WELCOME!

Hello to all my friends!

I hope this blog finds you all well and somewhat interested in what evolves here at the very least!

I must thank Phil for getting me going on this ... I have been wanting to do a blog of SOME kind for awhile, and it has been fun learning how to do this. I will go ahead and post his recent email to me to help you all get going with the connection - thing which is the intent of this blog. Don't hesitate to share it with anyone since it is a public site anyway ... I know I will invite ALL my friends. We just never know who we will meet! I realize I could have done this on Facebook or My Space, but this is much more private and fun (for me, at least)!

For those of you who were unable to attend, or did not know ... we had our Amundsen High School 40th year reunion in Las Vegas just last weekend, and I'm still on Cloud 9! We were a small band of 12 AHS groupies who embraced the Vegas scene with vigor and sore feet as we reconnected with FORMER friends, made NEW friends, and left when the weekend was over with a passion to do SOME-thing together again SOON.

We were, IMHO, a purrfect group!

Initially, approximately 40 alumni had told me they were planning on attending this reunion, and as time passed with the economy taking its plunge, I was disappointed beyond measure to receive those cancellation notifications ... so much so that I promised myself I would never do this again. HOWEVER ... when the question about when we will meet in the future was raised at our good-bye breakfast on Sunday morning, we all concurred it must be sooner and not later. I think it was John who came up with a 60th birthday party idea (typical of a class president, wouldn't you agree?) and we all applauded the idea with zeal. And so ...

The AHS Class of 1968 will celebrate our 60th birthdays sometime during JULY - early AUGUST 2010 at beautiful Lake Tahoe! Mark it on your calendars, iPhones, Palms, or Blackberry's NOW! Do your homework ... Google Lake Tahoe and get a preview of what to expect. I PROMISE it will be a remarkably memorable time for us all!

I continue to PLEAD for email addresses from those of you who are hoarding all your friends' info. I mean, great gee-hossefat ... what if you die unexpectedly and wouldn't be able to forward any info you receive from me as the clock approaches 2010? I will most likely use email and this blog to send information as the plan develops.

OK, this is it from me for now ... my next task is to create the slideshow from our 40th!

Mock Elections next ... maybe?

Best regards to all of you!

Yiota (formerly Bertha) and ALWAYS a Matsukas!