Project Life ~ March 2024

I can’t believe a fourth of the year is already over.  Time does fly, especially when you get to my age.

This month, I went to another premier of the Indigo Girls’ documentary “It’s Only Life After All” - it has finally been released in theaters!  We talked to the filmmaker and she interviewed us on video for possible DVD extras when it is released.  Amy and Emily were also there to answer some questions and perform a couple of songs.

My friend, Don, asked me to see Post Modern Jukebox with him at Symphony Hall.  It was fun, people dressed for the show (I had no idea), they sing modern day songs but in a different genre. For instance, they might sing a Spice Girls Song, but in the style of the Lennon Sisters.  We both really enjoyed it.

My friend Susan came for a week long visit and we went to see Beetlejuice, which was so good and so funny! Also, my little kitty turned 4 this month - which is so, so hard to believe!

A church member, who is well known in Georgia for building homes, John Weiland, has an incredible art collection and has set up an art gallery.  All the art is related to homes.  He has decided to  open his art gallery to the public and luckily, as someone he knows, I got was able to go with some other church members for a sneak preview.

A couple of less than happy things.  My poor little kitty niece, Bonnie Faye, was one sick little baby.  She had to spend time in the ER with overnight hospital stays.  She still isn’t 100% back to her pre-sickness self but she is doing much better, praise GOD!

Also, my friends Brian and Woody have officially moved to Beaufort, NC.  I am so happy for them, but boy am I going to miss my fellas!  I just can’t imagine what is is going to be like without them around.

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Feeling Saucy!

Americans love their sauces…I mean LOVE them! You only have to stop by a local Walmart to see that. There are so many fast food and restaurant chains that are getting in on the retail market.  I guess people steal their sauces from the store so they figure, hey, we should sell them so the people can get what they want and it will help our profits instead of hurting them.

Even some famous chefs/cooks, such as Guy Fieri and Ree Drummond have gotten into the game.

I love sauces too, but oddly enough don’t really buy fast food/restaurant sauces as it would take me too long to eat them.  The only exception is that I do love Whataburger Spicy Ketchup and I have bought that a couple of times.

Are you a saucy person?  Have you bought any of these?

Project Life ~ February 2024

I am a bit late posting February pages, but here they are.  There were some not great things (death of a cousin, bad leg infection that was resistant to antibiotics), but there were also good things (healthy kitties, friends get together, trip to see Marie Osmond with my bestie)

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52 Ancestors - Week 11 - Achievement

 My 3rd Great-Grandmother was Georgia America Segars was born in July 1848 in Georgia, USA. Her father, Southward, was 38 and her mother, Clarkey was 33.  During the Civil War, her future husband, Jerimiah Trusdell was fighting for the North, and he was in Georgia and somehow met Georgia, how I wish I knew.  But he fell in love with her and after the war, moved down to Georgia, married her and they settled in Alabama, where he was the town doctor.

Georgia's achievement was that she was blind.  This was, no doubt, a big challenge in the 1800s.  It is not known how she lost her sight...some research indicates she was born blind and other research says her blindness developed when she was a little older, but at any rate, it does appear she was most likely blind at least by the time she married.

She managed to have a good marriage, to a Yankee, which I am sure was an achievement in itself during that time, but she had 5 children and raised them, while working on a farm.  

I wish I could sit down and talk to her and find out all the achievements she made during her life, those that she probably just accepted as normal life.  She truly seemed to be an outstanding individual.

52 Ancestors - Week 10 - Language

This is a challenging topic for me.  My first thought was to write about an ancestor that spoke a different language - other than my language of English. However, considering that my ancestors are 82% English, Irish or Scottish - well, that's a lot of English-speaking ancestors.

I do have some Norwegian and Danish ancestors and northern African ancestors, but I haven't really identified them, so I am sure they spoke different languages other than English.

So...the post this week, I'm afraid, is a bit boring.

52 Ancestors - Week 9 - Changing Names

I always try to write about the first person or first thing that comes to mind when I received the #52Ancestors prompt.

This week, the first pers6n that came to mind was my mother.

My mother was born October 8, 1940, of course at home because you seldom had a baby in the hospital back then.  She was promptly named Inell.  

Well..a few days later, her aunt visited to see the new baby and was told "Here is little Inell" Her aunt took one look and said, "That's an awful name, from now on, her name is Mary Nell" and from then on, that was her name...although not legally.  

She used "Mary Nell" on every official document...school paper, marriage license, social security card.  I mean on official documents, they asked your name, and you told them, you didn't have to present a birth certificate because quite frankly, a lot of people didn't have them.  She did though and it said "Inell"

When my mom was in her early 60s, she thought, you know...it might be a problem when I get ready to collect social security, so she went to the courthouse and legally had her name changed to "Mary Nell" instead of "Inell".

I have always been glad for that great Aunt changing my mom's name because I too believe that Mary Nell is a much better name and suits her better.  

52 Ancestors - Week 8 - Heirlooms

Hmm....I cannot think of any family heirlooms at the moment.  Maybe something will come to me later, but right now, I just can't think of anything so I am going to skip this week...perhaps I will re-address later if something comes to mind.