tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33413628992601114102011-11-27T17:19:23.305-06:00Keeping family and friends up to date on Chuck's whereabouts and what's going on in our lives! Feel free to add your own comments, questions or reactions!mrshartkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616159075171316156noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341362899260111410.post-27428010361891865732011-10-03T16:12:00.000-05:002011-10-03T16:12:37.991-05:00

This is really wonderful!Simple Truths - We Hope You Enjoyed the movie!

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I haven't shared for awhile, but we recently had a big party to celebrate the 70th birthdays of Pat and Chief (my in-laws). If you'd like to see some of the photos from that party, this link connects you to the photobook I made! Enjoy! - RobinPat and Chief's Birthday by Robin - Photo Book - snxy5wmhdtyc @ www.artscow.com

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I've been a little elusive this week....sorry! I talk to Chuck every day, but it seems like he keeps going back and forth between Detroit, MI and Chicago! I'm sure I'm speaking for him when I say...redundant! His time to come home is getting closer...but GEEZ...this is taking FOR-EVER!! Still, 6 more days!He's trying to decide about this load, right now...he could hurry up and t-call it on

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Well, Chuck's been gone 10 days...12 more to go...ugh! Yesterday morning I was talking to him at 8 in the morning and he told me he was going to be staying in Milwaukee for more than a day...waiting for his time to reset or for the appointment times to come...not sure what the original reason was....we were talking about it and I was questioning his times and everything...at the last minute I

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I can't believe we STILL have 12 days left of this trip...it's getting monotonous. We have Marco's birthday on Sunday...he's inviting a buddy to go to the movies. I'm excited for him, the timing of the release of the new Percy Jackson movie couldn't've been better...he and his friend Sam are the only 2 nerds they know that have read all of the books in the series 4 times, each! I'm glad the kids

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Sorry I've been gone so long....I had a big benchmark assessment due for my class and I had to revise it 3 times! Also, the kids were home for 4 days, so I had a lot of distraction this last weekend. Well, Chuck was in Arkansas yesterday morning and he was in a huge backup...there was some snow on the ground and the state is not equipped for dealing with it! The hill he was climbing was causing

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Hi everybody...Sorry I've been out of touch, lately. We had a busy couple of weeks! I just finished my class for the term, tonight...new class tomorrow....starting some practicum hours, now. I'm applying for my short-call sub license to get my foot in the door with some of the area schools...exciting! Chuck was just home over this last weekend...he was dealing with rain and snow everywhere he

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Well, I've been in almost constant contact with Chuck and I could give you a play-by-play, but on Friday he went from Nashville to near Battle Creek Michigan to pick up a load. When he got to the terminal in Michigan the trailer wasn't there....the guy that was supposed to drop it off was on home time - and he took the load with him! Chuck was SO mad! He sat ALL DAY yesterday in Michigan just

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Drivers Wives Spotlight Interview Questions 1I spoke to Chuck, today...he arrived in Nashville Safe and Sound...he already has a preplan ....I heard something about Ohio...near TOLEDO (my favorite word). After I heard Toledo, the rest was a blur....:) Hopefully they'll keep him moving all weekend since he was "stuck" at home for such a long time....rather to be not moving at home than in some

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The Pillars of the Earth Television Event Series | The Official WebsiteSo excited to see this - I read this book, it's GREAT!! Tune in!

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The Pillars of the Earth Television Event Series | The Official WebsiteSo excited to see this - I read this book, it's GREAT!! Tune in!

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Hi everybody, it's been awhile! Chuck didn't make it home as planned this last weekend, but when he DID get home, we got him for a few extra days. It was really great to have him home...he had some good play time with the kids, AND me! Now we have to shed some tears as he leaves again...He was delayed because they are finally fixing his truck from his little crash before Christmas...He won't have

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Well, we were lucky, Chuck was in the area last night, so I went and picked him up and he had supper with us and spent the night in his own bed - this morning I had to take him back, since he really wasn't on home time. He's on his way to Cloquet to pick up a load of paper, and he'll be delivering it on Thursday near Milwaukee, WI, then, hopefully he'll have freight out of either Milwaukee or

