Happy New Year!

From our family to yours.

Happy Holidays!

It's been a while since there has been anything updated, and just in case there are random checks in on the site I thought I would be the first to wish all of you a tremendous Holiday season! We are looking forward to taking 5 days off over the Christmas holiday to be with family, and nothing beats experiencing the true spirit through the eyes of a child.

One of the fun things we did this season was freaking David (our 6yr old) out when we visited Santa earlier this month. One of our gifts to him (and oddly enough - to me as well... more on that later) were two tickets to see the Broadway production of "Peter Pan" in Philadelphia on December 9th. We wanted to tie it in to Christmas somehow so when we went to visit "Santa" on the 8th, I gave the tickets to Santa beforehand to hand deliver to David when he sat on his lap (is it a concern if the man in the Santa suit thinks you're serving him a summons... AGAIN???). Nonetheless, it worked out really well, and the Santa played it up like a champ. Marcie volunteered to go to the play with David the following day, and that was her little gift to me. Fa la la la la, la la la LAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Hope to hear plans for next summer's camping expedition (HILAIRE!), but in the meantime I wish each of you the best for a fantastic 2008. Enjoy.

Lyrics to "A Few Things the 80's Did Bring"

For those of you who missed some of the finer points of my song at the re-onion, here they are.
Remember they are sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things".


---------------- 1st verse -----------------

Boys with big hair and black Van Halen T-shirts

Girls with jean jackets and matching blue jean skirts

Parachute pants on the kid breakdancing

These are a few things the 80's did bring


Hot Shepard's pie being served to the masses

Jocks dump your books and the Heads all skip classes

Drama Geeks that make you puke when they sing

These are a few things the 80's did bring


When your job bites and your rent's due

And you're feeling sad

Be thankful that "WHAM" was just a passing fad

And then you won't feel so bad

--------------- 2nd verse -----------------

Taking a shower with friends after Gym Class

You get detention for gas that you just passed

Hormones that make you do most anything

These are a few things the 80's did bring


Cheerleaders filled with too much energy

You're in Closed Study cuz you got a "D"

Getting a boner just as the bell rings

These are a few things the 80's did bring


When your job bites and your rent's due

And you want to flee

Remember your face was once filled with acne

And then you won't feel sooooo baaaaaaad



*I couldn't remember - didn't people refer to the smoking area kids as "Heads" which I think was short for "Bone Heads"? I don't think it meant they were dumb - just that they enjoyed smoking "Bones" from time to time.


Love

- B.Q.

Thanks Robin & everyone else!

It was good fun seeing some old friends. Thanks to Robin & everyone who helped put this together. Robin, what will you do with all your free time now? :)

Join us -- Friday, October 5th

Some of us are meeting at O'Connors in Worcester the Friday night before the reunion.
It's a great Irish Pub/Restaurant on West Boylston St. right off of Rt. 190.
http://www.oconnorsrestaurant.com/
I don't know what time we'll be meeting yet but I'll guess sometime after 7pm.
See you there!


I should probably post some embarassing photos while I'm here too....

Bob Quinnz Newz

So this is me now....I know - I'm not quite as muscular as I used to be when we were in school, but at least I still have all my hair.

This is my wife Polly and I just before we robbed an antique store. She is the one with the beard.

This is my whole family. The girl standing in front of me on the far left is my brother Randy's daughter. I don't have any children (or at least that's what I tell my family

This is our favorite place to eat.


Here are some pictures from the super duper space epic we are making called Battle Beyond Belief. I am currently working on it and hope to be done sometime in October.



This was filmed entirely in a large refrigerator that Doug Coldwell uses to store vegetables on his farm in western Mass (no kiddin). He actually is a character in the movie as is Ben Bradford. All of the effects, editing, sound and music are done in my basement.

When I am not working on the show or passed out drunk - I am a freelance artist. I do a lot of boring corporate stuff and every once in a while I get to make funny cartoon pictures for money.

I plan to start selling paintings of pin-up girls I call "Big Bad Beauties" and I will be posting animations and comics of mine on the same site that will host Battle Beyond Belief. The site is CrapMill and this will be fully functional before the year is over.

I will keep everyone posted on the progress (whether you like it or not).

Well - I gotta go get more whiskey....


Urp!


- Bobber Quinn

OK OK I'm Finally doing it....

To all of you people who have been on my back.... Here is the damn blog......

