Big news! I'm getting married! Yes...again! (LOL) I've moved from Arizona to Pueblo, Co. (he has family here) and we are living in a Senior Retirement Community - everything all included and it goes from Independent Living to "feet first out the door". Really nice! Wedding date February 22, 2026. He's 1945 as well but I'm 6 months older so, OK, I'm a cougar! I got to Colorado in July and the first thing we did was go buy 2 adult tricycles (not electric!) and then in August we bought a little16' Hideout Camper. So far, we've been on 6 Colorado mountain camping trips but it's getting a little wintery in Colorado, so we'll start 'adventuring' again in the spring. Our address is 1216 W. Abriendo Ave. Pueblo, CO 81004 and my cell is 602-812-0857. Please keep your fingers crossed for me and Mitch - we're old! BTW, yes, I'm changing my name ... again .... but OMG, it's a dozey! After 2-22-2026 I'll be Roselyn Dianne Swofford SKOLNEKOVICH! Whew!
Well, classmates, it has been fifty plus years since we all left Summerlin Institute and headed out into the world . Some strayed farther than others but we have all had years and years to do our thing .
I joined the Air Force first and then went to college. I have had four husbands (really five but one was annulled). Just couldn't find Mr. Right (just Mr. Right-now). I have one daughter, Leslie, two grandchildren, Kristy and Todd and three great grandchildren, Ryan, Dylan and Scarlett. Both my parents have passed so I guess I am now an orphan. My sister, Suzie, passed in 2012 from lung cancer with heart complications and now there is just my sister, Marianne, and I left.
Career wise, I mostly held administrative positions but dabbled in sales and marketing as well. I was even on President Ford s Veterans Advisory Board in Washington, D.C. from 1974-1976 when I was a lobbyist in Washington for veteran s benefits and have even had dinner at the White House. All fun and games but now, although I am retired, I stay busy working as a Critter-Sitter to keep food on the table and gas in the car and, to tell the truth, if I had discovered dogs and cats before men and children, I probably would not have bothered with men and children. I have two kitties now, Socks and Bubba. However, I am doing great doing what I want to do and doing it when I want to do it! That s kind of IDEAL in my book!
My health has been up and down over the years but that s probably the same story we could all tell. Being this old ain t for sissies!!! When someone says they are glad to see me, I agree that it is better to be seen than to be viewed .
I hope to see many of you at the next reunion. I am saving my pennies to get from Phoenix, Arizona to Bartow, Florida it s a long way! If any of you get to my neck of the woods give me a call would love to see you. TTFN
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