Really the title says it all. I'm getting addicted to Ancestry.com. I'm up right now after midnight because I couldn't stop finding family "hints". I've gone all the way back to the 1600's on my Grandfather's side. So far I have ancestors with immigration records from Belgium and England. A co-worker got me started on this and it's really hard to stop. Especially when you find other people with family trees that match branches on yours. This started as a project for a Christmas present for the family, but it's getting crazy how much public record there is out there that I never knew about. I love seeing the census records from the 1800 and 1900's they tell so much. I found out that on my sister's dad's history that they owned "Negro" servants because the census has their names, ages, race and occupations/relationship in the home. Cool, huh? I found an image of my Great-Great-Grandfather's World War I Draft Card. I seriously recommend for everyone to do this for their family trees but watch out...It's addicting!!!! See below for people I could be related to....
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Corn Maize
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We woke up Sunday with a strange amount of energy so we decided to find a corn maze near us. The biggest one close to us was all the way in Mission Hills about an hour and a half away. So we called up Jimmy's cousin Jeaninne and her husband Caleb for some corn fun! Check out our pictures in the photo album. There were signs at the maze that said don't throw the corn, but they never did tell us not to eat it! I don't think we even made it through half the maze. We never did find the end of the maze but we re-found the beginning after an hour! Oh, well! Maybe next time.
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A little update..
There been enough going on that I haven't had the time to write in the blog, but there's not enough going on to really write in depth about. (This is where I admire my friends with babies because they always have neat things to write about.)
-Work is stressful, but that's why they call it work. If you had fun at your job then that's called a career.
-We are working with a non-profit called NACA to help with getting our home loan restructured with Countrywide.
-Fusion Metalworks is still going good, even with the economy being what it is. Some weeks are better than others. Right now they are doing a railing for the City of Hesperia.
-I'm really excited about the holidays coming up! I love Thanksgiving and Christmas because that's when I get to decorate the house super festive!!
-I'm following the presidential election coverage. I'm actually fairly political for those who may not know. AND I STRONGLY URGE EVERY ONE OF YOU TO REGISTER TO VOTE! This year is different though because Jimmy is really getting involved too! (I'm finally rubbing off on him.) I've had an abentee ballot for years sent to the house for him and I would vote for him, but this year he says he wants to vote himself. (He's getting so grown-up! LOL)
-We went to the fair this last week. We both love the fair. It's like being a kid again: watching the pig races and funnel cake! yea! Photos of our day are in the album.
-Two weekends ago we went to the Route 66 Burn-Out competition to cheer on our friend Gary who was the reigning champion. This year he lost to a kid driving a Carrier duely, but we still think the competition is rigged! :o)
-We bought a new digital camera which we LOVE. (Thanks Jenny for the recommendation) Our old Sony was just crappy, the new Canon is glorious; just check out the new banner across the page. That was taken out of the window of my car on the way home from work yesterday.
-Gypsy is doing better since we took her to the vet. She has allergies and had begun rubbing her nose raw leaving little pink patches on my carpet from the rubbing.
Well, that's it for now.
-Work is stressful, but that's why they call it work. If you had fun at your job then that's called a career.
-We are working with a non-profit called NACA to help with getting our home loan restructured with Countrywide.
-Fusion Metalworks is still going good, even with the economy being what it is. Some weeks are better than others. Right now they are doing a railing for the City of Hesperia.
-I'm really excited about the holidays coming up! I love Thanksgiving and Christmas because that's when I get to decorate the house super festive!!
-I'm following the presidential election coverage. I'm actually fairly political for those who may not know. AND I STRONGLY URGE EVERY ONE OF YOU TO REGISTER TO VOTE! This year is different though because Jimmy is really getting involved too! (I'm finally rubbing off on him.) I've had an abentee ballot for years sent to the house for him and I would vote for him, but this year he says he wants to vote himself. (He's getting so grown-up! LOL)
-We went to the fair this last week. We both love the fair. It's like being a kid again: watching the pig races and funnel cake! yea! Photos of our day are in the album.
-Two weekends ago we went to the Route 66 Burn-Out competition to cheer on our friend Gary who was the reigning champion. This year he lost to a kid driving a Carrier duely, but we still think the competition is rigged! :o)
-We bought a new digital camera which we LOVE. (Thanks Jenny for the recommendation) Our old Sony was just crappy, the new Canon is glorious; just check out the new banner across the page. That was taken out of the window of my car on the way home from work yesterday.
-Gypsy is doing better since we took her to the vet. She has allergies and had begun rubbing her nose raw leaving little pink patches on my carpet from the rubbing.
Well, that's it for now.
DC and Me
I'm back!!
Just flew in from DC yesterday. (and boy are my arms tired! ba-da-bump.) I'm so glad to be back home. Must people would love to travel with their job, but I don't. It's really not fun to go away unless you have loved ones going along too.
Below is the slide show of my ALL my pictures. If you have an hour or two to kill maybe you can get though half of them. ;o)
Love, Liz
Jimmy is famous now!
