1 Name
Christine (Tina) Nord
2 Age
Fifty Nine
3 Favourite song
Anything by The Turtles or The Beatles... (I wanna hold your hand)and Lovin' Spoonful, When i was fourteen i met Al (my husband) and our Favourite song was Happy Together (The Turtles)
4 What did you want to be when you grew up?
A Teacher
5 What did you become?
A Principal/Teacher for a Christian School
6 Who was the biggest Teen Idol at that time?
The Beatles, Hands Down...
7 What was Christmas like?
Christmas was always fun, growing up in a Greek household it was like...Mmm... My Big Fat Greek Christmas, My mom baked for two weeks for the Christmas party in our basement. Christmas day was like... Open presents at Six in the morning, Open out Christmas stockings and eat all the goodies, and watch TV and sneak more baked goodies from the kitchen while Mom and Yia Yia started Christmas diner, then my Cousins, Aunts, Uncles and Old Greek Frineds of my Grandma's started coming in. and what was your favourite gift of all time?
My favourite gift was a new Bike, Blue and Very Cool! with a big basket in front and these cool, blue, hot pink and white streamers that slipped onto my handlebars.
8 What was your Social Status in Jr. High?
Super Geek/Smart Girl.. Teachers loved me, i designed and made a lot of my own clothes, Jumpers were totally "In" and girls loved what i made.
9 Who was your Best Friend?
My Best Friend was Jamie Jackson, She had the same last name as me, but we weren't related, we were true Kindred Spirits, i spent almost every weekend at her house with her Family, they were a christian family and they loved me! i went to their Youth Group sometimes, and i had a crush on her older brother (that was before Al) lol!
10 Who was your Role Model
Role Model... first thing that comes to mind is 'I Love Lucy'... My Yia Yia (grandma) was one of my biggest role models, she lived her life out loud before me every day, she raised me the first five years of my life and was the softest spoken person i have ever met, there was a peace and love that hone through her every day.
11 What was your Favourite thing to do
Favourite thing to do.... READ! i could live in books... i like to Cook and Sew, real party animal huh?
12 How do you describe your style then?
My Style back then... there were two styles in my school, Greasers or Frats... greasers were the kids who wore leather jackets and tight black jeans, The girls had to have bleached hair all Ratted up. half of our school kids looked like something right out of Grease... the other kids "Frats" were wearing the new stuff that was coming out like, Plaid shirts and skirts, Swede shoes and Jumpers all earth colours, a lot of burgendys and pinks... i was a frat, a lot of plaid and pinks and burgendy, i had five pairs of swede shoes, all different colours but the same shoe.. lol!
13 What was your favourite genre of music and books... and what was your favourite book?
i loved The Supremes (my fav) and all Mowtown Music, we called it soul music. living in Detroit that was what was HOT! i had Black and White friends and we used to line dance in the streets on the way home from school. I love books!
Your becomming a budding Journalist,thnks for making me look good!
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