First, a bit of tech geeking because it's got me tied in knots.

Mea culpa, folks. I was in charge of sending out the .pdf with the brand spankin new Shorewood High School, Shorewood, Wisconsin Alumni Newsletter and I did so by protecting the names on the list by utilizing the well-known best-kept secret of the bcc, the blind carbon copy. And so, now I realize, many of the bounced back emails are not bad addresses, they just like to get first-class mail! So, what to do, what to do. In hindsight, I would wait a bit, create a "proper" csv and mailing group to send it which hopefully also hides the addresses. I'm sorry folks, I really just wanted to get it out to you asap, before yet another day went by!  It is now available at the school site, too, please have a looksie. There have been a lot of GREAT responses, though, so let's move on!

This flurry of alumni contact got me to thinking. People email to find out about when, what, who, where's the reunion or goings-on site for each graduating alumni class.  There are a lot of commercial websites out there that make things confusing, so soon there will be a website just for SHS Alumni to find pictures and news per class..it just isn't built yet. In the meantime, though, there will be a list of websites on the SHS Alumni Website for every class that has sent something in(send urls to shorewoodconnection@gmail.com) not just reunion year classes.  Thought this would be kind of fun. It's all good, really.  Friends of mine are getting in touch with me after years and years - this should be able to happen to everyone. It's exciting!  I'm also thinking SHS should have some kind of set event in the summer to welcome back everyone - not just reunionites - and have kind of a low-key lunch on the lawn, open up the school, meet the principal and asst principal and superintendent..that kind of thing. It could be longer than the standard 50 minute lunch hour even!  Or maybe the contact info of the Person with the Keys is all anyone needs, for those (like me) who like to believe they are spontaneous and happily random and would like to wander about, stop at Sendik's, pay a ridiculously high amount for tasty chicken salad and Gerolsteiner, and say Hmm, I wonder if the school is open?  A note - check the rec dept. schedule - there are classes all summer during the day already, hint hint. As one friend put it, "I am going to bring my kids and walk around with rose-colored glasses" about Shorewood. Hurrah! Let me work on making sure that they get to see a Shorewood school (or two!). If you have alumni ideas or druthers, the SHS Alumni Association would really like to know (saves us the big $$ on a survey, right?):  Email to shorewoodconnection@gmail.com. 

Here is a resource list of web addresses about Shorewood:

Shorewood High School Alumni Newsletter:Shorewood High School, Shorewood, Wisconsin Alumni Newsletter

Shorewood School System Website that has everything from the lunch menu to the calendar to who's winning the scholarships and what awards the school is winning these days: www.shorewoodschools.org  For a fact sheet and to see nostalgia-evoking simple photos of SHS, SIS, Atwater and Lake Bluff, check out http://www.walkshorewood.com/shoreSchoolsFacts.html.

Shorewood Walking Tour (Order your own snazzy packet through this site (see bottom left icon to order) and there is a detailed Shorewood Map there for your left brain to walk the right down memory lane): http://www.walkshorewood.com/home.html

Today I have to send some late Mother's Day cards. I had the best and coolest intentions about six months ago..If they only knew how busy I've been getting people connected! I guess that doesn't count for moms though.  And it seems to be Birth Week amongst the pregger friends I have..happy birthday to all those May Babes and new and refreshed moms.  Congrats getting it in before the end of school! Makes bdays easier up to about 6th grade.

Time for just a little more coffee..wish me luck on my 50-page final for Monday.

Yours in faithful keeping of the global delivery of the look/touch/feel of Shorewood Village.

Oh and Riverbrook is closed. !?  I was not thinking it was happening so soon!

-See you 'round the village!