Greetings!!
I am so excited!! I have a job interview online on Wednesday for that genealogy web site job I was telling you about. You know, the work from home job. I am so stoked and a bit nervous. It has been a long time since I had to do a job interview and this one is a bit different. It is online and in a group. There will be others interviewing at the same time for the same job.
I got through the application process and all the tests. Let me tell you, that was not easy. Now, I have to get through the interview and if I do OK I should start online training by the end of the month. There will be 4 weeks of training. Right now I am wishing I was about 20 years younger, LOL.
So today I am finishing getting my office ready. Clean off the desk, put my genealogy papers in their binders out of the way. Make sure I have my resume at hand. A notebook and pens to write with and take notes. And lots of misc. stuff just to make sure I am at ease and as comfortable as can be.
The rent is due on the camper storage so I need to run out tomorrow and check on the camper and pay the rent. It will probably do me some good to get out for a while and get my mind off this interview for a bit. Did I say I was nervous? LOL I am, but I am also looking forward to it. The worse that could happen is that don't feel I can handle this particular job. They have offered me a total of 5 positions to try out for, so hopefully, one of them will be a good fit if not this one. But I sure would love to get the genealogy one because I love doing it and am sure I could help others. I guess time will tell.
Well, I need to keep this short today because I have a ton of things I want to get done. Please say a prayer and keep your fingers crossed for me!! Thanks!!
Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!!
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Has it been a week? Really??
Greetings!
Has it been a week? Really?? Where did the time go? I don't feel like I got much accomplished in that week away from here, but I know I did. Well at least some, LOL. Seems my time is taken up a lot by the genealogy I am doing.
A couple of days ago I decided names and dates were starting to run together on my mom's side of the family so I switched and started working on my dad's side again. Last night I sat up late printing out a history of the area my ancestors settled in. It was 142 pages long. But I was so afraid I would not be able to find it again and wanted a hard copy. So now, I have it. It really is interesting!!
The work on the house is progressing,,,, slowly. We were not suppose to have any rain this past week. It rained every day but two. That of course flares the fibro and I move really slow, maybe slower than a snail, LOL.
I took one day to get laundry caught up. That is a chore for me because the washer and dryer are in the basement and when the fibro is flared the trips up and down the stairs hurt. But at least it is done! For now, LOL. That is one of those chores that seems never ending!! We are to get more rain today.
The other day we had the first corn on the cob of the season. It was really good. We had meatloaf, buttered Amish noodles and the corn. Not sure what I will make today.
I paid $10 for a trial membership at genealogybank.com While it is a neat site and has a ton of newspaper archives it is not really doing me much good. Most of my ancestors settled into small communities and the newspapers are from bigger cities. I did manage to find a few things that I printed out but not much so far. I don't think I will renew the membership. There are a lot of genealogy sites you can get information from but for me, so far, ancestry.com has been the best. I also like archives.com but won't pay for a membership right now.
I should have been out dead-heading the roses this past week. With this particular type if you dead-head them you can get a second bloom out of them. But the rain kept me busy inside. For those who don't know, dead-heading the roses is when you take the blooms off that are dead. It makes the bush look prettier but also gives it a chance to grow another bloom.
I have been wanting to make a lemon meringue pie so sometime this week I will venture out to get the supplies. Nothing like a good lemon meringue pie from scratch. :-) I still need to organize my baking pans and equipment better. Between all the things I already had and what I had bought for the store I have a very well equipped kitchen. :-)
I have not figured out a regular schedule for posting on here yet but I think Mondays for sure and I hope to get at least one more day in there perhaps somewhere towards the middle of the week. Time will tell. Sorry I am not more specific right now but I just don't know from one day to the next what I am doing. A lot of it depends on the weather and how I feel.
Until next time,,,,,,,,,Blessings!!
Has it been a week? Really?? Where did the time go? I don't feel like I got much accomplished in that week away from here, but I know I did. Well at least some, LOL. Seems my time is taken up a lot by the genealogy I am doing.
