CLICK! Session

Check out our recent CLICK! session. The pictures will be up for another week.

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Merry Christmas From The Renners!

A Christmas Letter and card may (may!) soon follow but for now, let me put this out there: Merry Christmas! I hope December is great to you and 2010 is even better.

Click below for an animated Renner Family Christmas greeting:

http://tiny.cc/JDRChristmas

You Can Count On Him...

Jeremiah just loves to count. He has hi own spin on the numbers and what order they should be in.

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Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Messing around on http://animoto.com becasue I read that you can now upload video clips. Wasn't able to get that aspect of it to work but I did make this little video about the canoe trip I went on last October. Enjoy...

Out Of The Tiger

Check out the babies dong the Guitar Hero thing. Jacqueline calls it 'Out Of The Tiger'

Jeremiah Update

I took Jeremiah to the doctor this morning for a hearing test and follow up with the surgeon who performed his mastoidectomy.  I was very pleased with the way everything went.  His hearing test score was 100%.  He does have to follow up in a year, I believe becasue of the age he was when he had the surgery.  The surgeon then saw him and Jeremiah literally made his day. Jeremiah was as pleasant as could be (remember, he developed a great fear of all doctor types while he was in the hospital) and allowed Dr. Gadre to do all his little tests and examinations with no problem.  As we were leaving Dr. Gadre held out his hand to 'give me five' and Jeremiah ran and hugged him.  The doctor laughed and just went on and on about what a great little guy he was and how Jeremiah made his whole day.  We do have a three month follow up to monitor the ear tubes but this appointment could not have been any more positive. 
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Jeremy Renner

The First Day Of School

Painless, no drama and both are happy with their teachers. I have been back for over a week and welcome the distraction. Check out the video of the kids:

http://animoto.com/play/wWV1yeISuppob3q3NuGZUQ

Yahoo! Football Pool

Hello!

You have been invited to join rennerjeremy's Private Group in Yahoo! Sports ProFootball Pick'em.

In order to join the group, just go to Pro Football Pick'em, and click the "Join Group" button. From there, enter the following information...

Group ID#: 4524
Password: JdR

The commissioner of this group has sent the following note:
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Welcome to the 7th annual JdR Friends and Family Football Pool. 

The game is simple: Pick winners of each NFL game each week. You win points according to how many 'confidence points' you assigned each pick. The game is regular season only. 

Rules: 

1. Everyone pays by kickoff of Week Two, no exceptions. The fee is $25 for the season. Cash, check and, yes, even PayPal accepted. 
2. The Yahoo! Site breaks all ties, keeps all scores and settles all disputes. 
3. Trash talking on the message board is not only acceptable, it is encouraged. 
4. Lowest week's score will dropped. 

Payout: 

1. Each weak is worth $1. 
2. A Perfect week is worth an extra $5 
3. Remaining pot goes to overall winner. 
4. Winners are payed by an old fashioned check, mailed by old fashioned mail within three days of the final game of the regular season. 

(Example: If 17 players buy in at $25 the pot is $425. A dollar goes to each high score of the week, leaving $408. Say three perfect weeks are recorded, that will be an additional $15, leaving the overall winner with a $393 jackpot. Obviously the overall winner will likely win a few individual weeks. There also may not be any perfect weeks. This payout system is new, and designed to keep the pool interesting even for those who have no realistic chance of winning in the last weeks of the season.) 


Tips: 

1. Sign in to the game site a few times before the season kicks off and get used to it. It is simple to use but you don't want a computer glitch to get you off to a bad start. You have the option of having email reminders mailed to you. 
2. Don't wait til the last minute to make your picks. The computer will allow you to make picks up til 5 minutes before a game kicks off, but again, don't let a computer glitch ruin a week of picks. 
3. Bring on a friend or coworker to join you in the game. The more the merrier, as long as they pay by week two they are welcome. Forward them this email or send me their address and I'l invite them. 
4. Only one week winner each week, so be sure to do tiebreaker questions! 
5. Be sure to introduce yourself on the message board, makes it more fun and interesting when everyone 'knows' one another 

My mailing address for fee: 4508 Lisa Lane, New Albany, IN 47150 email:therenners@gmail.com 

Happy Picking! 
Jeremy

Just Testing Something...

Obituary

James Davis Renner of Elkhart, Indiana died on July 11 at the age of 67, following a courageous battle with kidney cancer. 

