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Subject: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Robin [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:14:00 12/31/02 Tue What do you regret not having done so far? What is the best place you have been to? What three words would you want on your tombstone? Which is more important: art or literature? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: John Gaudot [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:09:26 12/31/02 Tue 1. I regret not having become a millionaire. 2. The neatest place I've been is home. 3. Three words on a tombstone huh? Dos it have to be three? 4. Yes. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Robin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:47:57 12/31/02 Tue Well, John, it has to be at least three words, preferably adjectives. And "Rest in peace" has been done! I take it your answer means you're not a millionaire? Rats! You could have funded the kegs portion of the reunion! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Charlynn Helms [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:08:01 12/31/02 Tue 1. Live in europe (kinda ties into John's whole becoming a millionaire concept). 2. Edinburgh, Scotland - wow! A close second would be Auckland, New Zealand - blue lagoon white sand beaches on the east coast and only 40 miles away the west coast with black sand and 3 meter waves for surfing. 3. Light, Love, Laughter - a life well lived 4. Art because it is the universal language, evoking emotions, telling stories, sparking ideas....and all by inviting you the viewer into the process of understanding and interpreting its meaning to you. Charlynn - P.S. John - you still cruising around Lawry's Crossing in your bike shorts? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Robin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:40:57 01/01/03 Wed I like your best places selection, Charlynn! Edinburgh is indeed a great city with tons to see and do. And my first choice would be the Whakarewarewa geothermal park near Rotorua, New Zealand. It doesn't smell too good, but it is the most fantastically beautiful place. I hope to go back someday. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Charlynn Helms [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:40:33 01/03/03 Fri Whakarewarewa - absolutely beautiful - you are right - and you get accustomed to the smell. I won an AFS scholarship and got to graduate early from Clark and move to New Zealand for a year. They call it Aeoteoroa - land of the long white cloud - and Godzone for a reason! But I don't miss the sheep. When were you there? Want to go back? Charlynn [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Robin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:09:08 01/03/03 Fri I went to New Zealand--Auckland, Rotorua, the Waitomo Caves, Christchurch (with a day trip to Kaikura for whale-watching and a train trip to Falmouth)--and Sydney in '93. Lucky you to have lived in New Zealand! The people there are so nice, and the landscape is stunning. I loved the contrast between the English-looking paddocks and the untouched jungley-looking areas. I watched The Fellowship of the Rings again the other night--hard to tell what's real and what's digitally enhanced. I'd love to go back and spend several days taking photos around Whakarewarewa. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Jacqui Gaudot [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:28:57 01/02/03 Thu 1. Well, I guess if my brother and my friend are not millionaires - I'm not up their either. Let's see - regrets - not having my son sooner. Gee it's rough having a toddler at this age!!! Teenagers and the terrible twos do not work well together. :) 2. Best place - so far - the Bahamas with Vanilla Rum 3. Tombstone? - 2319!!!......2319!!!! (you'll have to watch Monsters, Inc.) :) 4. Art - words just can't do what colors, images, pictures, etc. can do. What do you regret not having done so far? What is the best place you have been to? What three words would you want on your tombstone? Which is more important: art or literature? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: J. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 01:46:41 01/08/03 Wed "What do you regret not having done so far?" None as regret only happens when it is impossible to do something. "What is the best place you have been to?" Munich, Germany and New Orleans and Duluth,MN three very understated and superb places to live, places that I hope stay that way. "What three words would you want on your Tombstone?" "Pepperoni, sausage and cheese". or "Just my luck." "Which is more important: art or literature?" Literature by far as the mind and imagination are in unison as most art has become pretentious and too commercial. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Diego Pena [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:39:28 01/09/03 Thu John! You still don't regret when we elevated your VW onto the curb during summer band in the late summer of 1974? