Jean in Newcastle Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I advanced my leg lift reps so that I am now doing two sets of 18. (My goal for the year is two sets of 20, so I am getting there.) 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 hours ago, myblessings4 said: Ahem!! Ahem!! What are we? Chopped liver? Yes. 1 hour ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I can’t remember what we used for handwriting. Mostly just a pencil and paper. Same here. 1 hour ago, JoJosMom said: Jo's handwriting is awful. Jo's handwriting in Russian is magnificent.🤷♀️ John's Japanese is so pretty it's ridiculous. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Another Lynn said: YOU are the shebang!! True dat!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 15 hours ago, Paradox5 said: I used Handwriting Without Tears and Sound Foundations tracing pages. Uni Boy’s handwriting is still illegible in cursive or print. I told him he needs to just write in all CAPS like my dad and brothers. He won’t though. He prefers his scrawl. The main reason I never read what dd17 writes is that I can't read her writing. Sometimes she can't even read her own writing. We worked on her pencil hold for years, but finally gave up and she still holds it essentially like a violin bow (pinky closest to the paper). At least she holds her violin bow correctly! 15 hours ago, KrissiK said: I hate my iPad. It deleted the whole dang post. Mine is getting old and crotchety. Or maybe I'm the one getting old and crotchety. 8 hours ago, Spudater said: Baby just wants to play all night. This should be a song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Spudater said: Baby and I are rocking out to “I would walk 500 miles” I was rocking out to a little MC Hammer and groovin’ to some Kool & the Gang. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: This should be a song. You should write it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) Good afternoon! I went to many stores this morning. I am again on a search for The Belt That I Want. Target doesn't have it. You know what else they didn't have? Jean's Famous Black Target Pajama Pants! I was SHOCKED and HORRIFIED! I wanted to get a pair in gray. pout. Aldi had all the foods. I also bought too much Valentine's Day candy along with some cute heart-shaped cookies. Coffee! Booyah! This is the thread that never ends, It just goes on and on my friends. People started posting not knowing what it was, And they will keep on posting here forever just because... This is the thread that never ends You'd best come join it with your friends 'Cuz it will replace Facebook as the latest web-based craze And everyone will post here instead for the rest of their days This is the thread that's always there They'll cheer you up so don't despair The group is growing well as more people start checking in And we'll keep sucking them in because our cheer is addictive This is the thread that never ends It's better than a Mercedes Benz It helps with coffee withdrawal and other troubles, too Eighteen hundred pages of friends all cheering for you This thread keeps going on and on with record-setting length and fun It started forty-eight months ago from curiosity and all the fun and frolic has shown this is the place to be This is the thread that never ends... And the place where one finds special friends, the kind that have hearts that are strong and true Yes, ITT ladies, I am talking to you! This is the thread that never ends Yeah, it's superior to other trends Friends start out scratching their head in confusion, perhaps But then the laughter strikes and they gratefully tip their caps. This is the thread that never ends I had no idea when I entered in That what seems a little nuts might actually save me From going insane on days that are crazy 🤗 This is the thread that never ends... Edited February 8, 2020 by Susan in TN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Also we took down the Christmas tree and packed away all the decorations this morning. Do we win? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: Good afternoon! I went to many stores this morning. I am again on a search for The Belt That I Want. Target doesn't have it. You know what else they didn't have? Jean's Famous Black Target Pajama Pants! I was SHOCKED and HORRIFIED! I wanted to get a pair in gray. pout. Aldi had all the foods. I also bought too much Valentine's Day candy along with some cute heart-shaped cookies. Coffee! I couldn’t find their last time I was there either. Boo! Hiss! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I just had a nice phone chat with a second cousin once removed. I love connecting over genealogy research. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, maize said: I just had a nice phone chat with a second cousin once removed. I love connecting over genealogy research. What makes this person second and what makes this person removed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 15 minutes ago, Slache said: What makes this person second and what makes this person removed? My cousins (aunt's children) and I are first cousins. My kids and my cousin's kids are 2nd cousins. My grandchildren and my cousin's grandchildren will be 3rd cousins. My cousin's kids and I are 1st cousins once removed. We are "one level" apart from each other, if that makes sense. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Paradox5 said: I need a visual. Not mine, will remove. Edited February 9, 2020 by Slache Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I don't want to live that long or know that many people. