I am going to start making these entries at night. If you read me entries, you will see I am always talking about "yesterday". I have 2 periods each day when I am sitting still at home - when I use my mood light in the morning, and when I wait for my body to get ready for sleep. I can't sleep unless I am a little cold, and it takes about 30 minutes for my sleep med to work.
I got this picture from 30 feet away in my car. This Cardinal, the first one I ever remember seeing, flew into a dormant wooded area next to the parking lot at work. It really stood out against the grey tree trunks. I got out of the car to see if I could get a picture through the openings in the cyclone fence, but it flitted away.
I saw my first flying insect this week. it was huge - like a gargantuan mosquito. But there was only one.
I copied my audio CDs of the Book of Mornon onto my hard drive, and then edited them to just contain the chapter summaries. It took 3 CD ROMs to hold them, but not because of their size - but because of their count. A CD Rom will only allow you to have 99 tracks.
Then I cut and pasted the chapter heading of the Book of Mormon text fromt eh Church website into an excel file. I played the CD ROMs at double speed, and used a guide to keep my eyes on the corresponding text. I was able to read the entire summary of the Book of Mormon in 60 minutes. I am getting used to this. Double speed seems too slow now, but I haven't found anything cheap that will go faster. There is a device I can buy that can go up to 7 times faster, but it costs $700 dollars. No Way!
I sent off the paper work today to join the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. I was a member about 20 years ago. This time I hope they have more genealogy information available online. I want to advance my Mother's Line. We only have 2 generations back, and then the info cuts off because of the communist revolution. The Russians were prejudiced against the Germans in the Volga, which is why the Seckinger's left the village of Frank, which they helped to found 100 years earlier. If I can establish this link, I can get at least 5 more generations back.
I copied my audio CDs of the Book of Mornon onto my hard drive, and then edited them to just contain the chapter summaries. It took 3 CD ROMs to hold them, but not because of their size - but because of their count. A CD Rom will only allow you to have 99 tracks.
Then I cut and pasted the chapter heading of the Book of Mormon text fromt eh Church website into an excel file. I played the CD ROMs at double speed, and used a guide to keep my eyes on the corresponding text. I was able to read the entire summary of the Book of Mormon in 60 minutes. I am getting used to this. Double speed seems too slow now, but I haven't found anything cheap that will go faster. There is a device I can buy that can go up to 7 times faster, but it costs $700 dollars. No Way!
I sent off the paper work today to join the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. I was a member about 20 years ago. This time I hope they have more genealogy information available online. I want to advance my Mother's Line. We only have 2 generations back, and then the info cuts off because of the communist revolution. The Russians were prejudiced against the Germans in the Volga, which is why the Seckinger's left the village of Frank, which they helped to found 100 years earlier. If I can establish this link, I can get at least 5 more generations back.
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