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I am home! I was definitely tired when I went to work today lol. Here are the rest of the Kansas pics!

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The chapel where the funeral was held. So pretty!!

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27. Where, and How, Do You Watch Movies? Usually at the theater, Amazon Prime or airplane apps on my computer when flying

28. What Is Your Favorite Street? I have a soft spot for Piccadilly in London lol
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Sept 30-Oct 5). I left before the last book club meeting, I'm excited to see what everyone thought of the ending!

A Ghost of Caribou by Alice Henderson (Oct 6-8)

Murder on the Titanic by Jim Walker (Oct 10-16). Will I ever get tired of reading about the Titanic? (A novel, but still lol)

Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea by Tami Oldham Ashcraft (Oct 17-18)

Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O'Keefe (Oct 19-29). I would have enjoyed this even if it hadn't mentioned Caja de Muertos..I liked the humor in it lol. I happily bought the second in the series after I finished it! (Hopefully I'll get a pic of the island today!)

On Monday, we had Thanksgiving dinner with Jo's family, since we're going to be in Alaska then. I finally got to meet Jo's dad (Malbert)! (His parents are divorced, but are still good acquaintances.) He was nice! Most everyone arrived early and hung out and talked, which made me sad I couldn't talk to them too..kinda felt like an outsider. I especially wanted Camilla to like me, but whenever I tried talking to her she seemed shy or confused. Dinner was turkey with meat stuffing, rice, macaroni salad, and breadrolls (Ryan had to supply veggies, because I guess that's not common here). We also celebrated Malbert's birthday and had cake and milkshakes for dessert. Camilla and another kid named Tiomi were drawing and doing crafts, and all of a sudden both of them started talking to me, excitedly talking about their crafts. Camilla spoke just enough English, and me just enough Spanish to get by (Tiomi is from Boston and bilingual, so she helped too). If I messed up my Spanish, Camilla thought it was silly (but not in a mean way) and was super excited when I got it right. It was weird how suddenly she wasn't shy anymore! We had fun coloring (I called what I was using a marker, and Tiomi was like "no, it's a HIGHLIGHTER!" haha) and just being silly, and suddenly Tiomi said "I'm having so much fun with you!!" Awwww, that made me so happy! They must have read my mind, because that's exactly what I've been looking for. Tiomi also asked me why I wore glasses and why my eyes are so small haha..I'm not sure she understood me explaining ptosis, but I tried lol. It was a really fun night!

Yesterday Ryan had an appointment to get a tattoo in San Juan, so we drove there for the day. We hung out a mall until his appointment, dropped him off, then went to another mall to go to a bookstore there. That mall was HUGE, possibly the biggest mall I've been to (three stories! It's the biggest mall in the Caribbean). Malls in the US might be dying, but not in Puerto Rico..there were lots of people! The bookstore had a section for books in English, and bought a couple. After that we went to Old San Juan. It's a really cool historical place, and there were stray cats EVERYWHERE!! I've seen some in the various places we've gone to, but this place was teeming with them! The first cat I saw was very friendly (it blinked slowly at me, so I knew it was ok), and enjoyed being pet by me..when I stopped it meowed at me, like it was saying "don't stop!!" Not all the cats were friendly, but I still loved seeing them (mom was annoyed I kept trying to pet every cat I saw LOL). Later I read the cats are famous descendants from the cats the Spaniards brought with them 500 years ago. I'd visit just to pet the cats all day LOL. We walked past the original city wall and fountains and stuff..it was 91 degrees though, too hot for me! We ate a late lunch, looked in shops, and finally found a couple geocaches! (There aren't many in Ponce.) There's also a castle fort thing, but it was too hot to walk over to it..we'll just have to come back (and pet more kitties!! Hehe). We also went to a pigeon park, where on the weekends you can buy food and feed them. Some of those poor things were so fat they could barely walk. :( Eventually it got dark and we were tired, so we just drove back to the tattoo studio and waited for Ryan to be done. He got a raven with a graveyard in the background..it's super detailed and cool. He got done late, so we missed the pumpkin carving and food at Carmen's house. The house is now decorated for Christmas haha. It was really nice to go to bed after that long day!

