It was interesting to note how many romances continued on to marriage--quite a few, actually, but I guess that's not unusual. And so many deaths! Just the ones I know about total at least fifteen and it was a small class. The only fellow grads I'm still in touch with fairly regularly are Jeanne Dollard and Mary Martin (aside from Betty almost daily, of course). Others--Mary Tate, Dee Lang, and Maria Palmer--I'm Facebook friends with, but they rarely post anything. I used to correspond with Betty Mae McGlynn, too, but she died.
Okay, enough of the past; I'm here and I'm healthy and I intend to stay that way.
Walked down Victoria to Telephone and from there, caught the 11 bus to Bed, Bath & Beyond. Bought a new bathtub mat--that is, an in-the-tub one; it's pretty, with blue "rocks" and I had a 20 percent off coupon, too. Stopped in Target, but didn't see anything I wanted. Bused to the mall, then immediately got the 21 bus home.
Lunched, then took up the hall and bathroom rugs and stuck them in the washer. Took out the mat I have in front of the sink and cleaned it off. Vacuumed the living room and bedroom, then did the floor via the Bona routine, first with the duster Velcro strip, then with the cleaner one. Looks good.
Went over to Von's for lunchmeat chicken and a Modelo in a can for when Olivia and I meet for lunch today. After, I sat down at this laptop and, still musing over the long-ago, found something called "Old Friends," where you put in your high school and year and other grads add their info. I couldn't get the whole thing to come out, but here's how it looks:
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7 comments:
Rosemary,
I'm not familiar with this site. John McHale is from a different McHale family. My brother was James McHale graduated in '52 and Frank McHale who knew your brother Jim from St. James.
I believe Dee Lang (Sapp) died this past year.
I do remember many of the names. It is sad to realize how many have died...
Pat I forgot neither of your brothers were named John. Also, I forgot Dee had died--gee, that worries me. This is a pretty poorly-run site, I think, but for three dollars, I guess we can't complain.
I use typepad for my blog....no fee.
This isn't a blog, though. It's a kind of "get in touch with your old classmates site" I just happened to come across. I'll check and see if your class of '57 is on it.
I've seen my classmates on Classmates.com. I hardly ever check it though.
Darn, I had forgotten about that one; I'm glad you mentioned it. I may be on it, too--will check.
Pat, I looked into Classmates.com and yes, I had joined that, I guess. However, it has only St. James on it, plus Holy Spirit Grammar School; it doesn't have Holy Spirit High School listed at all. I'm not sure how to add it and I guess I've just lost interest at this point. The heck with it! (I did, however, get an FB comment from Mary Tate that she saw the listing.)
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