Can the adults please smoke? — Page 671

DO IT!!!!

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Anyone want to come over for a swim?

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Thanks DG..if I don't laugh though you'll all come to visit me in a padded room. Grandma would fit in so well on this board..she's always been so dramatic.

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Grandma only speaks Jive, beacon. You have a form for that?

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Boobs - do you have recording capabilities?

Yes DG...I always said I need to do this. Her life would make for a wonderful book to be honest. She is a tough old cookie and was always. That's why she never really had many friends...she always spoke her mind. The other night when I told her I was going to vote she told me that I'd better vote Democrat because since she came to this country she has always been a Democrat. I told her that I would vote that way just for her.

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Bboobs, PM me and I'll hook you up with some basic forms you can help her fill out to get started...or set her up with a recorder.

I've got a general list of questions you can ask her (or she can read and answer into the machine) that will guide her as she talks about her life.

AND...a fun activity for her during the day is have her identify folks in old photos. Nothing worse than a pile of old
pictures and you have no clue who they are--except you can see a family resemblance. I have some from the mid-1800s and have made some wild guesses about who is who.

Sorry to ramble but Family History is one of my "things". At holidays my parents refer to my incessant questions as "The Interrogation."

But, I ask you, is it so wrong to withhold gravy until someone tells you the name of their father's eldest sister's first husband???? *flails her arms to make her point*

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Here's a link about Canasta:

http://www.pagat.com/rummy/canasta.html

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BB I have the perfect book for you and your grandmother. It is called "The Book of Myself" A do it yourself Autobiography in 201 questions. I 'll bring it with me next week.

DG Hearts was another take no prisoner game growing up!

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Mom that would be GREAT..thanks.

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Night, everybody - sleep well

BT...

If you want some basics on research: www.familysearch.org

Click on the girl on the lefthand side of the screen. She's a research assistant. There are links that give you five basic steps, plus links for Research Guidance, Forms, Letter Writing Guides for Foreign Language, Research Outlines for all over the world (states, countries). And, a search engine for checking the databases available at the site. And its all free, free, free!

Personal History guidelines are available too...and you can always stop by your local Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The FHCs are open to the public and there is no admission fee. If you're not sure where the closest one is, you can search for one at www.familysearch.org which is the Church's website. On the right hand side of the home page, the second paragraph Under Library is a link that helps you find an FHC near you.

I volunteer at the one near me.

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Rest well BT See you in the morning. When it will be only 1526 more days of the Shrub.

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