Cindy's Life

      Since we worked a lot, we didn't go on long vacations, we would go to Missouri to visit his parents for a few days a couple times a year. Steven was a toddler, and it was too hard to travel with him sometimes. Eventually, we went to other places like Florida, Las Vegas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana and Georgia.     

      Steven's father was in the Navy when he was born which left me raising a child on my own at the age of 22. I did the best I could on raising him and working to support us. I was living at home at the time but I still worked and paid a babysitter. There were times I didn't think we would make it, but we did, I just balanced my budget differently.     I don't remember the exact date, but sometime after our wedding my husband adopted Steven.       

     After dating for awhile, Joe and I got married. October 24, 1992  it was a chilly, Fall day but it was a perfect day to marry the love of my life in Mendota, IL. We had friends and family there to help us celebrate our day! The reception was fun, but I think the band only knew one song because they sang Achy Breaky Heart a lot that night. I like a few country songs and that isn't one of them.      I think everyone had fun. There was one guest being stupid and I thought we were going to have to call in reinforcements (police) but he ended up leaving on his own, thank goodness.      My mother and father in law watched Steven while we were on a cruise to the Bahamas. The cruise and the island was new for both of us, I found that Freeport, Bahamas was cleaner than Nassau Bahamas. We didn't stray to far from the ship but we did go to some of the shops. There was a guy trying to get me to let him put corn row braids in my hair, ...

          April 1991 we had snow early in the month, but it had melted later that day once the temperature warmed up.     April 28th my water broke, up to Swedish American in Rockford we go. (I was too far along in my pregnancy to switch to a local Dr.) In the early morning April 29th, I had a healthy baby boy.             I think it was September of 1991 when I got a job at RR Donnelley in Mendota, IL.      I worked second shift for the longest time, then there were some first shift openings and I was able to transfer. I held a few different positions during my employment with them. I met some nice people while there, some I am still friends with, some are acquaintances.      The work wasn't bad, it was fast paced but it made the day go fast. Every once in awhile we would get a title with a lot of pockets or tip-ons that would kick our asses but we worked as...

    During high school I worked a couple jobs during the summer as a waitress and detasseling. Waitressing was OK, but detasseling, I'm not going to lie... sucked!! I also worked at Del Monte, that job was a dirty job but it was an OK job.     After High School graduation I moved to Stillman Valley, IL to work for my Aunt & Uncle in their restaurant as a you guessed it, waitress. The farmers would come in every morning for their usual breakfast and gossip. Even if they weren't farmers, the guys would come in just to drink coffee and shoot the shit with them.     I was told by a customer, George that I made the best shakes. That made me feel good knowing he enjoyed them.      The Restaurant was eventually sold, I got pregnant (oops) and moved back home to Compton, IL.    

Hello! Welcome to my blog. A little about myself. I am a wife, a mother of two grown boys, a Grandma. I have one brother, no sisters. In September 2015 I became semi disabled from a sneeze. I had a stroke and haven't fully recovered. My hobbies include card making and crafts and baking. I have been a Thirty-one Consultant since August 22, 2010. I love the durability of the products. I have so many favorites, it's hard to choose just one.