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Diego Pena [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:41:14 01/09/03 Thu John! You still don't regret when we elevated your VW onto the curb during summer band in the late summer of 1974? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Diego Pena [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:53:59 01/03/03 Fri What do you regret not having done so far? * I regret not having read all the books I haven't had time to read; I also regret not having written the books I want to write. What's the best place you've ever been to? * Any place with my family or friends. What three words on your tombstone? * He Loved God, Family, and Friends. What is more important art or literature? * Literature hands down. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Robin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:16:03 01/05/03 Sun Well, you frustrated writers, since we HAVE to choose for the purposes of this survey question, I go with Diego. Although I love art (at least up to the 20th century, with the sole exception of Dali), I think literature can encompass more of the intellect and spirit, as well as the emotions. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Kate (Field) Trent [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:16:40 01/08/03 Wed I have to admit that art walks hand-in-hand with literature and history. I could not describe any sections of literature to my students without also incorporating the history and art of the period (if not for any reason but to help all those folks that are visual learners). [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: The long (1) and short (3) of it, answer-wise Author: Debbie Teal [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:49:20 01/03/03 Fri 1. REGRETS? That I haven't made time to do a degree in history or art history -- just because I want to. Plus I regret not writing the book(s) that friends and family have been encouraging me to do for years. 2. BEST PLACE(S)? In no particular order: * Bermuda -- for its pink sand beaches, crystal-clear turquoise water, and technicolour fish. Before moving there, my experience was Padre Island, Canyon Lake, stock tanks, and creeks. I had no idea that beach water and fish came in colours other than brown and grey...(!) * Lake District, Cumbria, England -- for hiking on the fells and being outdoors amidst beautiful, quiet, rural surroundings, then "going down the pub" for a pint afterwards. I'd love to have a little cottage there someday. * Island of Capri, Italy -- for the beauty, history, and relaxation I find there, plus the Old World graciousness and hospitality of the locals. I hate to fly, but it's always worth the trip to get there. * Monte Carlo, Monaco -- for the experience, if nothing else, of spending a few days in a beautiful setting where outrageous overindulgence and conspicuous consumption amongst The Jet Set and The Beautiful People reaches epic proportions -- and then finding myself thankful that I don't live there and/or that way. 3. TOMBSTONE? "Not dead yet." 4. ART v. LIT.? Both are equally important to me -- each can enlighten, educate, evoke emotions, appeal to the aesthetic sense, tell a story or relate a history, and so on, so I'd hate to have to choose. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Kim Kuentz Melchert [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:58:48 01/04/03 Sat Regrets: Not meeting my husband, Steve, sooner. Living 1500 miles away from my family in Texas. Places Visited: New Zealand (1997). L-O-N-G flight w/a 4 month old. Art -vs- Lit: Neither. Music. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Sue Berg Kuentz [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:46:09 01/05/03 Sun What do I regret: I've met so many great folks all my trail of life but I regret terribly not keeping up with my true friends that molded me into a person that loves life, constantly asks questions, and devours the arts! I so look forward to hugs and conversations with my friends from the band--you are my true friends! Best Places - Estes Park, Colorado (my parents have a small cabin in Paradise there) I love where I live in Bulverde--so much to Explore! Tombstone: ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! AND MAKE IT HAPPEN! What is more important? Art or Literature? They are equal--all part of what I devour in life!!! