Diane Weidert:  

Life Hello class of '78! My name is Diane Weidert, but you probably remember me as Diane Guido. I am currently living in Scottsdale, AZ with my husband Keith and my 10 year old daughter Michele. We have been out here for 9 years. Before coming out to the desert, I was living in Illinois. In fact, I had a home in the Valley View subdivision with my first husband. It was a short-lived marriage, under a year, thankfully no children. After my divorce, I thought I would move to AZ were the majority of my family was, then I met my husband Keith and decided to stay in Illinois for a bit. We lived in Darien. Well. then Michele came along and we decided that she needed to be with all the Guido relatives. I have 32 first cousins, and most of them are in AZ. Thankfully, Keith's company, IBM, was very accommodating in letting him make the transfer. We lived with my sister and her family for 6 months before finding our home. We like it here. I do miss the green grass and big trees of Illinois. It is too much desert for me here! My career since I graduated from College was mainly retail. I started work at Marshall Field's in their Management training program. I went from being an Assistant Mananger in Furniture, to an assistant buyer at the State Street store, back to Manager positions at the Oakbrook store. I was with them for 5 years. I became a buyer for Montgomery Ward's at their downtown corporate office which was next to Cabrini Green! I stayed their for 18 months. It was a great experience, I went to New York on a buying trip, met great people, and worked long hours which is why I left. Then, I became a store manager for a small furniture store in Downers Grove. I was promoted to the furniture buyer, and then a year later the company went bankrupt and closed. That's it! I was done with retail. I changed careers and worked for Talent Tree which was a recruiting firm. I worked at their Oakbrook, Rosemont, and State Street locations. Then they had...Expand for more