular. I will do this kind of thing there rather than here to keep this site … Continue reading
Blast From the Past
If you were wondering where we were in February of 2000, wonder no more:
What the…?
For some reason there was a setting in the site security software that was telling the world the site was down. It didn’t show this message to me (I still don’t know why) so I had no idea it was … Continue reading
Hey, there are new photos in the gallery!
We took lots of pictures on Easter weekend and they are now in the gallery! I also found some old ones from 1999 (not very many yet but still…). There are some new ones from 2002, also and some of … Continue reading
New Amsbaugh.com Logo
It was late, I couldn’t sleep, and I wanted to spruce up the site logo a bit. How did I do?