Finding Old Friends (30+ year High School Re-union)

My 30+ class reunion is a few weeks away. Once the e-vite came out, people and great memories flooded back. I had not thought about some of these people in years. Old Saybrook, CT was a great place to grow up. The CT coast is where I call home, it is where I went to elementry school, Jr. High and where I began High School. My best freind was Mary-Jo. She and I were joined at the hip. I am lucky to have kept in touch after we moved to VA, I went to her wedding and we met for the 15 year re-union. But life gets in the way and we lost each other for about 12 years.


Because of the up coming re-union, I was given her e-mail and we have started to talk again. I learned her daughter Emily (Em) is 15 and the family is doing great. What fun it will be to catch up. We cannot go the re-union, Adrian starts high school the Monday after so we need to be home, but I look forward to someday in the future meeting Mary-Jo and Tommy for dinner and catching up!

Mary Jo Garvey-LeQuinn (September 1978)

The Summer Hair Cut

I was tired of the heat; I was constantly pulling my hair back into a pony tail. So I decided to get my haircut short. I made the decision on a Saturday morning. I went to see Gail (my hairdresser) and I did not even think to tell Terry. I just got brave; I looked at a few pictures and told Gail to cut it something like one of the pictures. It was kind of a shock when I looked in the mirror; I had not seen myself with bangs and short hair in years, but I was happy. When I came home Terry, after the initial shock wore off, told me he liked the cut and I got a lot of complements from others. Over the weekend I went in for a trim and told Gail to go shorter.
Yesterday Terry and I were standing in line at Costco (the $100.00 club) he looked at my hair and said “your hair is really short you look like a dike”. I know he did not mean it the way it came out and I could not stop laughing, it was so funny. It is just a comment he will never live down!

He is not fooling me he likes my new haircut but more important I like my new haircut!

Becoming a feshman in High School

Adrian will begin High School in a few weeks. We will be busy getting clothes, new shoes and school supplies. Growing up Mom always got us a new piece of clothing to wear the first day of school, she believed the school year starts out right when you have something new and we will have a good year! I think it had to do with the way we feel in new clothes. If we feel good about ourselves we have a positive attitude. Anyway this is a tradition that I carry on.

I almost forgot a new cell phone. We held out on getting Adrian a cell phone until last year and when he turned 13 and wore us down, we gave in and he got a hand-me-down phone. The hand-me-down phone is on its last leg! 30+ years ago when we were in high school we would of called you crazy if you had told us our kids would be carrying cell phones, lap top computers and all other technology that is taken for granted today. But back then we went to Jr. High not middle school and our school supplies didn’t cost our parents an arm and a leg and so on. When did parents begin having to supply a folder for each class, sharpies, red, black, green and blue pens, pencils.................

I may be just a softy but to me it is so exciting to be 14 and ready to start the new chapter in a life. Adrian wants to buy band t-shirts and big UFO pants and a band hoodie, the "New Baxx Original V1". We had to order it from Australia, he saved forever to buy this hoodie, is hoodie even a real word? I had a good laugh when he informed me that he does not want to wear the band shirts of the bands he no longer listens too. Right keep on dreaming was my response; he can wear plain shirts if that is the case!

As the days get closer it is fun to see him getting excited about going to High school,( he is not excited about the work) just the next chapter! He and his friends are planning football games and all those fun high school activities. I know it is going to be a good year!

Family

Julie & Dad

This weekend part of the Goyette Family came together to celebrate Dad's 75th birthday.


I love having a house full of family. Collin, Carter and Caden were the icing on the cake. It was so much fun with little children running around they have so much energy and best of all you can send them home! (ha ha)


My book was a great success so all the fretting over it was worth every minute. Dad was so surprised and the girls liked the T-shirts. It is funny that one of my favorite moments of the weekend was when Harrison came home from work (after all 16 of us went to Steak and Shake for lunch) when he was asked by a coworker why the customer hugged him he said "that is my family".

I just loved being with everyone, all I can ask is that we do not wait do long next time. Remember everyone I have a big birthday next year. (he he)

It is family that make life worth while! I love you all!

It was a wonderful weekend the only thing missing was Russell, Sue, Russ, Travis, Addie and Tommy.