Today we went up to this overlook where there's a castle (really a fancy house), Japanese gardens and where you can see Caja de Muertos, but it was hazy and everything was closed, so I think we're going back tomorrow. It's nice to just chill for awhile now :P

more pics! )

30 – Haunted Refrigerator Night: Sometimes you forget about certain things that are in your fridge. And while you may have forgotten about them, they certainly haven't forgotten about you. Instead, they sit lurking in the back of the refrigerator waiting for you to delve into its darkest corners and unleash the disgusting rotten mess that lurks within those Tupperware sarcophagi. Is there anything lurking in the deepest recesses of your fridge that you're afraid to look at or deal with? LOL. No, my fridge got cleaned out before I left lol

31 – Magic Day: Have you ever seen magic performed live? Have you ever tried to learn a few tricks yourself? I think so. No

November 2023
1 – Extra Mile Day: When was the last time you went the extra mile for someone, or someone went the extra mile for you? Tell us about it. Maybe yesterday..I got a cold drink after our long day, but we had to to a mall to get it..Jo definitely goes out of his way to care for people!
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On Friday, we went to the beach houses we were staying at..they're art Caba Roja, about an hour and 20 minutes away, on the south part of the island. It was POURING rain when we got there..fun unloading the car and trying not to get everything soaked :P (of course it lessened when we were finished haha). Of the 20 some cabins, our group had 18 of them! (Ours was cabin 16, how lucky!) There was Jo's family, friends, friends of friends..Jo didn't even know everyone haha. I really like his niece, Camilla..she is so nice! We can't really speak to each other because of the language barrier, but smiling and waving at me says a lot too! Mom, Jo, Ryan and I got our bathing suits on and took a walk on the beach. I was VERY uncomfortable, because I'm used to covering everything in Alaska lol. The water was pretty warm! We went in the woods some and saw some crabs! I tried touching one and it showed me its claw, like it was saying "don't you dare" LOL. Because of the rain, the evening was very pleasant, the coolest I'd felt here! There were some feral cats around too, aww. We had dinner, hung out some, and then went to bed because we were all tired. Everyone else was still outside playing and listening to music and stuff..hooray, we're the Introvert Cabin! LOL. The beds weren't too bad actually, though I got sand in it haha

Yesterday we had breakfast..even at 9 or 10 something, it's really hot!! It was a beautiful sunny day though, the best we've had so far! Ryan looked 100% miserable..he hates being around people, being too hot, sand..I felt bad for him. Someone gave Jo a book, and when he walked to Ryan he showed him the weed edible gummies the person hid in the book..I tried a piece of one too, because why not? (I just read recreational marijuana is illegal in Puerto Rico..oops. D:) The aftertaste was gross though. I felt a little shaky, but pretty happy haha. Mom, Jo and I went swimming..yay I've been in the Caribbean Sea! There was literally an underwater path leading to a swimming hole (it was shallow a long way out!). The water was so warm! Other people were there, and some people spoke English, so it was cool talking to more of Jo's family (both his siblings speak English because they went to the same school, but Jo is the most fluent since he lives in the US). Throughout the day, we'd go back to shore to eat lunch or something, then go back out (too hot not to!). It was fun jumping right as a wave was breaking! Someone brought snacks, so we had a picnic in the middle of the sea haha. At lunch, Ryan seemed happier, and Jo said he took him to get coffee (he didn't used to like coffee, but it seems he can't live without it now :P). He even went swimming after that! It started raining and mom was like "oh no, we're getting wet!!" LOL. I put on sunscreen, but got sunburned on the places I missed..it's not too bad though

Eventually we got tired of being in the water, and hung out and had dinner and stuff. I guess every weekend they have karaoke and partying and stuff at the nearby town, so a bunch of us went to check it out. A lot of people had Halloween costumes or accessories on, which was fun to see..I saw Mirabel from Encanto, t-rexes, a drag queen dressed as a sexy angel haha, a phoenix, etc. There were a lot of feral cats begging for food..they would just walk in a restaurant and sit by a table, hoping to get a treat. We watched the karaoke for awhile..the angel absolutely slayed that haha. I didn't know any of the songs, but it was a nice festive atmosphere, though too loud for me to speak much. Not my normal scene, but it's alright once in awhile. After that we headed back to the cabin and went to bed..it still felt like I was swaying in the sea haha. It stormed and rained pretty much all night