A couple of days ago I decided names and dates were starting to run together on my mom's side of the family so I switched and started working on my dad's side again. Last night I sat up late printing out a history of the area my ancestors settled in. It was 142 pages long. But I was so afraid I would not be able to find it again and wanted a hard copy. So now, I have it. It really is interesting!!
The work on the house is progressing,,,, slowly. We were not suppose to have any rain this past week. It rained every day but two. That of course flares the fibro and I move really slow, maybe slower than a snail, LOL.
I took one day to get laundry caught up. That is a chore for me because the washer and dryer are in the basement and when the fibro is flared the trips up and down the stairs hurt. But at least it is done! For now, LOL. That is one of those chores that seems never ending!! We are to get more rain today.
The other day we had the first corn on the cob of the season. It was really good. We had meatloaf, buttered Amish noodles and the corn. Not sure what I will make today.
I paid $10 for a trial membership at genealogybank.com While it is a neat site and has a ton of newspaper archives it is not really doing me much good. Most of my ancestors settled into small communities and the newspapers are from bigger cities. I did manage to find a few things that I printed out but not much so far. I don't think I will renew the membership. There are a lot of genealogy sites you can get information from but for me, so far, ancestry.com has been the best. I also like archives.com but won't pay for a membership right now.
I should have been out dead-heading the roses this past week. With this particular type if you dead-head them you can get a second bloom out of them. But the rain kept me busy inside. For those who don't know, dead-heading the roses is when you take the blooms off that are dead. It makes the bush look prettier but also gives it a chance to grow another bloom.
I have been wanting to make a lemon meringue pie so sometime this week I will venture out to get the supplies. Nothing like a good lemon meringue pie from scratch. :-) I still need to organize my baking pans and equipment better. Between all the things I already had and what I had bought for the store I have a very well equipped kitchen. :-)
I have not figured out a regular schedule for posting on here yet but I think Mondays for sure and I hope to get at least one more day in there perhaps somewhere towards the middle of the week. Time will tell. Sorry I am not more specific right now but I just don't know from one day to the next what I am doing. A lot of it depends on the weather and how I feel.
Until next time,,,,,,,,,Blessings!!
Friday, June 14, 2013
Photo restoration,,,,,,
Greetings!!
Ever have a photo that got damaged over the years? Perhaps cracked or torn or something spilled on it? I have had several and hated the idea of throwing them out. Of course now there are several businesses that restore photos. And you will pay dearly for their services!! Recently I have been teaching myself how to restore photos.
With the advent of computers and digital photography it is not impossible for the average person to restore photos without the excessive cost of hiring a professional to do it. It takes a lot of time and patience and of course a good program or two. Mine are not perfect yet but they sure do look a lot better than they once did.
Below I have some examples of before and after pictures I have restored. I am still learning and still playing with it, but I don't think they look bad. I have printed some of them and hung them on my walls to show off, LOL. Some I am still working on. One I did for a friend. It is of her mother who is deceased. The picture had a lot of cracks in it. It was a wallet size she carried in her pocket for years since her mother passed. The only picture she had. She was thrilled to get this restored just in time for Mother's Day.
In the program I use I can also "age" the photo to the proper time frame. Older pictures had distinctive color tones to them depending on the years. As photography progressed the tints changed. You can even colorize black and white pictures. I have not really gotten into that yet because I like keeping them as close to original as possible.
Ever have a photo that got damaged over the years? Perhaps cracked or torn or something spilled on it? I have had several and hated the idea of throwing them out. Of course now there are several businesses that restore photos. And you will pay dearly for their services!! Recently I have been teaching myself how to restore photos.
With the advent of computers and digital photography it is not impossible for the average person to restore photos without the excessive cost of hiring a professional to do it. It takes a lot of time and patience and of course a good program or two. Mine are not perfect yet but they sure do look a lot better than they once did.