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Randy Duncan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:25:19 01/07/03 Tue Regrets: having to move with my family right before my Sr. Yr,to Baton Rouge, LA, when all yall really bumped the band up another level and made it what I ALWAYS WANTED it to be, a Show Band! Best Place to be: gotta be the Rudimental Randy here, and say the best place is sitting behind some drums creating the rhythm of life, hopefully with others jamming along. That is my real Moment. I feel most useful and creative. Best Place I've Been: unfortunately I cannot respond like all the rich chicks about New Zealand, Europe, etc, but one of my all time favorite things to do is getting up before everyone else and watching the sun arise on the beach; being alone that time of morning makes you realize God's Glorious Power and Artistry. OH yeah, and that time right before the Band Banquet in Eudell's Gremlin. Tombstone: I really dont want to have my own say on this, I want my family to decide what goes on it. But, for the sake of bein me, the class clown, I will go with these: Family-Oriented, Rudimental, Callipygious. heh heh [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Debbie T [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:51:30 01/07/03 Tue I agree about being alone on the beach, or anywhere in the Great Outdoors. That's probably my favourite part of the places I chose. Except MC, because although it's very beautiful and an eye-opening experience, visiting there really hammered home that no matter how everyone jokes about becoming a millionaire, it's not the way I myself would want to live. I've always valued much different things, and it actually was really, really nice to have that confirmed (and in a non-traumatic way!). Only recently have I been able to travel anywhere other than infrequent trips to Texas, as I spent years working on a tiny, crowded island (only 21 sq. miles) and living in tiny, cramped accommodations, hoping someday to afford those periodic luxuries. No rich chicks here! Thus I spent many hours on the beach (the only place to "get away" there) enjoying the solitude and marveling at the beautiful scenery and sounds, glad that I can appreciate the "little" things like that. My apologies if I gave the wrong impression! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Randy Duncan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:27:13 01/08/03 Wed Deb, What island, and what did you do there? Sounds kewl. I was just messin with yall about your world travels.... how NICE it would be to be able to experience all that!!! Regards, RD [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Debbie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:28:52 01/08/03 Wed I lived in Bermuda, and it being a former British colony, you introducing yourself to the babes as "Hi, I'm Randy...." would have gotten some rather interesting results. Ask Robin for an explanation if necessary. I was a medical transcriptionist at the psych hospital transcribing medical and psychiatric reports. Mostly the hospital recruited from the UK, but they also hired doctors from other far-flung former UK colonies, meaning many times I had to, uh, "translate and rewrite" dictated reports to make those doctors sound as if they actually had a reasonable grasp of the English language. Not an easy feat sometimes. But it was an interesting job, kind of an Island version of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Rich--HAH! I wish. Author: Robin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:03:38 01/07/03 Tue Like Debbie, I too lived on a lovely tropical island, Oahu, for 7 years. I bought my furniture from Salvation Army (and for 2 years, my table was a cardboard box!). I bought clothes from secondhand stores and paid $850/month for a 1-bedroom apartment. Then, 5 years ago, I moved to a bigger island, England, and got REALLY poor! My trip to New Zealand was a complete fluke: Qantas was offering half-price airfares for the shoulder season and I racked up more credit-card debt. I went on my own, stayed with a friend's mom in Auckland, and then stayed at B&Bs the rest of the time. Next time, I'll go exactly the same way--no point in staying at hotels; you can't make any friends that way! But even if I haven't been able to afford a new car since 1986, at least I've lived where I've wanted to and had a chance to travel and meet lots of great people. When I move back to the States, hopefully to S.A., I'll have many wonderful memories. So maybe I am a rich chick after all! (I'm happy to be called a "chick" these days, anyway!) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Dueling paupers.... Author: Debbie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:06:07 01/07/03 Tue Stop, you're making me jealous Robin! Oh what I would have given for an $850/month 1-br apt with a cardboard box for a table! For years I worked at the psych hospital in Bda and lived in a tiny room in hospital staff quarters (think YWCA!) named the "Queen Elizabeth II Nurses Residence," but which I suspect was actually built in the reign of Elizabeth I, with few upgrades since. I lived on a floor with 15 others, all on different shifts, sharing a tiny communal kitchen, shower room, and bathroom. My room aboard the anything-but-posh QEII was the SIZE of a cardboard box, had no heat/ac, or soundproofing/wall insulation for that matter. And I didn't even have room for a table, much less own one! For that they deducted about $500/month