Hey all!
Excitement at my house this Friday!!
I had just finished lunch at the house and was driving back to work. When an ABC7 news van turns in front of me and drives down our street. Now for those of you that have been to the house know my street doesn't go anywhere. I turned to continue to work when my curiosity got the best of me. So I turned around and drove back down my street. I noticed that the van stopped at the top of our hill and then slowly started driving down the hill. So following him, I slowly crept over the hill in my car and what do I see when I get over the peak but the van parking in front of MY driveway!! What?!? What could they possibly want with our house?! So I pulled in behind the van and watched as a guy in a suit starts walking toward Brian (Jimmy's brother, who was outside working in the garage). They talk and then Jimmy comes out and starts talking to him. I thought, "Okay, maybe they want to use our house for its view of the valley" because I notice the other guy in the van pop out with a tripod and camera. Then they broke out the microphone!! Okay now I'm freaked out. Let's just say the guys aren't 100% legal to work from the garage. I started thinking they were doing some sort of exposé on them. But as I'm watching the interview Jimmy is smiling - okay no exposé - good, but then what?! I had just left the house and gave him a kiss goodbye, had there been anything interesting he would've told me right?? I wanted to call his brother who was just off camera but then I didn't want the phone to ring in the background of the shot.
I waited until they packed up then I drove down to the next street and turned around back to my house and saw Jimmy walking up the driveway to come see me. He gave me the lowdown. Apparently he waved me down from my car but I guess I didn't see that part during my freak out. That's okay, I was in a company shirt and it was Friday so I wasn't exactly looking camera ready. Besides I probably would've looked like a goober.
To see the video, check out the following link: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/media?id=6260280
(All the shots looking over the houses are from our driveway.) After Jimmy gave me the lowdown, of course, I texted everybody! But the funniest thing was that after it aired our neighbor Randy (I didn't text him) calls Jimmy up and says very seriously, "Hey James, I was wondering if you could do me a favor? ... Could you give me your autograph?" :o) LOL (For those of you who've asked - he is charging $5 per autograph.)
The cutest was his mom. I had texted her but she's like my mom and has no clue how to work her phone. But she had gotten home from work and turned on the news. She was opening mail and had her head down when Bob said Jimmy's name - she looked up to see her son. She was so excited. And she was too cute when she called us to congratulate him!!
Excitement at my house this Friday!!
I had just finished lunch at the house and was driving back to work. When an ABC7 news van turns in front of me and drives down our street. Now for those of you that have been to the house know my street doesn't go anywhere. I turned to continue to work when my curiosity got the best of me. So I turned around and drove back down my street. I noticed that the van stopped at the top of our hill and then slowly started driving down the hill. So following him, I slowly crept over the hill in my car and what do I see when I get over the peak but the van parking in front of MY driveway!! What?!? What could they possibly want with our house?! So I pulled in behind the van and watched as a guy in a suit starts walking toward Brian (Jimmy's brother, who was outside working in the garage). They talk and then Jimmy comes out and starts talking to him. I thought, "Okay, maybe they want to use our house for its view of the valley" because I notice the other guy in the van pop out with a tripod and camera. Then they broke out the microphone!! Okay now I'm freaked out. Let's just say the guys aren't 100% legal to work from the garage. I started thinking they were doing some sort of exposé on them. But as I'm watching the interview Jimmy is smiling - okay no exposé - good, but then what?! I had just left the house and gave him a kiss goodbye, had there been anything interesting he would've told me right?? I wanted to call his brother who was just off camera but then I didn't want the phone to ring in the background of the shot.
I waited until they packed up then I drove down to the next street and turned around back to my house and saw Jimmy walking up the driveway to come see me. He gave me the lowdown. Apparently he waved me down from my car but I guess I didn't see that part during my freak out. That's okay, I was in a company shirt and it was Friday so I wasn't exactly looking camera ready. Besides I probably would've looked like a goober.
To see the video, check out the following link: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/media?id=6260280
(All the shots looking over the houses are from our driveway.) After Jimmy gave me the lowdown, of course, I texted everybody! But the funniest thing was that after it aired our neighbor Randy (I didn't text him) calls Jimmy up and says very seriously, "Hey James, I was wondering if you could do me a favor? ... Could you give me your autograph?" :o) LOL (For those of you who've asked - he is charging $5 per autograph.)
The cutest was his mom. I had texted her but she's like my mom and has no clue how to work her phone. But she had gotten home from work and turned on the news. She was opening mail and had her head down when Bob said Jimmy's name - she looked up to see her son. She was so excited. And she was too cute when she called us to congratulate him!!
A few of the things going on with me lately..
I am really going to enjoy this weekend. My main goal to to clean the house and not see anyone. Normally I don't mind going to places or for people to come over - I'm usually very social. But I am really looking forward to not entertaining this weekend. It seems since spring we've just been going and going. I'm looking forward to some relaxing time.