After NRHS I went to Bridgewater State for 4 1/2 years. I got sidetracked for a semester as I got accepted to the intership program at Walt Disney World.. What a damn PARTY!!! Mind you it was tough to come home. I finally tore myself away to finish the last year of school. Graduated with a business degree, and went to work at Strawberries. I was fascinated with music for some reason. I was convinced that I was going to work for a record label someday. I went to TONS of concerts, and met lots of rockstars, and eventurally worked my way into human resources. Along the way I met my first husband. He was lots of fun, but after 6 years (Yeah it took me that long) I realized that our lives were going in different directions. (It clued me in after 3 years of trying to have kids when he mentioned that he didn't think he wanted kids).

I had a good career going in HR, and eventually got into the Centrum (now DCU Center). I met my husband now (Rob) and yes after 1 month I found out I was pregnant. (Yes - I was a skank) I never thought I was really going to have a baby - after 3 misscariages, you don't really believe it until you are holding the baby. I couldn't stand to put her in daycare, so I started a home child care business. That was 8 years ago, and I have since had 2 other choldren as well. Rob has a daughter who is from a previous marriage who lives with us -so a total of 4 kids. Don't even get me started on teenagers!!

Being with small children all day long as you can imagine can make you crazy. So to keep me sane - I just make all of you crazy with 10,000 emails every day!!!!!!

For fun....(I know you are wondering) I play softball. I coached a team last year, and hope to coach another team this year.

I'll get pictures up soon - I promise.

Love,

Robin

JJ Sappett has a baby boy!!

Reunion Guru Robin King forwarded this to most everyone, but just in case the email missed anyone...

Hi Classmates-

OK brace yourselves for this one....

Liz Sappet (JJ's Wife) has gone back to Florida since JJ's passing, and was home alone the other night. Both her family, and JJ's are up in this area, so she is pretty much on her own down there.

The other night she had to rush herself to the hospital via ambulance with SEVERE abdominal pains, and ended up delivering an 8 lb baby boy!!!!!! Yes - I can answer your question - NO, SHE DID NOT EVEN KNOW SHE WAS PREGNANT!!! For those of you who saw her at the funeral - I know what you are thinking - she didn't even look pregnant at all - never mind 8 months pregnant!!!

I believe this is God's little miracle for that family!

I am in tight with her family, and trying to find out what she needs. Can you imagine leaving the hospital without any diapers, or even changes of clothes....

WOW!!

Robin

I have two boys, and a BUNCH of infant stuff that would inevitably end up in a yard sale. I will let you all know where we can provide any care packagees as soon as Robin provides me the address. Seriously though... you hear of people delivering babies in bathroom stalls because they "didn't even know they were pregnant", and every time I see that I reply "WHATEVER!". This however has me scratching my head a little bit though...

Hello Earth - this is Bob Quinn

Hi everyone in computerland!

This will be short and sweet - I just wanted to let you know I will be putting stuff up here soon.

Can't wait to see everyone at the re-onion!

More later......

Love

- Bobber

Cari-Lynn (Copetas) Mackie

I can't believe it's already the big 20th reunion! The time has really flown by...it's a bit freaky. Well, I will start by telling you all that after high school, I didn't get any taller. I know...it really stinks, but it was good for figure skating. I am still 4'10"!!

Anyway, I went to Framingham State College after Nashoba and graduated in 1992 with a BA in Psychology. I worked at Shaw's almost full-time and went to school full-time...so I didn't have the "college experience" of big parties and dorm roomates. I did well there and met a guy from Framingham whom I married in 1993. We got married, went to Israel for the Honeymoon and a year later, we were divorced. We were too young and silly to be married.

From 1994 to 1996, I worked at Grove Bank (now Citizens) as a Human Resources Assistant and Teller in Chestnut Hill and Newton, then, because the money was better, I changed jobs and worked at NEC Technologies. I lived in Boston, right near Boston College during this time, and all I can remember is getting up at 5:00 am to go on my 6 miles runs around the reservoir at Boston College, going to work in Boxborough, then going out at night with my brother to see a band play until 2:00am. Then I would get up and do it all again the next day!! That was really a great time!!

I met my husband, David, at NEC Tech. We were both Customer Service Call Center Reps and hated our jobs. He left and went to Fidelity Investments, but we still kept in touch, just friends. Then he asked me to teach him how to skate one day, and that is when we knew we were going to be a couple. Cute, eh? We got married at in a cozy little place called the Sterling Inn. We had 20 people at the wedding!! It was the best.

We lived a little while in Clinton, MA (when I had our first child, Cameron in 1998) then we bought my mom and dad's house in Lancaster (when I had my second child, Olivia, in 2000) and lived there for 3 years. When I had my children, I stopped working and became a full-time mom (which is work but rewarding!) I decided during this time to start my own cake decorating business called Cari's Cakes.

After 3 wonderful years in Lancaster on South Meadow Road, David got transferred to Merrimack, NH with Fidelity and we decided to move to New Hampshire. We live in Brookline which is on the Townsend, MA border. Our family loves it here! The schools are fantastic and the people are so friendly. You think I was overseas or something, but there is a different mentality up here in NH.

