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Posted on 03/01/2008 9:02:33 AM PST by JustAmy
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My life has become less boring as I am forced to explain something to her with several strangers listening. ; ^ )
Sounds like it will be a great trip you have planned. I have kind of reached a brick wall in my genealogical research, in fact all of my Cummings ancestors who came from the Lynn and Topsfield and Ipswich areas must have disappeared into thin air. I can find none of them in any of the on line cemetery sites. It's frustrating, because I want to have an idea before hand where to look for them.
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LOL
That looks much more interesting than the images we have been posting. :)
Happy Shiva Regal Day.
Seems like when I get discouraged with genealogy, I receive an email from someone saying “Hi Cousin”. I am the gggrandaughter of your gggrandfather’s brother. That gets me back on the genealogy track.
I really need to get back to Texas and do some more work there. If I go there, I will take Marissa with me as I will be visiting my Dad’s youngest brother and sister. They are the only blood aunt and uncle I have left. I have an uncle by marriage to one of my Mom’s sisters that is still living.
Don’t wait to long to get back to your genealogy .... I waited until most of my relatives that would have been able to help had died. That is the story of many genealogists. If only I had talked to _________________.
Need to run to the bank. Then Marissa has AWANA club meeting tonight. Hope I get back here before then.
Thanks for the ping, Amy. An oasis from everything...right here on this thread. Thanks to all very talented contributors.
going to try to sleep a little more before I run errands before the snows here start.. want to share this from a friend many of you know.. Bevlar (from AM email). I have seen it quite a few times & always laugh..
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25 REASONS I OWE MY MOTHER
1.*_ My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE _*.
‘If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.’
2. *_My mother taught me RELIGION_*.
‘You better pray that will come out of the carpet.’
3.*_ My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL _*.
‘If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!’
4.*_ My mother taught me LOGIC_*.
‘ Because I said so, that’s why.’
5.*_ My mother taught me MORE LOGIC_*.
‘If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store with me.’
6.*_ My mother taught me FORESIGHT_*.
‘Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.’
7.*_ My mother taught me IRONY _*
‘Keep crying, and I’ll give you something to cry about.’
8.*_ My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS_*.
‘Shut your mouth and eat your supper.’
9.*_ My mother taught me about CONTORTION ISM_*.
‘Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!’
10.*_ My mother taught me about STAMINA_*.
‘You’ll sit there until all that spinach is gone.’
11.*_ My mother taught me about WEATHER_*.
‘This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.’
12.*_ My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY_*.
‘If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!’
13.*_ My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE_*.
‘I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.’
14.*_ My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION_*.
‘Stop acting like your father!’
15.*_ My mother taught me about ENVY _*.
‘There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do.’
16.*_ My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION_*.
‘Just wait until we get home.’
17.*_ My mother taught me about RECEIVING _*.
‘You are going to get it when you get home!’
18.*_ My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE_*.
‘If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.’
19.*_ My mother taught me ESP_*.
‘Put your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you are cold?’
20.*_ My mother taught me HUMOUR_*.
‘When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.’
21.*_ My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT _*.
‘If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.’
22.* _My mother taught me GENETICS._*
‘You’re just like your father.’
23.*_ My mother taught me about my ROOTS_*.
‘Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?’
24.*_ My mother taught me WISDOM_*.
‘When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.’
25. And my favorite:*_ My mother taught me about JUSTICE_**_ _*
‘One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you
From my inbox:
Subject: Married Men
A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband is not in bed. She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of coffee in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wiped a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.
‘What’s the matter, dear?’ she whispers as she steps into the room, ‘Why are you down here at this time of night?
The husband looks up from his coffee, ‘It’s the 20th Anniversary of the day we met’.
She can’t believe he has remembered and starts to tear up.
The husband continues, ‘Do you remember 20 years ago when we started dating? I was 18 and you were only 16,’ he says solemnly.
Once again, the wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is so caring and sensitive. ‘Yes, I do’ she replies.
The husband pauses. The words were not coming easily. ‘Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car?’
‘Yes, I remember’ said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.
The husband continued. ‘Do you remember when he shoved the shotgun in my face and said, ‘Either you marry my daughter or I will send you to prison for 20 years?’
‘I remember that, too’ she replied softly.
He wiped another tear from his cheek and said ‘I would have gotten out today.’
Love it! Sometimes chocolate is the only reason I eat a real meal. I’d just as soon skip the meal and go straight to the chocolate—the darker teh better!
I found this in my inbox this morning ......
An old, blind cowboy wanders into an all-girl biker bar by mistake.
He finds his way to a bar stool and orders some coffee.
After sitting there for a while, he yells to the waiter, ‘Hey, you
wanna hear a blonde joke?’
The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. In a very deep, husky
voice, the woman next to him says, ‘Before you tell that joke, Cowboy,
I think it is only fair, given that you are blind, that you should know
five things:
1. The bartender is a blonde girl with a baseball bat.
2. The bouncer is a blonde girl.
3. I’m a 6-foot tall, 175-pound blonde
woman with a black belt in karate.
4. The woman sitting next to me is
blonde and a professional weightlifter.
5. The lady to your right is blonde and
a professional wrestler.
‘Now, think about it seriously, Mister. Do you still wanna tell that
joke?’
The blind cowboy thinks for a second, shakes his head, and mutters,
‘No...not if I’m gonna have to explain it five times.’
I AM THANKFUL FOR ......
THE PARTNER WHO HOGS THE COVERS EVERY NIGHT,
BECAUSE HE/SHE IS NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
THE TEENAGER WHO IS NOT DOING DISHES
BUT IS WATCHING TV, BECAUSE THAT MEANS
HE/SHE IS AT HOME AND NOT ON THE STREETS.
FOR THE TAXES THAT I PAY, BECAUSE IT
MEANS THAT I, AM EMPLOYED.
FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY,
BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.
FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG,
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME WORK,
BECAUSE IT MEANS I, AM IN THE SUNSHINE.
FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING,
WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING,
AND GUTTERS THAT NEED FIXING,
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME.
FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
FOR THE PARKING SPOT I FIND AT THE FAR
END OF THE PARKING LOT, BECAUSE IT
MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING AND
THAT I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TRANSPORTATION.
FOR MY HUGE HEATING BILL,
BECAUSE IT MEANS I, AM WARM.
FOR THE LADY BEHIND ME IN CHURCH THAT SINGS OFF KEY, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I CAN HEAR.
FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING,
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR.
FOR WEARINESS AND ACHING MUSCLES AT THE END OF THE DAY, BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF WORKING HARD.
FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OF IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I AM ALIVE.
AND FINALLY.......
FOR TOO MUCH E-MAIL,
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE THINKING OF ME.
Happy “World Day Of Prayer”!
UMM. Pantry! I keep mine on the dresser, right beside my computer desk!
Truffles=chocolate butter, as my Russian SIL informed me!
Hey—one of the best dark chocs I’ve found was choc covered CRANBERRIES! MIL gave them to me because she didn’t like them! :) Way better than choc covered cherries—not as sickeningly sweet.
Hmmmmm .... I need to look for some chocolate covered cranberries. They sound good.
Sure wish we could make the rally tonight. JK's got a huge job to shoot tomorrow and isn't anywhere near set up for it.....so, we will have to try for April.
Looks like it is going to be a beautiful evening for a rally too!
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