Friday, January 29, 2010
Let's Face it Friday! Week 5
O what a big weekend have I got ahead of me.
Tonight, I get to hang out with The Nephew. That kid is so dang cute. It's impossible to have a bad weekend when I get to spend time with the cutest 4-year-old on the planet.
And then Saturday morning, I'm heading to a Super Secret Location to chat with the stars of the upcoming web series Miss Behave, after which I'm meeting up with someone to hang out in LA for a few hours.
As much fun as it's all going to be, I'm looking forward as much to my Sunday afternoon nap as I am to all the fun stuff between now and the Sabbath.
(Yeah. I'm totally exhausted, but I'm still awake and it's, like, midnight. What's wrong with me?)
Anyways.
Where was I?
Oh, yeah. Goals. And checking in. And stuff.
It is Friday, after all. And that's what we do on Fridays around here.
Last week I decided to work on #30 on my 65 in 365 list. The goal was to find the names of my great-grandfather's parents. As of last Friday, here's what I knew:
Herman was born in Stockholm Sweden sometime in the late 1800s. At some point, fairly early in his life, he moved from Sweden to Ohio, where he met and married my great-grandmother, Clara, sometime in the twenties. My grandfather was born in 1924 in Ohio, so I was reasonably confident the two were married before 1924.
Beyond that, I didn't know much of anything. I don't know who his parents were or if he had brothers and sisters. I had no idea when he'd actually arrived in the States or why he left his homeland or whether he came here alone.
I'm sorry to say that I don't know much more than that. Yet. I have learned that sometime between 1924 and 1930 the trio moved from Ohio to Pasadena, CA and that Herman came to the States in 1909. I know he was born in 1888 and that he was 35 when he married his 33-year-old bride. It was the first marriage for both.
(Since I'm turning 33 next month, this gave me an unexpected bit of comfort.)
I hoped to know more by today, but these things happen. Especially when it comes to family history.
Which is why I'm glad I got the brilliant idea to email my aunt and ask what she remembers about (duh!) her own grandparents. I remember talking to my dad about it once, but he didn't really know much. It's not really his thing.
So that was my week. A little bit of success. Not quite enough to scratch something off my list, but it's progress. I'm getting close.
And in my downtime, when I wasn't scouring census records and begging the internet to show me a marriage license, I looked over my 65 in 365 list. And you know what? There's some pretty good stuff on there. Some darned good stuff. I set goals that I don't even remember setting, but I'm excited about them.
Like #16. I really need to back up all of my photos and music. I love my laptop and it's only 11 months old, but it's a small computer. It could disappear. It could get a virus. It could commit suicide. I can't afford to take chances. So I'm going to take my brand new external hard drive and spend this week backing everything up to it. I'll get the chance to clear some files off my hard drive while I'm at it.
What about you? What are you working on this week?
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Umm overcoming the laundry giant, which I won last night right before the hot water heater went cough cough gag and quit working lol.
ReplyDeleteHey Karen! You are one busy girl! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteFrom a lesson I learned earlier this week....don't take your beloved laptop for granted! Back up everything now! There are a lot of stupid viruses out there.
ReplyDeleteI am working on catching up on sleep! Man, I am tired for some reason.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a fun week end planned! Enjoy! Love you , girl. Miss you too.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome that you are learning about your great grandparents. I have an aunt who is obsessed with geneology. So if I have any questions, I just pull out on of the notebooks she's given to everyone.
ReplyDeleteWe bought a MyBook external drivea year or so ago and store all our music, pictures, and documents on that. Nothing is actually stored on our computer.
Hi there, stopping in from SITS! Hope you have a great weekend. Sounds like you have a busy one ahead. Today is my day where I don't have to be anhywhere...I have my feet up and am relaxing and blogging....aaahhh, the life!
ReplyDeleteStop by and say hi! :)
Sounds like you have a great weekend planned! I'll admit, the nap does sound like the best part to me too!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, the nap sounds awesome. I want to take a nap right now.
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ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your blog. Good luck on the family history search.
ReplyDeleteOh Karen...love your blog! I promise I DO read it, even though I don't comment very often. I guess I"m a lingerer..hoverer? I can't remember what the blog folks call it.
ReplyDeleteAnyways...Hi! Thanks for reading my blog too...always love your comments. And P.S let me know if you want me to set you up with light sabers guy. :)
Mom and daughter are both sick this week AGAIN. Pondering bed time at 9:15 on a Friday night.
ReplyDeleteNot much has gotten done.
, I am tired for some reason.
ReplyDeleteWork from home India
I just love the idea of you doing 65 in 365. That is fabulous! And the genealogical search is something I would really love to do someday too.
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