 

James (Jim) was born on July 28, 1941 in Dover, Ohio to the late Dorren Leander Renner and Jane Francis (Davis) Renner.  He is survived by his sister Ann Barger Renner of Winter Haven, Florida and his wife Jeannette Diane (Hepler) Renner.  His three children are Jennifer Renner Howell (Ronnie) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jessica Renner Weers (Gerald) of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Jeremy Davis Renner (Jeanna) of New Albany, Indiana. 

 

Jim's childhood was spent in New Philadelphia, Ohio, where he played baseball, football and was an Eagle Scout.  He graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1959.   After graduating from Heidleberg College in 1963 he served his country in the United States Navy, where he earned the rank of Quartermaster Second Class and had cruises on the USS Harlan R. Dickison and  the USS Gearing.  He completed his service in the US Navy Reserves. After his time in the Navy he returned to school and obtained a Master's Degree in Education at Edinboro State College. 

 

James taught in New York and Pennsylvania before teaching overseas with the Department of Defense in Okinawa, Japan and Würzburg, Germany. He also taught in Elkhart, Indiana and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Jim's love of teaching was passed on to his children as all three of them have become educators. 

 

James and Jeannette were married in Okinawa, Japan on October 21, 1969.   They shared a love of their children, antique collecting and world travel. In retirement they enjoyed visiting and travelling with their nine grandchildren.

 

JIm was a beloved government and economics teacher and basketball coach.  While he taught in several schools, most of his career was spent at Wuerzburg American High School in Germany, where all three of his children attended.  While at WAHS his former students will recall his catch phrases such as "There is no such thing as a free lunch!" and "You have to make an economic decision!"  for years and years after leaving his classes.  He frequently sponsored the student council, junior and senior classes, and Model United States Senate.  In the classroom Jim's subjects came alive for his students. He announced wrestling matches and football games as "The Voice of the Wolves" and received numerous awards and honors for his contributions to the school. 

 

When he wasn't teaching James enjoyed the sport of walking. He served as president of the Tulsa Walking Club and participated in organized walks in ten countries and 45 states.  He was also a bowler and an avid sports fan.  He participated in football pools and cheered for the Oklahoma Sooners, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes and professional teams from Cleveland.  He was especially proud when a former student became the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.  

 

Jim was a member of the Osceola United Methodist Church and a leader of the Men's Ministry there. He belonged to the Tuscarawas County (Ohio)  Historical Society, the Green Country (Oklahoma) Water Garden Society, the Boy Scouts of America, the Mayflower Society and the American Legion.

 

There will be visitation at Zimmerman-Inman Funeral Home from 4:00-8:00 PM on Friday, July 17.  Zimmerman-Inman Funeral Home is located  at 1109 Lincolnway West in Osceola, Indiana. 

 

The funeral will be at Osceola United Methodist Church at 11:00 AM on Saturday, July 18.  The family will be there to greet visitors at 10:00 AM.  The Osceola United Methodist Church is located at 431 North Beech Road in Osceola, Indiana. 

 

Jim will be buried in Ragersville (Sugarcreek), Ohio. There will be a service at on Sunday, July 19 at the Ragersville Zion United Church of Christ. On 8831 Crooked Run Road SW Sugarcreek, Ohio.  The service and burial will be at 1:00 PM.

 

Memorial contributions may be made to Tuscarawas County Historical Society 325 East Iron Avenue,  Dover, Ohio 44622 or Osceola United Methodist Church 431 North Beech Road in Osceola, Indiana 46561.

 

Jeannette Renner's home address is 55327 Osborn Avenue, Elkhart, Indiana 46514

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Jeremy Renner

Grieving 2.0 Explained

Just as a point of information, I composed the Grieving 2.0 piece for  my professional blog, which is located at http://tablettalk.weebly.com and just felt like sharing it with all four of you who still read this blog.  

Grieving 2.0

Grieving 2.0

I may be half the teacher my father was, but I am twice the geek.  My dad was loud, confident and his voice and presence could fill a room (and at times, seep into the halls). I am more reserved, shy and am most comfortable troubleshooting your computer.  He was likely to be found coaching basketball, where I am more likely to help you set up a classroom web page.  At any rate I am proud that I followed my dad in to the education field. 

My dad passed away this morning, and I thought I would share with you some of the technology that has helped my family and me through a difficult spot in our lives.   I am a teacher first so let me share some of the ways I have used technology in the last weeks and months. It is my hope that you will see some use for this in your classrooms this fall.  

