Bonita Olson Gilbertson -- "Still a trashy lady. . ."??
Well, Trailboss, where do I start? Yes, I still live in Alex. I am married to Dave Gilbertson and we celebrated our 38th anniversary last month.
We have two children. Kristi, who lives in Alex, is married, has a daughter who is 13 (!) and owns a salon/spa called Salon Alexis. Our son, Scott, is married. He has two children, a son who is five, and a two-year-old daughter. Scott is the supervisor of water/wastewater for the city of Melrose. It's great having both kids and grands so close.
I work for a government agency called Pope/Douglas Solid Waste Management as the Environmental Coordinator. I do the education on recycling, reducing and etc. of garbage. ( I'm still a trashy lady :-).
Sees 65ers at the Fair
I also am the manager of the Household Hazardous Waste facility, which serves the two counties. I have had a educational booth at the Douglas County Fair for the last 16 years so that's one of the places that I get to see old classmates and teachers. I'm always surprised at the number of people who come home to go to the fair. A good place to meet and greet I guess.
I know I will see Bobby Watson, Mary Berglin, Dennis Ramey, Billie Jo Jones, and Cathy Carlson every year. They are regulars. There are a lot of others, but I'm having a senior moment and can't recall them all.
Also, we are STILL involved with stock car racing. Dave drove for 18 years and we are now car owners and our son, Scott, has driven for us for the last 11 years. At the track I see people like Dick Block and Larry Olson. Again, there are more, I just can't remember who.
There's a summer place
Diane Hoffman and I have remained friends for all of these years. We talk on the phone almost every Friday morning. She lives in Eden Prairie but recently built a beautiful home on Lake Darling so we get to see each other too. Every year we go to local cemeteries and look at old tombstones! A couple of morbid people right? There's a lot of history at cemeteries, so don't laugh.
Dave and I have a summer place on Lake Miltona that we're enjoying more every year. We've owned it for 35 years but just started living there in the summer the last five. Before that, we didn't have time because of racing.
Our interests are changing. We love the lake more and more...could it be old age?
Enough for now. I'm embarrassingly long winded!
Later...
