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Birthday: July 30
Gender: Female
Status: Widowed
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Religion: Christian/Catholic
Location:
SAINTE GENEVIEVE, Missouri
United States
School:
graduated from high school in 1952
Work:
retired now but don't know from what because I was a stay-at-home mom for most of my life. (ha)
Hometown(s):
I've lived in a lot of places as my husband was in the Air Force for 23 years
My Websites:
mom3034@hotmail.com
Quote:
Try being nice to people at least for the first 5 minutes.

About Me

Hi: I'm new to this, so bear with me. I was born in l934, makes me 73 now, in a small town in Missouri, so I grew up thinking everybody was the same as me, loving parents, plenty to eat and many things to keep me busy and out of trouble. THEN I decided to see what was going on someplace else, (ha). Knowing I was too 'something' to go out on my own, I joined the WAFs, USAF that is. It was wonderful, and I learned many things, most, believe it or not, were fun and exciting. Of course, at this age, I probably forgot about a lot of it. Lost my husband of 43 years about 10 years ago, he was ill for 2 years and I nursed him, stayed by him for 2 months while his illness gradually took his life. Our 7 children were raised by then and on their own, so while it was lonesome, I had my memories. Now, I live in a small apartment after moving from a 5 bedroom house, and it suits me just fine. I keep waiting for a sad feeling to creep in, but I've been here 6 months now and wouldn't change anything if I could. I hope all who might read this are as happy and content as I am with my life at this time.

Interests:
I knit anything I feel like and crochet anything that doesn't have to fit anyone. Read a lot too, but not as much as I did before I discovered the Internet and all the games available on it. Play bingo almost every Sunday evening, with my daughter-in-law, it's a perfect way to get to know her better.

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  Hi all, think that is really a word.  I sold my home that we owned for 33 years, last month.  I thought I would be glad to have it sold, but I didn't realize just how relieved I would be.  My friends, and some strangers, (I'm sure), never want to hear another word about how I feel about not owning a house anymore.  Now, when someone tells me they want to buy a house, I wonder why they want that responsibility,  Let's forget they are 30 and I'm 70.  At first, while I love this apartment and the location, my sister is next door, and there is nobody above or below me and I have a nice front yard with a little patio, something was missing.  Then gradually, things began to change, my kids came for lunch, all the grandchildren came for visits with or without their parents and after about a month, things changed again.  The apartment now has MEMORIES.  None of my husband but he wouldn't have been happy here anyway, so it's just as well.  He was very sick and then bed-ridden for 3 months before he died, and nothing pleased him so he really was miserable.  I still consider it a blessing God took him when He did and that was 10 years ago. 

Well, I really got off the subject, the good thing about this journal, is that you can stop reading whenever you want to, and it won't be rude.  A shingle came off the roof in the high wind last week and the guy mowing the lawn ran right over it and cut it into many pieces.  Sound familiar?  Since this is my first spring in my new home, all kinds of things are popping up in the little flower bed.  Oops, bird feeder needs more seeds.  Take care.

Added: May 16, 2008
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lonnieo says:
HI JEAN M,
THOUGHT I`D DROP BY AND SAY HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING. HAS YOUR WEATHER CALMED DOWN ANY? WE ARE JUST NOW GETTING SOME SUMMER WEATHER, IT WAS IN THE 70`S TODAY, AND THEY PROMISED MORE FOR A WHILE. I DON`T LIKE IT WHEN IT GETS OVER 75, THATS HOT ENOUGH FOR ME! MY FLOWERS ARE LOVING THIS SUNSHINE. I`M RECOUPERATING FROM A DISLOCATED KNEE,
THINGS SURE ARE MORE PAINFUL WHEN YOUR NOT A KID ANY MORE! THE DR. GAVE ME PAIN PILLS, BUT THEY KEEP ME AWAKE !
TAKE CARE, HAVE A GREAT DAY. YOUR FRIEND...LONNIE
Posted: June 24, 2008 10:05PM EDT
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