Below I have some examples of before and after pictures I have restored. I am still learning and still playing with it, but I don't think they look bad. I have printed some of them and hung them on my walls to show off, LOL. Some I am still working on. One I did for a friend. It is of her mother who is deceased. The picture had a lot of cracks in it. It was a wallet size she carried in her pocket for years since her mother passed. The only picture she had. She was thrilled to get this restored just in time for Mother's Day.
In the program I use I can also "age" the photo to the proper time frame. Older pictures had distinctive color tones to them depending on the years. As photography progressed the tints changed. You can even colorize black and white pictures. I have not really gotten into that yet because I like keeping them as close to original as possible.
This is the original picture of my Aunt and Uncle on their wedding day. Not exactly sure of the date but I would put it around 1940. You can see the cracks and coffee that someone had spilt on it before I got it. What a mess! Below are a couple of restored and altered pictures I played with.
The one below is one of my brother's baby pictures. It was in pretty bad shape as you can see.
Fixing that torn off corner was a real challenge! I have put names on a lot of the pictures I have done thinking in the future someone will be going through these after I am gone and wondering who they are. I guess that is the genealogy in me wanting to preserve photos and information for future generations. :-)
The corner is fixed and the cracks and scratches are gone!!
Here is one of the 143rd Regiment Company F Officers that I found online. This is from the Civil War Era which my grandfather served in this Regiment.
There are spots on the picture and some minor cracking. I also aged the print to the proper time frame.
And last but not least, my friend's mother.
Lots of cracks and that horrible one right across her face!
It's not perfect yet and I want to do some more playing with it to see if I can get it smoother, especially on the face, but still an improvement.
I have a few more pictures I will show you tomorrow.
Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Brain dump,,,,,,,
Greetings!!
I think I am suffering from information overload, LOL. As you know I have been working on my family genealogy and I have come to the point where I have so much information floating around in my brain that I need to dump some of it out and make room for more.
It's time to put some of that information down to hard copies that I can refer to rather than trying to remember it all. If I don't I will surely forget something!!
I have a big black 3 ring binder that I am filling up with all this information. I have in it, copies of obituaries, deeds, military records, various censuses and so on. Yesterday I found an obituary for my great-grandfather's wife. It was interesting! I found out my grandfather had more than one sibling. I only knew about the one but he actually had 3 siblings! I know their names and need to go hunt them down.
I have spent a lot of time on findagrave.com trying to find cemeteries that some of my ancestors are buried in. It is a great resource, however, because the photos and listings are done by volunteers much of them are incomplete and names are still missing. Still, it is a good place to look. And if you know the name and location of the cemetery you can always ask for volunteers to take pictures for you, especially if you live some distance away. Be patient!! Sometimes it takes a while for a volunteer to get to the cemetery. For example I am a volunteer photographer locally but have not been out to take pictures yet this year. The weather has not been very co-operative. Most days when I have the free time to go, it is raining cats and dogs. I was hoping for today but alas we are expecting some wicked thunderstorms again later today and right now the heat and humid is enough to choke an elephant. Tomorrow or Friday early in the morning should be better days to make a trip to one of the local cemeteries and get some pictures taken. I'll print out a list of the requests later today to take with me.
Yesterday when I was looking for pictures of Smokey on some thumb drives I came across a ton of military records and censuses I saved some years ago. At the time I had no idea if any of these people were relatives or not, but I saved them anyway thinking someday I might make a connection with them. I am glad I did because I now know some of them are indeed ancestors and I can print them out and attach them to my other records for the individuals.
If you are like me, money is often tight and you cannot afford to join every genealogy site online now. I suggest you do what I did when I did not have the money to pay for a membership. Take advantage of their free trial periods. Most of the sites offer free trial periods a few times a year. Get in on them and save every record you can find to your computer. Even if you do not know if they are a relative or not. You might find out later that they are and that will save you tremendous work down the line. This is how I found a lot of pieces to the puzzle and many pieces I did not know fit,,,, until now. There are still so many more pieces to look for but it is so much fun!!
Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!!
