Getting ready to head out for my weekly marketing task. I have to laugh because Tuesday at Kroger, senior citizens are allowed a discount. That means that I'll have to be especially observant when I park my car. Nearly every old codger in my age group has a Lincoln the same color as mine.
Getting ready to head out for my weekly marketing....I'll have to be especially observant when I park my car. Nearly every old codger in my age group has a Lincoln the same color as mine.
My mac & cheese recipe goes something like this
I'm a daughter of the Confederacy and a daughter of the Revolution on my mother's side. Both families have been traced back to 16th-century Ireland and my dad's great-grandparents to Germany in the 1880s.
That,s why the standard poodle cut puts a pompom on the end of the poodle's tail They used to be water retrievers. The dogs used to have different numbers and sizes of pompoms. You could tell them apart when they were in the water by the arrangement of pompoms.There is a famous photo of the parking lot at the Pentagon. Every antenna has some sort of bauble on the top. And if you study the photo long enough, no two are alike in that sea of thousands of cars. Of course that photo was taken when all cars had non retracting antennas.
Addie, I have an aunt on both sides of my family who did a lot of family history research. I put it into Family Tree Maker and was able to share it when my cousin's daughter was assigned to do a project on her family history
My great-great-grandfather bought a farm in Michigan in the nineteen-teens so his son would not have to fight the Germans in WWI. Certain farmers were exempt from service, because they were needed to feed the army, and his parents didn't want him fighting his cousins who still lived there.
My father has traced his side of the family back so far that the "tree" takes up about an 4 ft x 4 ft piece of paper (I don't know where he got the paper--newsprint maybe?). It goes well back to the 1500s. My mom's family tree goes back to the 1600s. But, none of them came to the "New World" until mid-1800s. My great-great grandfather fought in the Civil War and then was appointed by President McKinley to be the first US Consul general in Norway when Norway gained her independence from Sweden in 1905 (he was there from 1898 until 1912--he died there). My great grandfather was offered the position (he was McKinley's campaign manager), but preferred to see his FIL get the position. Wonder what that relationship was like...one of the family stories is that that great great grandfather and his brother traded names because the brother didn't want to fight in the Civil War. That always caused some confusion on the family tree...who would name two kids the same name??? We have some pretty neat stuff that was given to great great grandfather by the King of Norway. And, a very nice grandfather clock that is 350 years old. It is from the Lofloten Islands where the family owned the cod fish processing camp. One of the buildings is still there. Oh, and there is a castle in England that was once in the family.Because my mother had polio as a child, she didn't leave the house too much. I used to sit with her playing cards and drinking tea. She would tell me all the stories about her family. As a result I was able to provide so much information as a starting point for research. I was very fortunate in that I received a verbal history of our family. And now my kids can add to that. I just didn't realize what a gift I was being given at the time. But I do cherish those stories.
I'm getting ready to go out and pick up a few things from the grocery store. I need some more eggs. Our dog, 13 years old, is getting really finicky about eating, but if we add a fried egg to her food she'll eat it. Her pain medicine is crushed up in it, so she has to eat it. Unfortunately, she prefers to raid the cats' bowls
