Yay!!!
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Happy Dance!
In the past 2 weeks, I've been contacted by 2 cousins out of the blue! Both through ancestry.com. One is from my MIX line and the other from my DOMELLE line!! It seems both are new members to ancestry.
Yay!!!
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Happy Mother's Day!
Happy Mother's Day to my Mom!!
And also this goes out to all the other Mom's out there, whether you are a:
biological Mom,
Step-Mom,
Adoptive Mom,
Aunt, Grandmother, Cousin acting as a Mom,
or just one of those people who are Mom's to everyone!!!!
Thank You for Everything You Do!
biological Mom,
Step-Mom,
Adoptive Mom,
Aunt, Grandmother, Cousin acting as a Mom,
or just one of those people who are Mom's to everyone!!!!
Thank You for Everything You Do!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Already in the Bucket
This morning on the radio someone mentioned a bucket list and I got to thinking about what would be on mine if I had one (I've never come up with one before).
I got this far:
1. see the pyramids in Egypt
2. Spend one month in the following cities:
---Edinburgh
---London
---New Orleans
---New York City
---Paris
---Rome
But then I got to thinking about all the cool things I HAVE done already, and how lucky I am!!! So below is my Already Bucketed List - and my eternal gratitude goes out to all those who accompanied me or made possible these experiences:
Already Bucketed List
- took an overnight train ride with a real sleeping compartment just like in the movies
- stood over the tomb of Robert the Bruce in Dunfermline Abbey (he's my 20th great-granduncle)
- had a Scotsman laugh at MY accent (yeah, well, YOU try and say "Dunfermline" around the locals! :-D )
- went to Walt Disney World (multiple times)
- saw the moonlight from a full moon reflected in the ocean
- saw Monet's garden in France
- smelled the best rose I ever smelled ever (unknown rose in Washington DC I'll never forget you!!)
- saw Paris from the Eiffel Tower
- saw the Rosetta Stone (the real one, in the British Museum)
- saw Stonehenge (and more interestingly, the types of people it attracts)
- flew one time 1st class to Europe (I won't say much about this because really all it does is ruin the rest of your life for air travel anywhere in anyway)
- went to a real drive-in theater back in the day
- saw the Alps (for those of you used to East Coast USA mountains, it's just beyond description. Plus I had a really good time using the singular as in: "Hey, look over there, it's an Alp!")
- saw a baby being born, in real life (bonus - she's even related to me!)
- saw Westminster Abbey and the tombs of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots (it was suddenly like they were real people!!!)
- went inside an actual cave with stalagmites and stalactites
- saw Rosslyn Chapel (and outside it were the Scottish version of our Queen-Anne's-Lace flowers that were as big as dinner plates!)
- drank a mint julep at a plantation house
- ate vegetables that I grew from seed
- learned to play an instrument (the violin - and I could probably pick it up and get to playing right now!)
- walked around in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 (and yes, it was AWESOME)
- went camping in woods and didn't get eaten by a bear (always an accomplishment)
- went snorkeling in the Caribbean
- saw live music played at Preservation Hall in New Orleans
What's really cool are those are the things that have just sprung to mind - I know there are so many other really wonderful things I've gotten the chance to see and do!!
I got this far:
1. see the pyramids in Egypt
2. Spend one month in the following cities:
---Edinburgh
---London
---New Orleans
---New York City
---Paris
---Rome
But then I got to thinking about all the cool things I HAVE done already, and how lucky I am!!! So below is my Already Bucketed List - and my eternal gratitude goes out to all those who accompanied me or made possible these experiences:
Already Bucketed List
- took an overnight train ride with a real sleeping compartment just like in the movies
- stood over the tomb of Robert the Bruce in Dunfermline Abbey (he's my 20th great-granduncle)
- had a Scotsman laugh at MY accent (yeah, well, YOU try and say "Dunfermline" around the locals! :-D )
- went to Walt Disney World (multiple times)
- saw the moonlight from a full moon reflected in the ocean
- saw Monet's garden in France
- smelled the best rose I ever smelled ever (unknown rose in Washington DC I'll never forget you!!)
- saw Paris from the Eiffel Tower
- saw the Rosetta Stone (the real one, in the British Museum)
- saw Stonehenge (and more interestingly, the types of people it attracts)
- flew one time 1st class to Europe (I won't say much about this because really all it does is ruin the rest of your life for air travel anywhere in anyway)
- went to a real drive-in theater back in the day
- saw the Alps (for those of you used to East Coast USA mountains, it's just beyond description. Plus I had a really good time using the singular as in: "Hey, look over there, it's an Alp!")
- saw a baby being born, in real life (bonus - she's even related to me!)
- saw Westminster Abbey and the tombs of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots (it was suddenly like they were real people!!!)
- went inside an actual cave with stalagmites and stalactites
- saw Rosslyn Chapel (and outside it were the Scottish version of our Queen-Anne's-Lace flowers that were as big as dinner plates!)
- drank a mint julep at a plantation house
- ate vegetables that I grew from seed
- learned to play an instrument (the violin - and I could probably pick it up and get to playing right now!)
- walked around in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 (and yes, it was AWESOME)
- went camping in woods and didn't get eaten by a bear (always an accomplishment)
- went snorkeling in the Caribbean
- saw live music played at Preservation Hall in New Orleans
What's really cool are those are the things that have just sprung to mind - I know there are so many other really wonderful things I've gotten the chance to see and do!!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tombstone Tuesday - 27 April 2010
This is the grave marker for my grand-uncle Laurance Wilber Mix.
The story that has been passed down to me on the unusual spelling of his first name is that his mother, Cornelia Akins Mix had the name "Laura" picked out. When he turned out to be a boy, she just added on the "-nce".''
He was the 3rd of the 10 children born to William and Cornelia Mix and he had 7 children of his own, 4 boys and 3 girls.
I was able to locate his obituary at newspaperarchive.com in the Post-Standard (of Syracuse, NY) and it states that he was a master mechanic, and an avid hunter and fisherman.
Although he did not die until 1989, I'm afraid I did not get a chance to meet him (that I know of, if I did, I was a baby or small child).
He is buried in the same plot as his father, William Homer Mix, in Willow Glen Cemetery, Tompkins County, NY.
The story that has been passed down to me on the unusual spelling of his first name is that his mother, Cornelia Akins Mix had the name "Laura" picked out. When he turned out to be a boy, she just added on the "-nce".''
He was the 3rd of the 10 children born to William and Cornelia Mix and he had 7 children of his own, 4 boys and 3 girls.
I was able to locate his obituary at newspaperarchive.com in the Post-Standard (of Syracuse, NY) and it states that he was a master mechanic, and an avid hunter and fisherman.
Although he did not die until 1989, I'm afraid I did not get a chance to meet him (that I know of, if I did, I was a baby or small child).
He is buried in the same plot as his father, William Homer Mix, in Willow Glen Cemetery, Tompkins County, NY.
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