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Welcome to the Hargrove Family Web Site, maintained by The Other Jim Hargrove

We have found that some Hargroves, searching for ancestors, stumble onto this site. Genealogy information about this branch of the Hargrove Family is available online at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Jim-Hargrove/. If you are one of these Hargroves, feel free to stick around and check out this web site. If you find that we are related, please let us know.

The 2010 Annual Report is here! That's right! The stuff you've been waiting for is finally ready. (This year it isn't even late!) Tons of pictures, a wedding, and Jim thought he was going to die. Read it all…

Top Story: Claire and Ron: The Wedding

That's right! As Ron confided to his best man on the big day, “I think Claire is going to go through with it.” And they did, in a spectacular four-day affair in the wilds of Mendocino County in June.

The 2010 Annual Report has more...

Jim and Linda Go A-Roaming

With Linda retired, we had time to travel and decided to work on our “Bucket List.”

Jim and Linda with Friends

They concluded the year having seen more than 1200 species of birds and more than 80 mammal species. Along the way, Jim thought he might die. Actually, he thought that more than once, but one time was serious.

When frequent traveling companions Jenny and Terry Cloudman, who were not on this trip, heard about Jim's near death experience they started laughing. That encouraged Jim to tell the story more often, until Linda objected and made him write it up.

Our big trip involved a return to Africa. Jim kept a daily blog of that trip, which you can read here… It's arranged so you don't have to read the whole thing.

To see the best Nature Photos of the year, click here.

Adventures in Remodeling

Charles and Amy decided to remodel their house. After some consultations with architects, they reduced the scope to a new kitchen and a few other goodies.

More here…

More Adventures in Remodeling

Claire and Ron also have a remodeling project in the works. Actually, since they started with a shell, it's more of a modeling. The results look promising.

Read the full story…

What's with this Other Jim Hargrove nonsense?

It started when my brother Bill complained that he had a hard time separating e-mail messages from my father and me. I started signing my e-mail as The Other Jim Hargrove. Now, though I could possibly claim to be the real Jim Hargrove, I find I like the idea of being the other one. As I usually tell people, "There are lots of Jim Hargroves around, but only one who claims to be the other one. "

All About K-Days

History:

The tradition of celebrating KDays, multiples of 1000 days of your life, began in the Hargrove family in 1999, when Jim achieved his 20,000 day milestone . Charles is responsible for pointing out that this was about to come up, and Jim seized on the excuse for a party.

Why Celebrate KDays instead of birthdays?

Of the many reasons for celebrating KDays, besides having a party, three stand out:
  1. There are fewer KDays than birthdays, something that looms larger as the years increase.
  2. The date of a KDay moves around, so you don’t have the boring repetition year after year. As Jim’s birthday falls around Thanksgiving each year, he appreciated this feature immensely. People whose birthdays fall on Christmas, or New Year’s Eve, will appreciate it even more.
  3. You can still celebrate your birthday.

What traditions are associated with KDays?

  • Giving of presents are definitely not part of KDay.
  • A card, especially an electronic greeting card, is de rigueur.
  • Although parties are appropriate, none is required. A day of quiet contemplation is perfectly acceptable, unless the KDay is a noteworthy one, such as 20,000. Then you should have a major blow-out.

Isn’t it hard to figure out when a KDay is coming up?

Fortunately, computers can deal with this little problem rather easily. Click here for a simple calculator .

Do greeting card companies know about this?

Not yet. Spread the word!

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