I did the free Picture People thing today that Natalie always raves about and takes advantage of. No sitting fee, and ONE free picture to take home. I went to the mall so Parker could play on the play area, and came away with this. The boys actually happened to be matching today, so I had some of the two of them taken, too. They just weren't as irresistable as this one.
I miss my camera. It's not that I even need it to blog, but with it gone, I feel very blah when it comes to blogging. Do you all feel blah, too? Not a whole lot of blogging going on in my circle. It must be the weather.
Today, my darling husband has a birthday. He's getting to the age where he might not wanting me telling you how old he is, but let's just say, he's 3 years older than me, and I'm 29. hehee
I like to wear turtlenecks and cords when I want to look smart,
and the flash on Mom's dinosaur camera makes me look kind of weird. Digital camera! Where are you?
Today is Tuesday, which means Audrey and Parker are both in school. It's just me and Miles here at home and it's raining and cold. I always think, "Great! A whole half-day with only one kid! Think how much I could get done, how many errands I could run and how quickly!"
One of my new year's resolutions this year was to get back into my family history research. Since Miles was born, it's been way on the back burner. But, as part of that resolution, I've decided to start writing down my personal history. In the past several years, I've discovered a passion within me for all things family history, and how I wish I had, at the very least, a synopsis of the lives of any or all of my ancestors. I've gathered little pieces of some of their lives from new-found relatives and old and new research. I've gleaned details about my more recent ancestors from those who still remember them, but how wonderful it would be to have something in their own hand to read!“A journal is the literature of superiority. Each individual can become superior in his own humble life.
“What could you do better for your children and your children’s children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved?
“Some of what you write may be humdrum dates and places, but there will also be rich passages that will be quoted by your posterity” (“The Angels May Quote from It,” New Era, Oct. 1975, p. 5. Emphasis added).
Why don't you start your personal history, too?
I've accomplished all three of my goals for the week, and it's only Wednesday! They weren't difficult goals, of course, but I like to start small.
Goal #2: A new post on one of the Family History Blogs I created. A very rewarding and fun goal to complete. Check out what I posted about my beautiful great-grandmother here!
By tonight, we're supposed to have ice on the roads and, as the weatherman put it, "ice falling out of the sky." The high will be around 34. You can tell this doesn't happen around here too often, since the news people don't even know what to call cold weather.
Audrey has learned about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at school last week, in honor of his birthday today. We were listening to the Curious George soundtrack in the car, and there is a song on it in which the singer says, "I can change the world, with my own two hands," to which Parker always responds:
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