Just a girl writing in the blogging ring
This edition didn't exist in 1989
There are so many friends I want to blog about! I’m doing this randomly through the pages of 1986-1989 Dover Highschool yearbooks!
First on the list is Lori Bailey. Her married name is Lori Mitzel.
Those big hair days
Lori (or as I called her, Lolla) wrote this:
Easy to scan then retype 🙂
Lori also wrote and drew in my journals from Creative Writing class with Mrs. Ney. Here is some of Lori’s adorable sketches:
Lori doodles in my journalDoodles more...
Dear Lori,
We had some awesome times in highschool. We laughed more than we cried and shared secrets daily. Typing class was fun with you there! Those typewriters were such dinosaurs! I’ll never forget our canoeing trip with Mike King. I wish I could find the picture of you canoeing, but it’s still packed up somewhere. I bet if I look there is a picture of you attending my wedding to Gary Bonawitz. It would be awesome to get together with our journals and stories!
Laptop only.. no typewriter,
Pattie
Second on the list is Tracy Harlacker. She doesn’t seem to have a Facebook page, or is hiding. Haha!
Shout it girl!
Tracy writes in my 1988 yearbook:
Pattie,
Hey, only one more crazy year! Yea! How did we make it this far? Lunch was great, you never failed to make it interesting, gross, thrilling, fun, etc. and sometimes all at once! I’m so glad we had some good long talks. We’ve got to have more of them. You’ve helped me through some depressing times; Thanks! You know you can talk to me whenever and believe it or not I’ll understand!!!
Keep your bright smile and humor and they’ll take you places. Remember the musicals and the cast parties (or should I remember them?!?) Anyway, Best Wishes for a bright successful future and a fun Senior year. May God hold you in the palm of His Hand!
Love,
Tracy 🙂
Ever so helpful during the musicals
Tracy,
We DID have some great times in highschool!! The musicals were the bomb! The after play parties where so harmless (well, for the most part) and you were so uptight! You always had one eye on me to make sure I wasn’t too flirty with someone. LOL Not terribly long ago I talked to your mom. I think I have your e-mail and if not, I can get it. I know your Momma! Makes it easy! Your family was so much more civilized than mine. Hanging out at your house made life simple. We talked about what we wanted to do with our lives. I don’t recall what my heart was set on, but you wanted to be a truck driver. You know what I thought?
This chick is nuts…..a truck driver? Ok, maybe I didn’t think you were nuts, but I DID think you could be doing something other than driving a truck for a living. You were smart and funny, pretty and outgoing. You believed in God and followed the Ten Commandments much better than I. 🙂 I am thinking you probably are not driving trucks these days. What are you doing Tracy?!
Still picking my frizz,
Pattie
Wrapping up this blog is Laura Hitt. http://www.facebook.com/Laura.E.Hitt She writes many memories in my yearbook:
She took a whole page!
Birthday sleep over
Dear Laura,
We have so many memories! Just glancing through my journals I came across quotes by you or about you. All of them are pretty funny!
“I dreamed Mr. Wynegar’s girlfriend tried to kill me.” ~Laura
Geez Laura….you think that might be due to all our lusting back in the day? ~Pattie
“I told Neal how you told Laura off yesterday and he said I wanna meet this girl.” ~Jodie Fisher
Guess I was mad at you that day…~Pattie
“So why is everyone being a bitch to me today?” ~Laura “I don’t know, Laura” ~Pattie
And I still don’t…or don’t remember.
Remember my birthday and running down to my Aunt Jane and Uncle Ken’s house in the middle of the night? Ken came out and yelled I think, and we laughed. I have pictures of us hanging out in the basement with Megan McIlvaine. I see you’re living in NC, guess you won’t be stopping by my new place!
Hitt me with your best shot,
Pattie
This concludes my ongoing obsession with writing about highschool. Coming up:
Jodie Fisher Megan McIlvaine and Phil Grim
She is SOOO looking forward to my blog
Love the 80's outfits Kym and Meg
The pussies like him
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~P.
It is cool that at pretty much any second I can decide to blog to my readers. I just stop whatever I’m doing and say….”Hey what’s up?” For instance, I was checking out my bank account and watching the money disappear. You know the feeling???
I did have an important check clear my account.
Looks like I was telling the truth to my future ex-hubby. The check would be good….not bounce off the walls. I really don’t know if John sent the check into domestics. I did get a deposit of $170.35 through PASCDU, but that couldn’t be my check already. My rent is due and once I pay that and the trash/sewer bill, I’ll have about $86. I really hope he did send that moving day check to domestics….since he wouldn’t tear it up.
