Meri Carlson:  

Oh, so many memories from high school! I can't mention them all! All the memories had to keep me going for quite a few years while we lived here and there. I married Tim in 1980, an Army soldier whom I met rollerskating at Tiffanys, and we promptly moved away. Thats Army life for ya! I went from shy, small town girl to riding a subway in a foreign country overnight. Not so shy anymore! We lived in West Berlin, Germany,came home for a visit and had our son James in 1982, then to Tennessee, Kentucky, came home in 1985 to visit and had our daughter Christiana, then on to Recruit in Bellingham, Stuttgart, Germany, Kansas.... and finally home. Tim retired from the army in 93, only for us to start all over again. He did a couple of jobs, but has been at the postal service for quite some time now. I did in-home day care for ten years, took care of my grandparents during their last years, and now work at what used to be 'Racks Drug', now called Chucks Drug. I love my job, especially my customers...most of them anyhow! I have had many jobs. I babysat off on on, sold sewing machines In the PX in Berlin for the Pfaff (German) company. I have been treasurer for girlscouts of Stuttgart Neighborhood, all 11 troops. In Kansas I was a Daisy/Brownie Leader. I sold sewing machines for Pfaff in Stuttgart also. Then I took training to be a certified day care provider and was Certified in STuttgart, Kansas, and wasn't actually certified, but babysat for friends here. At one point I was lunchroom monitor in Kansas. One year when my daughter and her friend got jobs at Crystal Mountain... and they didn't offer the worker bus anymore, I also worked up there on Weekends so I could chauffer them. ( while working at the Drug Store also!) That was nuts. What us parents won't do for our kids! Pretty much my whole life I have been around kids, crafts, and family. I guess it doesn't take much to make me happy! I loved my job as a day care provider, it gave me the opportunity to stay home with my kids. We lived in Stuttgart, Germany at the time of our ten year reunion, and I had a little reunion of my own. I was in line at the money machine at the army base and this guy walked by. I stopped him and asked if he was from Washington?.... yah.... did he go to White River High School?.... yah.... Was he in the class of 79? He finally got a funny look on his face and he asked who I was..... it was Bill Buren. We have alot of memories from our time over there... his family wasn't there yet so he became part of ours. I am pretty domestic.... have not only one sewing machine... I have TWO! I can knit, crochet, make jewelry, I put together a cookbook (I like to cook) I like gardening.... I have a garden sale every April. (Thank goodness for perennials!) I make wine in my spare time, I do jam and can things too, photography is a passion of mine, I paint a little, I have a band saw, drill press, table saw, (And I know how to use them all!) etc... you shoud see the nifty cordless drill I got for Christmas! I am part of a group of mostly ladies that have season Mariner Tickets. We are known as the Section 342 Old Bats. We do spring training in Arizona every year.... thats right around the corner. Its a great group. I also am part of a group of women, N.D.S., that scrapbook, and another group that rubber stamp. Great women, I have learned from them all. This past Dece...Expand for more