Today we had breakfast at a little place at the nearby town..my orange juice was freshly squeezed, and the potato/onion/pepper mix was SOO good. Then we went back to pack up..there were dead cockroaches outside. D: On the drive back I saw feral cats, loose chickens..interesting place lol. Our core group had lunch at a restaurant by the ocean, and then drove back to Ponce. It's interesting..people here leave "s" off the end of their words, so they say "gracia" instead of "gracias" (like saying "goin'" instead of "going" in English). I very easily adopt people's sayings, so now I'm doing it haha (it's super hard for me to say thank you in English, but somehow can easily say it in Spanish). I'm definitely tired now, but it was a fun weekend!

beach pics!! )

28 – International Animation Day: What is your favourite animated film or TV series? The Hunchback of Notre Dame, How to Train Your Dragon, etc

29 – Internet Day and Cyber-security Awareness Month: Today is both national Internet day and Cyber-security Awareness Month. Are you, or do you try to be, fairly vigilant about how you use the internet, and keeping yourself safe online? Do you tend to use the same password across most sites? Have you ever suffered a malware infection? I try, though I do like to use similar passwords I can remember. Yes, but not much anymore since using Macs
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Merry Christmas! Yesterday me, mom, Ryan and Jo played Pictionary, Jo's first time playing it! It's fun, except for the fact that I can't draw haha. Today we had breakfast and opened our stockings..I got a glacier picture, a loofah with a long handle for washing your back lol, the card game Connect Four, hand warmers and some candy. Next we opened gifts..I got a Barnes and Noble gift card from Ryan and Jo; PJs, a kitty kitchen towel and $500 from mom; a kitty ornament from my coworker; a shirt that says "all I need is books and cats" from Denise and an Amazon gift card from Dana..yay! I'm surprised neither of the cats joined us..they're usually so curious! Guess they were tired after sleeping all night. :P Looking forward to the yummy meal later, and we'll probably play more games lol. I love having Ryan and Jo around, it makes things more exciting (Jo has a good sense of humor too!). Hope your Christmases were good too!

some pics! )

Dad came across hundreds of old family photos last night, ones I'd never seen before..grandma as a kid, grandpa in WWII posing with captured Japanese airplanes, my great-grandma (who died before I was born), dad and his siblings as kids, etc. It was pretty cool, I don't really know a lot about his extended family (grandpa died when I was little..pretty much my only memory is seeing him in his casket at his funeral :(). It's fascinating seeing what life was like back then..very different from now!

dec 22-25 )
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It has rained during nearly every Tanana Valley State Fair over its nearly century-long history, but Friday and Saturday's deluge was one for the record books.

The rain started Friday, the opening day of the fair, and by Saturday at 3 p.m., 2.01 inches had fallen, according to climatologist Rick Thoman on Twitter. That amount is "more than has fallen in the ENTIRETY of any other TVF," he tweeted. The next closest was 1.96 inches during the 1996 fair.

Because of the heavy rainfall, the fair closed early on Friday night.

Wow! I couldn't believe how much it rained on Saturday..it just kept coming down hard! I hope it doesn't rain when mom and I go on Wednesday lol (we definitely needed the rain though, to help put out the forest fires)

Here's something weird..when I'm falling asleep, I will continue writing the book I'm reading in my head! Does anyone else do things like that? So weird lol

Dad told me his siblings are going to Hawaii yet again, which kinda upset me..they go to Hawaii EVERY YEAR, but they have never ONCE come up to visit us. I know that it's expensive and a long trip, but so is Hawaii! Aunt Susan is a travel agent, so I know she can find great deals on hotels and stuff. The whole time we've lived up here, only Aunt Cindy, Uncle Dean, Stephanie and grandpa have come up to visit, and that was in 2010! Everyone always tells us to visit, and I love visiting them, but I want to show off my beautiful state to everyone too! They don't know what they're missing :P

Day 214-216 )

Today's trivia: In Queensland, Australia, it's illegal to own a pet rabbit unless you're a magician
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More family pics before going to the airport! Yay :P

Nelson, Elsie & her 1923 Model T  Ford.BMP
How cool is that??