I think I am suffering from information overload, LOL. As you know I have been working on my family genealogy and I have come to the point where I have so much information floating around in my brain that I need to dump some of it out and make room for more.
It's time to put some of that information down to hard copies that I can refer to rather than trying to remember it all. If I don't I will surely forget something!!
I have a big black 3 ring binder that I am filling up with all this information. I have in it, copies of obituaries, deeds, military records, various censuses and so on. Yesterday I found an obituary for my great-grandfather's wife. It was interesting! I found out my grandfather had more than one sibling. I only knew about the one but he actually had 3 siblings! I know their names and need to go hunt them down.
I have spent a lot of time on findagrave.com trying to find cemeteries that some of my ancestors are buried in. It is a great resource, however, because the photos and listings are done by volunteers much of them are incomplete and names are still missing. Still, it is a good place to look. And if you know the name and location of the cemetery you can always ask for volunteers to take pictures for you, especially if you live some distance away. Be patient!! Sometimes it takes a while for a volunteer to get to the cemetery. For example I am a volunteer photographer locally but have not been out to take pictures yet this year. The weather has not been very co-operative. Most days when I have the free time to go, it is raining cats and dogs. I was hoping for today but alas we are expecting some wicked thunderstorms again later today and right now the heat and humid is enough to choke an elephant. Tomorrow or Friday early in the morning should be better days to make a trip to one of the local cemeteries and get some pictures taken. I'll print out a list of the requests later today to take with me.
Yesterday when I was looking for pictures of Smokey on some thumb drives I came across a ton of military records and censuses I saved some years ago. At the time I had no idea if any of these people were relatives or not, but I saved them anyway thinking someday I might make a connection with them. I am glad I did because I now know some of them are indeed ancestors and I can print them out and attach them to my other records for the individuals.
If you are like me, money is often tight and you cannot afford to join every genealogy site online now. I suggest you do what I did when I did not have the money to pay for a membership. Take advantage of their free trial periods. Most of the sites offer free trial periods a few times a year. Get in on them and save every record you can find to your computer. Even if you do not know if they are a relative or not. You might find out later that they are and that will save you tremendous work down the line. This is how I found a lot of pieces to the puzzle and many pieces I did not know fit,,,, until now. There are still so many more pieces to look for but it is so much fun!!
Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!!
Saturday, June 8, 2013
What was I thinking???
Greetings!!
I had a brain hiccup yesterday, what was I thinking? I thought it was Saturday. Actually all week I have been a day off in my mind. I lost a day somewhere! I don't know, maybe because I have been so wrapped up in genealogy I just lost all track of time. Anyway, it is tomorrow I won't be posting, not today. But because I had my days confused I did not have anything planned to write about for today. I decided to quick snap a few pictures of my office. It is not completed yet so you are not getting the full view, LOL. I still have books to add to the shelves and things to put away, but its getting there. And believe it or not, I also have more pictures to hang,,,,,,, somewhere in here. :-)
I had a brain hiccup yesterday, what was I thinking? I thought it was Saturday. Actually all week I have been a day off in my mind. I lost a day somewhere! I don't know, maybe because I have been so wrapped up in genealogy I just lost all track of time. Anyway, it is tomorrow I won't be posting, not today. But because I had my days confused I did not have anything planned to write about for today. I decided to quick snap a few pictures of my office. It is not completed yet so you are not getting the full view, LOL. I still have books to add to the shelves and things to put away, but its getting there. And believe it or not, I also have more pictures to hang,,,,,,, somewhere in here. :-)
This is the corner by my computer desk. Mostly mementos from my store and other businesses I have had over the years.
Ancestors, family and pets in this corner
This is the top of the shelving unit that has my TV, on the bottom are books.
The top of 2 huge book shelves. The big sign in the back was from my store I just closed. Once I finish filling the shelves with books and get things put away I will add some more pictures here.
That's it for today folks!! Sorry it wasn't more. I do hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
Until next time,,,,,,,,,Blessings!!
