Karen Metallo:  

OK, HERE WE GO--GOT MARRIED FEB. 5, 1966. HAD FIRST DAUGHTER, DARLENE, JULY 19, 1966. HAD 2ND DAUGHTER, COLLEEN, APRIL 11, 1969. HAD 3RD DAUGHTER, EILEEN, MAY 9, 1971. BY THAT TIME I WAS 25. WE LIVED ALL OVER THE PLACE IN MIDDLESEX & SOMERSET COUNTIES, LIKE 10 PLACES IN 10 YRS. (MAN DID THE SCHOOLS GET MAD AT US!!) THEN WE SETTLED IN SOMERSET, & LIVED IN APARTMENTS (FRANKLIN GREENS SOUTH) FOR ABOUT 17 YRS --SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DIDN'T WORK MUCH, BUT THE LONGEST PLACE I WOULD SAY I DID WORK WAS THE ANSWERING SERVICE IN NEW BRUNSWICK (2 TIMES). IT WAS ON PATTERSON ST.--NOT THERE ANYMORE--THE CHEAP OLD FART FINALLY UPGRADED & MOVED ELSEWHERE. LOL I ALSO WORKED AT THE FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP LIBRARY (PART TIME) FOR A WHILE TOO. I LOVED IT THERE, BUT THAT'S WHEN WE MOVED TO JACKSON THAT I HAD TO QUIT. WE MOVED HERE IN 91 I THINK. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER MADE ME A GRANDMOTHER (MAMA) AT 41. & THEN AGAIN AT 44 (2 GIRLS). HRMPH! THEN THE FUN BEGAN--THE OTHER TWO STARTED & I GOT 6 MORE. ALL 3 OF THEM HAD ONE IN 2000. THEY WERE BUSY! 2 OF THE GIRLS LIVE IN JACKSON ALSO & THE OTHER LIVES IN SOMERVILLE. WE SOLD THE 1ST HOUSE HERE & MOVED TO 2ND PLACE HERE IN JACKSON IN 2001. I MISS THE FIRST HOUSE.--MY OTHER HALF IS A SHEETMETAL JOURNEYMA...Expand for more