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November 28 - What’s the last concert you saw? HammerFall, in 2010..no one comes to Alaska :P (still sad about missing the Rhapsody Reunion too :()
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Yay I found another used bookstore to go to! They had a LOT of books..like they had an entire room just for mystery books. They tried to be organized, but still had books on piles on the floor..my bookstore has me spoiled I think. :P It was also in a neighborhood..THAT would be a dangerous place to live next to LOL. Mom dropped me off and went to find a quilt store, but it wasn't there (ouch!), so she bought some quilt books at the bookstore instead :P

Yesterday I found treasure: a recording of the show John Lundberg was on about the Empire State Building!! I recorded it onto a DVD (modern technology ftw :P), and when I get home I'll record it on my phone and post it here! Grandpa has a DVD he recorded of both the shows he was on, but it was recorded without sound! Good thing he kept the original tape lol. So happy I finally have a copy of my own now. :D We also watched some home movies and looked at more old pics, and in the same box were letters (and a telegram!) from his dad! So cool! I HATE watching/hearing recordings of myself, but thought it would be ok since I was like 5 years old..nope, still super weird and uncomfortable lol. There were some of Nana and John and Jacquie and others at the buffalo farm in Wisconsin, at grandpa's old house, and various other places. Grandpa keeps thanking me for showing him old stuff lol..it's fun to reminisce :)

I can't believe today is our last full day in Florida already! That went fast. Our flight leaves at 5 PM..I'm glad we don't have to get up early lol. So glad I could get some great pics of my ancestors too! Grandpa's cats aren't very cuddly, so I'll be glad to see Abby and cuddle with her lol

November 26-27 )
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Teresa, Ron and Stephanie left this morning. :( I always hate having to say goodbye to them, they're so easygoing and happy and fun. Last night we played Scattergories..everyone is always surprised at how good I am at that game haha. Like I said "welwitschia" for a plant that starts with "w" (it's a tree that grows in the desert and can live for thousands of years. It only has two leaves its entire life!). Everyone was like "...yeah, that was my next answer" LOL. Hopefully they can come to Alaska soon, that would be fun!

After they left grandpa took us to his neighbor's house that has a chicken coop and we got some fresh eggs! Their chickens were beautiful and well taken care of. They also had quail and a nice kitty hehe. We hung out for a couple hours and then went back to grandpa's house. I think his cats are relieved they don't have to worry about a dog anymore :P

more pics, including more old family photos! )

November 25 - What’s your favorite dinosaur? Blue from Jurassic World is pretty cool, and of course Littlefoot from The Land Before Time lol
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On Sunday night we got on the first flight to Seattle..I just wanted to sleep, but this baby in the row next to me wouldn't stop crying!! He eventually quieted down, but every time he woke up he started crying..ughh. The lady next to mom REEKED of smoke..she did have a cat though, which we got to pet hehe. We arrived in Seattle at 4 something, ew..I couldn't believe how many people were awake at that hour lol. We had a couple hours there..I got a vanilla bean frappuccino at Starbucks, which tasted like a vanilla milkshake, yum! We left Seattle at 7 something, and I drooled at Mt. Rainier, St. Helens, Adams and all the rest in the sun lol. I watched Tangled (finally!) and Happy Feet (because..Cherry? Haha) too. Around 5 hours later, we arrived in Tampa..grandpa picked us up and drove us the 80 miles back to his house (thanks!). Mom and I were so tired lol..I felt like time had been stolen from us after going through multiple time zones haha. After dinner grandpa got his genealogy file out, and I finally got to see that my research was all correct, right up to John Hopkins of Hartford!!! OMG so happy lol. There were a bunch of copies of some Day Book that was in the family for over 150 years, but grandpa doesn't know what happened to it. I hope there is more than one book, or somehow it can be found, because that's the proof I need to become a member of the Mayflower Society! Grandpa also showed me old family pics..his parents, grandparents, etc..I love being able to put faces to names and I'm excited to share them here! Going to bed was awesome, and slept very well. :P Teresa and Ron and Stephanie arrive tomorrow, yay!

Before the family pics, a new Cherry sighting!!!
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I've seen this pic before, but this one was big enough to spot Cherry, holding his glasses! (That's a total giveaway. :P) Aww yay, look at him shyly peeking out hehe <3

mt. rainier and family pics )

November 19 - If you could only watch one TV show for the rest of your life, which would it be? Ummm..I'm not sure! Maybe Game of Thrones?

