Postby Twins' Mom » Mon May 01, 2017 12:10 pm
Ah, DNA. I have had an interesting few days - don't know if I mentioned that I was contacted by a DNA "cousin" on Ancestry and the shared cms indicated she was a 1C1R, 1C2R or 2C. The mostly likely was the 1C1R and she matched on my mother's side, and I surmised she was the child that a first cousin gave up for adoption. So I shared what I knew with her, and she ended up contacting her 1/2 sibs over the weekend and talked "for hours" with at least one of them. So just like that she found her birth mother, who is deceased, and several 1/2 siblings. She left me out of the narrative, so I'm thinking they don't know just exactly how she determined she was related, this in case it all goes bad. Anyway, I did a good deed. She sounds delightful, too, btw.
I am dragging today. The mini vacation was delightful. I don't think I've ever stayed closer to the beach or with a better view, except for beach camping as a child, perhaps. This is a friend of dh - what a lifestyle - they have a home, then the beach condo 30 min away for weekends and days at the beach. Beautiful weather and beautiful beach. Dee, this is at Ponce Inlet near Daytona Beach. Very quiet and not very commercial.
Dh is now talking about renting a beach condo for several months. There's a direct flight from home to about an hour away from this beach and it's dirt cheap, so would be easy for me to stay there and him to come and go. Only there's my mother and I don't think I can be away that long, unless she's in a nursing home. Dbro and I have discussed that and he's reluctant to go that route, but he's also overwhelmed. OTOH, I don't know what he would do with himself without dmom. Anyway, lots to think about.
And......another bit of news, I have registered for a professional genealogy study group that will meet monthly, with homework, for the next 18 months. I don't know that I'll work professionally, but this is a great way to study and have others critique ones work before submitting the portfolio for certification. (The homework and critiqued work can't be used as part of the ultimate portfolio for certification, it has to be your own work w/o input from others.) The estimated time requirement is 20 hrs per month. And dh says he's prefer I'm working toward improving skills and getting certified instead of just poking around in front of the computer, LOL.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better [wo]man. Ben Franklin
He did say something about moving one recliner to their bedroom. But dd mentioned it last night -after they rip out the carpet & put new in there. That will be at least a couple of weeks. It's going to be tough while they rip up 6 rooms & the hallway. So much to move!
I was up around 7 a.m - about when I should have been getting up - and it was raining like the dickens and the wind was blowing. Good sleeping weather, so I went back to sleep and didn't wake up until 10 a.m. I've been puttering around since. I have the dishwasher running - I didn't start it last night.