I started coaching Figure Skating 4 years ago in Manchester, Fitchburg and now in Nashua. I have a wonderful time teaching the group lessons, but I mostly love to teach my up and coming stars! We travel around the New England area for competitons and it is very exciting. I skate with an Adult Sychronized Team in Nashua (new this year...we don't even have a name for our team yet). We will be competing all over the country and at Nationals in Providence, RI.

The coolest job I have right now, besides coaching, is being a Para-Educator in Hollis, NH Upper Elementary School in the 6th grade. I really love what I do!! Everyday I go to work with a smile and feel so lucky to love something I do. I love it so much that I will be getting my graduate degree in Elementary Education (I hope soon!).

My kids keep me very busy as well. They are very active kids. Cameron loves soccer, baseball and XBOX (which I don't like). Olivia is the family's drama queen. She loves to act on stage and perform in front of people. She, too, loves soccer and figure skating.

Well, I have droned on and on. I hope to see you at the reunion and catch up a little more!! Robin has done such a great job with organizing this big event, so thank you Robin!! I will see you all soon!!

Jeff Hammond Photo's (8th Grade to Graduation)

So Robin (Reunion Guru) King has been harping on me to provide photo's to share at the reunion because well, I don't think I made the yearbook. I'm working on obtaining some group photo's from my parents album's, but these were a couple that I found in my personal collection.

This is the front row (also the shortest classmates) of our Hale School 8th Grade Graduation.

15th birthday in 1984. Notice the fantastic David Cassidy hair do, baby!! You know it's been a while since there was a World Championship Celtics T-shirt worn in Boston...

That's right...Hammond, Jeff Hammond. Senior Prom 1987. A mere 12 hours after this photo was taken I had gone to dinner, went to prom, got in fight with date, left with friends without date, smoked A LOT of pot that had me lying prone on the back yard explaining to anyone within whispering distance "I can't get up... the force is holding me down.", sobered up, drank til morning, and arrived back at home without a girl friend, an incredible buzz, and got an ear full from my mother for not calling. I tried to explain to her that the "force would not allow me to call", but she would have none of that...

Graduation day. Not wearing any pants. May not wear any to the reunion. Maybe I am kidding or maybe I AM...

Kris (Laingen) Hanley

Hello Everybody,

So many exciting Lives everyone has led!!!!! Mine maybe not so exciting but here it goes.

After High School I went to the University of Maine for two years and got an asscociates in Animal Medical Technology. Lived at home the summer of "89". That Fall I met my future husband Paul, don' t laugh , at a dance club in Boston with Donica. This is picture of the festivities. There are some familiar faces.

We just celebrated our 15 year anniversary. Paul and I lived in Waltham for several years then rented a house in Maynard then eventually bought a house in 1998.

This is my wonderful husband/pervert Paul ---------->

So Paul is feeling left out of this so a little about him. He's a great husband and father most of the time. (He's flipping me the bird). He's been a Waltham Police officer for I think almost 15 years now. We tolerate each other!!!! *Kris has no idea what a blog is. I just thought this was about her past, sooooooo I think I should get at least an honorable mention. Anyone? Anyone? Class? - Paul*

My first REAL job was at Littleton Animal Hospital . I worked there for 10 years as a Veterinary Technician and eventually Hospital Manager . Then came the Children!!!

Austin was born in 1995. He just started 7th grade this year. He loves listening to music, video games and playing football . I know it's not soccer but what's a mom to do.

However I never realized how mental football fathers are! Also I suggest to any of you with daughters to lock them up now because the hormones have kicked in and he is on the prowl - *Austin not me - Paul*

Austin gets good grades and is a great kid for which I take ALL of the credit. I'm very lucky.

Mason was born Oct. 99. He just started 2nd grade. His nickname is "rainmain" because he can repeat the same phrase over and over and it's usually, Mom, mom, mom, mom, mom!!!!!

WWWHHHAAATTT!!!!! He is my Soccer and basketball player and soon to be football. I am a women drowning in testosterone!!!!!!! If you hadn't noticed Austin is his Fathers "mini me" and Mason is mine.

So I stopped working for about 5 years in protest of the crazy daycare prices and was a stay at home MOM. Those were the "Martha Stewart" years as my husband calls them. The house was clean. The laundry was done. I made the kids Birthday cakes. Taught Sunday School. YES Sunday school and no the building didn't get struck by lightning!