from my paycheque. With the mix of people living (I was the only American), there were a lot of "cultural differences" and personalities to deal with. Most were fine, but I never did get used to the Caribbean nurses who liked to get an early start in the kitchen (5 am) by boiling up a nice fish-head stew. Mmmmmm mmmmm good! Now THAT was a smell to greet you at 6 am as you stumbled down to the shower room. Even worse was walking into the kitchen for coffee and having to look at said fish-heads bubbling away in their uncovered pot, looking up at you.... Then I was lucky enough to find a TINY studio apt. for $750 (no furniture, heat/ac or ocean view) but with an ancient stove and fridge, both so rusty I suspected that's why the Hospitals Board required staff to have current tetanus shots. I slept on the floor (still more comfy than the twin bed the QEII provided, seriously!) for a few weeks till I could buy a second-hand bed. And the guy in the apt. next door was part of a "gombey" troupe, Afro-Caribbean dancers who dance wildly to very loud, thumping drumbeats and whistles. He must have been quite good because he practiced a LOT... Yeah, Robin, talk about the Good Life we rich chicks have lived! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Rich--HAH! I wish. Author: randy duncan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:29:22 01/08/03 Wed Drummers alllllllways dug the flute chicks. RD [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Rich--HAH! I wish. Author: Debbie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 07:54:22 01/08/03 Wed For a change of pace to the original High Falutin' Survey Questions (sorry RR!) and to find out how everyone really is these days, maybe people might like to suggest their own questions and/or topics? Like "the worst job I had to take to get where I am today." You know we've all "been there" by now. Or maybe share some of their more amusing "the time I was unfairly incarcerated" tales. (Drums, Saxophones -- this is your chance to shine!) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: drummers Author: Robin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:43:14 01/08/03 Wed Likewise, I'm sure! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: drummers/flutes Author: DT [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:32:44 01/08/03 Wed Oops! I screwed up and clicked on the wrong reply line -- didn't mean to get in between flirting messages! (Don't have any kids or grandkids to show me how to work these newfangled gadgety thangs.) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Gary Kuentz [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:36:55 01/09/03 Thu As far as regrets go...its part of lifes ups and downs. If we didnt have regrets, we wouldnt appreciated all of the blessings we have. The best place...Ireland and Colorado. Ireland, the people are so nice and the place is sooo green. The beer is cold. and the golf is great.If you think you play well here in the states wait till you play on a real links course. The history in Ireland goes so far back, it makes the good ole USA seem like an infant. Colorado is just God's country! But Texas is Home! Tombstone...I dont care what they put on it just spell my name right. Art or literature...I have seen some art that made me laugh and cry. I have read books that had me shaking when I finished. So its up to each of us to determine which is more important. As far as I'm concered, you cant have one without the other [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Not-So Mind Bending Survey Questions Author: Laurie Hoyt Ackels [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 01:35:50 01/19/03 Sun The mind bending survey questions were interesting, but I thought it would be fun to find out more basic info: 1. Did you pick up your instrument after high school graduation? 2. Do you still play? Where and when? 3. Do you still own your instrument? If not, where is it? 4. If you have kids, how old are they? 5. Are you a grandparent? 6. Do any of your kids or grandkids play in the band? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Not-So Mind Bending Survey Questions Author: Laurie Hoyt Ackels [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 01:40:23 01/19/03 Sun Answers: 1. Did you pick up your instrument after high school graduation? Yes, I played for 2 years at UTSA 2. Do you still play? Where and when? No. 3. Do you still own your instrument? If not, where is it? No. I sold it on Ebay last year! 4. If you have kids, how old are they? I married a fellow BQ, Gary Ackels, and we have two little boys - 6 and 4. 5. Are you a grandparent? No 6. Do any of your kids or grandkids play in the band? No, but they play gamecube. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Not-So Mind Bending Survey Questions Author: Lora Dean King [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 01:45:05 01/19/03 Sun 1. Did you pick up your instrument after high school graduation? Yes, to take it from my mother's attic to my home. 2. Do you still play? Where and when? No 3. Do you still own your instrument? If not, where is it? Yes, it's in my closet, exactly where I put when I took it from my mom's house. 