My desk is full of projects. I brought a number of things from upstairs to my desk to be worked on. I am adding old photos every day to the facebook site for my Maternal Grandparents...I hope to finish that up soon. There is a gathering this summer for that part of the family. I went down a couple of rabbit holes adding photos to Find A Grave...and I know that there are more photos I could add...and oh yes a pile of obituaries to scan.
One by one the projects will be dealt with and put in the proper place. I have my Great Grandmothers funeral book...she died in 1968. Also my Maternal Grandparents funeral books...if my siblings don't want them ...then maybe I will take them to the gathering and give them to my cousins to fight over...ha!
More yarn projects have been added to my desk since I took the photo. Far Guy winds my yarn into balls for me as he watches music videos.
For a break I am Spring cleaning the drawers in the kitchen...there are 17 drawers and 8 are done. Isn't is funny or not how weird stuff is saved...especially in the one kitchen junk drawer.
Our weather is cool and a bit dreary. The high on Friday was 43 F or 7 C eh.
This week our company was friends Joel and Jackie and their dog Buddy, my other baby brother and she who sees robins first.
Far Guy got the old car Tilly started up as next Monday she has an appointment for a new boot. (It is something that covers the drive train ...I think...I know it is something important that has been bugging Far Guy.)
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You are getting stuff done! Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteI clean out my junk drawers frequently or else I'd be drowning in junk! lol
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Donna
There are a lot of rabbit holes to disappear down when it comes to family ancestry. I spent quite a bit of time this past winter updating Find-a-Grave information. It was a slow process since many of the graves were added in mass by contributors who no longer monitor them so the changes had to wait for the 30 day? time limit for response before being updated.
ReplyDeleteEd, Have you complained to Find A Grave? I had to do that with one family member and they switched the grave to me.
DeleteI thought a boot was a British name for the trunk. I guess it has another meaning, too.
ReplyDeleteGood idea to offer those funeral books to other family. My mom was one of those people who put all the cards received for something special into a scrapbook. I have this gigantic tub full of those types of scrapbooks to go through. They scare me!! LOL
ReplyDeleteI like hearing about your projects - - from spring cleaning to all the others. You have traditions which we enjoy - - - from guessing the snow stick . . . . . to spring cleaning when you count the drawers and cupboards completed . . . . to telling who sees robins first! We like hearing about the normal rhythm of life. I have probably mentioned before that I have friends who never want to quit working (employment) because they would be bored sitting around the house. I just don't understand that at all. There is always too much to do at home - - fun stuff as well as the same ole same ole every day stuff.
ReplyDeleteJunk drawers! My Mom had a junk drawer. And it was full and never emptied.
ReplyDeleteI've made 4 scrapbooks and I have enough pictures to make so many more. I still print out pictures and put them in photo albums.
ReplyDeleteMy kitchen junk drawer has good stuff in it. It just looks junky. Time to reorganize it?
ReplyDeleteMy brother in law did a huge sort of photos and movies a while back and got a lot of them in order for the parents' 60th anniversary. More for the mother in law's 90th. Then my extremely organized daughter took the pile over and logic reigns. My job was to photograph all the family graves and I did and they are stored on a memory stick. My family's graves are yet to do, but I may not be able to get there. I send both churches money every year to keep the graveyards tidy.
ReplyDeleteNow wool balls is another matter and if my guy lives to be 100, he will never wind a single one. He does knit. On my projects. And the cat sits on them. Sigh.
I wish my desk looked lke yours. Even my floor is covered. I am supposed to be filing and finding the stuff for income tax. Maybe later.
17 drawers? I wish I had half of them. I am fully confident that you will get this all done in time for the family gathering a little later on. Wishing you all a Happy Easter...
ReplyDeleteYou are one of the busiest ladies I know....even with all your pain. Good job on all the things you have been working on!
ReplyDeleteI am in awe of all you accomplish! You are a dynamo. I have heard the term "boot". I prefer to know nothing about vehicles and maintenance and parts. I just want them to run, LOL.
ReplyDeleteJunk drawers are wonderful places where things go only to be emptied and cleaned out when it gets full. And then you find something in there and say to self...---> AHAH! That is where I ut it!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure exactly what a funeral book is but I hope someone in the family will want them.
ReplyDeleteI think every kitchen has to have a junk drawer.
You have been so busy! I've never heard of a funeral book. Or the boot in a car that wasn't the trunk--lol! Enjoy the warm weather. :)
ReplyDeleteI actually haven't had a junk drawer since, um, 2012! Ha! Maybe because there are only four drawers in my tiny apt. kitchen. There was only one drawer in my previous even tinier apt. // Soooo, what kind of music videos does Far Guy watch? Somehow I feel like this is something you may have told us long ago that I've forgotten. Or maybe not. Enquiring minds want to know lol. // I have several of the funeral books from my family and other ancestors. Interesting to see who showed up and from where. I love all the stuff I get from being a genealogist. Such fun!
ReplyDeleteOh Rock and Roll and Country...he has head phones so I do not hear them:)
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