I started back to work about 4 years ago part time at Apple Country Animal Hospital in Stow the place was a nightmare but the hours were good. Two years ago I left and started working at Integrative Animal Health Center in Bolton full time well more then full time there were only 3 employees but I LOVE IT!! It's an animal hospital that integrates eastern and western medical philosiphies. We do Acupuncture, Chiropractic, massage, and Reiki as well as all your regular old Vet. stuff. I'm a Vet Tech and Manage the front office.

I don't collect wine but I am very very good at drinking it. I believe the only collections we've ever had at this house were about 500 Pokeman cards and some rocks.

I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone!!! I had to through this last picture in of the gang!

See ya in October!!!

Kris

Pete Finnerty

Hello from Jolly Old England!

This is my first blog so I apologize in advance if it sucks.

Well, what can I say, it has been 20 years since I have last seen you all, but despite the hole in my heart, it has been a pretty good 20 years. Here is my bullet-point life since I have last seen everyone.

• Went to UMASS
• Graduated from UMASS
• Drove to Alaska to butcher salmon for a summer
• Returned to MA unemployed with no prospects of employment
• Somehow got a job as a Butler for a millionaire swiss tax exile in the Cayman Islands.
• Lived on Seven Mile Beach for 2 years and traveled the world - Yeah baby!
• Married my Diving Instructor, Diana in 1995.
  
• Decided to give the UK a try and moved to London.
• Me and my wife made our own people (Tim and Katie)
• Live happily south of London with my wife and the sprogs.
• Can't come back to America to live because kids would lose those British accents.
• And here I remain....an older, fatter, balder, ghost of my former self.

But, hey I am coming back to see y'all in October -I wonder if Vito can still turn his eyelids inside out?

I still hang out with some old buddies from Nashoba (despite the distance) like Matt Sullivan, Bob Quinn, Ben Bradford and a few other people I have been arrested with. I thankfully haven't seen the inside of Bolton Police station for a number of years.

I've got nothin' else to say - see everyone in October.

Pete Finnerty

Donica Shebell

First off… it has taken me a while to post a blog (my first ever) as I felt badly not having any recent pics to include… so I found one on my computer at work… cropped out the others and decided it is probably better to post and inform than to have a slide show of pictures. That way we do get all the past info out of the way before seeing you on the 6th.

Can I just say… am I the only one who feels like they are in a Twilight Zone moment reading about everyone and who they have become? The pictures, the kids, the marriages… maybe it’s me.

To get you all up to date with my life in the last 20 years…
The last we saw our heroine she was going off to SMU to study Management Science. Well, I ended up changing my mind at the last minute for personal reasons (yes… a boy ) and went to the University of Lowell (and for good reason that relationship ended my junior year). It was an academic experience as I did not live on campus but a good one none the less (my only regret in life thus far is not going away to college… but then again I would probably not be the same person today and therefore would not want to change a thing). As a freshman I would often see Marc Huaman as he would wait for me in his pathfinder, parked ON the campus lawn, for lunch. He should have been in his computer science class but he preferred lunch with me. I think that is why he had such poor grades that year. Anyways, I graduated with honors with a major in Marketing and a minor in computer programming (never used it since). As a senior in high school I worked at the Fashion Barn (no, not Dress Barn or Fashion Bug) in Acton. Upon learning that I would stay for college I became the Assistant Manager for all 4 years of college and then at least a year into my full time “career” job afterwards (yup 2 jobs , 7 days a week). Because I had a retail foundation I decided to pursue a career in corporate retailing and have been there ever since. To make this quick… worked my way up through planning & buying in shoes and men’s apparel @ Marshall’s (before TJX bought them) then went to work at keds as a Sr. Merchandiser, and later to Chadwick’s of Boston as a Sr. Control Buyer of their Men’s division. Did the whole internet “thing” at a start up company where I was a buyer for about a year before financing went dry and the company was over (just as well). Next went to Timberland as the Manager of Planning and Forecasting, Boot & Kids Divisions for North America Wholesale (mouthful). After being totally burned out I gave my noticed and ended up working 3 months, 3 days a week at full pay as part of my exit strategy with them. I had come to the realization that life is short and that I wanted to “work to live, not live to work”. Seriously, when you die and are at the pearly gates (because I’m definitely going to heaven… I think they will let me in) and are asked “looking back what would you have wanted to do more of?” – No one has ever replied “You know I really wish I had worked more!” So my intent was to take a year off and travel Europe. I received a call two weeks before my last day and was asked to talk about a potential opportunity at Appleseeds (no, not Applebee’s). So today (3+ years later) I am in a nice position (work /life balance) where I run my own division (liquidations) as I see fit. I oversee, for two brands, their outlet stores, the sale sections of the web sites, create sales catalogs, and sell off to 3rd parties (like Marshalls) discontinued merchandise. I don’t know how long I will be here… or what I will do next but for now I am content.