I will start off with facebook.  My dad just barely got started on facebook before his treatments and exhaustion began to take over.  Trust me, he would have loved it.  Having taught in Germany he had students that wound up scattered all over the globe.  These same students were classmates to my sisters and I and we all three have reconnected with many of them through facebook.  As his cancer  progressed we would post status updates and notes which we knew would be read with interest by literally hundreds of  former students and colleagues, as well as out family, friends and neighbors that we had 'friended' on facebook.  Check out the social networking site at www.facebook.com You might find it enjoyable to connect with professional colleagues in this way.

Pandora streamed his favorite show tunes and country music to him when he was stuck in his hospital bed. I didn't even build him an account, I just used mine and set up a new station.  I bought a $12 pair of speakers  and he had a commercial free, personalized radio station with only his very favorite songs to listen to while he lay there.  Pandora has recently changed their structure, they aren't totally free any longer.  You can still stream 40 hours of music for free a month and pay .99 after that to finish the month.  It is still a great service and bargain. Build a station of your own at www.pandora.com and expose your children to music that they may not usually hear, such as patriotic, classical and big band.  

As my dad's illness progressed we set up an online memorial for him. I chose www.wallwisher.com because the people 'writing' on the wall didn't need an account, it was visually appealing, and simple to use.  We published the link to the wall on facebook and through email and enjoyed hearing from the many old students, neighbors and colleagues as they posted up funny memories and goodbyes.  Up until the last two or three days we would read the funny ones to him and he seemed to acknowledge and enjoy them.  I grew a little frustrated with this service, as for a while it seemed to work in any web browser with the exception of IE and a few of his very good friends were unable to post up at first.  To be fair, the owner of the site did a lot of trouble shooting and communicating with me for which I was thankful.  I intend to use wallwisher in a professional capacity in the future, but as I teach people about it I will throw out the possibility that their wall may become corrupt at one point and to keep that in mind.  Hey, it's a free site, and one of my dad's euphamisms was 'there is no such thing as a free lunch' so it was fittingly appropriate.  Check out my dad's wall at http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/JimRenner or build your own for homework assignments and the like. 

Our old high school hosts an "All Class Reunion" every three years and several of his former students created YouTube videos with greetings and well wishes.  We played every single one of them for him and he seemed to recognize some of the faces and his eyes lit up, rolled and furrowed depending on which former student it was on the screen.  A lot of people think of YouTube as a collection of useless video clips, and make no mistake about it, there are some goofy things in there. But there is no other site that is free, user friendly and widely known for sharing short videos.  Consider using YouTube to either teach with or to show off some of your student work with. 

If you aren't quite to the point where you are wanting to share videos of your students, you might start with images.  I have found Picasa Web Albums to be user friendly and enjoyable to use.  I posted pictures of my dad that I scanned that were old and also recent ones as he made his final stand.  One web album that is special to me is when he decided he wanted to go for a walk around the neighborhood and to the creek near his back yard.  It was the second to last time he was ever outdoors before he passed, but it was a special moment. We took pictures all along the way and were able to share the web album via links from each of our facebook pages and our family blog.  Imagine how much the parents of your children would enjoy seeing day to day class activities, as well as special events like field trips.  Be sure you have photo release forms before doing so, but consider publishing more of your students' activities this year via Picasa Web Albums.  

Speaking of Picasa, I found the Picasa program, which is a free download from 

Finally etherpad is located at http://etherpad.com and is a handy little online word processor.  You do not need an account to use it, and you can invite multiple editors to help you draft what you are writing.  My sister and I sat on two different couches and crafted his eulogy, and when we had a good draft of it done we invited our sister in England to collaborate as well.  Then a colleague of my dad's, who was also my 8th grade english teacher said something to the effect of 'What can I do to help?"  I sent him a link and he proof read and edited what the three of us had written.  There were no attachments flying back and forth and at one point several of us were writing at a time.  

Did I mention this has been a miserable summer? Right before my dad really took a turn for the worse, my young son spent over a week in the hospital.  We used our family blog to keep people apprised of his various surgeries and at one point even had a cheap webcam focused on him, used UStream http://www.ustream.tv/ for a free webcast channel and his concerned grandparents and other out of town relatives could monitor him as he recovered.  Is there anything you would want to webcast in your classroom this year? Consider your special events such as school plays and chorus concerts if you have parents serving their country overseas.  There are several sites which will help you accomplish this goal, but I have found UStream to be the most easy to use and I enjoyed the ability to embed the feed into my blog.

