Judith (J'Ann) Pride:  

Life As of 8-25-2007: Married in 1968 right after H.S., div 3 years later; no kids. I worked 1st in a library enviro, then at UofI-Champaign Police Training Inst. & Agr. Pubs. preparing copy for print; lucked into beta-testing IBM's first computer-aided typesetter--fell in love with computers; ad agency & dept. store adv dept; self-employed graphic artist/editor/typesetter in Chicago, Houston and S.A., while working for Blue Cross Assoc., Victory Gardens Theater (programs for David Mamet's early plays!) & Bar Review in Chi. Moved back to TX in '79 to adopt my then-6-yr-old son in 1980. Worked for Dowell Div. of Dow Chem. & Transcriptions Ltd. in Hou; Datapoint, UTHSC-SA Molecular Biology Dept.(on the Human Genome Project!), & SW Institute for Biomed Research in S.A. Remarried in 1984 to the love of my life, my best friend and partner, Randy Sledge. We both worked @ Datapoint 'til they started major layoffs & we left for greener pastures. We began our own software company developing/installing Mac-based software for several small businesses in S.A., Austin & Corpus Christi through all 3 pregnancies (Steven was born in 1986, Shannon in 1988, and Scott in 1990--we got a late start!). Spent 3 yrs. improving "The Glen" in NE S.A. as Pres./VP of the neighborhood assoc., and began home-schooling our children. Most evenings, wkends & holidays we ran a very popular, independent ice cream truck in S.A., then in Floresville, with the kids working the window (reading, math and social skills!). Our eldest (now 21) started college in 2005; our 2 younger kids (now 19 and not-quite-17) chose public school for their H.S. years, the youngest skipped his sr. yr. & finished his last 2.5 credits this summer (home school)--they are BOTH starting college next week. Waiting (patiently) for grandkids! We bought 4 acres outside of Floresville, off the beaten path; working toward getting off the grid for our electricity and ...Expand for more