What made today good?

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:41 pm

Today I may be halfway to finding out about some of the next layer of relatives (in genealogy) on my mother's side. I found two ancestry.com listings with information on my great-grandmother; they must have been posted by distant cousins of mine (one of them traces descent from my mother's aunt).

Now the problem is to get in touch with these people. I'll try the RootsWeb board public part of ancestry and see if I can make contact. (I detoured here while on my way there â€” of course).

Sue

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:06 pm

the fact that i finally got the bugs sorted on my iphone and can know post messages whever i am.

Kahrey · Post by **Kahrey** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:09 am

It's rather unusual, but I went out by myself today, mostly to buy some of a birthday gift for my best friend (whom I ended up meeting while there). It was nice to have some time alone and then while in Hastings meeting up with a friend (slightly accidental). He's hilarious and gave me a good laugh.

KeE · Post by **KeE** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:13 am

The past week we had a real heatwave here, and I had my one week summer holidays that very week! Long, lazy days spent bathing with the children, reading and playing at being a carpenter (installed new door and wall coverings) at the family's near-seaside 50 sq.m. chateau...
And it is quite good to be back, milking the beasts, walking the fields and shopping for equipment. In a small month's time comes second harvest, and things are looking good. The heat has dissipated though...

sweetharleygirl · Post by **sweetharleygirl** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:43 am

The start of my Summer Reading Program here at the library!

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:16 pm

During the past week, my family grew from 4 to 7!!

I am a lucky man. Will post pics when I have some.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:45 pm

Triplets?
Or do you mean the extended family, three children born to various relatives in just one week (well, couldn't really start with 4, could you? or, three unmarried sisters just having a child each?)

Edit: sorry, I should have followed events more closely: you remarried and your new wife already had 2 children, right?
Do I win a sherlock?

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:22 pm

Lol!!

Ding ding ding!!

Kahrey · Post by **Kahrey** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:31 pm

A small glass of Irish Cream at the end of a stressful day of being under HORRIBLE management is always a highlight...

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:07 pm

Explanation for my relatively long absence and why I feel good:

Today we put the (nearly) finishing touch on our newly refurnished bedroom (a 32-inch TV my husband can use to doze off to). Now we only need to install two mirrors (1 decorative and 1 full-length for usefulness) and hang/rehang the pictures.

I'm hoping my husband will take photos which we can post for everyone's enjoyment.

One may wonder why a nearly 82-year-old has spent this much money on a bedroom. Well, I've wanted furniture like this all my life and the new furniture adds lots of drawer space, along with looking good. For most of my life, money went for raising the children, various family emergencies, and so on. When Bob (who is much better at financial math) said we could afford it, I thought that it was truly time to go for attractive efficiency.

Sue.

Echus Cthulhu Mythos · Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:30 am

Today has been good because I finished class at 10am and instead of hanging around at uni and studying I went home and did things that were actually productive! Woohoo!

sweetharleygirl · Post by **sweetharleygirl** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:46 pm

Finally have a really good laugh at somehting after a really bad week.

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:01 pm

As a follow up to Tuesday's post, here are the pictures of our new bedroom furniture (is somewhat slideshow order) as seen on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/? ... 1970888287

Hope you enjoy them!

Sue

Post by **rip8fan1** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:53 pm

mccormack44 wrote:As a follow up to Tuesday's post, here are the pictures of our new bedroom furniture (is somewhat slideshow order) as seen on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/? ... 1970888287

Hope you enjoy them!

Sue

The link didn't work for me, maybe I'm not doing something right?

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:52 pm

Sorry about that, it worked for us before we posted, but you are correct, it doesn't work here. We're new to flickr; obviously we did something wrong. The correct post will be up tomorrow, if we can figure this out.

Sue

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:27 am

Bob solved this tonight.

Go to http://www.flickr.com/people/rfimages44/, then click on the blue button that says "photo stream."

Sue

Post by **rip8fan1** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:10 am

mccormack44 wrote:Bob solved this tonight.

Go to http://www.flickr.com/people/rfimages44/, then click on the blue button that says "photo stream."

Sue

That's some fine looking furniture. Those scenery shots are pretty nice also!!

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:29 am

Thank you.

We only meant to post the furniture; but the whole site is public. Bob has been working with his new camera plus Photo Elements and Aperture, since he retired 10 months ago and these pictures show his abilities.

Sue

gpackin · Post by **gpackin** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:01 pm

I took a nice hike with my family in the San Bernardino National Forest today, it was a good time.

Echus Cthulhu Mythos · Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:14 pm

Today has/will be good for two reasons...

1) this morning I finished a mammoth workout which I have been dreading for the whole week. I chucked myself in the deep in with this training program and it is brutal hell but after I finish it things are great. There might be photos in a few days...

2) It is the engineering ball tonight! Woohoo. I just need some sleep this afternoon so I don't fall asleep at 8:15pm like I did after the workout last Saturday night!

moonwolf021 · Post by **moonwolf021** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:47 pm

Spending the entire day with the guy I like.

Now if only he'd get over his shyness and do something about it. ( I know I could too, but he needs to meet me halfway )

Stormcrow · Post by **Stormcrow** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:08 am

Sounds like there are 2 halfways a (yours and his) maybe you should go with your halfway , might be quicker in the long run

gpackin · Post by **gpackin** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:05 pm

I'm one step closer to receiving my second Master's Degree. I did a public presentation of my project titled California Community Colleges: Student Transportation and Vehicle Carbon Emissions. Public speaking is not one of my strong points, in fact I hate it with a passion. A public presentation is a program requirement, so I did my best. I have one more chapter to write and a bunch of maps to produce, then I have my defense on the 7th of December.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:21 pm

Congratulations and good luck for the presentation. I'm sure you'll do well. You do communicate very well by writing, so why not orally? Just imagine everyone in the audience is a supporter. Just picture my face on all the attendees (on second thought, don't: it would be bad effect to go through your presentation laughing out loud).

book junkie · Post by **book junkie** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:00 pm

The eagles best hits cd and Natural Ordermage book that I bought yesterday.