Trisha Burdsal:  

Hi, Thank you for stopping by my paperback book! I'm sorry if it seemed like I was ignoring anyone, for the last 40 years! I did not pay to join & so couldn't see anything. ** Added later: I am not going to pay for Classmates again but I'm on Facebook! I've lived a lot of different lives. I'm married to a 4th generation SD rancher. We've been together since 2004 & married in 2006. I lived on his big ranch for 6 years. Now we've also bought a house in a little town where my daughter lives. I talked her into moving to South Dakota. How rotten! No, it's a nice set-back-in-time tea party town. Lots of rodeos & cattle sales. They hate the government & that's an understatement. I married Russell Richardson & we had Russell Jr (Rusty.) Russell, who still had to complete his senior year, LOL, owns a successful business in Thornton with his long-time wife, Debbie. Rusty is now the Lieutenant of the Thornton Fire Department which has several stations. He is married with a young son. He has always been so self-disciplined! They're doing great! I was married to Ted Field for 18 years (Colo Sprgs). He died on March 15, 2002. We had a daughter, Tiffany. She & her husband have 3 kids - they're the reason we bought this house. Tiffany is like a female version of her father - thick, almost black hair, olive skin and seemed to be born physically strong. She doesn't hit people, or get even get angry like Ted did, thank God. However, she has a red headed daughter, smart with an even smarter mouth, so I know my genetics live on! I have kittens and 2 ducks to lure my grandchildren over & it works! Their friends come by also, by themselves. It feels like waking up after being on that prairie for 6 years. Joe leased his land out to his best friend to run cattle on. He also has a contract to lease those huge metal windmill-looking things which is appropriate, since we had more wind in Enning, SD than they do in Antartica. Joe drove a truck all over, so I was almost always alone. I built up a pretty good eBay business but now when I see the room with all the things I have for sale, I feel like, ugghh... My daughter has already asked me if she can have the jewelry to sell when I die. I have a one inch mass and a couple more "lit up" spots from radiation tests on one lung. The other is 1/2 collapsed. I thought smoking pot daily wouldn't hurt you! I read that on the internet so it has to be true.LOL And then I quit after 24 years to be able to be there for my grandchildren. Two weeks later, I got sick. SO not fair! Waiting another 5 weeks to see if there is growth. My old country dr doesn't want to do a biopsy until then. He said that sometimes if we leave these things alone, they'll leave me alone. Makes sense to me & I've eaten more fruit and vegetables in the last few months than my whole life put together. I used to think a pkg of Hostess cupcakes made a fine meal. Trying to build up my immune system (now...) It feels awkward and strange to go back in time in my mind to high school & right after. After I've looked at the yearbook, I feel kind of disoriented for a while. I made a lot of terribly bad deci...Expand for more