Matthew Flinchbaugh

Tonight was a hard night, on Saturday the 15th of May the world lost a good man. Who devoted his most recent years to the community by being a member of the Canadochly Valley Ambulance Club. His name was Kevin Craley. It was through this devotion that I came to know him. No matter what situation we were in be it a call that the fire company was on, or a training, he always put a smile on your face and if it was not on your face for all to see then you worked your ass of to keep it from bursting into public. Tonight the memorial for Kevin was held. During this the York County Dispatch Center held a last call for Kevin. This was the first time I have ever been at a memorial for a member of the emergency services. And had the opportunity to experience the “last call.” This last call is not like the one you hear at a bar. This is something of the upmost respect, and of high honor in the emergency services. Everything in the emergency services returns from duty and is placed available. That includes each tool that is used, each price of apparatus, each department, and each of its members. When one of the apparatus is in need of repair we call it “Out of Service,” and this is called out over the air. When an apparatus is retired from service it is placed out of service. In the emergency services a last call is performed when a responder passes away. This is done by placing that individual available. And is completed by taking the individual out of service. Tonight Kevin, received his last call.

To many this may not mean much, or sound like much. But to a responder let me tell you it hits you and it hits you hard when you experience someones last call. Especially someone involved in many of the emergencies you respond on.

Kevin will be missed by many and has touched many. And anyone who knew him were lucky to have known him. Those who did not have no idea what they missed out on.

Thank you kevin for making the times interesting and enjoyable.

So, this week has had its set backs, and it’s progress.

Tuesday I talked to Josh (the best man), well He is in Montana (Air Force), and so Becky wrecked the car, earlier this week. So they are unsure as to whether they will be making it home for the wedding. Which sucks not only for us, but also for their families, This was going to be their only time to come home this year, since last year when they had their wedding. So, now Jennifer and my brains are scrambling trying to figure out what to do, how to deal with it.  All along we have had the chance that Josh couldn’t make it home because of the Air Force. I’ve been pondering how to handle it if he cannot make it.

My solution is to send him a web cam, Yes Josh your not getting out of a speech that easy, And having Josh Skype in at the reception, to deliver his speech. We already will have the Projector, so That takes care of how to deal with it. And Jen and I were down at the Ambulance Club Saturday, well while there I found out they had Comcast Cable Internet. Great!!!!  Then I found out they also have 3 wifi access points. Excellent…. So I dont even need to figure that part out.  So Josh, Your taken care of… We will be Video Conferencing him, and he will be on the big screen.  So get ready for your close up Old Buddy Old Pal!!

So Next on the list, The wedding invites are just about completely handed out. We hand delivered most of them Saturday, The out of State/Area ones are the only ones we need to mail. Everyone else we drove around Saturday to hand deliver. Dont forget you can RSVP by visiting http://www.koontzflinchbaughweddding.com/RSVP If you did not get one please do not bug us… That will not get you one. We have invited alot of people, and though we would like to invite everyone we know. Money is definitely a factor. And it does not mean we like you any more or less. We invited those who we spend most of our time with.

So lastly, I’ve finally gotten a few Engagement Pictures on the wedding site. I’ve been playing with Lucis Art Plugin for Photoshop, And i’m impressed with the advantages it has given me with developing/processing my pictures. And I am very impressed with how the pictures look when printed. I need more ink though The photos on the site will be downloadable in the full resolution. So for those of you who want prints please feel free to download them. However they are copyright to myself and my mother(Beverly Flinchbaugh) so do not missues them. No posting them on your Facebook or Blogs or anything else online. You may link to them. If you do not have the ability to Print them, Contact Me and I can set you up. But i do suggest SnapFish for ordering prints online. And may consider implementing that into the site.

So thankfully the wedding is arriving faster and faster, and sooner and sooner as the days go by things get hectic at times, But in the end this is all worth the time, money, and aggravation. In the end Jen and I get to spend the rest of our lives with the ones we love. And we cannot thank our Families enough for the help, and support they have given us. And of course our Friends, Which We know we do not get to see as much as we would like to, But we want everyone Family or Friend to know we do appreciate each one of you and what you do. We both feel that the friends and family we have are our greatest Strength. Thank You.