So now who I have become…
For the past 3+ years (after leaving Timberland) I have been living up in Newburyport Ma. and absolutely love it. I live in this old house, sectioned into condo’s, whose insides were completely remodeled and updated in 1998. I live ½ a block from the shops and restaurant, 4 blocks from the Marina and a mile and a half from Plum Island Beach. So most mornings, on the weekends, you can find me on the boardwalk or beach in front of the water drinking my coffee and reading a book. I am in two book clubs (AKA wine club… where reading that months’ book is not a prerequisite… but bringing a bottle of wine is). As an adult I have developed my first “hobby” - wine collecting. I would say since 1995 I have been a collector of wine. It started with a wine tasting seminar and grew from there. I travel to California about every other year for what I call a buying trip and to date have a personal cellar of about 25 cases (I collect more than I drink). I love traveling and my motto is “my bags are always packed”. I will go anywhere at any time. In May this year I went back to London & Paris, a place where I went as a sophomore with some of you on the School trip in 1985!!!!! July was Nova Scotia, August was Ocean City Maryland (with Sara (Seaman) too), October is Florida, and I have 4 vacation days left… so I will have to start planning one more trip!!! Sara and I have remained close friends and have traveled to quite a number of places over the years (Aruba, Rented a house in Martha’s Vineyard, SF/Wine country, Grand Canyon, Florida, etc.) now that she is married… I don’t think she’ll be able to go any more… oh well she will have to live vicariously through me. I on the other hand am not married and do not have any kids. I like the idea of family but am not quite ready to settle down… yet. I can remember Kris Laingen saying once when were probably Seniors “I can see our future now, I’ll be married with kids and you will be having affairs traveling the world”. I was totally offended and she said “I don’t mean you’ll be a slut, I just see you more involved with your career” (or something like that). It is funny how she was more right than wrong.

I am big into volunteering and attending charity events… yes I realize many are wine tastings … but they are for a good cause! Seriously thought, I do quite a bit of work for the AIDS Action Committee and Share Our Strength. This includes being a patron at some events and working others. If any of you attended Artcetera I am the supervisor of the staff of volunteers who manages the bars and bar revenue… I wear a head set and everything! Or if you participate in the AIDS Walk you can always find me in the Registration tent. Lastly (because I can just keep going) I am a big concert go-er (or so I’m told). Year to date I have gone to 24, don’t know what it is but I love seeing a live performance of up and coming’s (small venues only). I believe that is my real talent –to identify good music and who is going to be the next big thing (Ex. James Blunt @ the Paradise… now look at him). It has been a joke that I will go to a concert who no one has heard of, and they become the next thing. So I’ve started what I call “My art project” (might as well). Yes, I now approach these performers and get their autograph (queer I know …but I assure you I am not a groupie). I am collecting autographs on all sorts of stuff and will make a big collage (or that is my intent). When I explain my art project they get really into it and are more than happy to help a girl out.

Okay, I feel I have to stop now as I am rambling and could keep doing so. I am looking forward to seeing you and catching up in October… I’ll be the one with the freaked out look having an out of body experience at all the change everyone has gone through over the years.

I feel I should mention one last thing… I’m now a red head... I guess we all change.

Amy Alberta (Scraggs)

Let’s see if I can remember back that far……after high school……..

Ok, after high school I went to cosmetology school and became a licensed hairdresser/cosmetologist. After school and during my first real job I realized there were not too many people that wanted the crazy hair-dos I was so well known for. None of my customers wanted mo-hawks, or spikes, no one wanted green hair (come on it was 1989!) I was stuck doing roller set after roller set and wasting my extra super hold aqua net on 70 year old women all day and that got old real fast. Between that and having to deal with walk-ins that hadn’t washed their hair in weeks it didn’t take me long to realize this career was not for me. I continued to do hair and nails here and there for my friends but I never really cared to do much more with it….so I went out to look for something else.

I’m sure you all remember what I looked like back then, the hair, the outfits andI remember so clearly my mom saying “you are never going to get a job looking like that!”Well….the first interview I went on was for a computer software company, it was for the front desk receptionist position (I must admit, I never thought anyone would hire me for their first impression either!)I interviewed with several people and then had to meet with the president of the company. I remember walking into his HUGE office and sitting down (nervous as all get out) with my giant spiked up hairdo and some freaky outfit on (see Molly Ringwald/Pretty in Pink)…he looked at me, smiled and said “I love your hair” and that was that. I got the job and gained a lot of experience in the years I worked there. I will never forget that place for giving me a chance and it made me realize early on that it was ok to just be myself no matter what the situation.

