Tuesday 4 -Personally Speaking

Personally Speaking

Hosted by Annie~

Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.

We have come to the final week in the lovely month of October. Halloween is days away and November is about to burst onto the scene.

I thought it might be nice for you to have another chance to tell a bit about yourself.   

1  Are you named for anyone? Is there a story behind your name?

  I am Carolyn Jean,  and my mother was Jean Carolyn...  So  I do believe I was named  after my mom,  who apparently couldn't think of  another name.  I need  ever remember hearing of a special reason why  she chose my name.

2. Where were you born ? What town and at home or hospital?  I was born in the Jefferson Hospital  here in my home town .  It was a rather old hospital and was torn  down way back in the 50's.

3.  What were your parents like? What kind of home or apartment did you live in?  My parents were  pretty cool for the early 50's .  I was born 5 years after WW2  and by  that time dad had accomplished  training  in the   life insurance  business and my mom was a stay at home mom  until I started school,  Then she  became a manager of a department   store in our town,  in the  young child's  department.   She purchased  lovely clothing for me.  My friends at school thought I was   rich,    because I wore such cute outfits.  But my mom had, also, grown up on a dairy farm and could sew like a whiz.  She made many of my fine ensembles  as I continued on to Junior and senior High.  I was a very fortunate  young lady!  But we lived in a typical 1950's home  in a neighborhood in the edge of   the  city limits..  on property that had been annexed to the city  to make way for the  young couples moving in after the war.  These homes  went up  quickly and  young couples snatched them up just as quickly.  They were cozy  cottages with  lattice   porches and  roses bushes    growing up the trellises! My parents loved to garden and our home  was  so very sweet and  cute,  while many homes in our neighborhood were plain Jane,  I Loved lying on the glider on the porch reading my Trixie Belden books!   It was a good place to live and   we had  adorable neighbors.  We knew everyone on the street..    Not like that today!! 

4.  Do you have a nickname? How did it come about?  Lynn gave me the name of Schotzy ..  while we were living in Germany the first year of our marriage..  I taught school there while he  was  finishing his tour of duty!