Friday, June 7, 2013
Genealogy,,,,,,
Greetings!!
As usual I have a million thoughts running through my mind but I decided to write a little about the genealogy I have been doing. I have actually done genealogy on and off for several years. I started with my dad's side of the family because it is such an unusual name and I felt it would be easier to track. I quickly got back into the 1600s with family information. It was fascinating!! Revolutionary war heroes, ancestors connected to the Mayflower and Civil War soldiers and much more.
My mom's side of the family proved to be much more difficult. I had very little information to go on and a very common name, Parker. All I knew was my grandfather's name and the approximate years of his birth and death and where he was buried. I had no idea if he had siblings and if so, where they were or had died. I did not know his parents names either. Right off the bat I discovered all the records were destroyed by a fire and there was no birth or death certificate. Years went by and I could not find anything. My mom's generation are all gone. I have a few cousins who either did not know anything or were not discussing it.
You can imagine how frustrating that can be when you can find no information at all. I went back to work on dad's side of the family for a while. Then I even stopped for a few years. I tried again, still nothing to be had. This went on and off for several years.
Recently ancestry.com had a free two week trial and a special deal if you joined. I took the two week trial and then joined. Suddenly, everything had opened up and I found all sorts of information!! Not only did I find my grandfather's parents names, I know his great- grandparents names. I have census reports, property deeds, obituaries, newspaper clippings, the name of the cemetery, and even some pictures!!
I have met a couple of "woodpile" relatives online and we have joined forces to find even more information. I may have found the name of my great-great-great-grandfather but am now in the process of trying to confirm that. Sometimes I feel like I am trying to connect the dots or perhaps putting the pieces of a puzzle together. Other times it is like looking for a needle in a great big hay stack and seems impossible. But that one needle will sew all the pieces together neatly like the quilt of our life.
Along the way I am learning way more about history than I ever did in school. Actually, I hated history in school, it was my worse subject. Being able to tie it to ancestors and places I have actually been to makes it interesting to me and so now I am really enjoying it.
I have downloaded a couple of e-books about the history of the area my g-g-grandfather settled in when it was still wilderness. I have an e-book of the Parker genealogy written in 1889 which takes my family history back into the 1200s in England. I have a newspaper article stating that Captain John Benjamin Parker of the Lexington, Mass Militia was the great-grandfather of my great-great-grandfather, but I have a couple of generations missing that I need to connect the dots with to prove it without doubt.
I have learned that just because someone told you years ago something it does not make it true and you must have proof for everything. For example, everyone was told the land that my mother was raised on was a land grant from the King of England to my ancestors pre-revolution, turned out to not be true. My great-great-grandfather purchased the land in 1853. I have a copy of the deed to prove it. I also have a copy of the plat map that shows the boundaries of the land he had purchased.
I have a sibling who insists g-g-grandpa was an Admiral in the British Royal Navy and that is why he was given the land in a grant. Impossible!! He was born in NY State, and in 1817 long after land grants were given by the King of England!! Yes, I have the proof to back it up.
Recently I discovered one of my uncles had been married twice. Something I did not know! The first marriage apparently did not last long but was "ordered by the superior court". That was in 1930, long before I was even a glimmer in my daddy's eye. No one had ever spoke of it though, so I thought that was interesting. I believe he had a child with his first wife. I might have discovered the child's name, but it is not confirmed yet. If I am on to the right person he would have died very young by an "accidental drowning" and that might explain why my uncle never discussed it. Time will tell as I am still digging.
Today I plan on punching holes and putting all the documents I have downloaded and printed out into a three ring binder. It helps to have hard copies to check dates and names from time to time. And I am accumulating quite a mass of papers now. It is so interesting to find out about your ancestors in history. Who they were, where they came from, what kind of work they did, etc. You can find out a lot about your own personality traits by your ancestors traits. For example, I definitely have the Parker strong will and determination. I know it came from them by how they were written about in that genealogy written in 1889 that I mentioned above.
