Randy says, “It’s Saturday Night – time for more Genealogy Fun!!”
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:
* Tell us about your “other” hobbies or interests outside of genealogy and family history research, writing, speaking, etc.
* Write a blog post of your own, respond with a comment to this post, or add a comment on the Facebook version of this post.
Well.. This translates to the “real me” part of the show, or at least a portion of the real me. Let me see, is there life beyond genealogy? Hmmmm — Yes! And here is a look at mine.
- My family. It is a cliché to say that family is number one, but it is the truth. I spend most of my time these days with my wonderful husband of forty years. We have three beautiful daughters, a fine son-in-law, and five grandchildren. I wish there were still young grandchildren, this is the first year I have not attended Sesame Street Live in many years. I miss those things. In the summer, we visit the Detroit Zoo, Greenfield Village and other child friendly places when our younger grandchildren can visit.
- Hobbies? Well, yes, but genealogy is by far number one on the list. I also enjoy gardening, yard work, sewing, reading, and cleaning house. Well, I don’t enjoy cleaning house, but I do it anyway.
- I like to watch sports on television, especially football and hockey.
- I am a computer geek. A story is often told in this family about a survey I received many years ago when I was a member of something called the Consumer Mail Panel. The survey went into great detail describing a home computer, describing the CPU, the monitor (you could use your TV, remember?) an external tape drive for data, a printer, and so on. I freaked out, and wanted one, although none was available at that time. You can guess from that, we had a C-64 when they became available, and have upgraded many times since. Around here, it a message on your screen says, “Contact your network administrator”, I am your gal.
- Every so often, even old married folks like to have an evening out. or a weekend out, or take a little trip. When my husband and I plan something along those lines, 99% of the time it involves a bluegrass music festival, show or concert. We travel a lot to see our favorite artists, relax in a lawn chair, and get away from it all. We are fortunate that we have family living here to hold down the fort.
That is all, folks! I am looking forward to reading all the posts for this meme. I know you all have lives outside of genealogy.
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Fun reading your interests.
Oh my gosh! I was a member of the Consumer Mail Panel too! And, my first computer was also the Commodore 64. Not to mention, I work in IT Support. Small world, huh? LOL
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Thanks for the comment, Carol, the world is small and shrinking. I never worked in IT, I was making a joke about my role with the computers and other tech related items here at home. I do the set-up and troubleshooting for all computers, all the time. That is because I am the one who is not afraid to try something if it isn’t working. I was actually a inspector, then a quality auditor and project manager. I haven’t worked in several years. But the C-64, that brings back memories. Imagine, all the addresses from our file box on a magnetic tape! Remember how long it too the program to access what you wanted off the tape. Now I can’t wait a few minutes for a page load without getting annoyed. The consumer mail panel was a scream. I got a lot samples, and I remember the kids eating cereal from black and white boxes and giving me the answers for the survey. Of course, I never bought the stuff when it became available, it was all 100% sugar.
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Thanks, Grace. I am enjoying reading these, too.