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UPDATE: Teeters page has grown, and grown, there is now a
list server, a archieve of it, online scrap book, online chat's on Sunday
nights, and even a yearly reunion!!! You Just need to visit to believe it! When we met the Sears there was like 6 or 7 families! WOW! Way to go Cathie and Don!! Aperts is a birth defect that affects the hands and feet, as well as the bones in the head. It is a rare disorder (not as rare as I thought it was) that Rosemarie is affected with. To us it is no big deal, she has no real problems with anything related to it (beside a slight dental problem). We are planning to start our family and wanted to know as much about Apert Syndrome as we could so we started looking around. First we went to doctors and got a little infomation from them. Then we went to our local Childrens hospital and they introduced us to a couple here in Cincinnati that has had a newborn with aperts. We have become good friend with this couple, and have had the chance to get to know their daughter and her older brother as they have grown over the years. They gave us several articles on Aperts and we gave them some. Later we met again and they introduced us to another couple here locally. In the mean time We found a wonderful source of information and several great new friends on the internet. Don and Cathy Sears have a little girl who has Aperts and started up a Page on the Internet (their address is below) and it is Great. Through  Teeter's page we
have met face to face with Cathy, Don and
Elizabeth(Teeter) Sears (several times and really consider them good friends),
The Deacons, the Contrinos, and
a few other families with aperts. Then when Cathie and Don Started yearly get togethers at Myrtle Beach We've met a lot more. The Adults have all been great.
We have also been in contact by E-Mail (and America On-line's Instant messanger) with several
other families and individuals, We have met with a really nice group of
people in Columbus, Ohio from their local About Face
chapter. Meeting so many people and children has been great. One thing I (George) can say that I've really noticed is that each of these individuals has a personality that is freindly, outgoing, and really uplifting. The smiles on the faces always makes me give one back. Getting into this I never thought we would find so many supportive friends in so many places in the world, Most of which we owe to Don and Cathy sears for starting Teeters page. I could List a lot about Aperts,
however Teeter's page is really the place to go for
information about aperts on the Internet. Join the List Server and ask anyting you want, or email someone privatly.
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I was born in Baton Rouge, La on June 16,
1967 and have moved around a lot as a child. My
wife and I met back in 93 Line dancing at a Place in Covington, Ky
called "The River Saloon" We started dating in
August after talking outside during a really bad concert
with Ricky Lynn Gregg (Country Singer) [side note for the one band member that contacted me,
I meant bad as in not good] and it was all it
took, I think we both knew it was meant to be very early
in our relationship, we did wait almost a year before
getting engaged and then about another seven months
before getting married. It gave us time to get to know one another. We Got an apartment
together and then rented a house for a while, and in March 2000 we bought our first house!!!
Some people think we are crazy for where it is, but we enjoy it. It's located next door to
Rosemarie's Parents house... and if that's not crazy enough for you there is a Country Sherrif
living next door on the other side... Gotta be good now ya know!! (oh yes it is in Kentucky)
Daystar@iglou.com - My E-mail
Address
If you would like to know more about Prairie Dogs Pat Storer Writes
an excellent book called of all things Prairie Dog Pets. It is the
best source of information I've seen and the book is fun to read! You can
contact the author at
http://www.animals-for-sale-ww.com/rzu2u.htm
You can also read about them in the FAQ located at ACME
About George
My name is George, This page is
written by me for Me, My wife Rosemarie and our pets. We got married on April 22,
1995 and have started our own family. We are as of November 2001 still
childless, but working on it. I'm a Network Administrator/Computer Programmer for a leasing company and do some
consulting for a few customers.
You can see some of my non computer hobbies at
http://starrphotos.net
All these pictures are taken by me, although Rosemarie might have snapped 1 or two when she used my camera.
Any comments are welcome.
About Rosemarie
Still working on getting her to write something for this area. You are
more than welcome to write her to get her going on this!!
What I can tell you about her is probably listed elsewhere on here but
for what it's worth. She is a Customer Service Repersentive at a local bank where
she handles customers, customers money, and has made may friends and won
awards for her service. She has been at the bank for about 10 years. She runs a customer service window, has
now been through 2 bank robberies, one of which the robber came to her window. Her strenght in returning to work after that one has
to be impressive to anyone.
Her hobbies are varied, she is getting into the computer more and more, esp.
since I set her up her own computer. If you email her chances are you will get
a return message!!
We Bowl on a winter leauge once ever other week, neither on of us is
great at it, her average is about 118 to 120..
We travel as much as we can, we like to drive because you see more that way. We try to
visit Myrtle Beach at least once a year, and hit Flordia when we have the time. We also
like to visit the Smokey Mountains.
She also makes baby blankets crocheting (sp) and other items.
These are the things I personally admire about Rosemarie, her courage, she is stronger
than I am here without thinking about something. I also admire her ability to make
and keep new friends. It's a standing joke with us that she know half the state and
is releated to the other half. I think having Aperts and what she must have went
through as a child has given her both of these.
She's married to me so she's got to be a good person!!! I've put her through a lot over
the years, including a short time where my mother lived with us for about 6 months right after
we got married.
As a couple we have had some great times and we've had some bad times, like any coulple will. We always put us
first above the individual.
Around the house she pulls more than her fair share of house work.
If you catch Rosemarie around town, look out for her in her Dakota Sport!!
When Rose was growing up she was treated like any other child by her parents, and has grown up really sure of herself. The doctors told her parents early on that
she might never work, drive, etc.. All the gloom and doom that you read in the books. Well She like most apert adults that were given a chance have turned out great. We've
met other that are married and have kids of their own. Of course this gloom and doom was not passed on to Rose, and we only found out about it recently.
UPDATE: new email for Rosemarie
roses@fuse.net Rosemarie's E-mail Address
About Our Pets
updated November 2001
WOW!
We have two Prairie Dogs and one real dog. The Prairie dog's were there first, Frog and Midas. The don't love together
because they don't get along well. They are great responsive little critters. Frog is a girl, Midas is a boy, but since they don't
get along we don't have to worry about babies.
Peanut is our real puppy, she's a loveable pound pound puppy. She is a 45 pound cross between a German shephard, a Lab, and a Rott. She is a very
gentle dog, loves to give kisses. Smart as she can be. She does every thing we tell her to do that I've been able to teach her. She know sit, heel, stay,
Hang 10 (my version of beg), for begging she bow's down infront of you, she will give you Paw, and even Other Paw. She loves to ride and I think she wants to
learn how to drive. She's a very good watch dog, and makes sure you don't leave dirty clothes in middle of the floor or she'll bark until you pick them up.
If anyone knows how to teach a dog to roll over let me know, I know she wants to I just don't know how to convey what I want her to do.
Sites that we find useful and/or fun
TV Listings Something we wish we could use.
George Starr Photography Some Photo's
Teeter's page
An internet Friend!
PC-Magizine
PC-Magizine site
Microsoft Microsoft Network
Microsoft Microsoft
Switchboard Find People/email addresses
Ronnie Dog Ronnie Dog (Prairie Dog)
Mischief on the net Mischief on the net (Prairie Dog)
R-Zu-2-U Exotic Pets
Mischief on the net Mischief on the net (Prairie Dog)
Search Engines
Infoseek - My Favorite Search Engine
Web-Crawler - Another Search Engine
World Wide Worm - Another Search Engine
Yahoo - Another Search Engine
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