4. If you have kids, how old are they? I have a 6 year old daughter. 5. Are you a grandparent? No. 6. Do any of your kids or grandkids play in the band? No, but she plays gamecube with Laurie's boys. 4. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Not-So Mind Bending Survey Questions Author: Robin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:53:28 01/19/03 Sun 1. Yes, I played in a rock band a couple years after high school. We wrote our own music, but our biggest hit was "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You." I had tons of fun and lots of great memories (don't get me started), but didn't make any money. The closest we got to the big time was opening for Asleep at the Wheel! 2. No; and I wouldn't play the flute anyway--I want to improve my drumming and learn to play sax 3. I gave my flute to my niece* in Hawaii when she was starting junior high and wanted to know if she should join the band. Hardly any of the students had their own instruments; they had to rent or share them. A couple of years later, the flute was stolen from the band hall, so I don't know where it is any more. :( *Hawaii has extended family relationships; I was an Auntie to a lot of kids, but Jen was actually related to me by in-laws 4-6. No kids/grand-kids, but my brother Jay's four children all played in band [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Not-So Mind Bending Survey Questions Author: Diego Pena [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:06:55 01/20/03 Mon 1. I played in college. I played in the marching band, and I played bass clarinet in the college concert band. I was VP of the band my junior year. I traveled all over the United States, and marched in Tokyo with the band. 2. I picked up my clarinet for the first time in 20 years to travel to a college band reunion this past October in Indiana. 3. I still own my clarinet. The pawn shop pays me to continue owning it... 4. I have three kids; they're still not old enough. 5. See number 4; I am not a grandparent. 6. Unfortunately, none of my children play in the band. Two are not old enough, and the one who is old enough would rather be a basketball player. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Not-So Mind Bending Survey Questions Author: Debbie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:29:52 01/20/03 Mon 1. Did you pick up your instrument after high school graduation? I was in the band at UTSA for a couple of years. Otherwise the last time I picked up my flute was last year when I too had to collect it from my parents' house, after moving back from overseas. 2. Do you still play? Where and when? I would, just for fun (as long as no one else was around), like I used to, but don't now because it needs a complete overhaul, new pads, the whole works, after spending the last 12 years in my parents' storage shed. 3. Do you still own your instrument? If not, where is it? I still have my original flute plus another one given to me by a friend after university because he didn't want his anymore. That one also needs a complete overhaul, same things, same reason. 4. If you have kids, how old are they? We have nine, all under three years of age = 3 dogs (Daisy, Wally, Fiona) and 6 cats (Bubba, Nigel, Winston, Minnie, Zoe, Clemmie). 5. Are you a grandparent? No, thankfully they've all been fixed. Nine is enough! 6. Do any of your kids or grandkids play in the band? No, but one of the cats, Zoe, has extra toes, so she'd be the one to take it up -- if I ever get around to getting those flutes overhauled. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Not-So Mind Bending Survey Questions Author: Sue Berg Kuentz [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 02:28:15 01/21/03 Tue 1. I still play my flute with my classroom and when I'm alone in the house so I can practice. My son Philip will play his guitar with me (duets are fun!)I'm a professional storyteller and enjoy using my flute, recorder, or Lakota Indian flute within my stories. 2. We have two boys, Phil (16) and Chase (11). Phil is a very talented french horn player in his high school's band and Chase plays the piano and dulcimer--fun! The Kuentz family has Christmas play-a-longs where we all have the opportunity to dust off our instruments and play Carols while others sing.--fun! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Not-So Mind Bending Survey Questions Author: Les LeBleu [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 03:09:29 01/21/03 Tue 1. Did you pick up your instrument after high school graduation? Yes, when I had it overhauled for our son to learn to play his 6th grade year. 2. Do you still play? Where and when? I play with David on occasion, even once played with his sax choir when the bari player was ill. I quickly found out how much I forgot, but it was fun just the same. They were very patient. I could keep up with him for a while but he has since left me down in the 'dungeon' shall we say. 3. Do you still own your instrument? If not, where is it? From the second question, it's David's now. He has added a tenor and soprano to the collection. 