Well, my sister Suz just showed up with Blaine. My sister is the greatest! She’s sitting here talking to our mom about how much liquid mom has to drink for some test. My poor mom has been through hell with her health. 😦 Suz is hanging up and mom is going back to her drinking….
Back to the real world,
~P.
Reading Dover Highschool’s yearbook and remembering my awesome friends that stood by me, even if I was weird….
Finally, I have a little time to write about highschool days and the people who signed my yearbook in 1986 or . This summer math course I’m taking at York College covers 15 weeks of material in 5 weeks. My sister Suz says I’m crazy for taking summer courses, but I have a 98% so far!
So my first victim from school is Dawn Fidler who is married to Scott Wolf. Dawn had this to say in my yearbook:
Pattie,
To a really nice gal I met in 6th grade. Never forget the great times we had, epecially at the shore. Keep a smile on your face and your head high. Keep reaching for the stars! I hope you get Greg soon! Good luck in the future with and with that special someone!
K.I.T.
Love,
Dawn (Fool) ’89
My Bestest Friend!!
Dear Dawn,
How’s that booboo you got sledding in my grandparents driveway many years ago? No scar I hope!
How could I ever forget all the fun times we had from 6th grade until the present? Even after we graduated, we remained close and we are just as close today. Isn’t that amazing? Now about that fool you are married to…lol
We were in band together and I’m so thankful we were friends. There were many people in band I didn’t like and tried to avoid, such as Kelly Myers, Julie Rohrbaugh and Sue Eisenhour. They were just bitches to me back then. Now my brother Joe is married to Kelly’s sister, Kathy. Kelly doesn’t remember picking on me, not that I’m surprised. Now I get to pick on her at family get togethers.
Your parents were awesome back in the 80’s. They treated me like their own daughter, just like my parents did with you. All those vacations we took together, sleep-overs, parties, etc. I am blessed to have you as a friend then, and now. Of course now, when I visit you I have to put up with your goofy husband!
Back to the yearbook, I guess I really had a thing for Greg, even if he was yanking my tanktop down. I haven’t had much “good luck” with that special someone. Maybe I should have held out for Greg….
Love you Dawn and Scott!
~P.
The Hokester
Pat,
To a very nice girl I met this year. Good luck in all your future ventures.
Mark Hoke
Dear Mark,
Thank you for the good luck wishes! Though we only met in 1986, we have become life long friends. I can’t say I have lots of highschool memories because you were graduating while I was just starting. The memories I have now are much better than any from school anyway. That wacky wife of yours, Kristin Hoke http://www.facebook.com/kristin.hoke I just adore her. When she hugs me I get lost in her ta-ta’s, you know what I’m talking about! Sorry about crashing your live poker chat the other night. Kristin and I didn’t mean to distract you serious poker players, but it was so damn easy!
You and Kristin are awesome friends and I adore your daughter Amanda, also known as Amanta, according to my daughter, Tesla.
Love and whipped with chocolate,
Pattie
Third on the list of friends from highschool is Floyd Scott Zirkle.
Where were the keys?
Scott wrote:
PATTIE,
To a really nice girl that I got to know this year. Good luck in the future.
Love,
Scott
Dear Scott,
That was such a simple note in my yearbook. I don’t know which happened first, you signed my yearbook or the day you took me back to your parents after wrestling practice and handcuffed me to a chair. Either way, life was interesting! You still have those handcuffs?
On a serious note, I’m glad we are still friends. You are a sweet guy with a good heart and handsome face. Come visit me and bring your girlfriend, who I hear reads my blog everyday!
No longer cuffed,
Pattie
Wrapping this blog up is Deanna Maruski.
Dee 1989
Deanna http://www.facebook.com/Deanna.Maruski wrote:
Patty
To a great girl I met a while back. Remember chorus and anything else we did together.
Stay Gold,
Deanna
Dear Deanna,
Hey girl, we had lots of fun in chorus and attending those, silly formal dances in the pastel colored dresses. Concerning the “anything else we did together” did you have a specific moment in mind when you wrote that? LOL Just kidding…I think I already freaked out a former classmate with this blog. http://girlboxer1970.com/2011/03/01/bisexual-in-middle-school/ Whoops!
I miss my highschool friends! Come visit me soon!
~P.
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