Saturday, October 31, 2020

Happy Halloween...............

 .........next year because it's been cancelled in TO. We are in a stage 2 level of Covid so it is being encouraged to keep the kiddies home. It's hard to explain to the little ones why they can't trick or treat especially since they all go to school together and they all play on the street together.

Ah well. My son is still going to shell out but not in person. His plan is the put the treats out on the front yard and let the kids take some. I see flaws in his plan though. He doesn't care. He just wants to celebrate Halloween.

Take care and keep safe:)

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Genealogy Humour or not.....

I mentioned the other day that I was working on my family tree. This is an ongoing project that I started about 20 years ago. Yes it is addicting.

Okay here is your chuckle for today. I have spent a wee bit of time (hours) looking for an Anastasia Ryan born about 1870 in Scotland not realizing I had her record since 2018. I twigged yesterday. LOL Take a look.

Anastasia = Hannah-Stacey!!!

 

I guess the poor registrar had never run across that forename before and just winged it. It's a very common name in certain parts of Ireland but not in the Scotland of 1870  it seems:)

Take care and keep safe !




Friday, October 23, 2020

I'm still here......

Not much has been happening sewing wise. I've been making masks because people will lose them.

I have spent hours chasing down DNA matches so I can figure out my family tree. I think I'm done with that for awhile except I have a second cousin who is my research mate who keeps on emailing leads. Then I get busy again.

Another thing which is much more exciting is that our house is finally on the market. We moved out in February and now it's October. I know what the heck. However, something called Covid did a number on the housing market. They are now showing our house under strict Covid guidelines. 

So everybody please cross your fingers and say a wee prayer that some one buys our house soon so I can be less stressed.

Take care and keep safe :)