The Middle of April

Was in bed before 8 pm last night.  I had woke up with a drippy nose and knew immediately it meant I was in a for an allergy day.  And that's what I had.  I'm still a tad stuffed up but I can deal with that. I'm just thankful it didn't turn into something worse. So many people are suffering with colds and coughs right now.

Not much on my calendar this week. Now that I actually glance at my calendar, I see there's not much on it for the next THREE weeks!  That's okay, though.  Leaves me free to occupy myself in whatever activity strikes my mood.

Guess what I'm going to do today?  Yep.  You're right -- genealogy research. I've cropped a lot of the "unknown" pictures from that album I received as I'm hoping I can figure out  which great aunt is who. Here's the older photos and I have them identified. Just want to match their younger photos. These are my grandpa's sisters and they're all older than he was.

                        Henrietta Patton from Pendleton (Etta or Ettie) married to a barber

 Georgia Stark (Georgie) from Independence and Eugene, OR  married a hotel owner.

                  Elizabeth Thomason (Lizzie) from Eugene married a farmer. Wrote poetry.

                                    Martha Steele (Mattie) from Suver, OR married a farmer.

                                          This is Mattie, Lilly (sis-in-law), and Etta

 Especially anxious to ID this photo as I'm curious about the badge the guy is wearing. The woman resembles my Aunt Elva Arey in her younger days.

 I can't decide who this lady with the hat is. Kind of looks like the same one with the guy wearing a badge.  I need somebody else to look these over. A new eye often helps clarify.

                                                          I'm guessing this might be Etta

                                     Pretty sure this is Lizzie & William Jacob Thomason

I need to work a little harder at locating descendants of each of these great aunts of mine as I'm sure they might have photos in their collection which could help me a lot.  I have connected with relatives of John, Georgie, Lizzie, Etta, and Mattie but it's hard not to make a pest of myself as I email them repeatedly with "one more question."  Ha!  They're probably all sick to death of me already.  These are all grandparents of theirs so the info they have is as limited as mine.

Well, let's see...what else can I talk about besides stuff you have absolutely no interest in anyhow.

I went to the casino yesterday and met up with the girls for lunch.  We ate in the restaurant and the food was excellent. Way better than the buffet.  My picture came out too grainy to suit me, though, so I've got to see about investing in a new one.  I certainly can do that since I got a nice income tax refund.

                          Mary Norton, Joanne Gilles, Linda Pedersen, me, Ruth Kvinsland

I managed to earn about .83 from gambling. Would have lost that too but I decided the slots were terribly boring and I had other fish to fry.  Stopped at Penneys to see if they had anything of interest and was really disappointed in their selection. I doubt I'll ever go back.  Went to Walmart and bought a few items and stopped at Sunny Farms to get veggies and fruit. Gonna cut everything up this afternoon and see if I can't get in the habit of snacking healthier.

Got a cute picture from Mary when her and Jake and Catie went to Target.

Mary has to go to Austin, TX this month for about three days and she's depressed at having to leave Jake.  Andy will do fine, though, as he already participates in every phase of his care from baths to meals to bedtime to daycare.  They managed to wean him off the bottle last week.  Growing up so fast.

I decided to move my laptop and all my paperwork back into this bedroom/office as it was just too easy for me to sit down at the kitchen table and not get up.  My goal is to cut down on my computer time and head to the sewing room for some activity requiring a bit more exercise.  And yes, you get more exercise sewing than you do on the computer.  A lot of up and down movement.

Gotta get a letter written now so I'll cut this short.  Ohhhhh....interesting. A police car just stopped out front.  Guess I'd better get my scanner out and see if I can pick up on the activity.  I looked outside and no one else is there. He appears to be just sitting.   How annoying!  Kind of sounds now like they're doing a stake-out.  Looking for somebody in the area.  Oh well, at least it gave me something to write about on my blog. Ha Ha  This is all I can see...