Nick Names

Monique Crooked - This one comes from my best friends family and the crooked part is from my maiden name Strait

Tweety - this one is from my aunt Sally when I was 3 I had yellow pajamas and she said it made me look like tweety bird

T-Bird - My cousin called himself icebox or something like it, I think he wanted to sound like a tough gang boy... anyway he decided to take my aunts nickname of Tweety bird and shorten it to T-Bird

Doll - From my dad since I was a baby

Dynamite - This one came from my Grandma Coons and her husband when I was 4

Monkey Lynn - From my Uncle Robert, not sure where it came from, monkeying around? maybe

Mo, Momo, Mon - The General manager I worked with at Rallys

Silent - Wiccan friends

Moni - A friend in early elementary and a manager at Rallys

Crazy - my bestfriend was "Sexy" and my cousin was "Cool" Obviously from the TLC days, Kids!

Martha - My best friend and a few others of our friends gave each other names, all of which sounded like old lady names. There was also Ida, Edna and Margaret. Truthfully I have no idea now why we did it.

Babyface - Ralph aka "Legs" Hank - Jenny - Mrs. Wiffle

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Childhood Memories

My Great Grandma Brownell was always kniting and crocheting. She made scarves and these cute little head wraps with flowers, it made me feel like a princess. Because she was in a wheel chair for as long as I can remember she couldnt do much but she loved to play games. I remember sitting at the table for hours with her and my Grandma Coons and my cousin Hazel playing Skip Bo, Scrable, Aggrivation and dice games.

Making a fort out of a fallen tree just inside the edge of the woods behind our house. We even used a smaller tree nearby for a "Look out", and bounced on the branches of the fallen tree.

Going to the school to play softball or basket ball with my cousins and uncles
Building and painting a play house with my dad
Tearing down our old house by hand
Playing on the wood chunks in the yard before they where split for firewood
Writing group stories with friends
Making hills and tracks to drive the three wheeler over
Working on cars with my dad
Playing "Don't wake the ghosts" in Grandma Coons basement
Playing house and school
Tea parties with Hazel and Aunt B
Pets: cats, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, fish, ducks, rabbits, mice, ferrett, birds
My cat Gizmo's many litters of kittens, some who were deformed
Climbing the rose trellis to sit on the roof and look around the neighborhood
Catching frogs, snakes, lightning bugs and butterflies
Spending the night at Grandma Jacobs with Tomi, Kristy and April and sneaking out to the kitchen to snack while everyone was sleeping
Pretending I was part of a singing group with my cousins and having concerts for the adults in my grandma's front yard
Me, Tomi and Kristy trying to run away from April and hide
Sneaking Apples, grapes, and veggies from my grandparents gardens
Tomi's Accident outside our house after we had been looking at stones

Jobs

Sugnet preprimary (Volunteer) Teachers aid
Happy Days preschool (Volunteer) Teachers aid
Carpenter Elementary Kindergarden (Volunteer) Teachers Aid
KFC - I was a cashier for less than a month but it was my first actual job.
McDonalds - Cashier
Circle and Midland Bowling - I worked the desk during the week and tended bar on Friday's.
Rallys - Manager
Kmart - Cashier and food prep
Bobbies Corner - Clerk for the convenience store
Clark Gas station - clerk in Michigan city and South Haven
Popeyes - Manager in Hobart
Burger King - 3 days (Hobart)
Mothers Time out - Teacher's aid (Valparaiso)
TriCity Foam - I worked as a crew person, blowing celulose insulation into houses and buildings and hanging fiberglass insulation.
Holiday Inn - Houskeeping and room inspection
American Maintenance - Crew person

Delta College - Currently working toward a Associates Degree in Computer Science Technology followed by a Bachelor Degree in Applied Science.