HALLOWEEN TERROR ( ie: the weather )

Well this looks to be a bust of a Halloween. It is pouring rain.  A few brave souls came between big showers, but it started up again and is just a heavy rain with wind on top of that.  I did get to see my favorites though and here they are.  "Got Candy?"

Tell Me The Stories of...Tyson

Today was my birthday.  We started out good by going to the Mt. Timp Temple and sealing my sister Barbara to my parents and doing some other sealings as well.  Is was nice and I enjoyed this part of the day.  After we got home I ran a couple of errands and then went home.  Not long after that Jamie called and was very upset because Tyson had injured himself by falling off the playground slide at school.  Could I please watch Logan and Brecklyn.  So I took them to my house while Jamie went to get Ty and take him to check out the arm.  Yes, it was broken and had to be set.  He is in a temporary cast till Monday.  This took a long time to take care of and they all looked exhausted when they got back home.

While tending the 2 kids, we were at the piano and I asked Logan if he knew the primary song that goes like this:  Tell me the stories of ---?  Logan responded quickly by saying, "Tell me the Stories of Tyson".  Even though I hadn't been too happy, I kind of had to laugh, anyway.  So Tyson has a story to tell now and boy, talk about boys being boys...Not a good thing.

After they got back we met them at Porter's Place.  We ate and then went home for Cake.  So my birthday wasn't the best I have had, but we all survived it...to Tell the stories of Tyson on yet another day!

The picture is an interesting one, because Tyson has gray hair (part of his Halloween get-up)  We all suggested the day was quite stressful for him and aged him alot!

Grandma, I Am So Glad You Are A Genealogist

Tyson, my 9 year old grandson, has always shown an interest in his genealogy and often asks me to show him the family pedigree chart and asks about certain ancestors, how they are related, what they did, etc. Yesterday, was the same. He wanted to see again how he was related to Joseph Smith, George Albert Smith, etc. So we talked about it and where the line ties in, etc. And with a big smile he said, "Grandma, I am so glad you are a genealogist and I get my genealogy all done for free!" I had to laugh, he always knows how to get on my good side!

Looking Out The Front Door

Did you Oversleep?

There are those "rare" occasions when I get to sleep in, even though I have to go to work.  Today was one of those...So at the "normal" wake-up time I hear "Did you oversleep?"  "Shouldn't you be awake?"  So what it boils down to is....I can never possibly oversleep, no one let's me.  I can't even sleep in 5 minutes longer.  Why is that????

She Speaks Pork

Sunday Brecklyn (who says to call her "Breck") showed me pictures of her friends on the bus.  She had taken them with her new cell phone camera.  She introduced me to her many bus friends, including the driver of the bus.  (He doesn't smell good, I hear)  So anyway, she shows me a girl's picture and says, "She speaks Pork".  I hesitated and asked what that meant.  "I can't understand much of what she says, because she speaks Pork".  I wanted to ask if she squeels and says oink a lot, but I held my tongue.  I am not sure what language "Pork" is, but it must be a good one!

Falling Leaves

I forgot to take a picture of the scene in my yard as I got home from work.  I had 3 workers raking up the leaves in the sideyard.  Brian, Logan and Tyson hard at work...  Won't Spence be happy?  Anyway, it cost me a fortune.  Maybe I need to do this myself?  Anyways, they were hard at work and I suspect they will be watching my trees in the next weeks/days.    Then I will have to take a picture before I miss the moment.

Why I Take the BUS to Work

I often wonder why I take the bus because...in the winter on dark dreary freezing mornings I have to wait outside as the wind blows my skirt over my head and rips right through to the bones.  Then I have to stop all the time to add more people, and then drop them all off.  Then in the afternoon, the whole thing starts over again, but from the reverse.  So, yesterday I drove to work and because I was alone in the car, no commuter lane for me.  I was in the big crowd.  And we all  enjoyed the slow relaxed pace of not moving much.  It reminded me of times in Germany when people got out of their cars and went and talked to the neighbors, so to speak.  Once, on the way to work on a Saturday, there was a game or something and then the traffic was at a standstill for ages.  Someone got out and and started throwing nerf footballs across to other people.  It was rather funny.  But with the bus, its commuter lane all the way...and hey, I can even take a nap if I am so inclined...

Peace and Quiet

Well, Spencer wasn't home last night because of a wedding.  Therefore last night it was Brian and me.  I had to laugh because suddenly out of the blue Brian says "Ah, no dad.  Peace and Quiet."  So there you go, now you know who is the noisy one in our place!

At Church

Sunday we sang a new Hymn at church.  A clip from the Program gives the details. 

Lunch at Grandma's

As the kid's came over to eat after church today, I had a thought about how maybe in about a year or so there might be one more visitor.  It was a cool thought.    At this particular meal, Ty and Logan are watching a show on the TV.  Brecklyn is busy with the latest hairdo style and it will be interesting what lunchtime activity Grayson will have...we shall see.  Just a matter of time!

