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Eleven years. Hi. I think I'm back.
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a break in the rain

up to my eyeballs

in photos, letters, and scraps of genealogy compiled by family members and collected (rescued) from dad's house.  my step mom was ready to trash the lot...3 whole boxes of photos back to my great- great- greats, diaries, school papers, news clippings...and then some i'm in heaven and i'm in hell.  how to organize?  ancestry is helping but i just get more information on top of what i have from there.  and i don't want to upload everything.  i'd rather not continue the subscription indefinitely, it gets a little expensive. i'll keep you posted.  and if i find an exceptional photo i'll post it here.  the scanner is on order and then i have a whole other project to start.  digitizing it all.  whew :) we'll talk about the 5 crates of slides that i rescued another time...

time.

want to lose almost 24 hours straight?  go sign up for a free 2 week trial of ancestry.com what a trip! now if i can just con dave into letting me fib that we're married i can track down his family too! ;)

considering

i may be coming back. maybe. but not all the time. so don't hold me to anything. i never promised. but i want to share. sometimes. i think.

sunset at the beach - friday foto

who doesn't love a good sunset?

what do you do

with a beautiful day off? well we went for a "scent"ic drive out to the beach. we being the dog. and me. she loves to stick her nose out the window and smell where we are going. we took a few lonely roads. ok, so maybe like 10 little roads. i make turns at random when i'm not in a hurry. and can you blame me? just check out the view! it really was spectacular. i would love to live out this way! we finally arrived at north beach in point reyes national seashore. they have a few beaches where leashed pets are allowed. i snacked on a quick lunch of tomatoes, figs, raisins, and almonds (from the farmer's market again) then we headed down to the water. my baby is 12 and she's never seen the ocean. i must be a terrible mother or something. she was just staring and staring. she couldn't get enough. after repeatedly chasing and running away from the waves for a half an hour she was content to just sit back and relax on a dune. and then she stood and told me it was ti