I cleaned out a shelf of mostly Bibles and devotionals to make room for a Lego shelf in my bookcase. We had collected way too many Bibles over the years and it feels good to declutter. I discovered that I enjoy making things for the grandkids to play with out of little Lego kits and now I have a place to put them!
I'm still crocheting away on those scarves for the fourth graders. I have 8 more camo ones to make for the boys and then a couple more for the girls. If this ends up working and the kids like them, I plan on doing this for my friend's class every year.
I finally figured out how to get a handle on the enormous amount of information pouring into my life through ancestry.com. I am typing a "profile page" for every person in my tree. This is basically a list of the important information for that person, such as birth & death dates, spouse, children, siblings, parents, immigration information, residences, and documentation. This will make it so much easier to actually see what I have, since I currently have over 2000 people in my tree. But don't be impressed because ancestry makes it almost TOO easy to incorporate more people.
I have felt overwhelmed for a while, and that causes the joy to be lost. I think this "profiling" will help get me back on track. As I look at what I have for each person, I will also compare the documentation to what I have in my files as hard copies. I want my tree to have a solid foundation beginning with my parents, and then later on it can reach into the sky with tiny limbs.
When I asked myself why on earth I would even care about dead people, I realized that I organizing information for the people I leave behind. Hopefully one person in each generation will care about this. I find history fascinating. Part of it is that it helps to put my life into perspective. It also gives me a feeling of belonging to something greater than just my immediate family.
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