Kathryn Smerekanych:
CLASS OF 1965
Hamden High SchoolClass of 1965
Hamden, CT
Kathryn's Story
Three kids, two step children, six granddaughters, three step granddaughters. No boys. Mmmm. Lived in Florida from 1973 to 1982 and hated it. I missed the seasons and missed the mountains. Finally got back here in June of 1982 and stayed put in Hamden.
Spent 20 years as a Certified Nursing Assistant, 11 years self employed with my husband and just recently retired. Even earned a Florida Real Estate and Broker's liscense back in the seventies and was co-owner of a construction comapny with my ex-husband. Whew! Been busy!
I always wanted to be a interior designer and attended Paier Art College here in Hamden after graduating.. My family and friends thought that was a great idea. As it turns out, I was misguided. I got married instead before finishing. Should have listened. I might have my own show on HGTV today.
I love relaxing with an Andrea Bocelli CD or the oldies, with the volume cranked up and a fire in the fireplace...or...go to our farm in Vermont, play in the dirt and watch the gazzillion stars out at night. I also am an avid reader and love Hallmark movies. My hobbies are, besides our wonderful farm up north, my art work, writting a novel or two, and cooking. I still freeze and can our harvest, just like my gradmother used to do.
Wildest thing I ever did in school was skip just once in Senior year because it was my last chance to do it. Otherwise I behaved myself. I tried to be invisible. If it wasn't for my dearest friend, who was a type A personality, I would have remained invisible. I am not that shy anymore. The second wildes...Expand for more
t thing was attempting to get my pilot's liscense. I did fine until we had to do what is called a stall. That was the end for me. I did find ground school very interesting and informative but I would never again fly a plane.
I miss my best friend, Joanne Auditore, who passed away 15 years ago. I wish she were here to still be a part of my life. I have so much to tell her. I talk to her every day but I have yet to get an answer. Or, maybe she has answered and I am not listening. Oh well. One can only wish.
If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have a good nights sleep, a BIG cup of Dunkin Donuts Hazelnut, black, no sugar, and great co-workers to be able to deal with the day-to-day. I had that for 20 years at Elim Park Baptist Home in Cheshire where it was all about taking care of others. We were a family and still keep in touch. Now I am doing pretty much the same thing at home as my brother and I share responsibilities for my Mom, who has Alzheimers Disease. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.
My husband is my hero. He keeps me focused. That can be hard to do sometimes. We've done a bit of traveling...Florida, San Francisco and Napa Valley, Seattle, Tennessee, the Denver area and the Rockies, the ocean at Cape Ann in Mass., but not near enough. Still lots I want to see, lots of places on my bucket list. But my first love is Peacham ,Vermont and our 31 acres there.That, folks, is heaven on earth. If I never get anywhere else, that's okay with me. Our little cabin the the woods overlooking the White Mountains of New Hampshire, is enough.
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