Hi there, Susan -

Where are you? It's been way, way, way too many years....

OK. I now see what I have to do. Everybody who roll calls gets their own thread, because we've got some major catching up to do. Tell us what you're up to. Paste in your christmas letters! Really - you can load any of your christmas or family letters into this thing if you want to share them. Use the "contribute an answer" button, and paste one in...

So, Susan - Get us started...How's it going? What's the kid story? The husband story? The job thing....

I can't wait to hear. But I'm going to go set up threads for everyone else now, too - and I'll set one up for me and let's just see where we all are, shall we?

Love,

-- Anonymous, February 16, 2002

Answers

Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to your queries, Cynthia, but this early retirement has kept me busy! Let's see where to begin.... First, I have been married to Bryan Friddle for the past 15 years. I took him to meet Uncle Renny & Aunt Gayle a couple of years ago. He is crazy about both of them & they showed us a good time. Unfortunately, we had to cut our vacation short because my mother-in-law got hit by a van while she was crossing the street in front of her house in Tupelo, MS. She died 3 months later from her injuries. My own mother had died only the year before. Last year I had some medical problems & had neurosurgery on my spine. It was some rare disorder (of course) & I had some complications. I tried to go back to work last fall, but just was unable to function at that time. So now I am just trying to get back in shape...we recently bought a Bowflex machine (it hasn't arrived yet), so I'll let you know if it works or not. We don't have any children, but we do have a 9-yr old poodle, Andre, that we inherited when my mother passed; also a 16-yr old orange tabby named Ortega. They are very spoiled & costly, so I can only imagine what our kids would have been like! I'll send more info later...it's time to walk the

-- Anonymous, May 08, 2002