I have been so tied up with genealogy work and designing a flyer for Jason and Emil's gig in Eureka Springs, that I missed posting a blog for two whole days! I hate to disappoint all my readers......well, my three readers. You are the ones I can count on to care. You know who you are. Thank you.
The genealogy work is turning into a full-time job. I fill in information for one person on our family tree on Ancestry.com, and that leads to another person who I will have to find info about. That might lead to another whole family to deal with. It just keeps snowballing. Genealogy is fun and informative, but I can see where I might hit the wall sometime in the near future. I think we're probably going to end up with close to a million people on the family tree by the time we're finished. That's a conservative estimate. I want to have all the information printed into a book to give family members, but at this rate, it will be so big that it will have to be carted around in a wheelbarrow. I have dreams about this big, scary family tree which is reaching out to grab and entangle me. Maybe I'd better work on that stuff every other day.
Weight report: I lost a pound! One whole glorious pound! Well, it's better than gaining a pound, isn't it? A pound lost in less than a week. I'll take it!
We put in our hour at the track Monday. I walked the entire hour, while Don alternated between walking and working out on the machines. This is doing our bodies good. I'm sure of it. I really think it is....mentally as well as physically. I feel more energetic, and I'm happy that I'm doing something positive about getting fit, and, most importantly, that I'm sticking to it without any problems at all. I guess I'm finally ready.
I love the community center ....... except for one thing: Their toilet tissue holders make me mad. Yes, they do! They are those blasted kind of holders that only dole out one square of tissue at a time. I need more than one square, thank you very much, and it is very irritating to have to sit there and pull off enough pieces, one square at a time. I know it's a cost-saving measure, but I think they should look around for another way to save money. That's just my personal opinion. Maybe they could just not fill up the swimming pool with as much water, or something.
Today will be house cleaning day! I've let the dusting go for too long, and I wish you could see my floors. The cats have tiny pieces of their cardboard scratchers scattered everywhere. Mixed in with that is the catnip that I sprinkle on the scratchers to lure them to scratch on them instead of my carpets. I always feel so much better psychologically when the floors of my house are clean. The reason they get as bad as they do is because I'm a considerate cat owner. All the felines in this house are scared to death of the vacuum cleaner, and I don't like to terrify them. So I hesitate to run the vaccuum when I really should. Another thing is, that when the kittens are asleep, I feel the same way about them that I did about my kids when they were babies: when they're asleep, I want them to stay asleep. That's the only time Don and I have any peace and quiet. The kittens are still acting like little hooligans. I love it when they're all asleep; I don't have to be so vigilant about listening for sounds that might mean they are tearing the house down. Ah, they look like little angels when they're sleeping. How could I get so mad at them?
Don still thinks that it would be a good idea if he learned to play a musical instrument. He's ruled out a drum set. He is no longer considering the washboard or rubboard. Guess what he's learning to play now? Spoons! I want him to feel free to do anything that might stimulate his mind, but, sometimes, my mind doesn't work quite right when I'm in the middle of a big genealogy project, and he's clinking and clanging on those spoons and totally oblivious to the fact that someone else is in the house. I just hope he doesn't finally settle on the cymbals or a Chinese gong. I'll bear with him a while longer because learning to be more patient is another of my goals this year. In this house, I get many opportunities to practice patience.
Signing off...........................
The genealogy work is turning into a full-time job. I fill in information for one person on our family tree on Ancestry.com, and that leads to another person who I will have to find info about. That might lead to another whole family to deal with. It just keeps snowballing. Genealogy is fun and informative, but I can see where I might hit the wall sometime in the near future. I think we're probably going to end up with close to a million people on the family tree by the time we're finished. That's a conservative estimate. I want to have all the information printed into a book to give family members, but at this rate, it will be so big that it will have to be carted around in a wheelbarrow. I have dreams about this big, scary family tree which is reaching out to grab and entangle me. Maybe I'd better work on that stuff every other day.
Weight report: I lost a pound! One whole glorious pound! Well, it's better than gaining a pound, isn't it? A pound lost in less than a week. I'll take it!
We put in our hour at the track Monday. I walked the entire hour, while Don alternated between walking and working out on the machines. This is doing our bodies good. I'm sure of it. I really think it is....mentally as well as physically. I feel more energetic, and I'm happy that I'm doing something positive about getting fit, and, most importantly, that I'm sticking to it without any problems at all. I guess I'm finally ready.
I love the community center ....... except for one thing: Their toilet tissue holders make me mad. Yes, they do! They are those blasted kind of holders that only dole out one square of tissue at a time. I need more than one square, thank you very much, and it is very irritating to have to sit there and pull off enough pieces, one square at a time. I know it's a cost-saving measure, but I think they should look around for another way to save money. That's just my personal opinion. Maybe they could just not fill up the swimming pool with as much water, or something.
Today will be house cleaning day! I've let the dusting go for too long, and I wish you could see my floors. The cats have tiny pieces of their cardboard scratchers scattered everywhere. Mixed in with that is the catnip that I sprinkle on the scratchers to lure them to scratch on them instead of my carpets. I always feel so much better psychologically when the floors of my house are clean. The reason they get as bad as they do is because I'm a considerate cat owner. All the felines in this house are scared to death of the vacuum cleaner, and I don't like to terrify them. So I hesitate to run the vaccuum when I really should. Another thing is, that when the kittens are asleep, I feel the same way about them that I did about my kids when they were babies: when they're asleep, I want them to stay asleep. That's the only time Don and I have any peace and quiet. The kittens are still acting like little hooligans. I love it when they're all asleep; I don't have to be so vigilant about listening for sounds that might mean they are tearing the house down. Ah, they look like little angels when they're sleeping. How could I get so mad at them?
Don still thinks that it would be a good idea if he learned to play a musical instrument. He's ruled out a drum set. He is no longer considering the washboard or rubboard. Guess what he's learning to play now? Spoons! I want him to feel free to do anything that might stimulate his mind, but, sometimes, my mind doesn't work quite right when I'm in the middle of a big genealogy project, and he's clinking and clanging on those spoons and totally oblivious to the fact that someone else is in the house. I just hope he doesn't finally settle on the cymbals or a Chinese gong. I'll bear with him a while longer because learning to be more patient is another of my goals this year. In this house, I get many opportunities to practice patience.
Below is the flyer I designed for Jason and Emil's gig in Eureka Springs.
Signing off...........................
2 comments:
LOL..your statement about showing more patience reminds me of my (plagiazed) New Year's quote on MySpace. My resolution: "To suffer fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time" (I can be cruel)
Congrats on the weight loss!!! I'm inspired but I'm afraid I'm a sweet-aholic..Even now, I'm so hungry! :(
'cuse please..I owe you an R in last comment! (Didn't catch it on edit) Did I mention I get new glasses next week? %)
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