Well, I hope I feel better now…

I think I had the flu…
Pretty sure actually….
I felt fine one minute, and not so fine the next….
Then I slept for four days….
And now I am really tired….
According to the CDC, like seasonal flu, symptoms of swine flu infections can include:
* fever, which is usually high, but unlike seasonal flu, is [...]

To be or not to be, does it really matter?…

I was emailing with another researcher today who’d sent me some documents he’d found on my line. Not his line mine you, but mine, and he’d not only sent the documents, but proper citations as well. We have emailed before and we corresponded back and forth for a while today two genealogist speculating about an [...]

It is done…

Months ago, I mentioned in passing that I would be becoming a part of the sandwich generation, because my mother would be selling her house and moving to the Deep South to live near us. Well, it’s official. The house closed and she has an apartment 8 miles from us! And I have [...]

I thought it would be sad…

When #1 was old enough to go to Kindergarten, I got up that first day, showered, put on my best outfit, drove him to the school. We walked to the classroom and I took several pictures. I looked in the room and there was the teacher in a rocker with a little boy who was [...]

It’s on my desk somewhere….

Sound familiar? Today’s genealogy task, should you be willing to take it with me, is to clear off your desk. Yes, I know, for some of us that means merely, removing the drinking cup, and putting away a few papers. For some of us that may mean a full excavation of the dining [...]

Wherever He leadeth me…

After much prayer and consideration about where God wanted me to be this fall, He showed me he wanted me to have a little more time to care for my family. He also wanted me to have some time to myself, but He knows I enjoy working as well. In March, my mom [...]

Tropical Storm and the Weather Dog…

We don’t have cable, so we don’t watch TV all that much. In fact, hardly at all. And the funny thing is, it rarely rains any more. You see, when we had TV, it seemed like it was always raining. And the local weather guys were always going wall to wall with weather [...]

What do you think your ancestors…

would think about the way you spend your time?
I mean my ancestors were hard working farmers. Up with the sun, farming in the fields all day. The ones who owned large plantations worked hard and the ones who were share croppers worked harder. What would they think of my days?
For instance:
Got up, took the [...]

Anybody got a cure for a bored dog?

Our puppy isn’t feeling well lately. The heat is getting to him I think and he just sits and barks. Inside, outside, he just isn’t a happy dog. I’ve gotten him new toys, a new blanket, I’ve tried letting him sleep in the bathroom, last night I let him have free run of the house [...]

Have your towels been smelling musty lately?…

Well, I may now know why…
You see, our oldest is a bit a lot of a neat freak. Sorry, gets it from his mom. And he started a new job this summer. And well I won’t say where he works, except the family joke is Dad worked for a Colonel, #1 works for a [...]