November 20 - If you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, which would it be? Does The Worst Journey in the World count? Haha

Alpha

Sep. 2nd, 2018 07:52 pm
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Today mom and I saw the movie Alpha..I'd never even heard of it, but it looked interesting when I looked up what movies were playing. We watched the trailer, and saw it was set during the Ice Age and involved a guy separated from his tribe that befriended a wolf..we were both like "100% YES" haha. And OH MY GOODNESS. The entire movie was STUNNING. Absolutely some of the best and most beautiful cinematography I have ever seen!!
some examples! )

It was such a great story between the guy and the dog, and the music was great too. It was just amazing (I can't believe I'd never heard of it!). The main character was pretty handsome too LOL
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Nice :P

Andd in yet more Mayflower news..I finally traced myself directly to Stephen Hopkins!! It's funny..on grandpa's side I'm related to Stephen Hopkins, a founder of Hartford, and on grandma's side Stephen from the Mayflower haha (the opposite of what I thought to begin with :P). One of his kids was born on the ship, and they named him Oceanus..nice. :P I'm also directly descended from Francis Cooke and his son John, which makes me related to around NINE DIFFERENT MAYFLOWER FAMILIES!! A couple of them are cousins and stuff, but still! I never thought I'd find THAT many Mayflower relatives haha. No wonder I've always felt so strongly that I had Mayflower relatives :P

September 2 - Do you exercise? If so, what do you do? Not really..oops :P
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I've seen some weird names when researching my family tree, but this family tops them all:

Desire Clapp
Samuel Clapp I
William Clapp
Elizabeth (Clapp) Holmes
Experience Clapp
Waitstill Clapp
Preserved Clapp
Experience Clapp
Hopestill Clap
Wait (Clapp) Simpson
Thanks Clapp
Thomas Clapp
Unite Clapp
Supply Clapp

Ummm..Preserved?? SUPPLY?!! Wow, I guess they ran out of names for their kids LOL. I wish Hopestill and Waitstill were twins, that would have been perfect. :P And I found yet another Mayflower direct ancestor: George Soule, who was an indentured servant. I must be related to half of them now haha

Also, POWERWOLF:

Tina just recommended them to me (thanks!), and I LOVE THEM!! This is probably my favorite song so far. Yay, love good new music!

August 25-27 )

Today's trivia: Longview, Washington, has a treetop bridge over a busy road that's just for squirrels. It's called the "Nutty Narrows Bridge"

WTF?!?!?

Aug. 15th, 2018 07:51 pm
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Somehow I came across this video on YouTube (that site is like a black hole haha), and OMG I CAN'T. NO, CATS CANNOT BE VEGAN!! It will KILL THEM! I am HORRIFIED there's a website called Vegan Cats..be vegan all you want, but cats NEED meat to live!

more fun ranting here :P )

In more fun news lol, here are more cool ancestors:

Charles W. Fairbanks (6th cousin 3 times removed), who FAIRBANKS, ALASKA IS NAMED AFTER??! Wow, what are the chances of that haha??

John, Joan, Edward and Agnes Tilly (aunts and uncles), and John and Joan's daughter Elizabeth Howland (direct ancestor (5 generations)'s 1st cousin 8 times removed), who married John Howland, who were all Mayflower passengers!! I think it's hilarious that I'm related to everyone on the Mayflower EXCEPT Stephen Hopkins, the guy I thought I was descended from in the first place haha (unless being related by marriage counts, but that's not as cool as being a direct descendant lol)

Saher Quincy (direct ancestor, 26 generations), a Magna Carta Surety Baron! Normally I'm skeptical of lines that claim to go back THAT far, but the Barons' lines are well-documented. Cool!

August 12 - What do you miss from your youth? Being a carefree kid, friends, vacations, etc

August 13 - have you ever won a contest? Yeah, that's always fun lol

August 14 - What do you want, but can’t have right now? Tickets to Antarctica? Haha

August 15 - How was the weather today? Cold and rainy and chilly..guess summer is over :P

