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Singing Armadillos - DRI Cocktail Party 2010
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A few of the Armadillos who attended the Marty Jordan Family Benefit
Dawn, family and guest Armadillo
My husband first on the left. I am third from the left. We were both citizens of the month in our respective classes in 8th grade. I got my award because I was good. He got his because his dad was mayor... You know that's the only reason that photo was in the newspaper...
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Right: About 43 years ago. Sadie
Hawkins party at his fraternity.
May 2011 from my Dining Room Window
looking up North Lake Shore Drive-- kinda
like in the movie Ten Commandments when
death goes creeping through the city...
August 23 - View from my office window about 2:30 pm.
Airshow 2011 (from dining room and living room)
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August 2011 Sunrises & Other Photos
Now, you'll notice a bunch of boats still in the water as this fairly obvious
storm approaches... It is always interesting to watch. Two weeks ago, we
saw a yacht sink its wave runner because it was pulling it backwards as the
storm approached... I've seen boats get struck by lightening.
Someone asked for some shots of how the boats line up in the lake off shore to watch the airshow, so I added a few shots. You can double click on any of these photos to enlarge. Then hit your "back" button to return to this page.
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September 2011: Sunrise/Sunset
9/1/2011 Sunrise
From Chicago to our East Coast Armadillos with Love (View from my husband's office 9/9/2011)
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December 1994 - Letter to the 30 members as of that date. At least 25 of those members are still members almost 20 years later.
May 22, 1995 Letter to members - one of first mentions of our male counterparts... (Dan Jordan of course).
October 10, 1995 Marty Hollingsworth (Indy) recommends Mary DeYoung in Seattle to be a member.
Nov. 7, 1995 We continue to expand beyond Chicago. Vicky Roberts joins.
Jan. 1996 I propose our first Sadie Hawkins Luncheon for February.
Feb. 21, 1996 Newsletter and RSVPs for 1st Sadie Hawkins luncheon. Brave men joining us were Dan Jordan, Keith Carlson,
Wayne Karbal, D.J. Sartorio and Mike Baughman.
June 1996 Newsletter with Fax Service list of about 66 members.
July 10, 1996 Acceptance of Kathy Waring & Kim Lane (then at Luce Forward) into the Club as we expanded to San Diego and NYC.
November 13, 1996 6 Full pages of news and announcement of first Cookie Exchange --- everything from child rearing, to food tips to
career advice and how I saw captive coverage firms developing at the time. Who knew 7 years later I would be employed by one!
Jan. 14, 1997 Notice of joint luncheon with CPCU with Armadillo speakers.
May 1, 1997 Second Sadie Hawkins luncheon. It was reported that Bob Soderstrom was very entertaining and Steve Sonderby
was behaving. Dan Jordan couldn't attend cause he had just gotten married. Cocktail hour and Investment Club.
Nov. 13, 1997 News and Sara Thorpe or Gordon & Rees to attend the 2nd Annual Cookie Exchange.
Dec. 8, 1997 Brief announcements and Ms. Bondi Morrison is warned that oreos and 'Nilla Wafers did not meet the cookie
exchange criteria... Ever-charming Don Rees mentioned.
May 6, 1995 Hope Nightingale nominates Vicky Kaiser Russell for membership.
April 9, 2003 First e-mail sent out since joining CNA's captive coverage firm. I had just taught myself how to build websites
and built this one. Men have obviously been given full rights by now. This service list has more than 50 women and more
than 100 women.
10/9/2011: As I contemplated ending the Club, I found a folder with many of the newsletters from the beginning. It was only after reviewing
them, I realized a couple of things:
1) Probably in March, the Armadillo Club will have been in existence for 20 years. I joined Hinshaw in Feb. 1992, and it was shortly thereafter
that Karen Golden, Ellyn Dorf Hoffman and I got together for lunch and the Club was born.
2) Through all of these letters, I have shared much of my life with all of my friends for the last 20 years. I always lamented that I never had time
to keep a diary. I smiled as I read these letters as they comprise a diary of some very important events in my life and the lives of my friends.
