Our Friends from the University of Windsor

University of Windsor, Ontario, CANADA what good times and great friends are all about. Obtaining an education along the way. Plus I even took home the extra bonus husband!

In the fall of 1988 I started at the University of Windsor. Mark started a year before me, we didn’t know each other before we met there, it was just a great thing that we were both from the same area back home. Both our first year we lived in the same sex residence. The girls was called Laurier, the guys Mac Hall, this was of course a complete and utter pig sty. These were great places for your first year, loads of people, 34 plus a 3rd year student (R.A) who was supposed to keep things under control on a floor, 10 floors. 2 people sharing a very small place but most co-existing quite well. Its everyone’s first time away from home so we were all crazy. A lot of it was about partying, the odd book got read and most managed to pass enough to come back for more the second year. Photo of roommate Shelly & I in our little room. During our 1st week,  toga party!

My roommate first year was super. Shelly was from British Columbia, Canada. We are taking a long way from home, a good 7 hour flight. She was the best you could hope for in a roommate and as a result a great friend. The 2 of us were so close people just combined our names and called us both Sharla. Shelly ended up not coming back to Windsor, the distance was hard. She finished her education in British Columbia. I did fly out there later to be her bridesmaid. She has a son, Jon, daughter, Shea. Shelly flew to Ontario when I got married in 1993. Even though the distance keeps us apart from seeing each other, emailing keeps us in touch.

My second year, 1989 I lived in an apartment style co-ed residence. This is where I met Mark, he lived just down the hall with 3 great guys, Pete, Mike and Chris. Their room was party central for the whole building. With in the first couple of weeks they had a wall painting party in the room. Its the background for this page. Mark and I met all the same people here and its great to still be in contact with a lot of them. My roommates were Renee, Chris and Kim. Kim & I pictured here. Kim was on my floor first year as well. We all got along super.

Its been 18 years since we lived together, and we are STILL friends! We  have an anual summer get together, rotating at each others houses. We are all with in 2 hours of each other. Spouses and kids of course come as well. There are 10 kids.

Here's us gals at our annual summer reunion, Sept. 2007 Chris, Renee, Carla & Kim

My 3rd year Mark and I lived in Tecumseh Hall again. Mark had Mike and Pete still as roommates but Chris took a year to do the travel thing so they had a replacement, nothing to exciting. Chris and Renee had graduated so it was Kim and I and 2 new comers. Cathy and Mary. Once again I luck out with super people, we had another amazing year.

Mary and I are still really good friends, here we are in 2007. She obtained a second degree, in nursing from the University of Calgary, in  Alberta Canada. From there she moved to Hawaii for 2 years. There she meet Joe a firefighter. They got engaged and were planning a Hawaiian Wedding, when Joe was transfered to Massachusetts. So they've moved there. I know, I know, why leave Hawaii!!? Mary & Joe got married in Oct. 2002 in Holyoke MA. Mark & I were very happy to share in their special day, it was a lovely Wedding.

Mary & Joe continued their travels to Rhode Island, then Michigan and now live in Italy! They have 2 boys.

Through our stay at Windsor Mark was obtaining a degree in Computer Science minoring in Geography and I received a degree in Visual Art. We made it through and got that piece of paper in the end.

Some other people that enhanced our Windsor experience and are on the net and would want to see their names in print :). Jake and Randy, Mark’s computer class friends. We went to Jake’s Wedding to Nicole in August of 97. They have 2 daughters. Randy and Bernadette have been married for awhile and have 3 children. The "Denise's", who are both married now. Denise had the BEST period costumed themed Wedding! Paul and Scooter who loved to get those Halloween pub crawls going, what a blast they were. Crazy Mike, who was often mistaken for a room of 20 people. His energy kept us all going, he actually calmed down enough to get married Aug. 98, good luck Jacqueline!  Mike & Dawn have been married for a few years now and are proud parents of three. Pete married Silvana in August of 99 and had their 1st baby in 2007. Paul married Mary in 2006 and had a bunch of the ol gang there to celebrate. Cheers gang!

OUR Wedding (1993) - Paul, Crazy Mike, Chris, Mark, Mike, and Pete

Pete's Wedding (1999) -  Pete, Mike, Crazy Mike, Paul, Scooter & Mark

Paul's Wedding (2006) - Pete, Crazy Mike, Paul, Mike, Mark

Mark and I were very fortunate to have had some of the best years of our life at the University of Windsor. Times and people we will never forget. Thanks for the memories gang, and I hope our tradition of making new ones continues.

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