Elaine Doran:  

OK my turn! I have been married for 36 years now. Mike is my soul mate. We started out in Shore Heights in Oswego, when lease was up we moved to Aurora into an Apt on New York St right down the street from Don Walkers Sanwich Shop. A house came up on Liberty St Rd on East side and we took over payments. My mother in law owned a house on Mitchell Rd, across from where Aurora Turners is now, and we assumed her mortgage, friends of ours assumed our mortgage, four families moved in January 1975. I dabbled in Real Estate with my mother in law, she had Schmidt Crest Real Estate on East New York St. One Sunday, I was doing floor time, and Mike was in Southern IL hunting. His German Shorthair decided to start having her puppies. Neighbor called, I rushed home and Sue met me. I was bringing the dog into the garage so I could keep an eye on her, and the door to the house was opened. The dog ran into my bedroom and had her first puppy on our bed. I decided to leave her there. She already ruined everything, she proceeded to have 12 more. It was a long night! Too bad they were half Yellow Lab. The dogs did it through her fence. In 1979 I made my best sell, I sold our house to a friend of mine¿s mother, we bought a farmette in Compton, IL. We lived there for 8 years. Lots of parties, people actually drove an hour to come out and party. Out there, Roger from the train bar/restaurant would come out to your house, set up the keg, tap it, and ...Expand for more