Don Paulsell

Hi Larry and Sally,
Just noticed you had updated your profile, so took a look. Nice pic of the CHAMPS!
Pat and I have stayed in touch with Jim Keith and Sue and Jim often speaks of you. Hope you are well and enjoying the great Northwest. Glad to have you as part of our team as we enter the fourth quarter of our 100 year marathon!

Posted on: May 01, 2019 at 12:24 PM

Hi Gene - Hope you have a great day and glad to have you on the team as we go for the win in our 4th quarter! Happy BDay Mine is an Earth Day Birthday and I scratched Mother Earth's back the day before (aka raking up 12 piles of willow branches) I am holding a DVD of Fried Green Tomatoes because on our trip home from FL, Pat and I stopped in Juliette, GA and visited the Whistle Stop Cafe for a yummy lunch. When I asked the older woman at the gift store how she was doing, shr replied "Well, I'm still on this side of the dirt!!" Quite the good movie 1991 and an interesting LITTLE burg. Pat and I and Jim and Sue Keith have stayed in touch. They come to MI each summer and we will see them this July. Enjoy the day! All the best.

Posted on: Mar 05, 2019 at 3:41 PM

HBD JJF! Hope you are well and still having fun! Michigan is freezing today, but Pat and I are heading to FL on 3/19. Best wishes to you and the family for 2019. We had a nice Christmas and I just finished doing the set for our 9 year old grandson's musical - Peter Pan Jr. He was a pirate and the crocodile who chases and eats Captain Hook. He had fun!

Posted on: Sep 17, 2018 at 2:21 PM

HBD Shirley,
I looked where Barnhart, MO is located and you are in the neighborhood of my ancestors. My maternal grandparents lived in Desoto and Gramma Paulsell lived (to 96) in Potosi. My father was born in Belle. Lots of fun memories going there to visit. Desoto is a very hilly town and was/is the repair yard for the Misouri/Union Pacific Railroads. I would watch the biggest steam engines ever built roll in there. Wishing you a great day and year ahead.

Posted on: Sep 01, 2018 at 12:37 PM

HBD Sandy,
Hope you are enjoying a nice retirement and fun with the kids and grandkids. Pat and I enjoy spending time UP NORTH in Michigan with family and grandson, who just turned 9 and had an"Incredible" themed HBD party! I like the joke about the girl who wanted a Cinderella themed party, so her mom invited her friends to come clean the house! :-)
See you at the next reunion.

Posted on: Aug 31, 2018 at 11:00 AM

HBD Ron,
One of my summer jobs during college was as an inspector during the building of I-55. Had to do core samples and slump tests. Some of those segments have held up well. Hope you are holding up well too and enjoying retirement and having fun!
We enjoy being UP NORTH in Michigan with our family and grandson.
Best wishes. C Don Paulsell

From one Don to another, although I am a Donnell ( my mom's best friends name) - hoping your HBD was great and you got lots of hugs and extra cake! Pat and I live in Chelsea, MI and have one daugher and one grandson who are 15 minutes away. We have enjoyed cruising with them on Disney. Here are a few pics for a good laugh!

Posted on: Apr 22, 2018 at 4:33 AM

Posted on: Mar 06, 2018 at 7:04 PM

Hi PSB,
Hope you had a great day! All days are great at our age! As Carl Reiner says, he reads the obits first thing and if he's not in there , he eats breakfast! I see I had sent you the old pics from Blackhawk days. They are not very high resolution on this website.
If you would like the higher resolution files, send me an email at cdonpaul@aol.com and I will send them and some others that will give you a smile. Stay well and have fun! C Don
Pic below is my son-in-law, daughter, grandson and wife. Retirement is super! Get to see Jim and Sue Keith almost every year when they come to Michigan.

Hi Jack,
Hope you have a great day and gets lots of hugs from the grandkids.
I can imagine you are one of their favorite, fun people!
Pat and I just had one daughter and she just has one son, but they live only 15 minutes away so we have the pleasure and fun of frequent contact. Ryan is 7 and will turn 8 on 8/30/17. He loves LEGOS and Star Wars.
We go UP NORTH to our condo on Lake Michigan near Glen Arbor and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
So beautiful, diverse and enjoyable. Here is a cool U-Tube for your HBD!

The guy flying the 3 kites is in his 80s and he's from Canada.

He comes to the Washington State International Kite Festival every year.
His skin is like leather as he normally flies with his shirt off.
He is deaf, so when he flies, we hold our hands up and wave them for applause.
He flies 2 with his hands and the 3rd one is attached to his waist.

You must watch to the end to see the amazing landing of that last kite. And make sure your volume is turned up because the music is wonderful and totally reflects the soaring of the kites.


http://www.youtube.com/watch_p opup?v=nr9KrqN_lIg

Hi Dave - Hope you had a great HBD today. Yes, I agree, retirement is wonderful. Just one grandson, but he is only 15 minutes away, so we enjoy him often. I serve on a community theater Board in Chelsea, MI and enjoy doing shows and taking trips. Currently working on an addition to our barn so our '57 Bel Air has a new home once she has to move out of my sister-in-law's barn. As for the Wranglers, believe it or not, I still have my sweatshirt! Needless to say, it has shrunk radically over the years! Visited Jim Keith and his wife Sue in Port Charlotte, FL after a Disney Cruise at Christmas. They come to northern Michigan every summer as well.

Hi Patsy,
HBD! I just sent a note to Jean Ann Jenkins on her birthday. I will attach the same photo I sent to her. Should make you smile and say OMG! We had some good times back in the day! Best wishes for the day and year ahead! C Don Paulsell cdonpaul@aol.com

HBD To the cutest girl at Dodds! Hope you are having a great day and year. It has been so nice to see you at the reunions. Still recall such fun parties we had on Saturday nights in your basement. Childhood memories are so indelible! All best wishes to you and yours. Have fun!

Hi Sharon,
Hope this note finds you well, happy, and enjoying a nice retirement.
I retired in 2010 after a 40 year career at the EPA National Vehicle Emissions Lab in Ann Arbor.
We enjoy time with our 7 year old grandson, who lives just 15 minutes away. Went on a Disney Cruise with them at Christmas and it was so fun!
Visited with Jim and Sue Keith at Port Charlotte, FL and also had a lot of fun.

Pat and I have a 1957 Chevy Bel Air that we enjoy getting out when weather permits.
And speaking of crazy weather, Chelsea, MI will be 60 deg this weekend!
Hope you have a super year. I appreciate all you have done to keep our SHS class in touch.

Posted on: Nov 27, 2016 at 12:24 PM

HBD Nikki (a great gramma! - wow!) Hope you had a fun TG with all the family. A friend of mine had 24 for dinner. We just had five! Best wishes for the coming holidays.