“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.”
-Alex Haley
This week at work has been a bit slow, I've been waiting for clients to call me back to review the work I did last week, and it seems like they have higher priorities than me. Imagine that! :) Summer in my office also means that everyone is on vacation. Over half the office has been out of town yesterday and today, making it even harder to motivate myself to find work to do.
So instead, I got a harebrained idea. My grandmother was a genealogist and family historian, and was able to track that side of the family back all the way to the 16th century!! However, my dad's side of the family seemed to stop two generations back. So I signed up for a free trial at ancestry.com and got started. And surprisingly, I made a lot of progress.
I was able to go back to my 6th great grandfather, Henri, who immigrated to the United States from France!!! Our family does have a history!!!
And then, I thought, what about Rob’s family? I got lucky there, too, and was able to find two sets of third great grandparents: Dietrich and Margarethe, and Johann and Lesha, all who immigrated from Germany.
So needless to say, I’m hooked, and have emails out to my grandmother and to Rob’s mom to help fill in the blanks.
"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it."
-Russel Baker
Summer’s coming, and the temperature’s rising. Outside, as well as literally inside our house. And we’ve chosen it to be that way. Rob and I are playing a little game, yes, it’s a game we’re playing with ourselves: “How long can we go without turning on the air conditioner?”
We played last year, and were amazed how cheap our electric bill was for May, so we decided to participate again. This is not an easy game to play in Atlanta, cause it’s already too darn hot here. Our main strategy is to open the windows, turn on the fans, and to limit the covers on the bed.
We’re trying to hold out through the month of May. Only four more days!! Hopefully I won’t melt before then.
“The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.”
-Jennifer Aniston
Rob and I took advantage of the long weekend to hit the gym several times. I’m on Week 7 of the Couch to 5K training plan, which means lots of 25-minute jogs. I did two this weekend, plus my first jog off of the treadmill! Let’s just say I’m hurting a little bit. I mean, every muscle in my body aches. But I did it! And I’m hoping to do it again this evening.
Our bank account might be twinging just a little bit this weekend as well. There was a 50% sale at Michael’s for framing, so we just bit the bullet and took all of our art in for frames. So although $470 isn’t too shabby for 5 frames, Rob has promised that I will be hearing about this little expense for a while. :) Look for photos of our newly decorated walls in the next couple of weeks!
“Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.”
-Lewis Carroll
This weekend we brought home a Creative Loafing weekly newspaper—they’re usually available at all of the local eateries, but I’ve never actually picked one up. It was a surprisingly intelligent, amusing read. And, Rob and I spent an hour entertaining ourselves with the crossword puzzle. We actually completed the puzzle. We’ve decided this will be our new Sunday afternoon tradition.
So needless to say, I’m hooked, and have emails out to my grandmother and to Rob’s mom to help fill in the blanks.
