Keebles World

As per usual, I forgot my Blogoversary, but hey, better late than never, right? And this is a big one, 10 years! I went back and looked at my first post on Aug 30, 2011...it was short (yep, believe it or not!), but it was also quite ironic in it's wording: This is my first blog post and I'm hoping all will go well! Facebook just isn't for me because most (o.k., all) of my "friends" don't like the same things I do, so it's useless for me to post updates about my life since they just don't get it. I've created a blog for me to share what's important to me to no one in particular (might sound sad, but there is a method to my madness). I'm going to be posting pics of my cross stitching progress, books I've read, movies or television series I've watched, or am watching, music that's important to me, and other random musings about nothing in particular. So, here goes, and wish me luck! Ah, sweet naive me! If I only knew then...

So, I have been chugging along on Ancestry.com, almost every single day after work, sometimes, even leaving work on time (yes, you read that correctly, some days I'm only working 9 hours a day, instead of my usual 12!). Maybe one day, I'll get down to 8! I did discover that the more American of my friends tend to be WAY more interested in their family history than the more European of my friends here. I found that extremely interesting! I do wonder if it's because you guys are surrounded by so much history, you may be a bit more immune to it than those of us in the States are. You're records are extremely well documented (hence the ease at which we can trace our lineage). The oldest structures or museums or anything of stature we have here are 300 or so years old at most (other than natural places or Native American structures, most of which aren't taken care of...just look at the way the natural parks have been treated during the pandemic, it's deplorable...