HI TO ALL OF YOU.

I STILL LIVE IN AMES. MUCH LESS GLAMOROUS SOME OF YOU, HOWEVER I LOVE IT HERE AND NO PLACE ELSE COULD BE HOME FOR ME.

I HAVE BEEN MARRIED GOING ON 31 YEARS TO HOWARD TROXEL. WE HAVE FOUR CHILDREN. TWO THAT ARE GROWN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE AND BECAUSE WE WERE SO YOUNG WHEN WE GOT MARRIED WE HAD TIME FOR A SECOND FAMILY AND HAD TWO MORE OF WHICH ARE STILL BEING RAISED. I'M STILL DOING THE NORMAL THINGS ONE DOES AT OUR AGE; WORK, WORK AND STARTING TO FIND I MAY GET MY LIFE BACK AFTER RAISING KIDS FOR 30 YEARS. NOW I HAVE TO REMEMBER JUST EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS I DID FOR ENJOYMENT.

MY HUSBAND JOINED THE ELKS CLUB A FEW YEARS AGO. HE HAS BECOME AN OFFICER NOW AND WILL BE THE EXALTED RULER NEXT YEAR. THAT HAS ADDED A MUCH NEEDED DIVERSION.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING AND TALKING TO EVERYONE JULY 2004.