  i've decided to provide a cast of characters,  because using an initial doesn't provide a good reading flow for me.  this is just a list of some of the names i might use.  i will update this as needed.  alison -  hockey wife,
 scrapbook bud angela -  only friend that owns her own bike and has the largest tattoo on her lower back barbara -  friend from high school,  married with two children less than a year apart,  researches health hazards berna ( short for bernadette)
 -  my drinking bud,  always ready to have fun brendan -  met him through peggy,  tends to show up to parties a week early and makes alcoholic fruit salad carolyn &  rob -
 the fanatically avid yankee fan friends from long island.  ca and i went to northeastern together.  charlene -  works with patti and has become part of " the gang"  likes to wear things in her hair chloe -
 john's cat,  my stepcat. she is a beautiful white persian chrissy -  john's little sista the cousins -  patti's cousins who are complete party animals as a group dan -  he wears many hats;
 coworker,  network guy,  magician,  bartender,  photographer,  boxer dawn -
 my best friend from high school,  lived down the street from each other and did everything together.  she is now married with two boys.  eric &  tracy -  our neighbors.
 they come over often to hang out in the pool and have a few brews.  fred -  chrissy's fiancee,  pulled through w/  fireworks on the 4th jackie -  eric &
 tracy's daughter.  she is almost 3 and such a cutie.  she likes to watch john cut the grass.  jeanne -  patti's band groupie sis jeff k.  -
 liz's other half jeff p.  -  barbara's saint of a husband john -  the boyfriend,  parrothead biker,  refers to me as fruitcake kathy -
 mike's wife,  has sarcastic and witty comebacks,  good at jenga kerry -  my old landlord who is now a very good friend lianne -  my ww buddy liz -  friend from high school,
 loves to have a rockin' good time wherever she goes mark -  kerry's italian stallion maura -  berna's best friend,  schooling it out in wyoming,  going for her ph. d.
 in psychology max -  berna's crazy husband that can put up with drunken broads melissa -  original biker babe mike -  john's work buddy,  claims that john is " such a good guy"
 patti ( make sure it is spelled with an " i"  -  friend from high school,  just married and going to go live in the sticks of nh peggy -
 friend from drumcorp,  crazy girl married w/  one child and a stepchild sherri -  major scrapbook buddy,  into many different kinds of arts &  crafts,
 so many she can't keep up with them steve r.  -  peggy's hub,  another saint steve g.  -  wendy's hubby,
 saint # 3 tina -  hockey wife,  used to be my spinning pal wendy -  my worrisome stepsis cara,  julie,
 tabby,  kerry,  angela -  part of the LEO ( ladies night out)  group rob,
 doug,  jim -  patriot's tailgating crew 