I was always interested in photography and enrolled in classes and programs which led me to one of the best jobs I ever had. For 7 years I worked as a photographer taking school pictures, yep I was the lady handing out the little black combs by day and taking your kids prom pictures at night along with sports on weekends and any other school events you can think of. It was definitely the toughest, yet most rewarding job I have had.Unfortunately, in 2000 a life changing event happened and I had to immediately give up the job I loved (that also offered no insurance) and get a job with benefits. Thanks to a great friend I was hired at Monster.com as an inbound sales rep, hired to answer incoming emails and customer questions…keeping in mind here that I am a photographer and have no computer experience AT ALL….(what’s an email???) Well needless to say I caught on fast and in the 6 years I worked there moved up, changed departments and became a Finance Manager specializing in eCommerce and international credit card fraud. I lost my job (thanks to outsourcing) last year and now work as the Assistant Controller/Accountant for a publishing company. I never thought I would get into Finance and Accounting as much as I have (in fact I think I failed accounting in high school!) but the accountant paycheck vs. the photographers paycheck has kept me in this line of work for close to 8 years now.

I was married for 10 years (hence the different last name) and have been divorced now for 5. I never had any children, unless you, like me, consider cats as your “kids”.

In the 20 years since high school I have gone from “punk rocker” to “biker chick”.
I now have my own Harley and LOVE IT.

I ride as much as possible and really cannot get enough of it. I have traded in the funky hair for a slight addiction to tattoos. (I think my mom would prefer the spiked hair come back instead!) I spend any spare time I have playing golf and skiing in the winter. I’m sure you are all saying “accountant-biker-golfer? WHAT?!” Well some things never change…..I guess in some weird way I am still just as “odd” as I was in high school. Ha!

These pics are from Myrtle Beach Bike Week 2007 - Thats me and my hog - hahaha....and below is me and my boyfriend/fellow biker Al.

Im really looking forward to seeing you all in October.

Amy

Jennifer Pringle does not know how to be brief!

I hate this kind of stuff but here it goes...
No points off for grammar, I'm at work. Just saying.

I went to junior college in Boston because I'm a slacker with no ambition. I basically did little work but would pass my classes with flying colors because I chose the easiest most un-challenging course load. The first year I spent many weekends at home causing trouble with Amy (that would be the same AMY who DELETED her blog post) cruising around, and working at Finast.

Then I decided to actually focus on school the second year and put actual effort into my work, came home for only two maybe three weekends at the most then graduated and all that. I remember one of my room mates asking me why I didn't go to a four year college in the first place since I clearly was too smart to attend this particular school! Did she not realize what a lazy gal I am? Then I came back home and decided to use up my entire savings account by bumming around England and Germany for a few months going from relative to relative until they got sick of me. Came back home and worked some more at the store before getting a job with BayBank in Framingham where I stayed for seven years because, again, a slacker with no ambition.

--And since everyone seems to be doing a rundown of places they lived.... I lived at home for far too long then in 1995 moved to a condo in Worcester with Kathy Yauckoes (we were like the odd couple but it worked and we are still good friends to this day). In 1997 I moved back home again (good thing my parents like me!)and then in 1999 I moved to Marlborough. --

Well, maybe a little ambition....during that time I took some college courses and continued to move up the ranks of the bank. I had a short part time stint at the then "new" Natick Mall working at the Limited. I realized that retail sucks...for me anyway. After becoming increasingly bored and feeling completely unchallenged a co-worker at the bank told me about a great company that her daughter worked for and that she was going to send her resume in and said she could send mine along too. There were two openings at the reception desk and they ideally wanted two people who could work well together. So, we basically applied together and got the job(s). Bad news was it was a significant pay cut for me but I really wanted to get my foot in the door at this place.

The small broker/dealer had less than 100 employees at the time. I think I was number 97. I moved up and after ten years am currently wearing two hats here as the supervisor of the Commissions department and also the Commission Accountant. I believe the employee count is now up around 400 now.

(Yes, that would be Hilaire... poster of the 'man ass' photo... as my maid of honor)

Okay, so that's the work thing. Moving on, I met my husband at the bank. We were friends for many years but then that changed and we got married in 2001. He is more sarcastic than I am (if that's even possible!) and I hate to be sappy but he truly is my best friend. Yep, sorry Hilaire! He has a daughter from a previous marriage so that day I became a step-monster too! Brief but to the point.

In 2004 we welcomed our daughter Emily three months premature. What an experience that was. I went to my doctor for my regular appointment and she had me admitted to labor and delivery immediately for what she later told me was 'the worst case of toximia she has ever seen'. Glad I could excel at something in my life....I think. Actually, I wouldn't wish the experience on anyone. What a scary few months! Emily was in the hospital from July 17th through October 26th (Thank you Blue Cross/Blue Shield!). She got out just in time for the World Series. She is truly a miracle baby and she has overcome so much that to go into it here would just take up way too much space. I did have a website for her at the time to post updates for family and friends so if you are interested in seeing that just let me know and I can email the address to you.

