Wow, hard to believe that it has been 24 days since I last blogged! Time is going by much too quickly. I am sure lots has happened since I last wrote. The question of the night will be whether or not I can have a "total recall" of what has taken place.
On March 6th, Linda and I went to a seminar given by Ancestry.com.at the Lexington Park Library. It was an all day thing. I ended up winning one of the 2 grand prizes, a year subscription to "Ancestry World Deluxe Edition" We also joined ranks with the St. Mary's Genealogical Society. We went to our first meeting on the 22nd. I think I am going to like it!
First off, I am no longer on Jury Duty. I did get called in for a murder trial, but after 2 hours of juror questioning, my number didn't come up, so I was dismissed. I really would have liked to sit on a trial, but not a murder trial for the first one. Case ran four days, jury didn't deliberate too long. They brought back a guilty verdict.
Emily and the pups came up for part of her Spring break. We had a lot of fun. We went shopping, went to Roy's in Baltimore, Crabby Oyster in King George and Salsa's in Leonardtown. I finally got to meet Rachel and Aaron, Emily's friends from NC. They came up and spent Friday night with us. Saturday they went to the National Harbor to check out the Flagship "Peep" store.
Gonzo and Bella came to stay with us the following week, as John and Amber went out to Las Vegas. That is where the welding competition was held. They had a good time. We had a great time getting to know our "Grankitties"
We had our duct work cleaned out. First time in 22 years. I would highly recommend it!
Greg and I went into the city last Saturday. We went to protest the health care bill. The rally was a last minute thing, but lots of people showed up. A lot carried flags, some carried signs, and some wore slogans on their clothes. Greg did the sign carrying and I wore the slogan. It was his slogan, I stole it for a shirt while he went up to Waldorf at midnight to CVS to get poster board for his sign. I had the shirt done when he got back. I was all proud of it, but he didn't look at it the same way I did, see ..he was going to put that same slogan on his sign! OOps!!!
The weather was excellent on Saturday morning. We met some nice folks on the subway, Paul and Ruth. They had driven down from PA to participate. They asked if they could tag along to get to the rally, as they weren't real sure where to go. We also met this gal from Forestville who said she works/volunteers for Charles Lollar, who is running for Steny Hoyer's seat. She was a gaboholic, but interesting. We stayed till about 3. We were tired and hungry. You know me when I get hungry....or maybe you don't... let's just say, it can get ugly. We went to Toppilinos in Clinton. It was good!
Jeff will be coming home on Tuesday! Praise God, my prayers will have been answered.
Tonight we went to church for a spaghetti dinner, to help the Senior's raise money. It was good. We sat with Gary and Pam Craven. Dick Harbaugh was there, but left soon after we got there.
Greg went to band practice and I worked on the computer. I have been keying in Naturalization records for Ancestry.com. Pretty interesting work.
Also had a surprise friend request on face Book this afternoon....My cousin Lil Eklund from Sweden. She found me two years ago exactly, through Ancestry. We found our great grandfathers were brothers. We email regularly and now we are hooking up on face Book, how cool is that?
Well, that is it for catching up tonight. I'll try and see if I remember how to put photos on here, we have a few pics from Capitol Hill last Saturday.
Have a great weekend all