Today's trivia: In 1942, Russian I.M. Chisov survived a 21,000-foot plunge out of a plane with no parachute. He landed on the steep side of a snow-covered mountain
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Were you happy or sad when you found out your babysitter was coming? She was alright, but I liked daycare better haha..they had fun stuff to play with :P
Did you have a boyfriend in kindergarten? No
Did you ever play hopscotch at school? Probably
Did you refuse to eat your vegetables? Not necessarily..I especially liked okra and green beans lol
What did you usually dress up as on Halloween? I had different costumes..Quasimodo, a clown, a witch, Obi-Wan Kenobi, an angel, etc
What was your favorite television show? Rugrats, Spongebob, CatDog, All That, etc
Did you have D.E.A.R. time in school? (Drop Everything and Read) Something like that
Did you ever read the ‘Magic Treehouse’ series? I know I read one of them (Tonight on the Titanic)..I might have read The Knight at Dawn too, but I'm not positive
How about the ‘Bailey School Kids’ series? No
Do you remember the first movie you ever saw in theaters? One of the times I was in Payson I found a baby calendar thing mom made, and it said the first one I saw in theaters was a Batman movie! I don't remember it though :P
Who was your best friend in elementary school? Amanda, Meghan and Katie
Did they continue to be your best friend in middle school? Kinda..Katie moved away, but we still wrote each other letters. I was excited when I heard she was visiting, and then got sad because she visited her other friend instead of me..I still get annoyed when I think of that haha. By middle school Amanda had gotten really weird..she'd tell me stories of her brother getting nailed to a wall and she said my brain would explode if I was in the sun too long. She got a boyfriend and was always telling me how she loved French kissing him..I told mom, and she told Amanda's mom she didn't like her telling me that, and the friendship died after that. Years later we had a class at a community college together, and she STILL seemed upset about that lol. I'm still friends with Meghan on Facebook..she has a daughter that looks a lot like her!
Did you ever watch ‘The Land Before Time’ movies? OMG yes, I LOVED those movies!! You should have seen how beat up the box for the first movie was haha
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Here are a couple more interesting direct descendants of mine:
Ann Foster, who was falsely accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials..they put her in jail, where she died. Wow..that is really sad and fascinating at the same time!

Joseph Jencks (born 1599), a master mechanic, an operator of an extensive foundry and metal works (the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, which you can visit in Massachusetts!) and an expert blacksmith. On March 6, 1646, he was awarded the first patent in North America by the General Court of Massachusetts for making scythes, which design stayed in use for 300 years. In 1654 he also built the first fire engine in North America, commissioned by the city of Boston. Way cool!!

July 28-29 )
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1) If you could be either a fish or a bird, which would you be, and why? A bird, so I could fly everywhere!
2) Would you rather it be 10 degrees too hot or 10 degrees too cold? Too cold..I can always bundle up more lol
3) What is the best thing that happened to you today? Fun at work so far lol
4) Is youth wasted on the young? It can be..you don't know how good it is till you're old haha
5) Pasta salad or potato salad? Neither, just regular pasta and potatoes :P

Soo..on my grandma's side, not only is William Mullins a direct Mayflower descendant (why is that so hard to spell??), so is Francis and Sarah Eaton and their son Samuel Eaton; John and Eleanor Billington and their son Francis; and Samuel Fuller (his wife came over on a different ship). I couldn't believe my eyes as Mayflower people kept showing up haha! Including grandpa's side, I'm descended from at least FIVE different Mayflower families!! (And Sarah Mullins's daughter married Alexander Standish, whose father Myles also came over on the Mayflower.) That is so cool, and far exceeded my expectations of what I expected to find! I'll have to tell grandma lol

July 19-20 )
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I finally got information to trace grandma's side of the family, and LOOK:
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BOTH sides of mom's family descended from the Mayflower?!?? No wonder I've always felt so strongly that I had Mayflower descendants..wow! I should join the Mayflower Society lol. Too bad William, his wife and son died soon after arriving..only his daughter Priscilla survived. Priscilla, my aunt, married John Alden, who was also on the Mayflower..wow! That is so cool :D (too bad dad's side of the family is boring, except for the guy who owned a brewery lol)

July 18 - Who’s the most famous person you’ve ever met or heard speak in person? )

Today's trivia: The highest scoring three-letter word in Scrabble is "zax" (19), which is a tool for cutting and trimming roof slates
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I can't believe I forgot to mention this, but Saturday was my 10 year anniversary of volunteering/working at the bookstore!! I've done a LOT of growing since then lol. I still remember meeting Becky for the first time and having her comment on how comfortable I looked on the couch lol (back then, she worked EIGHTY hours a week!! I'm glad she doesn't do that anymore!). It's a very special place to work, and so glad I'm still a part of it <3

After doing more research, I found I'm related to Ann Eliza Isham (7th cousin twice removed), who died during the sinking of the Titanic..wow, that stirred up some powerful feelings. So sad! :(

July 9 - Were you a boy or girl scout? )

Here's some crazy trivia: saccadic masking. For some reason that fact completely weirded me out haha. I always wondered why you could never see your eyes move in a mirror!
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This is my new favorite song right now..I LOVE it, especially the "fox on the run" part. I love when I hear a song on the radio and want to look it up right away because I love it so much lol

If my research is correct, here are other people I'm (distantly) related to:

William S. Livingston, governor of New Jersey in 1776 and one of the signers of the Constitution (he's "mother's 3rd cousin 6 times removed's wife's grandfather" O_o)

Susan Anne Ridley Sedgwick, William Livingston's daughter and an author of kids books. I hope I see some of them at work, that would be so cool!