For those of you who have traveled this journey with me since the beginning, I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did. I have another
large box in storage somewhere, but that's a job for another day... or week...or month... You may need to zoom in once you open the page.
1997
1998
Three amateur shots from my daughter's New Year's Eve wedding. Double click on any photo to enlarge. It was wonderful.
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Okay, do I throw a good party??? : ) Now you can see the difference a great professional photographer makes. These three new photos were taken by Andre LaCour. He was fabulous. I can't wait to see the rest. He teased us with these. Check him out at: http://andrelacour.com
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New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2011
Zachary Alan DOB: 9/24 9 lbs. 15 oz.
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You want coverage for what???? Really?
Little Z is a happy camper.
Dallas Armadillos
Baby Zachary at 1 week old and at 26 1/2 weeks in the womb.






Extra-Contractual
Conference in Boston was
great! Not only was it
substantively thorough, the
speakers were great and we
had a lot of fun!
Congratulations to Matt
Haar at Saul Ewing for all
his hard work Chairing and
to all our Armadillo speakers
who did a great job. (I gave
you all very high ratings...)
Pictured left are several
Armadillos who gathered
for lunch Wednesday
before the conference at
Local 149 in Boston.
Thanks to Tony Zelle for
arranging that for us.
Local 149 was awesome.
We had the whole place to
ourselves. As you can see
in the pics, the food was
delicious. I left my sweater
and went back for it
Thursday night about 6
pm. The place was packed!
Then several of us
gathered to have dinner
at Legal Sea Foods
Harborside with the SVP
and General Counsel
(seated at the far end of
the table in the pic below).
For privacy purposes, I
don't post the names of
Armadillos with the pics
on this web site. Next
thing you know, your
opposition would be doing
a google image search for
you and pull up a photo
here! Who needs that???
He graciously treated us
all to appetizers. It was a
lovely evening in a great
restaurant with good
friends. We have several
new Armadillos (some
pictured here).
I love DRI conferences.
They are the best - light
years ahead of any others
that I have attended lately.


The above pictures were taken by my son, John, as we sat in the Family Audience in St. Peter's Square on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. The Pope was awesome. If you want to see something really cool, look at this short video (about 30 seconds) of the balloons as the children let them go and they went up to Heaven. It was a sight that I had never seen before and doubt I will ever see again.
http://youtu.be/vcgQaBAb5VY
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©2013-John W Weaver III
©2013-John W Weaver III
Need to talk to me???
Contact my agent -
the Z man!
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For those of you new to the club, this is the page where I post miscellaneous pictures to which I refer in my newsletters.
Updated March 6, 2018
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Cooking at the farm for 31!
Joshua is doing fine!
Link to my Other Desserts, including but not limited to Cookies, Cakes and Pies. Click Here!
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Best Gluten Free Brownie Mix I have found.
You can't tell they are gluten free...
2015 What a ride! Go Hawks!
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Lori at one of my ICCI my cocktail parties.
Lori now.... : )
'Da Boys - Zachary 2 1/2 yr
and Joshua 1 year picture.
3/22/15: Back in Business - Baking Cookies at the Farm for my nieces and nephews.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Carol and the boys circa
2004 at a pumpkin farm.
Carol's two boys with Karen's two boys. Then and in 2012.
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Thank you to everyone who has sent checks, who attended the Jan. 21 fundraiser and have sent their love and prayers to Carol. You have no idea how much your kindness has meant to her.
Remember - Armadillos are not alone! We have been a family for about 24 years now. It's the Armadillo Advantage!
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January 10 Happy Hour in Chicago
APRIL 5, 2017 25th Anniversary Armadillo Luncheon at Macy's Walnut Room in Chicago
by Tom Segalla, Goldberg & Segalla. Published in the February 2018 issue of DRI's For the Defense magazine. Some great recommendations for reading that helped Tom become the stellar attorney and human that he is. Posted here with permission from DRI. Thanks!
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The little guys at Disney World - February 2018
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