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<p class=MsoNormal>Hey, doesn’t anybody just plain talk on this list any
more? I’m way out of the loop and I’m getting curious. David
Horn wasn’t at OASFAA this spring so I can’t get any news from him.
Caryn told me what she could remember but, believe it or not, she only wrote down
actual WORK stuff and not the important gossip! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I’ve heard that Marcia Carter is retiring, Yvonne
Maxwell and Sheila McGill will be following later this year. Anybody
else? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>And, who won the OASFAA elections? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>As for me, I’m fine, Eugene is fine. He has a
new co-worker (IT guy) that he really likes ,he doesn’t have to carry the
load alone, they monkey with stuff and have a similar sense of humor,
which could be a dangerous thing. The Banner project is going well, I’m
learning a LOT. Our full-time consultant from SunGard is Mollie Delgado,
who also worked with UCO when they moved to Banner. We share an office in an
old dorm where we’re headquartered---we’re quite a pair together,
Mollie is only 4’7”. Brad’s still got most of his
hair (he is the Functional Project Manager for the whole thing) and he’s
got more chickens than any human ought to. A small egg business ‘to
teach the kids about working and earning/managing a little money’ has
blossomed into close to 1000 chickens. I’ve learned a lot about
chickens as well as Banner. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Sadly, I lost my stepmother, Helene, suddenly on Feb
28. She went in for a surgery tne dr. thought would be pretty cut & dried,
but they found she had ovarian cancer that had spread throughout her
abdomen. She only lived a few hours after the surgery. Her greatest
fear was to be incapacitated through a long illness and I’m glad she was
spared that. If any of you are stepparents and struggle with how to be a
good one, I wish you had known her. She married my dad 3 years after my mom
passed away and she really and truly saved our family. But, we gave her
some good things too….we turned her into a Sooner football fan. And,
I inherited my red hair from her too (well, her bottle of dye was a slightly
lighter red than mine), and I could reach things for her (she was 4’11”).
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<p class=MsoNormal>All the pets are still around. Tounces, our cat,
will be 17 in June. He’s decided that hanging out inside the house,
usually on our bed, is a better life than defending his turf outside.
Bismarck, our eldest dog, turned 16 on October 31, 2007….yep, he’s
one old Halloweenie. He’s pretty blind from cataracts and he doesn’t
get around real well, but he still enjoys his food and his cookies and snuggling
with his mama. Spanky, the Chihuahua who hates thunderstorms and
wakes me up in the middle of the night doing the Chihuahua cha-cha on my head,
is now eleven. Lily, our little (or not so little, she’s a tad ‘round’)
female dachshund will be 10 in June. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>And, then there’s Big Dog. Yes, there is ANOTHER
dog. On October 27, a Saturday that shall live in infamy, a large (100
lb) German Shepherd mix neutered male (black with tan mask) wandered into our
yard and met Eugene. And, he looks exactly like our old dog Leroy (who
lived to be 17 and died about 10 years ago). So, Eugene took him
in. We ran ads in the lost & found, put up posters, walked him all
over the neighborhood. We refuse to give him a name because if we do,
that means we’re keeping him. Several people have informed me that
I do HAVE another dog and his name is BigDog. And, now he has a nametag with
BigDog on it and our phone #, so maybe they’re right. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>He’s well mannered, well trained, sweet, good with
kids and smart as a whip….all the things that dogs we raise never
are. BigDog has only barked once in the approx 6 months he’s been
with us (he does like to howl with sirens, though). Last week, the
neighbor’s parents came to visit with their large birddog that barks and
barks and barks at us. He ran up to BigDog at the fence and
barked/barked/barked and BigDog just looked at him…..finally BigDog gave
him big “WOOF”, kind of a “shut-UP!” and turned around
and ignored him. We really do need to find him a good home though…he’s
just too big for our house and our yard isn’t fenced, and he likes to eat
my socks and I’m starting to run low on them. So, if you’re
interested, and you have plenty of socks, let me know. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So, let’s hear from some folks, we need to liven up
this list!!!!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Pam McConahay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Associate Director, University
of Oklahoma Financial Aid Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>1000 Asp Ave, Room 216,
Norman, OK 73019-4078<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>(405) 325-4617, Fax (405)
325-7608 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>pmcconahay@ou.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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