Posts under ‘Off this bird’

I’ve got the bug for my ancestry research again, not that it ever really went away. I recently discovered a few new clues on my Ancestry.com tree and started clicking around. I got in touch with another member researching some people in my tree and as it turns out they would be my 3rd cousin! [...]

Yackety-yack! Here’s a little face time from your’s truly. I’m basically telling you everything you already know, unless you haven’t swung by the blog as of recent. For those having trouble with my new last name this video shall help you with that. Or at least it will give you some examples of how not [...]

Here is a shot of me and Lily from her cousin’s wedding she invited me to over the weekend. The ceremony was simply beautiful and it was very nice seeing Lily. Wish I could have stayed and gone to the reception, but there is another very important wedding to attend soon… my own.

Turn your speakers up folks. What can I say about this past weekend that can’t be seen in the lickle photo gallery above? Friends? Check! Sun, sand and surf? This is Florida. Fun times? For certain! I was lucky enough to finagle myself into a three day weekend from work, so my celebration started on [...]

I’m a girl that likes to plan and pack it all in at one time. It will be interesting to see how I manage when life does slow down, but until then I’m happy going full-throttle. So up on the agenda next… My birthday party & bachelorette party weekend is swiftly approaching and I’m too [...]

My lomo pix from my trip have been uploaded and are still awaiting some nifty captions and tags. Didn’t want to let that stop me from sharing with any and all interested in sneaking a peek-a-boo. The photo above was taken while on the Na Pali Coast sight-see and adventure cruise. Though my visit to [...]

My maternal grandfather Sam was always said to be the son of an unknown white man and a black mother, by the name of Minerva. He had bluish-gray eyes, a much fairer complexion than my own and was pure eye-candy for the ladies in his prime. Because my parents were in the military I didn’t [...]

There are approximately 25 days between the present and my departure/escape to the northern Hawaiian island of Kauai. I can not wait. I can not wait. I seriously contemplated packing my bag this weekend. I won’t be wearing anything I have in mind for vacation between now and then and if my bag is packed [...]

I can’t believe how fast this month has flown by. Tomorrow, when I wake up, it will seriously be March and time to check in on how much of what I want to accomplish this year is being accomplished. I must be my own hard-liner these days. It is possible I may even join a [...]

I’ve been out walking I don’t do too much talking These days, these days. These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do And all the times I had the chance to.– Jackson Browne These days I don’t do too much blogging. I don’t write too many stories [...]