My dad was a teacher until the very end. I could fill volumes with the things he has shown me and taught me.  He would find a silver lining in all of this if I could use this miserable experience to teach others something new.  He would find pleasure in knowing that the same tools that kept our family connected could be used to build community in a classroom or school building.  Thank you for reading and  thanks, Dad, for everything!

 

Sad News

I really intended to call as many of you as possible but I just can't bring myself to do it. 

I am sad to report that my dad passed away at about 8:30 this morning.  We are working on  arrangements but with my sister coming from England it is looking like Friday or even a week from today for a service here in Osceola and then he will be buried in Ragersville, Ohio. 

He was quite miserable the last 24-48 hours, taking morphine on the hour. Until that point he was fairly responsive, waving at the kids and seemingly enjoying everyone's company.  A cousin came by to pick up my girls to take them camping this morning and when we returned into the house after sending them off he wasn't breathing. 

We've set up a memorial wall at http://wallwisher.com/wall/JimRenner but however it doesn't seem to be working with Internet Explorer at the moment. If you have another browser on your computer feel free to leave your last goodbyes. 

By all means please feel free to pass this message on to friends and family I may have left off, and we will know the arrangements tomm. afternoon. 

Jeremy Renner

Quick Update

1. The wallwisher site/online memorial for my dad is located at http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/JimRenner
and seems to be working on any web browser except Internet Explorer. (insert your own MS joke or curse, I have) Sorry for the inconvenience, but we have enjoyed the tributes that 125 of you have posted so far, and are working to get the site back to where you can view an post from any browser. 

2. My dad's condition is about the same as the last time I updated. He continues to grow weaker and sleeps more and more daily. He is speaking about 3-4 words a day and those are laborious to get out. Sometimes he acknowledges visitors and other times doesn't seem to know they are here. My girls are here and every once in a while he'll manage a wave or blow a kiss, but even that is coming less and less frequently. 

3. Having said that, miracles happen and he has fought bravely for a long time. Stranger things have happened and I know many, many people are praying for him. 

Online Memorial For My Dad

Night Night

We'll broadcast some more tomm. if he does anything but sleep:)

At Kosair

Recovery time... he and I both slept until noon and he had a cookie, two fries and a bite of chicken tender for lunch. He played a little, listened to a story and has slept a lot too. He'll have his dressing changed later, at which point he'll be given morphine!

Surgery A Success

Unspeakable Joy. Surgery successful. Doc removed one of the largest abscesses he has ever seen on a child. Going to be a rough few days with stitches but the relief is overwhelming. Thanks for all the prayers and offers of help. Might have hospital cam up and running later on Saturday. 

--
Jeremy Renner

Update From Kosair

MRI confirmed fluid behind ear and additionally showed a clot. Infection is somewhat localized.  If you are interested you can look at these items: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastoiditis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombosis

http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/La-Pa/Mastoidectomy.html

The ENT actually does a Mastoidectomy on a regular basis, however not on young children. For this reason he has brought in a Doc from U of L (go Cards!) who is going to come in and do it, maybe even this evening. 

So it is good and bad: good that we were moved to a more advanced and child oriented place with all the bells and whistles and specialists. There is also no 'intercranial involvement' which, apparently is also good.  Bad, however because he just isn't getting any better.  There is an urgency to clean out the infection. 

Girls are with the Kanes.  We are in room 527 on 5W.  
--
Jeremy Renner

@ Kosair

We are @ Kosair Children's Hospital awaiting MRI Results.

Jeremiah To Be Transferred

Jeremiah will be transferred to Kosair Children's Hospital for a few reasons. He will have a better scan there and if surgery is needed it is a better facility. He will have access to an infectious disease specialist and the hospital in general is better and more kid friendly. (Though I will say that FMH is starting to make up for some of the previous impressions I held of them... another story) At any rate I don't know if I will have internet access down there or not, but I will try to keep everyone posted.

Hospital Cam

If hospital cam is down, it is b/c I have to log in to the 'system' every hour or so. Enjoy the view of the little fighter. We are actually going to be here for several more days.

Update On My Dad

Word for word pasted from fb:

About 60 of my fb friends are former students of my dad and another 30 are family so I thought I would post a little update about the last few days. 

My mom called me Sunday morning and was very, very concerned about my dad. He had not eaten anything for three days and was quite unresponsive to conversation. They had some close friends from Germany who were visiting and my dad wasn't visiting or talking to them, which if you know my dad it is quite the opposite of his character. 