We continue to support the hospital by joining them each year at Walk America for the March of Dimes in Boston. The March of Dimes helps to educate expectant mothers and help save premature babies. The past two years I have raised a total of $3800 and plan to double that next year! So, expect an email from me. :)

We moved from Marlborough to Holden almost two years ago and enjoy the small town feel even though we are right next to Worcester. We had three cats when we moved there ... within six months we were down to one and then this past May we were down to zero. So, not a good location for cat owners as there are fisher cats and coyotes trying to control the pet population in a different way. We just adopted a kitten who will stay indoors and this was all just so I could post her picture on here. Though Jeff wins for best cat picture so far!

To sum it all up, I am still immature and silly and have a hard time taking just about anything seriously. I'm always the one that will take something someone said and find the "that's what he/she said" joke. I know, I need to grow up but why should I? My parents have always been extremely funny and joke through the serious times. It's the English way!

I enjoy drinking, sitting in my hot tub and watching tv....all at the same time! Traveling, shopping, wine. I also enjoy doing craft projects with my daughter. She is a big fan of glue, paint and construction paper.



I've certainly waffled on here. I'm all over the place! This is exactly why I did not become a writer.
Stay classy San Diego!

Jeff Hammond and Midget Hookers

Hey everyone! Now if THAT isn't a title that screams "I see support groups and therapy on the horizon!" The last time I saw most everyone within this graduating class, I was 5' 2", 110lbs, hair fashionably (cough-hack-wheeze) "feathered" and parted in the middle. I moved to Stow, MA in April 1977 and was transplanted to Pittsburgh, PA one week prior to our Junior Prom in May 1986. While I did not graduate with you, I have always considered Stow (and Nashoba) the place where I grew up. That, and the graduating class of my new school in Pittsburgh was over 600 students! It's truly great to see so many names on the alumni website, and I look forward to seeing the faces to match in October where I at least now resemble a grown man at 5'10" 175lbs with "most" of my hair (sans middle part).


After graduating from Mt. Lebanon HS in Pittsburgh, I attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) with no clear intentions other than "GET ME THE HELL OUT OF THIS HOUSE!" I left (er...asked to leave) after two years with a higher blood alcohol level than my GPA. My parents were so proud. Oh, and how they loved to hear me explain to friends and family "I didn't make the Dean's List, but I made the Jim Beam's List." Hmmmm... good times. Anyway, I floated around from job to job for a while before I ended up finding something I really enjoyed: Midget Hookers (er... short pleasure slaves?). Actually it was stand up comedy. I spent seven years until 1995 working a circuit of colleges and clubs that allowed me to see over 20 states and a hundred different cities. I opened up for great comics like Dennis Miller, Drew Carey, Paul Reiser, and Adam Sandler. It was a great time that made me very little money, and then I met Marcie in Philadelphia, PA.

Marcie is a sadistic person who enjoys frustration, pain, and anxiety. Therefore she married me and agreed to have two children that we are 98% certain are from me. Hey, you can't have two perfect children like these and automatically assume that they're mine! We've been married 10 years now with David (6), Dylan (2 1/2), Teddy (dog), and Bob (mean ol' SOB of a cat who simply needs to 'go to the light'). Marcie obtained two Master's degrees that we are proud to say will probably have the school loans inherited by our grandchildren. She teaches, and is really happy with working with 7th and 8th graders. Like I said, she's sadistic. Does anyone remember retiring two 8th grade teachers out of Hale Middle School in Stow?? We had a magazine fund drive for children in Africa, and our class had the brilliant idea to break into the storage closet housing all of the incentive prizes - including rock t-shirts from Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Bruce Springstein, Peter Frampton, and Rush. What a bunch of idiots we were...LOL.


So now we live in Philadelphia, PA and we love it. We're 15 minutes out of the city, 1hr away from the beach, and 2hr away from NYC. I took my love for the stage and became a licensed fundraising auctioneer. For 10 years I assisted non-profit organizations generate over $2 million in revenue, and was able to create my own company that worked alongside of Boys and Girls Club, Ronald McDonald House, Childrens Hospital of PA, and every church basement you could imagine. I have since taken my ownership experiences and rolled them into a Sales Development Manager of Staples (the arch nemesis of Dunder Mifflin). I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I do, but then receiving a guaranteed weekly pay check can become rather addictive!

Aside from work, I do a lot of hiking with the family and the dog (Marcie won't let me bring the cat...), golf, pool, poker (made the money at Borgata Summer Open in AC), softball, and watching the Red Sox.
Did you think I was kidding about this cat?? FREE TO A GOOD HOME or a pleasant midget hooker...

