Vicki Shearin:  

Life I retired from General Electric Power Systems, Schenectady, NY, in 1995 and moved that year to Lawrenceville, Ga. I have no children but do have a very spoiled 8 year old Yorkie. I enjoy being close to family having spent so many years & miles away. I have one of my sisters living with me and we have great fun traveling since she lived for years in California and I in the great Northeast! I would like to hear from any co-workers that remember me from years past. I worked for GE in Charlotte, NC, Atlanta, GA, North Bergen NJ and two times in Schenectady NY where I retired after 37 years! Since retiring, I spent several years teaching basic computer skills to senior citizens in the local Senior Net group. Name a hobby and I have either tried it, bought a book about it and , no doubt, have tooling to support it. Reading is my favorite past time and have been learning to do e-Bay hoping to reduce the number of books I have stacked all around! If you like mysteries written by Lisa Scottolino, Mary Higgens Clark,and JD Robb plus numerous others I probably could supply you with many hours of reading materials. Look for me on e-Bay, I'm Vicki7970. Since writing above , my yorkie has passed aay and I miss her terribly. I am now engaged in jewelry making as a therapy for keeping my mind and body active as I have developed Parkinson's Disease. I have an artist friend that joins me in my activities and is determined to teach me water coloring! I'm trying but so far I am not willing to share my efforts even with family members. I can still drive on good days but on my "bad" days my sister (Carmen) who shares our home does the driving so we get around fine and into as much trouble as we can handle!! I'd like to hear from others in any of my communities that would like to share their stories with me. I always wanted to be a nurse when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a far fetched idea. As it turns out, they were right. My oldest friend is a guy I met at my first job 60 years ago and we still keep in touch. He has the type of personality that clicks with mine and we enjoy just talking about all subjects. He is very caring and has always found me as I moved so many times in my job with GE. He lives about 60 miles from me now and is always there to listen and give me good advice when I need it. I am so fortunate that he is still here. I am now into doing pastel pencil and chalk drawings and have some in my photo album. I have several books and my friends to rely on giving me pointers and suggestions to make very primitive drawings better. This is an art I can really get lost in while doing it and forget all the vagaries life deals us. I am very nostalgic and have concentrated on things that have meant something in my life - like a drawing of my Agatha Leigh and my father's car he purchased the year I was born. I have just finished a cartoon showing my transition from Schenectady NY to North Bergen NJ by depicting my passion for ...Expand for more