Karen Noto-Musto:  

the years are picking up speed! The grandkids are 7, 5 and 4 with another on the way..I am putting my baking career on hold, still making some special request cakes, but now working full time at the Illinois Tollway System.. shopping for a new SUV, My Toyota 2000 Rav has passed the 305000 mark and is finally crapping out.. bought it new, drove it into the ground, as I love the travel! Motto: see the earth before you leave it.. Ha..Dad is still hanging in there, turned 80 last July, still has a clean bill of health.. (hope I get some of those genes!) still in Burbank and complaining every day about wanting to leave, (the neighborhood, not earth) =/ God Bless all and be Happy! DECEMBER 2013 ; A few happy and sad thing these past months.. My mother-in-law passed in summer and two months later Dan's daughter Vickie (34) passed suddenly while on a business trip to Milwaukee.. that was surreal..We are planning a European trip next fall..picked up the Rosetta Stone and hope to be speaking fluid Italian shortly..ha.. I am on a repurposing kick, trying to think of creative things to do with plastics and such.. with the art background I am thinking sculptures..The grandkids are getting big...Dad is still here..last of his generation...He is hoping to go to Washington DC to see the memorials with his Korean War buddies.. I have been, some of them are awe inspiring..would love to hear how my cronies are doing...let me hear from ya! JANUARY 2016 Christmas in New Orleans was a great experience. Took tours, shopped, saw the WWII museum, extremely interesting and some sadness. If you get out to NO please go see this! Rode street cars all over the place, Mississippi river tour was awesome, saw some of the destruction still visible from the hurricane. Did you know the battle of 1812 lasted only 30 minutes? Saw a lot, ate a lot. Need to exercise a lot.. haha. Hope all is well and looking forward to reunion in October!