The Canterburys – Christmas 2013
View Previous Years Hello from the
Canterburys! We hope you’ve had a great
year! Additionally the builder
decided to feature us and our new home in their magazine which they put in
their model homes and send to prospective buyers. The builder sent photographers to take
pictures of us and our home, and a technical writer to interview us. The article should be published soon, but we
saved the first draft so we can share it with you at this link. Jerry continues to work
at IBM. His temporary work-from-home
position turned into a permanent one for which he’s very thankful. He has the occasional business trip,
traveling to Our trips this year were
to Jerry also took a week
off in July to do RAGBRAI – the Des Moines Register’s
Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa –
a 400-mile bicycle ride from the west end to the east end of the state with
great friends. In non-travel news, Jerry went skydiving a
few times again this year, including on his 50th birthday. At Thanksgiving he went once more and took
his dad along. How many sons get their
push their dad out of a perfectly good airline?! Meanwhile, Even this great year has
some sad news. Jerry’s paternal
grandmother passed away this fall after a lengthy illness. However we’re glad that the entire family got
to visit her for her 90th birthday in the spring. Our cats Jackson and
Spookie continue in good health. They
also enjoy the new house especially the screened porch where they can enjoy the
sunshine while watching the birds and other wildlife go by. We hope you had a great
year as well and have plans to make 2014 great too. If we haven’t connected on Facebook yet,
please find us there so that we can stay in touch during the year. Merry Christmas and
Happy Holidays! Nancy and Jerry Canterbury
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We started our year with
what we expect to be a new annual tradition.
On New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, we participated in three 3-mile
races and runs, then went over to nearby 
For us, the year started
off with lots of activity as we moved into our brand new house. We had all the last minute activities:
packing, inspections, buying appliances, switching utilities. By late January we were in the new home. We love the new house! It’s so quiet here. We were the 4th family to move
into what will be a 44-home development.
We’ll be living in a construction zone for another year or so while they
complete build-out, but it will be worth it.
The community is surrounded by green space. Our lot backs to a protected area full of
trees. Beyond that is the local
20-mile-long recreational trail, great for walking, running, and biking. Yet we’re close to shopping and the brand new
fitness center is just a four-minute drive.
Meanwhile, 
Alcatraz
Triathlon in March – swim like an escaped prisoner from Alcatraz to the 
few years ago, moving up
until they asked her to be in charge.
The event had its best year ever, setting records for the most
participants and the most money raised.
This was the second such event
Jerry
