2 be Bliss, as I dance along the road to Nirvana...

The family tree grow-eth massively larger! (See this post for more details: family ties .) I forgot to mention that my mother, daughter and I had lunch with a cousin from my mother's generation while we were home. He filled in a lot of missing info for us regarding my grandmother's birth father and the great uncle who raised her. Some of it fit in perfectly with info we already had. Some of it only confused us more due to several family members having same or similar first names and some only being known to our cousin by nicknames. Either way, it was still good info and the stories he told about some family members were hysterically funny. A few times we laughed so loud, i thought we might be asked to leave the restaurant. Since we've been home, I've been using Family Search to gather corroborating data where possible. It's both fun and frustrating. .

One of my daddy's sisters is my favorite auntie. Lately she's been checking in at the gym on Facebook. So have lots of other folks. One day my brain told me that I too could benefit from a lot more exercise than I've been getting. Especially now that we've moved to a smaller place. Yesterday morning as I sat on the couch checking e-mail, I heard splashing and talking at the pool. I glanced out the window and saw one of the maintenance staff talking to a swimming resident. The pool looked very inviting and I had a thought to do my workout in the crystal clear water. However, by the time I finished my Facebook duties (I update our church's page), did a few necessary things in here, dug my bikini top out of the closet, and found a pair of shorts suitable for wearing into the pool, it was already hot out. And though I love the ease of working out in the pool, taking a shower/to get dressed/to get in the pool/to workout/to come back in for another shower -- well, i...

. Has it truly been over a month  -- almost two -- since I've posted here? Not for lack of fodder, I assure you. There has been lots going on, mostly mundane but a little excitement as well. Thank you God for an interesting life! Let's see... Earlier this month, we traveled several hundred miles home to visit family and attend my third annual elementary/junior high school reunion. We always visit my daddy and stepmother on the way up the road or on the way back down. They live a few hours before our destination. It's good to go to daddy's because we're heading home and not because he's in the hospital. During our visit home, there was time for lunch with a long-time friend who I talk to often but hadn't seen in years. Lunch wasn't long enough but I was thankful for the time we had. My daughter and I were blessed to spend a few hours visiting a cousin I hadn't seen since my (paternal) grandma's funeral 11 years ago. We also got to m...