Genealogy, I am doing it.

I'm Mormon. It's my divine duty to do genealogy. On my dad's side, the info is harder to come by. In fact my dad's paternal line was literally dead to me. A while back I had a break through and I made my way back to the early 1700's. I was SOOOO excited that I found this but my hands were tied so I broke down and paid for a month of Ancestry.com. Actually it was after that I finished the work that I could do. It's such a massive undertaking. At first I tried to print everything up but it would fill a small room so I'll save as much as I can. It's a little horrifying how much time I spend on it, but while the family is gone it actually makes my days fly by. So now I bore anyone who will listen to tears with my ancestry. Yeah.. I'm one of THOSE people. The stories are amazing. I've even been doing some of my husband's too and I've done some searching for other people as well. It's really interesting to see where I came from. Who I inherited the bits and pieces of that makes me.. ME :) I'm trying to get my girls involved, but so far no go. They could at LEAST help me search cemeteries. There's a bazillion of them in PA!!! This is yet another reason that I am being cremated. Perhaps my family could swing by PA on the ash scattering vacation and throw me into some cemeteries.

I went to my daughter's improv show last night. Not her best night but she's good. She's so much like me. Both are. Just the conflicting sides of me, like my bipolar halves. Yet they are themselves and they amaze me with the things they do and say. What they are like. They are both SOOO opinionated, just like me! The other day my younger daughter started telling me and my oldest some of her opinions on things. I had to break it to her that she was a republican. She looked horrified and denied it. It was so funny. I said you really are sweetie, but that's okay. Just be a good person and I'll teach you how to be a republican. We're okay with that, lol. My husband came in the other night because my youngest and I were singing karaoke. Probably he got a call from the neighbors, complaining. We're trying to perfect Bohemian Rhapsody. I lost my voice but it was worth it. From the moment they were born they became my life. Their birthdays have been a celebration of that and I've always done it up in grand style because they are THAT important to this world. We still laugh and play. They still tell me their secrets and cry in my lap. They will never wish they had been born to anyone else. My life is all about them so long as I am here on this earth.