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Cool, crisp, Coors Lite....and Chuck picking up a big truckload of it! For delivery to....(drumroll please).....LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA!!! He's scheduled to make that drop on the 13th of January anytime between 7 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon....!! He wasn't scheduled to be home until the earliest of Friday....so we're hoping he'll be able to be home for the night, then work on Thursday,

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He was a little frustrated, today...he found out he didn't have until 5pm tomorrow night, he had until 5:00 this morning...(Saturday). He called and told them he was going to be late because of the weather; apparently the parts place he is delivering for has now run out of parts! I told him "they can't possibly all be on YOUR truck..." he said, "no, there are 6 other trucks with inventory for

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Talked to Chuck at 6:30 this morning...he was just getting ready to try the rest of Iowa and head toward Denver. He was supposed to be there, today, but he sent them messages yesterday to let them know the weather slowed him up, so he won't get there until tomorrow...he has until 5:00 tomorrow night...I'm just glad when he's driving up here all the cold, cold will be done (hopefully) and he'll

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Chuck's found himself in ANOTHER snow storm! Good grief, Charlie Brown! He's passing trucks and cars in the ditch...he's just barely in Iowa. Earlier this morning (around 8:00)he saw in his rear view mirror a Werner truck jackknife and skid forward - they were piling up RIGHT BEHIND HIM! He said he put the pedal down so the truck wouldn't pile into him, too. He's only been able to go 45 mph. He's

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Talked to Chuck a few times, today....he was out east...just got done delivering near Detroit, Michigan...that's where he stayed last night. This morning he got a preplan..to pick up in Detroit and head to near Denver, Colorado. Luckily, he doesn't really have to head into the mountains, he turns off before I80 goes into Utah...I personally used to love that drive back and forth when I lived in

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2010 is here, hopefully its coming is only filled with good things! Well, Sam and I just hung out...we were asleep before midnight..that's okay, we knew it would happen! So, Chuck called me at 7:00 this morning....he's in Syracuse, NY, he got there yesterday around 11am (at the terminal). The picture above was the scene, there. He said yesterday there was 1-2 inches on the ground, but overnight

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Well, he WAS in Cincinnati....it's hard to keep up with Chuck, he says 1/2 the time I have the cities wrong...but as I understand it, he just dropped off a load this morning in South Carolina and has not been routed to Syracuse, New York...he's scheduled to be there in a couple of days...he's been moving and moving! The first trip was 751 miles and this one is 740 miles, it would be over 1200,

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As much as the weather played a part in the holiday celebrations this year, it actually went pretty well. It was SO hectic getting Chuck home in time to celebrate at all, but it turned out to be a nice weekend. With Christmas eve canceled, the kids and I hung out waiting for Chuck to pull in. He finally rolled in around 8/8:30 on Thursday night and we were so relieved! We had a nice dinner and

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Chuck is finally moving out of Chicago (it's 12:30 on Thursday morning)...he's not sure how to handle this. He's going to call his driver manager at 6 in the morning when he gets in and find out what to do. He was supposed to be home on the 24th, but his hours of service don't match what they want him to do. So, what if he gets all the way to Duluth with this load (4,000 lbs of insulation)....he

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Well, it looks like Chuck's driver manager poorly planned his route home...He was supposed to be home on the 23rd, originally....but they sent out a message that wouldn't let anyone get home sooner than the 24th. He'll be home on the 24th...at 10:30 at night....if the weather cooperates. He's in Chicago...he can start driving at 3:45. He has to go 1/2 hr away to pick up an empty trailer because

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Well, talked to Chuck a couple of times, today. He called first at 6:00 this morning. He was having trouble getting in touch with his shipper, so he thought he'd call me to make sure his signal was working....it was. So he said "hi" and said he had to go. He called again around 8:30 and he was in East Brunswick, New Jersey...he was delivering a load to the Kmart there, and then had to go up the

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Chuck finally got a tow at 1:30 to get him free of the guard rail...it took them 3 tries to winch him free of the rail. He's done much more damage to the truck than originally thought. He strapped the body piece that was in the ditch to the back of the truck...hopefully they'll be able to reattach it. He did also have a flat tire - behind the cab. He waited for a second tow to come and fix his