I headed up there later in the day and spent from Sunday night til Wednesday evening there. 

Monday was pretty amazing, it was like a miracle had occurred and prayers had been answered. He was talking, he ate a pretty decent breakfast and even split a steak with my 4 year old at dinner. He had color and personality. My mom jokingly kept saying - I didn't mean to make you panic, he really wasn't this well yesterday.

If Monday was one step forward Tuesday was two steps back. He slept about all day and had severe cramping and constipation that eventually landed us in the ER. I'll give credit where credit is due, we were in and out of the ER in 2 hours. If you are ever in N. Indiana go to Elkhart General Hospital. They relieved 3 weeks of misery, at least in that area of frustration. 

I stayed today to take him to his radiation, which he will complete Monday and to do an errand with him. He didn't talk much, it seemed to put him out to answer questions (again, if you know my dad...) But I will say he had a decent breakfast and even a few small cups of water while we were doing an errand. 

What's next? Well radiation ends Monday, that will be 15 treatments. He has a follow up with oncologist 2 weeks after that. He has at least one tumor that isn't even being treated for all the other more prominent ones. For good measure let me add that he has diabetes, which was under control with diet and has had lukemia for years. And as you may or may not know he actually had a go 'round with this same cancer 12 years ago, in fact he was still in Germany and combined his hospital trip in Cleveland with a trip to this area for my wedding.

So that is essentially what I know. I'll add that I have never truly felt the presence of prayer as much as I have the last few days. It has been overwhelming and humbling. So thanks for the prayers and kind words of encouragement. I envision heading back and forth a lot this summer. 

I don't know where this kidney cancer came from. I know we were in Germany in 86 when the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded in Russia. I know he was around a lot of second hand smoke as a child and adult and even puffed on a pipe from time to time himself. If you know me at all you know I am far from judgmental but let me, while I have your attention, implore you if you are a smoker to quit smoking yesterday. 

That's my update, that's my soap box. Go hug your kids, call your parents and pet your dog because life is short and uncertain. I have people on my friends list I have known my whole life and people I have met once or twice and know only professionally. I have a few former students and a few former teachers, but I have to say this week and these upcoming weeks have been made a little more bearable with the kind words and encouraging messages from you all. God Bless you and thanks for reading. 

Jacqueline's 4th Birthday

Had a small but fun party for the littlest of the princesses. She enjoyed the ice cream cake and lots of goodies.  We decorated the table and there was a lot of pink involved.  

5-09 Jacqueline's 4th Birthday

Just A Few Updates

1. Headed to Chicago for a conference... I am looking forward to it. I have two presentations to give and have registered for three hands on sessions as well. The rest of the time I get to pick and choose sessions I want to go to and I also bought a ticket to a Cubs game.

2. Thanks for clicking on the ads. I was just curious to see what would happen. I earned $0.58 Not sure what I'll do with all the money! Maybe GM stock. But I removed them becasue they were ugly.

3. I have a blog for work now, because a. I keep up with this one so well b. I am such a good speller c. it just seemed logical. Check it out at http://tablettalk.weebly.com and let me know what you think. I have enabled comments, so better yet comment away.

Fwd: Special Offer for Friends and Family

You know me, I don't forward a ton of stuff, but I am a big Netflix fan. I do not get any kind of reward or anything so don't redeem this for me.  I have found the best value to be the 'two at a time' plan.  Enjoy!

Dear Jeremy, Who wouldn't like a free month of movies? Forward this email to your friends and family, and they'll get a FREE month of Netflix. That's twice as long as our regular free trial! This limited time offer for your friends and family expires 6/15/09, so forward this email today. –Your friends at Netflix

From: Jeremy Renner Good for: 1 month of Netflix EXPIRES: 6/15/09 (Quantities are limited)

Free Trial Offer: Expires June 15, 2009. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Current and previous members and their households are ineligible. Internet access and valid payment method required to redeem offer. Free Trial lasts for one month. Netflix will begin to bill your payment method for the Netflix plan selected at sign-up at the completion of the free trial unless you cancel prior to the end of the free trial. Subscription Periods: Your Netflix membership is a month-to-month subscription that you can cancel at any time. Click the "Your Account" button for cancellation instructions. No refunds or credits for partial monthly subscription periods. Membership & Trial Plans: The number of DVDs out at a time varies by plan. For example, 3 DVDs out at-a-time is $16.99 a month plus applicable tax. Delivery: One business day delivery based on more than 95% of our members being within one-day postal delivery zones. For more details: Please visit www.netflix.com/TermsOfUse for complete terms and conditions, including shipping and delivery details. Netflix reserves the right to change terms and conditions at any time. SRC: 20090430TAFG (c)1997-2009 Netflix, Inc. 100 Winchester Circle, Los Gatos, CA 95032 This promotional message was mailed to [therenners@gmail.com]. If this is your email address and you would like to unsubscribe from Netflix Offers Via Email, please visit the Email Subscriptions page in your account. If this is not your address, this message was forwarded to you by your friend, and there is no need to unsubscribe.

