We got stuck in the 80's! In the 1982 I saw The Stray Cats at the Catalyst! And, they did indeed rock the town...of Santa Cruz, that is!

I am going for the 90's

Blues Traveler-"Run Around"-1995

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pCDs_0zbNo

Just starting to teach ESL to predominately Japanese women. Loved the job.

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1973

I was one year out of high school ~ attending USC football and basketball games when I went to see my girl.....

got a a new girl in '95...gave her (there is a story to it ;)) this song that was from 1992

I Cross My Heart ~ George Strait
http://www.last.fm/music/George+Stra...Cross+My+Heart

On the Fourth of July in 1992 I had sugery for breast cancer. But, here I am! My family calls the fourth my second birthday!


"Someday"-Sugar Ray-1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPcX-5Tmqt8

Seeing as how I am in the I.T. world, I spent most of 1999 preparing for the big non event of the decade - Y2K.

Let's Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas, 2004

I just finished high school and getting ready for college.

Thriller- Michael Jackson-1983

Oh-hhhh, that was a serious year. Broke up with my boyfriend of 7 years, briefly...long enough for him to decide he wanted to get married after all. We've been together ever since! We married in March of 1984! I hiked the Grand Canyon that year. I have been there, but have not hiked it since.

Journey-"When You Love a Woman"-1996

Quix, congrats on those 4th of July birthdays.

1996 - Still teaching and wondering why I was staying in this marriage. Still wondering that.

Telstar - The Tornados.

1962-I was living in Petaluma...just a little kid hating the smell of "the chicken capital of the world". Wishing that we had a covered bus stop on rainy days, but loving the community pool during the hot summers. I had a very short stint as a Bluebird, but then we moved to Ukiah. My aunt was a car hop at an A&W, on roller skates.

Puff the Magic Dragon-Peter, Paul and Mary-1963

In J.H. We were studying Lincoln in history class and Mrs. Hiles came in and announced that our president had been shot. We thought she meant Lincoln and laughed until we saw her crying and realized it was JFK.

Staying Alive - BeeGees

1977 - I got married and started my first of many on and off stints at college. Kept the husband, never did finish that degree :o

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel - 1983

My daughter was born....best day of my life!


Jerry Lee Lewis ~ Great Balls of Fire....1957

I was three years old! One of the earliest memories I have was when I was three. I picked my mom a bouquet of strawberry flowers! We were living in "the valley", the Sumner Valley that is, in Washington, near Tacoma. The soil is peat. My grandfather threw down a cigarette and caught the ground on fire. It burned for weeks and my dad kept trying to dig it up and put it out.

Get up Stand up-Bob Marley-1973

1973 - The year I married Linc. One of the happiest years of my life.

Aquarius - Fifth Dimension - 1969

1969 newly divorced and getting back into the dating game

Mandy - Barry Manilow 1971