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I couldn’t find their last time I was there either. Boo! Hiss! I think they changed them. I went there a month or so ago and got a pair, but I think it's a different brand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Matt's on the phone right now explaining to MIL why she will never have the kids alone, again. He's had the same conversation with her multiple times but she continuously seems to randomly forget and tell the kids that she's flying them up for a few weeks. He hates this. He's a good husband. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 He still needs to get a job though. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I'm still laughing about the hat. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 She's going to scream and cry and make him feel bad. She's going to continue to call him over the next few weeks crying. Then in three months she's going to ask to talk to the kids, invite them up for the summer and get them all excited. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 She's actually lost phone privileges for this very reason and she knows it. She still plays ignorant. But she does always mention it whenever we're together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Slache said: What makes this person second and what makes this person removed? Susan's explanation is great 🙂 Technically this is actually a half second cousin once removed--she and my father share a great-grandmother but have different great-grandfathers. First cousins share grandparents. Second cousins share great-grandparents. Third cousins share great-great grandparents. When two relatives are not in the same generation you count the cousin degree from whoever was in the same generation (older cousin's generation and direct line ancestor of younger cousin, so in this case, the cousin and my father, who are in the same generation as second cousins) then add how many generations down the line, "removed", the younger relative is--only one generation between me and my dad, so once removed. The cousin I was talking to would be a second cousin twice removed to my own children. Her kids would be half third cousins to me since they and I are in the same generation and share a great-great-grandparent and half third cousins once removed to my children (who are one generation down from me). The kids' children would be half fourth cousins to my children--same generation, sharing a great-great-great grandparent. Clear as mud right? 1 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 28 minutes ago, Slache said: I don't want to live that long or know that many people. It doesn't have to involve a super long life. My grandmother's brother is fifteen years younger than her, so about eighty now. He lives just a few miles from us and knows my kids-he is their great-great-uncle (or great-grand-uncle), which sounds old and distant but he's about the same age as their grandparents, and he's just my mom's uncle so not far removed from me. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I enjoy doing genealogy research. After their deaths, I found out that my grandmother and her best friend were third cousins. They would have loved knowing that!! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Ok. MIL updates. 1. Not coming in March, probably Thanksgiving. This is much better for us. 2. She still thinks she should be able to take the kids, but the conversation was had. 3. She asked point blank if the reason we moved to Texas was because we don't want to be around her. Matt said we feel that this is where we're supposed to be. Neither of us knows what he should have said. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I hope you enjoyed our soap opera today. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Just now, Spudater said: I talked to my cousin today. He and his wife are going to be godparents! Talking to him made me miss my grandparents and my hometown. 1st or 2nd? Any removals? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 My kids have figured out that everyone in the Philippines is a “cousin “. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 The most distant relatives I have known were relatives include a guy I took classes with in college who was maybe a fifth cousin--unusual last name that was my grandmother's maiden name and I knew of his grandfather and that he was related to my grandmother before we ever met. Also, we have determined that dh and I are 9th cousins on four different lines--that's called pedigree collapse and it's what happens when you go back far enough, particularly within a community. Dh and I both have lines that go back to the early American colonies and there just were not that many people around back then and those that were around have a gazillion descendants. I'm sure if we all traced our genealogies back ten generations many of us in this thread would be related. So hi cousins 👋 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 18 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said: My kids have figured out that everyone in the Philippines is a “cousin “. Same. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 12 minutes ago, maize said: The most distant relatives I have known were relatives include a guy I took classes with in college who was maybe a fifth cousin--unusual last name that was my grandmother's maiden name and I knew of his grandfather and that he was related to my grandmother before we ever met. Also, we have determined that dh and I are 9th cousins on four different lines--that's called pedigree collapse and it's what happens when you go back far enough, particularly within a community. Dh and I both have lines that go back to the early American colonies and there just were not that many people around back then and those that were around have a gazillion descendants. I'm sure if we all traced our genealogies back ten generations many of us in this thread would be related. So hi cousins 👋 I am guessing that we are related. My mom's family goes back to the Mayflower. