Tami Dean:  

CLASS OF 1976
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Rancho palos verdes, CA
Palos verdes peninsula, CA

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Life I would love to share all the exciting things that have happened in my life these last 32 years, but frankly, there aren't any! .grin..Okay, maybe a few but gheeeeez, it's been THIRTY PLUS YEARS! Hmm.. I fell in Lust, got married, & had two awesome Sons. After 13 years of "Blilz", We called it quits. I did the Single Parent thing for a while & worked at the Los Angeles Times & Trained Horses to make ends meet. Finally, my Prince Charming arrived and we became and still are Best Friends and Soulmates. Hubby Tim had three kids from a previous Marriage and we became Seven. A Dysfunctional Brady Bunch of sorts. But God was good and after MONTHS of adjusting, we became a real Family. Actually,I would have to admit that my Hubby of almost 20 years is one of the finest Men that I have ever had the Honor of knowing in my lifetime. At one point in time,all five of our Children were teenagers AT THE SAME TIME! We know because we survived that, we can survive ANYTHING the world brings. Ha ha! I did take a "buyout" after 12 yrs with the Times & started my own Small Scale Equestrian Center where I didn't make a whole lot of $$$, for I needed to invest a great deal of the profits right back into the Business, but I sure gained an incredible amount of knowledge & I wouldn't change that experience or the time I spent with my kids there for anything. Tim was recruited by the Tech Dept at the Rocky Mountain News 13 years ago & because of our Ranch getting hit with the Northridge Earthquake, A Wildfire & a year later, a large Mudslide (Did you know that a Mudslide is an "Act Of God" & Non-insured?) Colorado sounded good to us & so here we are. We live in the beautiful small Mountain Town of Bailey. Surrounded by Forest at 8600 feet, Bailey is about 50 miles SW of Denver Colorado. We love it here! I landed a great job at Coors (Yes,as in beer. No...Expand for more
,I'm not a taster). My Crew is almost all guys which beats living in a cubicle any day. Yes, Tim gets teased about his tiny Electronics pouch or "purse" I have a huge Rollaway. Can you say SnapOn? grin.. Okay, My oldest Son turned Thirty Three & I have two GRANDSONS whom are 6 and 9! Yippee! Two of our Kids are Married & one Child is divorced. Although none of them went to Yale & they messed up my early retirement plans as they didn't all became Doctors or Lawyers but, they did all manage an Education & one did return safely from Iraq SO, we do realize how Blessed we are. Our Boys are now 32, 31 & 29. The girls are 28 & 26 AND they are all moved out. We are ALONE AT LAST! Yippee! Nope! No empty nest problems here. I LIKE having batteries in the battery drawer & flashlights when I need them. It's awesome not to pull out a carton of icecream to find just one tablespoon left & I mean the actual silverware tablespoon left in the carton. I like having laundry soap, shampoo, milk & leftovers in the house again & the house isn't lit up like a Christmas tree when I get home. I don't even have to ponder about how they managed to get Catsup on the kitchen ceiling or why there is chocolate on my keyboard (oh wait...ok, the chocolate was mine) but you get the point! Of course there are drawbacks. I can't blame the kids for eating all the cookies or getting crumbs in the Lazyboy anymore..sigh...Okay!.That about covers the 32 year time span. Now? We are Amateur Treasure Hunters and are having TONS of adventure! It keeps us in our incredible outdoors and in shape! We enjoy traveling & staying home. We like camping & 5 Star Room Service. Research and Discovery. Dressing both up & Down. I am really Blessed and REALLY Happy! Whew! I MADE IT!!!!!!! Blessings, Tami Baker Dean
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Grandsons Ryan and Sean at beach
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Daughter Nicky w/ Dapper
Son Micah with "Rosie"
My Son Jason
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My Son's James and Jason with Sis Kandra
Tim; My Awesome Hubby of 16 years

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