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My second worst nightmare happened, today. Chuck's in Maryland stranded. He's in the middle of the biggest snow storm the east coast has seen in...."years" according to AFP news. He was 3 miles from a rest stop and his windshield wipers kept getting built up, so he pulled over to clear them off and when he went to go he crashed into the guard rail. He had sent me the picture above about 3 and 1/2

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I'm hoping Chuck will be able to get a photo similar to one of these with his own camera, but if not I was able to find these on photobucket.....If you haven't guessed it, Chuck's on his way to Memphis, Tennessee!! He left Michigan last night/early this morning and got through to Ohio....he got to go through Toledo, again...(I love that word!)and he is stopping tonight. Tomorrow he hopes to get

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Hey everybody - It's been a really busy week! Everytime I talked to Chuck his location was different, but he kept going back and forth between the same places! He left here on Tuesday morning at 6am and headed down to Faribault to pick up a load. He took that load to Gary Indiana, then went from Gary, Indiana back to Chicago (they're very close together) then he went back to Mayfield, Wisconsin

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Hey everyone - Just a head's up...Chuck's been out on the road since November 10th, I think....he's FINALLY getting closer to home. He's spending the night tonight near Chicago and dropping his trailer off, there. He has to T-call it, meaning he's not taking it to its final destination. If he is trying to get home but the load needs to get to California - he'll accept the load and then T-call it

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Good morning,Chuck called me at 5am - but I was still sleeping....I tried to call back but he must've been unavailable. So, the middle to end of this last week Chuck's been going from Colorado over to Greenboro, N.C. (quite a switch). He ran into just a little bit of snow in the mountains near Denver, but it's been pretty clear far. He's been getting some good miles. He was a little bit comforted

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Chuck and I were talking earlier this week...he got a message on the qual-com computer in his truck from the company headquarters that said they were trying to make an effort to get all drivers home for holidays, realizing the importance of home time and being with family. At the end of last week Chuck was in New York City and hauled a load 1400 miles down to Denver, Colorado...it took 4 days.

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Chuck should be almost to Denver by now....Last Thursday (I hope I'm right) he left from New York City for a 1400 mile trek to Denver, CO. Every day we've talked for HOURS...he stopped in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Missouri (I might have missed one or 2). He's only driving about 8 or 9 hours a day, even though he can drive 10, because the hours stop when you get to a certain point, so in

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I Heard from Chuck a couple of times, today....he's a little bit nervous. As you may or may not know he brought a load up to Lancaster, NY, yesterday. Today he was supposed to pick up some freight in Buffalo, sat there for 8 hours and they called him a 1/2 hour before he was supposed to go get it and they told him it wasn't there! So, they told him he could go up to Albany (120 miles away or so)

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Ha ha...we laughed this morning about that word...say it...."Toledo"....that's pretty fun to say! So, last week was so fun - we had a couple of extra days home we didn't plan on. He was home on Sunday and Monday (the 5th and 6th) I think it was, then he went down to the terminal in Inver Grove Heights to pick up the truck and when he got down there he found out he had to get a load up north, in

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This week has been really rough. Chuck had a horrible time - he sat for over 24 hours outside of Peoria, Illinois waiting for some direction to come home - he was SO mad! He was ready to pack it up and come home....All I can do is keep encouraging, look for the silver lining....If there's one to be found I can find it (or at least try)! This morning he still didn't have any clue what was going to

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I felt so bad for Chuck, today....he's having a horrible day. He worked 14 hours and only got paid for 4! Driving around like a chicken with his head cut off trying to get a trailer. He was so angry. He's swearing off Texas....every time he goes there it's a disaster. The last time he was stuck in Laredo for 3 days...this time he spent the whole day in Houston - it took them over 5 hours to

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When I talked to Chuck last night he said he was only going to be able to drive for 4 hours today, then he had to stop for the "week" - his weeks end on Monday. He got all of his hours in, so now he has to sit for today, after he delivers his load in Houston. He's been driving through the south - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and now, Texas. He's complaining about the temperatures, there.

