| 1983-09-26 |
death of Grandpa Buckman |
| 1986-06-07 |
enter Charles |
| 1988-01-19 |
Charles' first anti-abortion protest, the Walk for Life ending at Memorial Park |
| 1990-09 |
start of preschool at Noah's Ark, Bellevue Christian Center |
| 1990 |
Charles' parents consider him to be born again |
| 1990-12? |
received the NES as a Christmas present from Grandma Buckman |
| ~1991-06 |
Mom begins homeschooling Charles |
| 1993-05 |
Super Mario Bros. Movie released |
| 1995-06-18 |
start of the Brownsville Revival |
| 1996-01-12 |
Mom tries switching to video schooling, which is an abject failure |
| 1996-02-11 |
Great Grandma Harris dies |
| 1996-08~ |
started classroom school at Bellevue Christian Academy, 4th grade |
| 1997-01-18 |
Charles' parents meet Levi's parents for the first time |
| 1997-05-11 |
Marilyn Hickey speaks at BCC |
| 1997-05-27 |
traded in the NES for an SNES |
| 1997-07-31 |
Mom tells Dad she has $35,000 in credit card debt |
| 1997-08-25 |
Mom starts work at Joanne's Daycare |
| 1998-summer |
first big breakdown, takes years to recover (possibly summer 1999 instead) |
| 1998-10-08 |
start of Clinton impeachment |
| 1999-03-01 |
Grandpa Brink dies of a heart attack while on vacation |
| 1999-04-20 |
Columbine high school shooting |
| 1999-04 |
Grandma Brink breaks both legs in a car accident |
| 1999-09-29 |
Mom's last day at Joanne's Daycare |
| 2000-12 |
Mom slips on the ice and suffers a major concussion |
| 2000-12-19 |
Grandma Buckman dies |
| 2001-05-11 |
jumped down a flight of stairs at BCA/BCC and got a concussion, resulting in dual black eyes for 8th grade graduation |
| 2001-05-31 |
fell on the head of a nail and had to get stitches in his left knee |
| 2001-07-31 |
the Whitsetts buy the Calhoun St. House |
| 2001-08~ |
start of Freshman year at Central Christian High School |
| 2001-09-11 |
destruction of the World Trade Center |
| 2001-12 |
Charles, Savannah, and LeAnne attend the Ground Zero cell group Christmas party |
| 2002-04-28 |
Sy Rogers speaks at Bellevue Christian Center, folks protest outside |
| 2003-05-15 |
Charles' first metal concert; Living Sacrifice @ the Ranch Bowl with Savannah and Bethany Wilson |
| 2003-08~ |
start of Junior year at Concordia Jr./Sr. High School |
| 2005-01-14 |
first ticket, for having a headlight out |
| 2005-05 |
Charles graduates high school |
| 2005-06 |
Charles first three piercings: done by Jessica the night before his final senior high camp without parental knowledge (left lobe, left mid, right cartilage) |
| 2005-10-31 |
first time trick-or-treating, with LeAnne in Bellevue |
| 2005-12 |
first job at infoUSA |
| 2005-12-30 |
first paycheck, for $555.03 |
| 2006-01 |
Charles becomes a member of Lord of Hosts Church |
| ~2007-04 |
first apartment at 86th and Q; rent is $400 per month |
| ~2007-05 |
started ITT multimedia degree |
| 2007-12-03 |
hired at TD Ameritrade |
| 2008-04 |
attains Series 7 and Series 63 licenses, officially becoming a stock broker [confirmed via brokercheck] |
| 2008-05 |
second apartment off 108th and Harrison; rent is $600 per month |
| 2008-08-15 |
marriage to Jessica Hoffmann |
| 2008-09-15 |
Lehman Brothers declares bankruptcy, triggering the 2008 recession |
| 2009-03 |
graduated with an associates degree from ITT |
| 2009-10-29 |
bought first house off 64th and Maple, built in 1913, from Amanda Miller for $116k |
| ~2010 |
Charles begins modifying existing VBA scripts at work |
| 2010-11 |
separated from Jessica |
| 2011-01 |
Charles takes a job coding processing tools in VBA for the TD Ameritrade securities cage |
| 2012-04-11 |
official divorce papers from Jessica |
| 2013-11-23 |
Grandma Brink dies |
| 2013-09 |
Charles begins dating Kelsey Whitsett |
| 2013-12 |
wisdom teeth removal, yikes |
| 2014-01-20 |
Charles proposes to Kelsey Whitsett |
| 2014-07-26 |
marriage to Kelsey Whitsett |
| 2016-07-29 |
Dad retires early to care for Mom |
| 2017-09-15 |
at last, Charles attains a "developer" job title |
| 2018-04-16 |
bought the Bellevue house, built in 1990, from Ada Newman for $165k |
| 2018-10 |
Kelsey, Charles, Ruth, and Ben leave Lord of Hosts Church |
| 2018-12-01 |
saw The Phantom of the Opera at the Orpheum Theater |
| 2019-11-21 |
first rumors of Charles Schwab buying TD Ameritrade circulate at work |
| 2020-01-20 |
Mom dies |
| 2020-04-24 |
Charles becomes an atheist; Brownsville revival videos are the final straw |
| 2020-10-10 |
Charles votes Democrat for the first time |
| 2020 |
COVID-19 pandemic, est 18M deaths in 4.5 years |
| 2021-05-30 |
dual left cartilage piercings done at Big Brain, while Ruth got her lobes pierced |
| 2022-06-24 |
first tattoo: the Triforce |
| 2022-08-03 |
second massive breakdown hits |
| 2022-08-13 |
Charles is prescribed sertraline/Zoloft; results are life changing |
| 2022-09-04 |
Ben and Sterling's wedding |
| 2022-11-05 |
birth of Emrick Leo Buckman |
| 2023-06-03 |
second tattoo: hearts / health meter |