HERE IS A LITTLE ABOUT ME

I was born in California many years ago, to a wonderful family. I have two older brothers and there was a sister that died at birth, she was the first child. I have never lived in any state except California, all but the last year was spent in Southern California in the Los Angeles area. I have traveled a bit in the United States but have never seen very much of the east coast, some day I would enjoy seeing that part of the country and see the changing of the colors. I have also traveled to England and Ireland to meet some of my relatives, my father was born in Londonderry Ireland.I got married almost a year after I graduated High school to a wonderful man that was in my class. We had known each other for all three years of school but didn't date until the very end of our senior year. When we married everyone told us that we would not last, well I have news for all of them. On May 15th of 1998 we celebrated 33 wonderful years of marriage. We both retired from our jobs on September 1, 1998 and we moved to northern California on October 11, 1998. We both loved the area, the temperature is much cooler than Los Angeles, and because of all the rain it is so green and lush. On December 13th 1998 my husband had a heart attack and passed away. I was very happy that he at least had two wonderful months to enjoy the area and at least three months of retirement.

Eleven months after our marriage we had a beautiful baby girl, she was born on April 7th and was 8lbs 9oz. Then eighteen months later we had a beautiful baby boy, he was born on October 28th and was 7lbs 13oz. We had a bit of a scare after the birth of our son, when he was born it was a state law for all babies to have a blood test before they leave the hospital. The blood test was for PKU which is phenylketonria a form of mental retardation. Well he turned out just fine, the doctors used him for some studies and at the time he had the highest count of any child that was taken off diet and remained normal. I later was pregnant again, but had some trouble with the pregnancy and lost the baby at just over 6 months, it was a baby girl. Her name was Frances Ann, she was born on September 15, 1971 after I had been in and out of labor several times. We made up our minds that we were not going to have any more children after that one.

Well I have a wonderful daughter-in-law and five beautiful grandchildren, three girls and two boys. My daughter has the girls they are Nichelle 14, Hannah 6, and Summar 4. My son and his wife have the two boys John 12 and Justin 7. They surprised me just recently with a wonderful picture of all of the grandchildren together. I wish that their grandfather was around to see it, he was always so proud of them.

Last December I met a very nice man on the internet his name is Joe. We have met in person several times since then and I really enjoy being with him. He is less than three months older than I am at lives in Oakland which is about 300 miles from where I live. He came up to visit me durning the Jazz Festival that was held in Eureka at the end of March.
 
 

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HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS

 Me in 1990 on a cruise for my 25th anniversary
My husband on the same cruise
My children
My grandchildren
My parents
My family
The area near where I live
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JOBS THAT I HAVE HELD

 My very first job was working in a snack bar at a grocery store, this was during the summer between the 11th and 12th grades.  After I graduated high school I worked as a night admitting clerk for a small hospital and only did that for a short while.  Then I was hired as a long distance operator for Pacific Bell, my schedule was a split shift, not really a fun shift to work.
 

From that point on I will just give you a list, I have had lots of jobs in my life and have enjoyed all of them to the best of my memory.

Cashier
Nurses Aid
Tupperware Sales
Waitress (several different places)
Baby sitter
Bar Maid
Vitamin Inspector
Cocktail Waitress
Sewing Machine Operator
Assembly for electronics manufacture
Tri Chem Liquid Embroidery Sales
Magic Mirror Sales
Product Demonstration
Retail Sales (more than once)
Lay-on Cake Decoration Air Brush Artist
Assembly and Inspection of computer memory hubs (these are outdated now)
Hairdresser
Vending Machine stocking and repair
Office Manager
Secretary
Warehouse worker
Steam Plant Assistant
Electric Station Operator and Field Trainer
Fine Jewelry Sales



There may be other jobs that I have forgotten about, I have tried to put them in the order that I worked them.
 
 

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MY HOBBIES

Hobbies, I have a lot of different things that I like to do.  I am a crafter and have not been one for sticking to just one thing. I work on whatever holds my interest for the time and then seem to move on to another for a while. I do manage to get back to my projects at some time. At the present time I have been quilting, I have a class on Tuesday mornings and find this very relaxing.
 
 

Sewing
Knitting
Crocheting
Clay
Beading
Tole Painting
Quilting
Floral arranging

You might just say that I love to work with my hands, I also enjoy computers.  I built my own computer from components less than two years ago, I still have a lot to learn about computers.

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FAVORITE MUSIC

Music has always been a part of my life, my husband always had music playing.  He would always know who did what song, the label, year it was released and lots of other trivia about music. I was lucky to find out the name of a song and tell him I liked it, only to be told that we have had it for the last six months or so. I enjoy Oldies, Jazz, New Age, R & B, and my favorite is Country.  Through the years we drifted in and out of country, but to me the country songs tell stories about real life experiences they are easy to listen to and I love the beat.

 

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