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Unfortunately, even though Chuck is MILES away, life goes on. This week we have conferences, 1 down, 1 to go....Sam had his 15 month office visit, with immunizations, of course. I'm in the 5th week of my 8week term for classes, so I've got lots of things to do....I think Sam broke the mouse for our main PC - he keeps chewing on it, and I found it under his crib....(it's wireless)....and I think

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4am came excruciatingly early this morning...made breakfast for Sam and Chuck and got Chuck ready to go. His preplan was for Elwood, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He's called a couple of times today - it's been raining all day (that sucks!) He got to his destination around 7:00 tonight and he'll get some sleep. He's got another pre-plan, but it's only 77 miles away - he was a little disgusted

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Chuck has been calling me a couple of times a day, now...trying to get home. We found out today that he's going to run out of hours before he gets home, tomorrow (yes, tomorrow....NOT today!). So, he MIGHT make it to Inver Grove Heights under his time limit, but then I'll have to go down and pick him up because he won't be allowed to move forward for another 10 hours! 90 miles each way to that

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I talked to Chuck, yesterday, but didn't have too much new news for ya', but this morning he called and it looks like the original plan for the end of this week is changing....the nature of the beast! Yesterday when we were talking he was in Baltimore and had received a pre-plan to go up to Delaware...not too far away...like 150 miles. He had to go up to Amazon.com and pick up a load at 3:00 in

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Chuck's been in touch every day....all the talking finally paid off (thanks, honey, I appreciate it). It helps me get through the day when he calls and at least ACTS interested in what we're doing here! Usually he talks about what's going on there....he's on his way up north-east, still...he's going to try to see if he can drop off his load to Maryland early...he gained an hour because their

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Chuck was so happy when I talked to him this morning...FINALLY got out of Laredo after sitting there for 2 days (almost 3). He is on his way to Maryland - this trip will take him to Tues, since he can only drive about 650 miles a day - his truck is set at 55mph, what do you expect?? :) We had a good laugh, tonight, when he called - he said the other day he was in the truck and he caught himself

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So, talked to Chuck last night, so we could celebrate Alex's birthday over the phone, with him. I called him when we were going to sing and she could tell him all about her exciting day! (notice the new haircut and ears pierced!) I think he was happy that we included him in on this celebration he was missing. And so frustrating...stuck in Laredo at the terminal for all this time. At least this

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Chuck called today...he was in a hurry - they set him up to bomb, today, so hopefully he'll show them!! Since they put limits on truckers for hours in a day to be on the road - 11 driving and 14 total on the truck including hookups and loading and unloading....that can be a real drag when it takes the warehouse 6 HOURS to unload your trailer!! Hurry up, scuttlebutt - then WAIT! But, he went as

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I talked to Chuck quite a bit over the last couple of days....he had to sit in TN for a couple of days, waiting for times for drop-offs, and then went to Alabama ....still in AL, today. He has to be at his destination early I thought he said. Then, it's off to Texas....not very long trips. That's okay, as long as he stays busy and away from the bad weather! Now that the bad weather has started up

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Talked to Chuck again, tonight - he took all day to get through Illinois, I guess...headed for Nashville, but they won't let him drop off his load of dog food until Monday morning. He's going to stay in Ill. until Sun. am, then he'll be moving a little closer - he only has a little over a 100 miles to go, I guess. He's up at 5 am and in bed by 8pm (still surprises me) :) - after all this time

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Looks so cozy, doesn't it? That's the top bunk - you have to sleep in that hammock when you sleep on top to keep from falling out!! you can't see the lower bunk, but it's at least a little bigger!Got a call from Chuck, today...FINALLY. He's on his way to Nashville. His load left late yLooesterday so he spent the night in Iowa. Said he frozLooe because he couldn't figure out how to turn....."

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We showed the truck to Sam so he could see what Daddy is doing. It was a real bummer after Chuck came back after being gone for 6 weeks....Sam didn't remember him at first. After about 4 hours he was better.

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Hey everybody! I'm new to this blog thing, but I've read enough to know that it's the best when the entries are short, interesting and honest. Honest I can be....short, we'll see....and maybe not interesting for everyone.My husband, Chuck, decided to become an over the road truck driver in May after being laid off in the printing industry (like many others). It was a complete 180 from what he

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