Obituary of Minnie Mea Mouse

Minnie Mea Mouse, partner of the late Mickey A. Mouse was found dead this morning, Oct. 10,2010 in the exact location of her dearly departed Mickey.  Her funeral services will be identical to his and may be noted in his obit, below.  Survivors of the twosome have not been located as of this time to receive notification of their deaths.  Minnie apparently followed in the paths of Mickey, first living on the streets, breaking and entering and theft.  May this be a lesson to all followers and relatives!

Obituary of Mickey A. Mouse

Funeral services are pending for Mickey A. Mouse.  After a wild and riotous life of following the trappings of temptation, the life of Mickey A. Mouse was cut short by his inability to follow the straight path of resisting temptations.  As many of the youth of today, Mickey A. Mouse pushed his limits a little too far and the result was fatal.  He passed on 9 Oct. 2010.  Family and friends are invited to call at the Geneva Waste disposal area at Geneva Road in Orem, Ut.  Gas masks are advised. 

In lieu of flowers, please send your donations to the "Haunt-A Virus" research fund.  Funeral arrangements being handled by Burbidge Waste disposal.  His body will be transported to his final resting place on Friday Oct. 15.

Sadie COME BACK!

Until Sadie died in Dec of 09, through the whole 13 years we had her, no mice.  But now Mickey is here to stay, checking things out for his little family and making sure there are no big kitties, so now he says, ALL CLEAR, guys!  We have found our home.  So another night, no bait left in the morning and the trap hasn't sprung.  What is the deal....

Last night I didn't feel well and couldn't sleep and heard him rustling about the kitchen.  Having a midnite snack on bait and what not.  I think we have kept him well fed and happy for his recent stay.  For sure this is a good place for him to call home...Better luck tonight.  And if nothing, out come the mouse pellets.  I don't like using this, but I don't like him here.  It's my house, not his...and I pay the groceries and should decide who to invite to dinner.

Mickey The Mouse

I always brag that my grandkids are the smartest, cutest, most advanced, bla, bla,bla.  BUT my mouse is equally so.  He can get off every morsel of bait from the trap without a scratch.  He must have checked the internet as to "How to get bait off trap without causing you bodily harm" and learned the latest techniques in the mousetrap feeding...soooo tonight the bait is under the little bait holder rather than on top of it.  So we are crossing our fingers, otherwise things will get ugly soon.

Community Trees Online

Today we talked about a project called community trees. Just what I want for my Jaryzsow Reconstruction Project. I have been looking for some way to put this online. Maybe this will help. I also discovered, quite by accident, a man in a French-Polish genealogy forum that was looking for records of the Kalisch family in Nogowschuetze. What a strange surprise. I am really excited about this. I posted a reply and hope you will see it and respond to me. I have many Kalisch in my reconstruction project. And only one of the female name that he had which was Kondziela. It fact, he was searching for an Agnes and that is the only Kondziela that I have found.

Mickey!

Mickey is smart, or something.  He ate all the bait in 3 mousetraps...What does that say for traps?  The traps  tried to catch us a few times as we set them.  I hate this.  What to do?  I can't stand the "remains" and the thought of where has he been??? Yuch.

Tomatoes, etc.

I have lots of green big fat tomatoes.  So I brought in a bunch to see if they would ripen.  I sure hope so!  It's supposed to be cooler this week.  Any chance of frost??  I don't want to lose the tomatoes that are still out there.  But I didn't want them all at once.  The rest of my garden is really winding down.  Not much out there anymore.  But then it is officially OCTOBER!  Where did this year go?

The grandkids and their parents, of course, went to Bear Lake for the weekend and so things were quiet, but I really got caught up on my genealogy projects, although there is still tons to do, I felt like I made a big dent putting things on PAF and my Jaryzsow project file.  I have been able to put lots of Jaryszow families together and I am so excited about that.  I feel like this is a worthwhile project.  Oddly, I don't know anyone else that is researching here.  But with all the many Silesian researchers, eventually I will find someone, I'm sure.

General Conference was good.  I really noted that the speakers, many of them, were discouraging video game playing, etc.  I can see that will be a challenge to many.  But it does seem like a waste of many hours accomplishing very little. 

Well, getting late and I am getting tired.  So this is a quick little post.  By the way, dispite several traps, our potato chip eating friend, Mickey, is not interested in the bait.  Spence even put potato chip on the trap.  No nibbles.

My"New" Blog

http://treeclimbingwithsonja.blogspot.com/  OK, I am doing 2 blogs...Oh the time and work.  But OK, I have been doing the "private" blog thing and it's OK, but for the people that have been looking at the genealogy parts it is not working so well.  So I have decided to separate "Church and State" so to speak...
So my genealogy stuff will be on the other blog and my family stuff will be on this private blog. So if someone hacks into the other it won't be personal things. I have started moving things from this blog over to the other one, but will be a little while till I am ready to really move on it.  But eventually I will have two.  Don't know if I can keep up with two, but I will give it a good try, anyway.

What is a Genealogist Without a CEMETERY???

 OK, I am a genealogist right?  So when I am on vacation where might you find me??  Yeah, that's right!
Well, this year for Halloween I have my own cemetery in the front yard.  I should have taken the pics in the daytime, but hey, what's better than a cemetery at night to get into the real feel of the atmosphere??