Latest Goodlettsville Non-Events

Nothing much is going on around here. Just the usual work stuff and Mom stuff. We had a car wash Friday at my work. We are having series of fund raisers to raise money to buy back packs and supplies for 350 kindergartners in a couple of inner city schools. These poor kids parents have nothing, so you know the kids don't have squat. We raised $631 dollars in just 3 hours at five dollars a pop. It was fun, but I sure was wore out. I was one of only two people who did not wear shorts. They will never see me in them either until I get a tan. In other words, when Hell freezes over.

I had to lock the refrigerator again because I could not Lea Anna out of it. Right now she is running up my water bill playing in the kitchen sink. At least I have the destruction confined to one area. Her latest thing is she wants me to pack a "bag lunch" just like her big brother. It don't seem to matter what I give her. As long as it comes in a brown paper bag she is a happy camper.
I've finally gone two consecutive days without having to watch "Monster Jams" - a DVD about monster trucks, with Daniel. I must have seen it 500 times. It's not as trashy as the movie Spice World Jazzmin forced me to sit through a few years ago, but at least that was in the theater so I only had to watch that once. We got a TV in the family room to now. If I run across a cheap DVD I may buy it just so I don't have to subject the rest of the family to his torture. I hid his Monster Jams for a few days, but I couldn't stand him rifling through everything trying to find it. It was driving me crazy. He went on a field trip today to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was amazed at all the music you could play on the "things that looked like CD's". He lost his second baby tooth the other day. He didn't put it under his pillow last night though. I told him not too long ago that the tooth fairy would give him tooth paste and a tooth brush instead of a dollar if his tooth was not shiny white.

Holy Crap!

Today Amanda got behind a truck that had dirt flying out of it. She said she was in a hurry and just needed to get over, and figured she needed to wash her car anyway so she went for it. Turns out it wasn't exactly dirt, and she says her car was covered in the stuff, which turned out to be a particularly putrid kind of manure. Gotta love Georgia!

Name This Site

I had to pick a name for this blog when I set it up. It's not very creative...it's just that the names "Blogger" and "Rosche" had their first and last letters in common. So y'all come up with something better and let's hear it. Use the "comments" link below so they'll show up with this post, mmkay?

What's up with Jonna?

What do I say? I started a new program at school. I didn't quit. My Med assistant teacher redirected me toward another career path. Call me for the real story. To make a long story short now I am studying Graphic and web design...Ruben is now in Mexico, and He'll be there two weeks. I got to see Ana,Marissa, and Hector seniors new wife. She's very pretty and now they have a three year old daughter together. Chela is fine, she is starting reading classes tomorrow at El Camino.

Back in the Day: 1971

Another one of the old photos Suzanne scanned in a while back. Click on it to see a larger image. Sort of clockwise from the top: Janet, Mom, Loretta, Kelly, David, Suzanne, Me, Lisa and Libby. I think this was taken at El Nido Park. Anyone know?

Things Your Mother Might Not Approve Of

Talked to Amanda this afternoon, and for the second weekend in a row she planned to drive up to Virginia and visit David at Fort Lee. David will get his first off-base pass since joining the Army this weekend, and they planned to celebrate by getting tattoos. Oy vey. Well, in some weird kind of way I guess it's a form of bonding. I told her to bring us pictures : O

Heritage Chart (so far)

I have been working off and on compiling the genealogical data that I got from Grandma with other stuff I've found on the Internet. I still haven't called Buffalo like I've been meaning to, but hopefully I'll do that within the next month or two so we can fill in the blanks on Dad's side. I have way more info on Grandma's family that I probably won't get to enter for another couple of months. It goes all the way back to Scotland in the 1700's!

While a little more information is in my files than what you can see on this chart, I need to make sure I've got everyone's correct birthdays (month, day, year) and birthplace. Also, it'd be good for future reference to have the same info about their dads, even if it's an ex. Don't worry - if it's an ex we can easily disappear him off the chart!

I've entered some of the kids' names and birthdays, though you can't see them in this view. If everyone could each post or send me your kids' full names, birthdates and birthplaces, I'll enter them in. The same goes for their dads. And if you have knowledge of more info on ancestors than what you see here, please pass it along so I can add it.

BTW, I started packing up for our move yesterday and ran across some old photos that Grandma had given me of Grandpa and his family. There are some really cool old-timey shots of them in Manhattan Beach. I have a scanner now (yay!), so I will be scanning these in and posting them over the next few weeks. What's really cool is that when Grandma gave them to me we went through and she identified everyone in the pictures and we wrote it on the back. If we hadn't done that I don't think you'd be able to recognize anyone but Grandpa.

Happy Birthday to Janet

This is one of the old photos Suzanne scanned in a while back. I finally got a scanner and hope to be doing the same soon.

Christmas at Grandma's

Another scan by Suzanne (hey that rhymes).

Cookie's Puppies

Yet another Suzanne scan (thank you).

Family Disunion

The Bogajski family reunion was yesterday. I think maybe the name should be changed to the Harmon family reunion. Everyone who shows up besides the few of us that are Grandma's descendants is a Harmon. And man were the Harmon boys obnoxious this year. Well, Troy and Corey. Jimmy didn't show up because he had race tickets. Typical. Dale married and got out of the house early enough that he is just about normal.

I broke my little toe getting ready in the morning. Brando ralphed in the car on the way up. Steve was sick as a dog from partying with old friends the night before, and went back to the car within about 30 minutes of our arrival, leaving me to contend with Troy and Corey and their asinine put-downs. To top it all off, Lonnie arrived with Daisy, who, being off leash immediately charged excitedly into Sara's face, who thought she was being attacked and couldn't run away because she was leashed so therefore tried to "defend" herself by taking Daisy's ear off. She managed only a small chunk, but it wouldn't stop bleeding.

So, I was there just long enough to be thoroughly miserable, and to make sure at least a few others were as well. Hey - why not spread it around?

Shutterfly

After my trial of some of the online photo services with David's Basic Training photos, I have to say that Shutterfly's prints are a lot better quality than the ones I got from Kodak Gallery. Shutterfly is supposed to be a little more expensive (according to Consumer Reports, who also said they had the best prints), but I didn't think their pricing was out of line. Both sites let you order stuff (like mouse pads, coffee mugs, etc.) with your photos on them, which can make cool gifts.

If you sign up for either you'll get 10 or 15 prints free. There may be other services out there that will give you free prints as well. You'll have to pay for shipping on them, but it was under $2 for each of my orders. You can either send in rolls of film or upload digital photos, so it is pretty convenient. With Kodak, you can order prints and pick them up locally, like at CVS for example.

It wouldn't hurt to sign up for a few, take the free prints, and see which service you think is best. If you do that, post and let everyone know which one you liked.