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Update 2023. Moved again now I live in a new half of a duplex in Apache Junction, Arizona with beautiful views of the superstition mountains. I have one cat left of the three I rescued and hope she lives as long as I do I play the piano 1 to 3 hours a day, and it is my absolute favorite thing to do in my old age keeps my mind active And smart. Since Covid hit, I rarely go out socially. I have my groceries delivered to my door and I get my prescriptions through mail and that is fine with me. I have good neighbors, good friends, one daughter, lives 5 miles to the east of me, and one lives 10 miles to the west of me . all four of my grown grandchildren are still single no children but all live in Arizona although my one granddaughter is a traveling chef.
Update 2020. This past year was pretty eventful in my two daughters lives more than mine. My oldest daughter got a divorce after 35 years of marriage and my younger daughter lost her fiancé of 10 years to death. I now have two single daughters for the first time in over 30 years. Each of them also has a new dog so I have two new grand doggies! As for me I got a piano for my birthday last year and after over 20 years of not playing at all I am having a wonderful time we discovering my love of playing. I am still pretty healthy living alone with my two cats and enjoying life although I do not like to travel much anymore, that’s why I didn’t come to the reunion.
Update 2014 I moved twice this past year! I have come to the place in life where I do not want to be a homeowner as a single woman with maintenance to worry about. I want a nice cozy little apartment now with someone to call for maintenance problems. Found what I thought was perfect, only to realize I was wrong after 6 months and found something I liked better...Thus TWO moves in a year. Do NOT recommend it. I have made some good strides in my writing career. I not only write short articles and blogs by request on one website but I have a business arrangement now with a man in the UK to supply him with as many articles or blogs on ANY subject I choose! WOW I am having fun with this. I feel like a reporter or investigative journalist or something, and it is very nice. Great outlet for a retired person like me.
Update 2011: Lost my son Bryan last December (on Wally's Birthdate--12/11) to Alcoholism. He struggled with it his whole life and the sadness of losing a child is so strong...but the rest of my family is here in AZ around me and I can be happy with that. None are married yet, so no great grandchildren yet...although Tony is 26 and Gina is 24. Brynne and Bryce are in HS and Brynne will be going off to college next year hopefully with an academic scholarship....she has a 4.0++ gpa....don't know how that happened in our family! lol I was one of the first in our class to hit the big 7-0 last Feb---quite a shock! But I get a kick out of still looking and acting younger. The family just spent a couple days at the Point Hilton Tapatio Peaks in Phoenix and I actually went down this huge water slide! I am very active in my over 55 Mobile Home Park where I am retired, and I do the calendar and newsletter and social events work among other things. I have 2 cats now for company and love the computer...you can find me on Facebook any time of day!
I kept diaries for the entire 4 years of HPHS! I condensed some entries that make mention of things we might remember from that time period and posted them in our Message Forum if you want to have a few giggles!
Wow 50 years! How on earth did that happen! I have been through many "stages" of life and found out that I am a "Door Closer" and move on quite quickly and easily to a new stage and don't look back much. Not sure if this is good or bad, but it is me.
I had the married stage right after HS at age 18, had 3 children by age 22, and pretty much a stay at home Mom and Wife for 15 years. I was married to Wally Bartlett our Junior Prom King if you remember, and getting married too young finally caught up to us and we divorced after 20 years. Wally did remarry, but unfortunately he died of cancer in 2002 at the much-too-young age of 60. In many ways I feel like a widow now, even though we had been divorced.
I went through my career phase in the 1970s and 1980s going to college in the evenings and working as a trainee at work in the computer field, attaining my goal of Computer Programmer-Analyst and enjoying jobs with several companies until all my past experiences and expertise culminated in the best job of my life--my final 7 years before retirement where I was the Admin Assistant to the CIO and VP of MIS at the headquarters for Crate & Barrel in Northbrook, IL. I now am retired and living in Arizona, but still do computer work at home for my daughter Robin's company.
Other stages of my life included Sports (Avid bowler and golfer), Social (hung with a crowd from work), Grandmothering (started in 1985 and I have 4 now--23, 21, 15 and 12), Theatrical (was in community theatre for 10 years as an actress, board member, costumer and back stage person), Dating (started dating again at age 57 but right now still single and looking) and the stage I am in now...RETIRED, THINKING OF NOTHING BUT BEING HAPPY!
In 2012 I found the perfect retirement job, and finally fulfilled my journalism itch! The internet is a wonderful thing and I consider myself computer savvy. I am a freelance writer of articles and website content on a website called Fiverr. I can pick and chose which assignments to accept and have received some wonderful comments about my writing which is good for the ego!