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Jeremy Renner

Ad Experiment

OK I need both people who read this to click on the ads over on the left. I am extremely curious how long it is giong to take to earn a dollar from advertising on therenners.blogspot.com. Don't worry I will take the ads off soon.

Invitation to view a photo from Jeremy's Picasa Web Album - Thunder and Spring Game

You are invited to view a photo from Jeremy's photo album: Thunder and Spring Game View Photo Message from Jeremy: Need a weekend to recover from the weekend... U of L spring game, soccer and air show all rolled into one. Too much for an old guy like me. Was fun, Jeremiah loved the airplanes and managed to sleep through the fireworks (?!) If you are having problems viewing this email, copy and paste the following into your browser: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=therenners&target=PHOTO&id=5326422926538228098&aid=5326421657904230865&authkey=Gv1sRgCJ6atN65k6OD7AE&invite=CLKg1eQE&feat=email To share your photos or receive notification when your friends share photos, get your own free Picasa Web Albums account.

Happy Easter

 
Wishing everyone a great one!

Invitation to view Jeremy's Picasa Web Album - Drop Box

You are invited to view Jeremy's photo album: Drop Box Drop Box Apr 10, 2009 by Jeremy Default album for newly uploaded photos. View Album Play slideshow Message from Jeremy: testing If you are having problems viewing this email, copy and paste the following into your browser: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=therenners&target=ALBUM&id=5323057985415770609&authkey=Gv1sRgCIKXr_G3vMKahwE&authkey=Gv1sRgCIKXr_G3vMKahwE&invite=CIuo47MB&feat=email To share your photos or receive notification when your friends share photos, get your own free Picasa Web Albums account.

Online Pool

The Online Pool Is Back!

 
 
Free Pool Click Here:
http://tinyurl.com/JDRFree 
password jdr

High Stakes, Big Money $3 Pool Click Here:
http://tinyurl.com/JDR3Pool 
password jdr3

General Notes, Rules, and History

We have been at this for about 7 or 8 years now and our group continues to grow. This will mark our second year using Yahoo! which makes my cousin Lauri very happy and makes the pool run much better than the other sites we have used. 

The rules are simple: Follow all of the rules on Yahoo! and for the $3 pool I need your money before tip off of the first game or I will remove you from pool. Let me know if you need my mailing address.  It will be 'Winner Take All' unless we have 20 or more entries at which point it will be 60-40 for 1-2

While I ask that you limit yourself to one entry per person, per pool, I am allowing multiple entries per account. For example I will let my girls do the free pool under my name, no need for them to create a Yahoo! account. Make the name of the 'Bracket' be the person's first name. Also feel free to join both pools. 
 
Hints from doing this over the years:

1. Don't wait til the last minute. You don't want a computer glitch to keep you out of participating. 
2. Become familiar with the site in advance. You don't want an operator error to ruin your March to Glory.
3. Have fun with the message board. We are all friends (indirectly) here. But we do have KY fans playing so keep posts simple and easy to read. 
4.Once you log in and make picks, bookmark/favorite the Yahoo! Fantasy Sports page to the group for easy access. 
5. Bring along your own friends and family, the more the merrier. You may forward this message to your friends and family.

Let me know if you need a hand, you do need a Yahoo! account to play but it is free and easy to create.
 
--
Jeremy Renner

Chilling Out

Hope everyone is safe and sound... we are starting to thaw a little here. Jeanna is scrap booking so much she is making pages of evens that haven't happened yet. She is on Jeremiah's first day of middle school. Just kidding, but she is almost caught up.

Jillian and Jessica Baptized

Pictures

We are snowed in so we are getting some pictures ordered, backed up and posted up. Here are two folders... one that we thought would be worth sharing, and another of the ones we are getting ready to print...

1208

Hope everyone is staying warm...

To Print 109

Jeremiah

Quick update, jeremiah is better, doesn't have pnuemonia as feared.

Sent from my iPod