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I was supposed to go to a baby shower today for my first cousin once removed. (My first cousin's daughter.) Icky weather and a migraine prevented that. My grandma is going to be a great-great-grandmother in a couple of weeks! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Junie said: I am guessing that we are related. My mom's family goes back to the Mayflower. I'm sure we are! My mom has a couple of lines that trace back to the Mayflower. And one line that we thought went back to the Mayflower but eventually figured out had a false link along the way. Dh has a line that goes back to someone who supposedly came on the Mayflower but is not documents on that early cottage; we think he may have come on the second Mayflower, a ship that made several voyages starting in 1629. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 32 minutes ago, Renai said: Same. I didn't know you were Filipino! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 16 minutes ago, Spudater said: Apparently about one in five people of Northern Irish descent are descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages. So if anyone else has family from there chances are we share him. Very likely--I have a few Irish lines. Y-DNA has been fun to trace, one grandfather turned out to be a decendant of the Ely Carroll/Clan Cian family of Ireland, tracing back to a fellow named Cian who lived in the fourth century. We've got no paper record for that but DNA doesn't lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Susan in TN said: Also we took down the Christmas tree and packed away all the decorations this morning. Do we win? My tree decorations came off the first week of Jan. Tree is still up 😬 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Paige gets me ❤️ Edited February 9, 2020 by ikslo 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 My ancestors were all poor German peasants from Russia. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 My most interesting ancestry is Czechoslovakian gypsies and I love my Cherokee side. Family folklore dictates that we're descended from giants which got a whole new twist when I got saved... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I am descended from people. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Though I am the Grambunny to my grandbunnies so maybe there is some lagomorph blood in there somewhere. 😉 Edited February 9, 2020 by Jean in Newcastle Typo 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Junie said: I am guessing that we are related. My mom's family goes back to the Mayflower. 8 hours ago, maize said: I'm sure we are! My mom has a couple of lines that trace back to the Mayflower. And one line that we thought went back to the Mayflower but eventually figured out had a false link along the way. Dh has a line that goes back to someone who supposedly came on the Mayflower but is not documents on that early cottage; we think he may have come on the second Mayflower, a ship that made several voyages starting in 1629. I have a book which traces our family back to a woman who came over on the Mayflower, but one of the subsequent voyages. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Another Lynn said: I have a book which traces our family back to a woman who came over on the Mayflower, but one of the subsequent voyages. We might be related, too! It was a small town... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Good Morning! Happy Sunday! I want second sleep, but I'm sure the pastor would disapprove. Especially if I second sleep at church. ETA: It's a Sunday Mornin' Booyah. Edited February 10, 2020 by Junie 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Hi. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, Junie said: We might be related, too! It was a small town... Probably so! I know the line goes through Pennsylvania. 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I'm cleaning our washing machine. Grocery order done. Tuna salad sammiches and summer salad, chipotle burrito bowls, shakshuka, shrimp soup, antimatter salad, lots of unhealthy pregnancy food. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I'm being a princess with a fan on me, bottomless ginger ale and a special breakfast. My husband is very patient during my pregnancies. Last one. 205 days. I am cramping so bad. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Now I'm crying for absolutely no reason whatsoever. And my house smells like vinegar. Edited February 9, 2020 by Slache 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Matt says I'm more turbulent than Texas weather. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Morning. I'm having a slow lazy morning but I need to at least start a load of laundry between my two cups of tea. I need to wash my class clothes, bras and all the towels from my classroom. I also need to finish planning tomorrows classes and maybe get a jump on the rest of the week. I'm off next week thanks to President's Day (take off the whole week if any day is a holiday. Keeps classes on the same schedule until we have snow days. Makes things less confusing) so I'll be able to do a few weeks ahead then. I'm Irish (I think Northern), Swedish, German and English. Dad's side is all English and may have been Mayflowerers. Mom's side is the mutty one. Dh is also Irish, German and English but is Polish instead of Swedish. We've never done any DNA or ancestry research or anything so this is all just what family has said. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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