tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.comments2012-03-13T22:30:13.462-04:00PastProtectorsLorraine Quillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06830912859245946044noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-10630286565551229602012-03-13T22:30:13.462-04:002012-03-13T22:30:13.462-04:00Thanks for the post. I can't tell you how man...Thanks for the post. I can't tell you how many times I've contemplated writing a full history of my ancestors or descendants from a particular family. It gets a little discouraging sometimes seeing how much there is to write. I finally created a blog starting writing a bit about family and a bit about general genealogy tips I've learaned along the way. This is so much better. It can be tackled in short steps...<br /><br />Regards, JimJim (Hidden Genealogy Nuggets Blog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15493118494172970052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-24353517282940312582011-02-04T18:24:59.738-05:002011-02-04T18:24:59.738-05:00You're right. When I started to trace my ance...You're right. When I started to trace my ancestry, I began to realize that I didn't even know many of the surnames of my maternal ancestors.Ezekiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586078281276266488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-1610544504054525442010-08-14T14:55:24.466-04:002010-08-14T14:55:24.466-04:00Good suggestion about picking your target and cent...Good suggestion about picking your target and centering your research. Too often, I find myself sidetracked on far-flung collateral lines myself.Travis LeMasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16930839685824336645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-20800135357194369712010-04-05T22:04:38.712-04:002010-04-05T22:04:38.712-04:00How touching these beautiful thoughts are, and the...How touching these beautiful thoughts are, and they express the "joyous pain" of being a mother. Thank you for posting this.Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-92156891998743230062010-02-12T11:58:58.082-05:002010-02-12T11:58:58.082-05:00So are there any gamblers in your neighborhood who...So are there any gamblers in your neighborhood who are placing bets about when the piled-up snow in the shopping center parking lots will finally disappear? <br /><br />Actually, never mind the shopping centers. I wonder when the mountain on top of the retaining wall in front of my office window will finally let me see the lane traffic again!<br /><br />Hang in there. I've never seen snow on the ground in July...so far! Well, here at least. I have seen the glaciers in the Colorado mountains where I was raised. Let's say that doesn't count.Lorraine Quillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830912859245946044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-18421673573160646822010-02-08T13:16:55.493-05:002010-02-08T13:16:55.493-05:00Ditto here. And I just shoveled out the snow left...Ditto here. And I just shoveled out the snow left in my newly-cleared driveway by the snowplow that finally plowed our street.Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-59378187018200962172010-02-06T17:24:28.747-05:002010-02-06T17:24:28.747-05:00Hi, Greta,
Hope you're surviving well. Nice t...Hi, Greta,<br /><br />Hope you're surviving well. Nice to know we're in this together! Not quite sure why that is comforting, but it is. <br /><br />Actually, a study I read many years ago in college has remained with me. In this experiment, they hooked one subject up to a pain-producing appliance and then asked him to bear as much as he could. <br /><br />Then another person was brought in and the first individual was told that this new person would be receiving the same dose of pain. The subject was then asked to endure as much as he could. <br /><br />Interestingly, the second level was much higher than the first, even though in reality the second person was not connected. <br /><br />Was it pride in not being the first to call it quits? Or is there something in a shared experience that increases tolerance?<br /><br />Anyway, just another thought to ponder while we wait for the spring thaw!Lorraine Quillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830912859245946044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-56214323643503452412010-02-04T19:30:27.380-05:002010-02-04T19:30:27.380-05:00A very thoughtful and though-provoking post! We a...A very thoughtful and though-provoking post! We are also in the mid-Atlantic area and are waiting for that storm to arrive. I also saw that sunshine today, and then two hours later the sky had clouded over. Good luck to your children. (My oldest daughter was born during a snowstorm.)Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-21105590315692106102009-11-22T19:41:40.284-05:002009-11-22T19:41:40.284-05:00Hi, Lorraine and Katina--
I just wanted to let you...Hi, Lorraine and Katina--<br />I just wanted to let you know that I nominated your blog for a Kreativ Blogger Award. You can get the badge at my blog, My Ancestors and Me, at www.nancysfamilyhistoryblog.blogspot.com.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-88298734744594250462009-11-01T08:22:26.665-05:002009-11-01T08:22:26.665-05:00Great post! Humorous and so easy to relate. I...Great post! Humorous and so easy to relate. I'm sure nearly all of us have had attacks from the AGG!Travis LeMasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16930839685824336645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-67325949592856523772009-10-05T13:21:54.279-04:002009-10-05T13:21:54.279-04:00Big puzzle person here but more of the CSI type la...Big puzzle person here but more of the CSI type lately - not so much games or jigsaw puzzles or crosswords - I like to "investigate" and look for clues.Thomas MacEnteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-10392618644708069052009-10-05T11:05:32.711-04:002009-10-05T11:05:32.711-04:00And that's why you're occasionally up unti...And that's why you're occasionally up until 2 a.m. thinking, "I can do it better this time!" Right?Lorraine Quillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830912859245946044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-61126865658598644212009-10-05T10:44:01.395-04:002009-10-05T10:44:01.395-04:00No, you're definitely not the only one! I alw...No, you're definitely not the only one! I always have to solve the problem/game/puzzle ~ no matter what it is. Also, I can't walk by a jigsaw puzzle without fitting "a few" pieces in. Likewise, I can tell you the commercial name of the game you're referring to: Tetris, and I refuse to believe that the "computer" will always win. I know some day I will beat the computer... =)<br /><br />Caroline Pointer<br />Family StoriesCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440331516671118735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-55760715652292490882009-10-05T10:21:27.826-04:002009-10-05T10:21:27.826-04:00Thanks! I was hoping there were kindred spirits so...Thanks! I was hoping there were kindred spirits somewhere out there. My family thinks I'm one of a kind (and not necessarily in a complimentary way).<br /><br />I love your GADD. I guess the only mediation to that problem would be to be sure to leave a little bread crumb at every junction so someone who comes looking for us (or our research) can tell which way we were going...and maybe why as well.Lorraine Quillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830912859245946044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6022065119011949426.post-2105000738021842762009-10-05T09:22:01.564-04:002009-10-05T09:22:01.564-04:00Oh my goodness - have you secretly slipped into my...Oh my goodness - have you secretly slipped into my genealogy room when I wasn't looking and are now exposing all my bad habits, just nicely fictionalized with other ancestors' names??? I like the term "AGG" because it goes so nicely with something I wrote about on my blog, GADD - genealogical attention deficit disorder - which causes one to flit from one line of research to another. <br /><br />I can tell I'm going to enjoy your blog!Diana Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05954839264299339937noreply@blogger.com