4. If you have kids, how old are they? My wife claims two boys, an 18 year old and a 45 year old. 5. Are you a grandparent? Are you crazy? 6. Do any of your kids or grandkids play in the band? Robin was kind enough to place David's picture on the 'Photos' index page. He has an interest in auditioning for the Baylor Golden Wave Band this summer. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Not-So Mind Bending Survey Questions Author: Susan Taylor Jolly [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:39:51 01/28/03 Tue 1. Did you pick up your instrument after high school graduation? Yes; I played in the UT Longhorn Concert Band, then our church orchestra, and for a time, between 2nd and 3rd children, in the Austin Symphonic Band - got to travel with them to New Orleans for a concert. Fun trip! 2. Do you still play? Where and when? Not much now, just for fun, usually for my kids or occasionally at church. 3. Do you still own your instrument? If not, where is it? Yes, it sits next to my night stand so I can keep tabs on it. My kids like to get it out and honk it up, but they haven't quite figured out how to put the two big sections together without ripping the keys off... 4. If you have kids, how old are they? I have three: Micah, 17; Jordan, 13; Hannah, 7 5. Are you a grandparent? No, and I remind my oldest son when he goes out with his girlfriend that I am too young to be a grandma and will be too young for a looooong time! 6. Do any of your kids or grandkids play in the band? Well, not a school band. Micah plays guitar/sings in a church youth band, and a band he's put together with friends. They play gigs at small restaurants or coffee houses. Stays up half of most nights playing, writing music, and learning keyboard. Actually, a pretty talented kid. Jordan is learning guitar, and Hannah piano. There is always an instrument playing at our house. It's quite nice. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Vicki (Arballo) King [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:38:59 01/27/03 Mon 1. Did I pick up my instrument after school??? When I moved, it was packed.. I think it went the way of Ebay or Garage Sale. 2. Do I still play? When my daughter started band this year, I actually helped her play some notes, showed her how to do some things.. She (by the way) is playing on my sisters' clarinet!!! at least she kept hers! hahahaha Do you know that those things cost anywhere from $750 - 1400!!!!! Yikes 3. Yes, we have 2 kids ages Caitlin almost 12 yrs (2/8/91) and Christopher 9 yrs. (8/2/93) 4. Grandparent??? YIKES!! I just had my b-day...I'm adjusting to being 40..... 5. Just my daughter right now, Perhaps her brother will join her in some type of instrument. This is a great site!!! I found it by whoever it was that found my (opps) our class of 1981 website and signed our guestbook!!! This has been so much fun for me this morning... I've been reading all the threads... Thanks again Vicki [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again Author: Susan Taylor Jolly [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:12:31 01/28/03 Tue 1. Regrets/Something I wish I'd done: Not much, maybe wish I had learned to play guitar, and spent more time on the piano. Don't know where the time would have come from though. Life has been pretty full. 2.Best Places I've been: definitely all the road trips with my extended family to our favorite small ski resorts in the Colorado or New Mexico mountains. We've spent many white Christmases, thirteen of us sharing a cabin, trying to keep up with our children, on skates, sleds, skis and snowmobiles. Our last trip I managed to roll a snowmobile three times in one tour. The tour guide was still speaking to me, but my daughter refused to ride with me anymore! 3.Tombstone? My family would say: She Laughed Alot 4.Art or Literature? Hmmm, well, art is what feeds, houses and clothes my family, as commercial and pretentious as it is :-), but I would wither up and die if I didn't have something wonderful to read. Can't do without either one. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Regrets? Author: Randy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:01:25 01/30/03 Thu Regrets? Not knowing I could have given Robin drum lessons in the dungeon. Regrets? Cheryl Johnson posting that picture of me in my Leisure Suit. (turnabouts fairplay girl, I have a few pics still in waiting....) I used to teach snare drum lessons to neighborhood kids for $2 a half hour... thought I was really rakin it in! I DO wish I would have stuck to my guns and gotten my music degree... Teach One Thing, Learn One Thing Daily, and You Are A Success. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]