Yuck! Jury Duty. 'Nuff said. I have to report on the 16th wish me luck that I get dismissed early. Usually I'm all about civic duty, community service, volunteering, voting in elections, etc. But jury duty just plain sucks!
Two weeks from now I'm going to be boarding a ridiculously long flight to Washington DC for work. And for those of you who just got jealous of me - Don't be! My first flight leaves at 6am so I have to be at Ontario at 4:30am by the latest. Then I spend Eight LONG days: in flight, working a tradeshow, to be followed by long nights with Bambi talking about what else but work stuff - Not fun. She does want to stay a couple of extra days to see the sights since she hasn't been to DC in years and I've never been (Does anybody have any recommendations on what to see???), but to me it just won't be very much fun without Jimmy. I would have to say the only plus will be that everything will be paid for by my company and Bambi really enjoys 4&5 star restaurants! FYI, Bambi is my boss and the owner of the company I work for for the past 2 or so years. Don't let the name fool you, she's a firecracker and a pit bull. (I've unfortunately seen both sides.) I'm sure I'll take a bunch of pictures which I'll post in a few weeks.
Then three days after I get back from DC I am going camping with my oldest friends Robin and Mike for the big yearly camping trip. I'm really looking forward to the trip. It will be the first time we'll get to stay in the pop-up trailer that Mike's parents gave to us. I haven't even seen the inside of the trailer yet, but we should be putting it up this weekend to take inventory of what we need.
Okay, so that's it with me. Have a great weekend, All!
Yuck! Jury Duty. 'Nuff said. I have to report on the 16th wish me luck that I get dismissed early. Usually I'm all about civic duty, community service, volunteering, voting in elections, etc. But jury duty just plain sucks!
Two weeks from now I'm going to be boarding a ridiculously long flight to Washington DC for work. And for those of you who just got jealous of me - Don't be! My first flight leaves at 6am so I have to be at Ontario at 4:30am by the latest. Then I spend Eight LONG days: in flight, working a tradeshow, to be followed by long nights with Bambi talking about what else but work stuff - Not fun. She does want to stay a couple of extra days to see the sights since she hasn't been to DC in years and I've never been (Does anybody have any recommendations on what to see???), but to me it just won't be very much fun without Jimmy. I would have to say the only plus will be that everything will be paid for by my company and Bambi really enjoys 4&5 star restaurants! FYI, Bambi is my boss and the owner of the company I work for for the past 2 or so years. Don't let the name fool you, she's a firecracker and a pit bull. (I've unfortunately seen both sides.) I'm sure I'll take a bunch of pictures which I'll post in a few weeks.
Then three days after I get back from DC I am going camping with my oldest friends Robin and Mike for the big yearly camping trip. I'm really looking forward to the trip. It will be the first time we'll get to stay in the pop-up trailer that Mike's parents gave to us. I haven't even seen the inside of the trailer yet, but we should be putting it up this weekend to take inventory of what we need.
Okay, so that's it with me. Have a great weekend, All!
Wet & Wild on the Silverwood
We had a blast at Silverwood this weekend. This was the last time we would see Joanne and Kayla before they leave Monday back to North Carolina.Brian's boat was fantastic! He picked this up used from a guy he found on Craig's list. This was also my first time tubing. My first time around was great - I lasted longer then anybody. But my second go-around later that day was aweful, the water was too choppy and I think I pulled a muscle in my back during my graceful dismount that I'm paying for today.
Hope you enjoy the slideshow!
The Romig's Visit and Sea World
Jimmy's cousins (Joanne and Kayla Romig) have been visiting this week from North Carolina. Kayla has gotten so big that for a moment, the first time I saw her, I didn't even recognize her. I guess that two years is a lot of growing up for little kids. Joanne is great. She started crying when she saw us. I love Joanne, she's very similar to me which is why I probably like her so much. We're both really honest, outgoing and sarcastic. Joanne, Kayla, Jeaninne, Caleb, Brian, Sandie, Ashley, Jimmy and I all went to Sea World as a family and had a great time. It's hard to have a family outing and not have anybody with hurt feelings or feel like they've missed something - but we didn't! There was just enough of us to fill all the seats in the cars on every ride. And Kayla kept a smile on my face the whole day because she just wouldn't quit holding my hand and she wanted to sit next to me for everything - rides, eating, and the shows! Below is my first movie:The worst part of the day was TGI Fridays - by far the worst service I've ever had at a restaurant. Let's just say that I'm usually really nice - but I was about ready to throw my glass of water across the room. Needless to say we ALL walked out of the restaurant without paying for any of our meal or drinks. We gave the waitress a $10 tip for her time because it's not her fault she works for a crappy place.
Why not? The First Post
Hello and welcome to my blog. So I've decided to join the blogging community and start posting about our family. Which right now consists of just Jimmy and me. I'm not really sure if you guys will ever read this stuff, but I think it'll be fun to watch over time for myself. I've never been able to keep a diary so we'll see how long this lasts.
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