See you all in 6 weeks!

Peace,

Jeff

Russ Bacon

Hey everybody! The abridged version of my life goes like this:

I was married shortly after high school and had two beautiful daughters. They are now 19 and 18 years old. While we had lived apart from 1991 to 2000, we always remained close until finally they came to live with me in 2000. Raising teen daughters has been my greatest challenge in life for sure, but even though we live apart again, I talk with them every day. I’m a very fortunate dad.

I lived in Leominster from 1987 to 1991 and was in the hospitality business as a night manager of the Sheraton in Leominster for 4 years. I went on to become the front office manager at the Embassy Suites hotel in Marlborough for 4 years. I moved to Clinton in 1992 and lived there until 2006. In 1995 I went to work for Future Electronics in 1995 leaving the hotel biz behind and found the semiconductor business to be very appealing and rewarding.

My dad passed away in 1998 in a car crash. It was rough but I had a lot of support from my friends which made it easier. I will always miss him though.

I bought a real fixer upper of a house in Clinton in 2000 and spent the next year doing a frame up restoration on it including a 4 month sabbatical from work.

In 2006 I left Clinton and Massachusetts and moved to Nevada’s Carson Valley which is about 10 miles from Lake Tahoe. I now work for a company called Sierra Components. http://www.sierracomp.com/Being a small company, I wear many hats but my main job is international sales and marketing of bare silicon die along with being the process engineer for our wafer lab.

For fun I like to ride my dirt bike, go shooting, hike, camp, ski and explore the over 600 mining camp and ghost towns in Nevada and California.

That's me on the left last April on a "man weekend" camping at Smith Valley
My bike on my home made hitch carrier
Skiing on Top of Heavenly Valley with Lake Tahoe in the background.

I really look forward to reconnecting with you guys. I most likely won’t be at the reunion because of the tremendous amount of work to be done at my company. I’m also coming back in September and December already.

I hope everyone is doing well.
Russ

Mark Dilling

Tom Burke, JJ, Me and Brother Ken

The Summer after graduation I went back to work with JJ and Ken for JJ's Dad working trash. JJ and I turned 18 in August and moved to Worcester as soon as the ink on the lease dried. I went to Quinsigamond Community College and JJ went to Worcester State. We partied like we were supposed to and had a blast - after we got robbed JJ went back home and I went to Hudson. I graduated with an Associates of Science. JJ lost his licence and had to drop out.

When Ken turned 18 we moved in together in Fitchburg. After that lease expired, the 4 hooligans in the picture moved in to a house in Leominster. Those are some times I'll never forget and I'm sure there are moments I will never be able to remember. My brother graduated from Fitchburg State and Tom went back to school at Franklin Pierce so JJ and I moved to Lancaster for a couple years.

When JJ's parents moved to FL he went to live in his parents house in Bolton. I lived in Oakham, MA for a while and then to Stow where I lived on the Lord's Orchard www.carverhill.com - shameless plug for some of the best people on this planet.

I then went to work for a company in CT and moved to the Nutmeg State in ....98?

I presently work for zygo corporation in Middlefield, CT as the Senior Field Service Engineer. Basically I travel around the country (eastern US) and the world (Brazil, Mexico, Taiwan, Costa Rica, Canada, France, Japan and South Korea) to install, repair and train customers how to use microscopes and interferometers. These are instruments that use the interference of light waves to measure super-flat surfaces; optics mostly.

I met my wife getting breakfast with Tom and Ken the morning after Halloween in 1998. She hired me as a bartender for the club she was managing and I've never been the same. We got married on August 16th 2002 and it was the best wedding I've ever been to. Then we had an awesome all day outdoor reception. One of my best all-time memories is dancing to Blind Melon with my wife, Tom, Ken and his wife and JJ in our yard. My wife Kellie is my best friend and is the smartest person I've ever met. Unfortunately it doesn't always bode well for me and my argumentative nature..... oh well humility is a good lesson to learn too.

My step daughter Danielle has the most beautiful soul and has taught me as much if not more than I have taught her. She has a great sense of humor and loves to read. I am truly blessed to be a part of her life.
We live in Marlborough, CT with our two great rescue dogs Freak and Atticus.

For fun I still race motocross, my wife and I ride Harleys and all three of us play soccer. We have a camp in NH that we love to hang out at, hike and play with the dogs.

Kellie and I just got back from our Summer vacation in Sturgis, SD.

This picture was taken at a bar in Deadwood - yes the same place the HBO series is based on.

Yup, we rode the bikes there and back and put on about 4300 miles in a couple weeks - it was an amazing adventure for sure!