I will not be posting tomorrow for it is the Lord's day. But I will be back on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend!!
Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!!
As usual I have a million thoughts running through my mind but I decided to write a little about the genealogy I have been doing. I have actually done genealogy on and off for several years. I started with my dad's side of the family because it is such an unusual name and I felt it would be easier to track. I quickly got back into the 1600s with family information. It was fascinating!! Revolutionary war heroes, ancestors connected to the Mayflower and Civil War soldiers and much more.
My mom's side of the family proved to be much more difficult. I had very little information to go on and a very common name, Parker. All I knew was my grandfather's name and the approximate years of his birth and death and where he was buried. I had no idea if he had siblings and if so, where they were or had died. I did not know his parents names either. Right off the bat I discovered all the records were destroyed by a fire and there was no birth or death certificate. Years went by and I could not find anything. My mom's generation are all gone. I have a few cousins who either did not know anything or were not discussing it.
You can imagine how frustrating that can be when you can find no information at all. I went back to work on dad's side of the family for a while. Then I even stopped for a few years. I tried again, still nothing to be had. This went on and off for several years.
Recently ancestry.com had a free two week trial and a special deal if you joined. I took the two week trial and then joined. Suddenly, everything had opened up and I found all sorts of information!! Not only did I find my grandfather's parents names, I know his great- grandparents names. I have census reports, property deeds, obituaries, newspaper clippings, the name of the cemetery, and even some pictures!!
I have met a couple of "woodpile" relatives online and we have joined forces to find even more information. I may have found the name of my great-great-great-grandfather but am now in the process of trying to confirm that. Sometimes I feel like I am trying to connect the dots or perhaps putting the pieces of a puzzle together. Other times it is like looking for a needle in a great big hay stack and seems impossible. But that one needle will sew all the pieces together neatly like the quilt of our life.
Along the way I am learning way more about history than I ever did in school. Actually, I hated history in school, it was my worse subject. Being able to tie it to ancestors and places I have actually been to makes it interesting to me and so now I am really enjoying it.
I have downloaded a couple of e-books about the history of the area my g-g-grandfather settled in when it was still wilderness. I have an e-book of the Parker genealogy written in 1889 which takes my family history back into the 1200s in England. I have a newspaper article stating that Captain John Benjamin Parker of the Lexington, Mass Militia was the great-grandfather of my great-great-grandfather, but I have a couple of generations missing that I need to connect the dots with to prove it without doubt.
I have learned that just because someone told you years ago something it does not make it true and you must have proof for everything. For example, everyone was told the land that my mother was raised on was a land grant from the King of England to my ancestors pre-revolution, turned out to not be true. My great-great-grandfather purchased the land in 1853. I have a copy of the deed to prove it. I also have a copy of the plat map that shows the boundaries of the land he had purchased.
I have a sibling who insists g-g-grandpa was an Admiral in the British Royal Navy and that is why he was given the land in a grant. Impossible!! He was born in NY State, and in 1817 long after land grants were given by the King of England!! Yes, I have the proof to back it up.
Recently I discovered one of my uncles had been married twice. Something I did not know! The first marriage apparently did not last long but was "ordered by the superior court". That was in 1930, long before I was even a glimmer in my daddy's eye. No one had ever spoke of it though, so I thought that was interesting. I believe he had a child with his first wife. I might have discovered the child's name, but it is not confirmed yet. If I am on to the right person he would have died very young by an "accidental drowning" and that might explain why my uncle never discussed it. Time will tell as I am still digging.
Today I plan on punching holes and putting all the documents I have downloaded and printed out into a three ring binder. It helps to have hard copies to check dates and names from time to time. And I am accumulating quite a mass of papers now. It is so interesting to find out about your ancestors in history. Who they were, where they came from, what kind of work they did, etc. You can find out a lot about your own personality traits by your ancestors traits. For example, I definitely have the Parker strong will and determination. I know it came from them by how they were written about in that genealogy written in 1889 that I mentioned above.