So Jen, and I failed miserably at the 365…

We’ve decided to amend our new years resolution to just take more pictures instead of taking 1 picture for each day.

So yea we failed. Things are too busy right now with the wedding, and finding houses.

Well as of 01/01/10 Jen and I have begun, a new years resolution of our own. We are asking ourselves to take 1 photo a day for every day of 2010 And post them to Flickr, and as I get to it they will eventually be on the site here too….. Eventually being the key word on that one.

So keep checking back for updates including EVENTUALLY pictures here on the site. I may need to upgrade hard drives in the server to allow for this.

Wish us luck.

Matthew’s Flickr Stream night sky by countrycowboy026 010310 What the eye doesn’t see. by countrycowboy026 010209 Ice Cold Mikes by countrycowboy026 010410 Bunny by countrycowboy026 010510 Rainbow by countrycowboy026 010610 Whats A Dollar Made of by countrycowboy026 010710 Spiraling out of control by countrycowboy026 010809 Pens Pens Pens by countrycowboy026 010910 Jellies by countrycowboy026

Jen’s Flickr Stream A bad weekend of hunting by Countrygirl3844 Time to relax by Countrygirl3844 Lots of cricles by Countrygirl3844 Bunny Love by Countrygirl3844 Crayons by Countrygirl3844 Hi Frosty by Countrygirl3844 Truck!! by Countrygirl3844 Time for your check-up by Countrygirl3844

Well last week was an interesting one. It all started Saturday. I was working in éTowson, Md during the day and Jen babysat Saturday night. When she got home she complained of a headache and went to bed. Next morning is when all of the fun began. The worst parts of the flu began setting in. The irritating pain in muscles the weakness, the fever, the cramps all that fun stuff. So I spent the day in bed with her. And sunday evening she decided to go to the doctors. So I aranged her ride for her and she called the doctor in the morning. I went to work in towson again. And she laid in bed sick again. The doctor told her its flu like symptoms but not the flu. OK????? What the hell does that mean. Well you act like you have the flu but you don’t. Hrmmm doc.

Any how so the sickness went on. I went to work tuesday with a headache in the morning and as the day went on and got warmer the headache began turning to stiff, sore muscles for me. Yea i know o great now I’m getting it. So then before I could leave work I was determined to finish what I had started, at work. So I did but before I was done the job my fever began setting in. What a drive that was from north harrisburg to york. Blah. It sucked.
So the next day I was sick to though I had no vomitting. Jen’s position got worse. Neither one of us got out of bed much wenesday. So her mom and I decided in the evening if she did not begin to get better she was going to the doc again. So she did thursday as I layed in bed still sick and stiff. I told work I would be in for the second half of the day. And I did I could not talk cause I had albut lost my voice. So trying to communicate was fun. Jen’s doctor told her yup you got the flu. The funny thing was she did not stay sick for much longer the she began getting better thursday and friday and by the weekend she was really tired but she was up moving around and all that fun stuff so now the worst of the symptoms we both face is going back to a full week of work. And a sore throat and dry caugh. Fun Fun
So this is how we survived the flu. Well jen survived I dunno what the hell I had.

So here’s my latest thought. I just searched google to see
where the site ranks. Ha you would think it be number one
right. Well apparently not. See there are at least two Matthew
Flinchbaugh’s and the Susquehanna river appears to not be the
only thing separating us. He’s on the lancaster side I’m on the
York side well now as I find by searching google for “Matthew
Flinchbaugh” I show up number one for a few sites that I
contribute to but I do not show up for my own domain. So here
is an update to my blog I am not the Matthew Flinchbaugh
that owns Flinchy’s restaurant and though I have gotten in
trouble in my past I never went to court nor did I for having
anything to do with pulling off someones hair piece. As
funny as that is I guess. So Matthew Flinchbaugh from camp
hill stop stealing my page rank. maybe Jen and I will visit
your restaurant some time. Lol J/K can’t expect to be number
one in 3 days well 2 days I guess.