John Jay, an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, negotiator and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, second Governor of New York, and the first Chief Justice of the United States (1789–1795)

John Adams, the second president of the US ("grandfather's 3rd cousin 6 times removed")

John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the US

Capt. John Alden Sr, who came over on the Mayflower!! Yay, more Mayflower relatives! He's "grandfather's 1st cousin 8 times removed's wife's grandfather" lol, so he's not a direct descendant like William and Love Brewster, but it's still cool lol. I should show grandpa my tree, he'd probably be amazed too!

june 2-3 )
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1. When did you last punch someone? Alternate question: When did someone last punch you? A long time ago lol
2. How many of those frequent (whatever) stampcards/punchcards do you have, and which are you most likely to fill and redeem? A couple..definitely the one for smoothies lol
3. When have you had a really good fruit punch? Maybe at a party or at someone's house or something..
4. What are your thoughts on boxing? Not a fan..it looks so violent and painful!
5. When do you usually punch in and punch out? Usually around 9:15, and whenever I remember in the afternoon haha

So if I did my research correctly, I'm related to Sir Clements Markham, who LAUNCHED THE POLAR CAREER OF ROBERT FALCON SCOTT!!! He was an explorer too and searched for the lost Franklin expedition..I see his name all the time in polar exploration books, that is so cool!!! The site says he's my "direct ancestor (20 generations)'s 9th cousin's direct descendant (8 generations)." Does that make him my cousin..? Genealogy can be so confusing sometimes :P

May 23-25 )
glacier_kitty: (birch trees)
Last night I was working on my family tree (it's addictive lol), and decided to research Jerusha Hopkins, who married Benjamin Hopkins (both are my direct ancestors frpm 7 generations ago)..so I'm finding her parents and their parents, and about died when I saw this: Love Brewster, Mayflower Passenger. OHMYGOODNESS I knew it!! They're not sure the Stephen Hopkins I'm related to is from the Mayflower, but Love Brewster (his other brothers were called Fear and Wrestling O_o) and his father William Brewster for sure are. That makes me so happy..I've always felt in my blood that my family came over on the Mayflower, and am glad it's true!! I get butterflies when I see "Elder Love Brewster, 'Mayflower' Passenger" right in my tree. :D So cool!

I loved the clouds today:
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This pic turned out well, considering I was taking it blind haha (probably what I hate most about transition lenses lol, I can't see the screen on my phone!). Love the puffy storm clouds!

May 22 - Do you play any instruments? )

Today's trivia: The longest word in English is 189,819 letters long
glacier_kitty: (kitty - animated cuteness)
Last week was the worst bout of depression and anxiety since starting Prozac a couple years ago, and it was even WORSE than I remember it feeling..my whole body was SUPER tense and my face ached from grinding my teeth (nothing I took would make it go away either). My head felt like it was stuffed with wool and I couldn't think or speak properly. I usually wait a few days before going to the doctor since it usually goes away on its own, but once I started feeling that anger and Feeling of Doom in my stomach..NOPE. I left a message with my doctor to see if she could get me in, which she did..when she saw the message she was like "yeah, I *definitely* need to see you, we're not letting it get out of control again!" She raised my dose of Prozac for now, and I feel much better (except for birch pollen allergies, ughh. My eyes are so itchy!!). Hopefully I can go back to my regular dose eventually (she asked what triggered me..who knows!). I can't believe I used to live like that ALL THE TIME though! No wonder I was so tired and never wanted to do anything back then..wow. Good thing I know when to get help now..I refuse to live like that!

After working more on my family tree, I found out I'm related to former president Millard Fillmore! Tabitha Millard (Hopkins) married Abiathar Millard, and their daughter Phoebe Millard married Nathaniel Fillmore, and Millard Fillmore is their son! He's my 3rd cousin 6 times removed..that's so cool!! I'm also related to John Hopkins (1613-1654), who came over with the pilgrims (it's kind of a debate whether he came on the Mayflower or not, since there's more than one Stephen Hopkins in that time period, who was his father. He definitely was a pilgrim though). He founded Hartford, Connecticut! Now I want to go there lol. I'm glad I finally decided to learn about my family haha

May 13-15 )

Today's trivia: Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa

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