Mostly Genealogy

The start of another week.  It seems the rain and storms are over for now.  It has been cool (for us) but that won’t last long.  The hot weather is returning.  I haven’t accomplished much outside because of the rain and storms.  Since I had my DNA done I have been hearing from “new” relatives and getting more information for my family tree.  I have been conversing with several of them through email.  So, I have spent the past few days updating my family tree with the new information.  That has kept me busy.  I am almost up to date now.  Of course, that won’t last long because I also get new information from ancestry.  I am back about as far as I can go, so now I am expanding into cousins, etc.

 

Today I am heading for Tigertown.  I will be gone most of the day since I am going shopping for shower presents for Brianna.  I know what I am getting, but I will not be putting it on my blog because Brianna reads my blog and I don’t want her to know what I buy.  I also have a couple of other places to shop.

One of the places I will be going is to Verizon.  Something is wrong with my phone.  The battery does not hold a charge and it keeps locking up on me.  I was talking to Stephanie and she said that they will probably give me a new phone (meaning I will have to buy a new phone?).  Anyway, it’s frustrating.  I didn’t have this much trouble with my old flip phone.

Penny has been all wound up lately.  She is going back to her old ways of waking me up early.  Lately it’s been between 5:30 and 6:00.  I put her out of the bedroom and close the door, but then she sits outside the door and meows.  She makes me feel guilty.  Can you say spoiled?  I thought about changing her name to Jim because he used to wake up this early all the time.

 

The shopping is finished.  First stop was Verizon.  Of course, I needed a new phone.  However, since I have a protection program there is no charge.  I will receive the phone in two days, then I go back so they can transfer my information.  Next was Bed, Bath and Beyond, then Target.  Stopped in Hobby Lobby but I didn’t buy anything.  Kroger was next.  Headed home, and Penny and I had lunch.

After lunch I mowed two sections of grass.  Picked up my mail and headed back to the house for a break.  After supper I watered the bushes, flowers, sticks, and dead trees.  I am sure my tulip poplar trees are dead, but I keep watering them “just in case.”  Same for the two crape myrtles I received from the Arbor Day Organization.  I have a new limb growing on the golden raintree.  YEA! 

 

This morning, after getting my morning chores finished, I went outside and pulled some more weeds in front of my deck.  I am getting there slowly but surely.  I also sprayed roundup on weeds that are small and not too close to bushes planted in the ground.  It is supposed to go up to ninety today so I will probably not go back out until this evening.  Actually, I went back out after lunch and sprayed some more roundup while the sun was shining in front of the deck.  By three o’clock it will start getting shady. 

I took a couple of pictures of the day lilies that are starting to bloom.  These are different than the first ones I took.

I did some more work on my genealogy.  Next I have to update the family book.  The reason I am doing a “book” is to add information that I have found such as who fought in what war, etc.  Also any little tidbits of information that I find out. 

 

After supper I worked a while longer on pulling weeds and spraying roundup.  It’s been a long day, so good night 😊

NOTE:  My new phone has arrived.