I will not be posting tomorrow for it is the Lord's day. But I will be back on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend!!
Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!!
Friday, May 31, 2013
Breaking away from facebook,,,,,,,
Greetings!!
This past week I made the decision to break away from facebook. I am tired of the privacy issues they have. Facebook is attaching itself to more and more sites and every time you make a post whether there or somewhere else it goes out over the net. No matter how high you have your privacy settings, people still get in. Often unwanted people.
I also like the idea of not spending time on there any more playing mindless games when I can be doing something much more interesting. Recently I started working on my family genealogy again. It has become a passion, almost obsession and I have really enjoyed it. Not only am I learning about my family history but also the history of our country and indeed even the world.
I hated history in school. But I am finding it is much more interesting when you can tie your ancestors into it. I am learning as I go along. To me that is much more positive!!
Like most people my day was beginning to revolve around facebook. First thing in the morning with coffee in hand I had to log onto facebook, catch up on the local gossip and news. Play mindless games and say hi to a few people before I did anything else for the day. And yes, at least once or twice more during the day I had to pop on and check things out. Facebook was linked to my cell phone, so I wouldn't miss anything. I feel pathetic the way I was "connected" all the time.
I am actually shutting it down on Sunday. I wanted to have time to let my friends know what I was doing and how they could reach me if they wanted to keep in touch.
I was thinking a few days ago how much we have all gotten caught up in facebook. We used to take pen in hand and actually write letters that went out in snail mail. That gave way to email. Then along came facebook and we no longer email. We just hop on facebook!! It is instant gratification!! Oh how lazy we have become!! Lord help us if we ever lose the Internet, the younger generations will not know how to survive and even some of us older folks will have a hard time.
I am keeping my cell phone for emergencies when I am traveling and such but I have changed my number and so it is no longer connected with facebook or other sites. No, I am not becoming a hermit but I have decided to get my priorities straight. Facebook is at the bottom of the list of priorities!!
I feel liberated!! I feel free again!! I know walking away from facebook is not for everyone but for me, this is the right decision!
Until next time,,,,,,,,Blessings!!
This past week I made the decision to break away from facebook. I am tired of the privacy issues they have. Facebook is attaching itself to more and more sites and every time you make a post whether there or somewhere else it goes out over the net. No matter how high you have your privacy settings, people still get in. Often unwanted people.
I also like the idea of not spending time on there any more playing mindless games when I can be doing something much more interesting. Recently I started working on my family genealogy again. It has become a passion, almost obsession and I have really enjoyed it. Not only am I learning about my family history but also the history of our country and indeed even the world.
I hated history in school. But I am finding it is much more interesting when you can tie your ancestors into it. I am learning as I go along. To me that is much more positive!!
Like most people my day was beginning to revolve around facebook. First thing in the morning with coffee in hand I had to log onto facebook, catch up on the local gossip and news. Play mindless games and say hi to a few people before I did anything else for the day. And yes, at least once or twice more during the day I had to pop on and check things out. Facebook was linked to my cell phone, so I wouldn't miss anything. I feel pathetic the way I was "connected" all the time.
I am actually shutting it down on Sunday. I wanted to have time to let my friends know what I was doing and how they could reach me if they wanted to keep in touch.
I was thinking a few days ago how much we have all gotten caught up in facebook. We used to take pen in hand and actually write letters that went out in snail mail. That gave way to email. Then along came facebook and we no longer email. We just hop on facebook!! It is instant gratification!! Oh how lazy we have become!! Lord help us if we ever lose the Internet, the younger generations will not know how to survive and even some of us older folks will have a hard time.
I am keeping my cell phone for emergencies when I am traveling and such but I have changed my number and so it is no longer connected with facebook or other sites. No, I am not becoming a hermit but I have decided to get my priorities straight. Facebook is at the bottom of the list of priorities!!
I feel liberated!! I feel free again!! I know walking away from facebook is not for everyone but for me, this is the right decision!
Until next time,,,,,,,,Blessings!!
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