The title of this post refers to the transcription I am doing. I did not finish it by Christmas, but maybe I can by New Year's Day! I completed ten minutes today, working for a couple of sessions. I think during the week I might be able to find four half-hour blocks to get it done. We shall see.
While I can only handle about half an hour to one hour at a time transcribing, doing family history work is easy for me to do for several hours at a time. I am working at home on my Kalbfleisch line, as I have found that although I put the genealogical letters between my Dad and my Grandpa into Family Tree Memories, there is still information to glean from them. I almost despair of getting done all that is available in my lifetime! But I keep plugging away.
Of course, I prefer to talk with my Sweetheart--and I was blessed to do that this morning, and we will talk again tonight. This morning, as we have done on occasion before, we worked a bit on family history together. What blessings our electronic devices are in this work. We also are sharing the temple work, as he printed off three cards that he will do the work for me, and tomorrow I can print off cards that I can do the work for him.
This afternoon I ventured out after the big snow. My Ukrainian sister needed to go to the store I try to visit once a month. She helped me dig out the car. I am amazed at how much snow was piled up on the car. I am glad I got a broom at one of the Swap Meets--it definitely came in handy today! I had thought that parking next to the shed on the parking lot would decrease the amount of snow that would accumulate on the car, but it sure did not seem to have that effect. When we came back from the store I chose to park in a spot that had been cleared, rather than back by the shed.
Sister M, as she likes to be called, was happy to find millet and buckwheat in bulk at the store we went to. She also stocked up on lots of fruits and vegetables and spices. I got some kefir, since that store has the least expensive regular price.
Sister M invited me to have supper with her. She was disappointed that the buckwheat she bought was not quite like the buckwheat she was used to in the Ukraine, but I thought it was fine. We also had a cabbage salad made like a lettuce salad, which was quite good, and fruit salad and "Washington Apple Pie" ice cream for dessert.
I decided this morning to take a chance on cooking the ham bone [with a fair amount of meat on it] from Saturday's dinner with some of the beans I brought with me from Missouri. The beans were packed in 2002, and were supposed to be used within 8 years--obviously that did not happen. They did soften up enough for me to eat after about 6 hours of cooking. I am glad I will have the chance to use them up.
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