The Germans have landed
November 16, 2008 | Items of Interest | No Comments
I was in NewFamily, and I traced my 2GGrandfather, Thomas Richard Chapman, (who was the first person buried in the old Chapman Cemetery. Remember? The one down south where we went for a family reunion one time. Anyway, my 3GGrandfather is William W. Chapman, and he married my 3GGrandmother, Elizabeth Hester.
From there, I traced the Hesters back to the 11th GGrandfather, Andrew Hester (born in 1538 in Germany).
I’m wondering if the German name would be Heister???
The French Connection
November 14, 2008 | Items of Interest | No Comments
I followed our line beginning with my Ggrandfather, Thadeus Cherry (your GG Grandfather) all the way back to my 16th GGrandfather (JEAN DE LA CHERIOS) born in 1352 in Picardy, France, and died in 1412.
It was interesting the way Cherry went to Cherrie (Thomas Cherrie, born in 1538 ….and on to Cherie….(Thomas Cherie, born in 1498) and then to CHERIOS.
To think I was worried about breaking the Cherry line (because I had only gotten to George W. Cherry, father of Thadeus. And POP….other people broke the line and went to town with it!! Of course, all of the ordinance work has been done, except for one John Cherry, and I’m going to pick him up and do his work.
November 9, 2008 | Items of Interest | No Comments
After a week of wildly packing boxes, with Carmen really being pushed to the limit, the truck finally showed up today,and it’s a long 24ftr and that thing is packed so full that they ended up having to leave some things.
Jordan is still with us, and she plans to stay until Christmas unless she changes her mind,but she might not change it.
Jani was thinking Casey would be finished his training program next month, but not until February it seems
Thats fine with us. We’re nuts about that little baby. Tia came on Wednesday, and she’s hardly put that little guy down. And he’s the best little baby in the world. You just don’t make that little fellow upset about anything. When he gets hungry, he just makes grunting noises, and starts sucking his fingers.
Jani is a very good little mother. She takes excellent care of him. Tia says he’s a sweet baby because of the good atmosphere in our home. Luis continues to grow spiritually everyday. His manner is so calm and loving, and especially to me. Tia said she felt that this is a sweet home, full of love,and the baby basks in it.
Will to Meaning
October 27, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [7]
I am working on a Play/Musical to showcase my songwriting based on explanations of Viktor Frankl’s ‘Will to Meaning’ principles as opposed to the Freudian/Adlerian ‘Will to Pleasure’ and ‘Will to Power’. I have this basic illustration that shows how the ‘Pursuit’ of Happiness is impossible because happiness is a by product which ‘ENSUES” once a living soul incorporates meaning to his/her life. I thought I would post it here for archiving…
ENGLAND AND WALES OF COURSE
October 22, 2008 | Items of Interest | No Comments
I already knew that!! I started out with Benjamin Franklin Mclure, Jr., most certainly a Scottish fellow, but he married Ruth Cassity, of the English sort. They fanned around in Louisiana, and on to here and there.
But I noticed that Ruth Cassity had an English heritage going back to a John Pipkin born in 1645 in Stanfordshire, England.
Benjamin was a great-great uncle of our’s.
Was this Pipkin fellow kin to us? I’m not sure. I have to look again.
Our Christmas Plans Might Include Julie and Ben
October 21, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [5]
Nancy’s father, who lives in Largo, FL, is traveling up to Tulsa to visit her sister for Christmas, so we’re going up for Christmas as well.
So while we’re there, assuming Julie, Ben and the little guys are hanging around Joplin for the holidays, we plan to go up and visit for a day or two. No fret if we do, guys; we’ll stay in a hotel (as we are doing in Tulsa as well).
I hope we can get together. It’d be fun.
Love to all.
The Irish showed Up
October 11, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [4]
Well…I do love this NEWFAMILY program. I found where another of our lines …. the Crooms….go back to Limerick, Ireland. Back nine generations from me….ten from you. To Joel Croom, and his wife, Susannah. Joel was born about 1657 and Susanna about 1665. The both died in New Kent, Virginia. So, they were the immigrants. Their son, Daniel, was born in Ireland about 1683, and he married Susanna Holmes, who was born in Goochland, Virginia, so he must have been a little child when he came over with his parents.
All of their temple work has been done. I counted…starting with the nine of you….76 children (all ordinances finished, except for six.
This One’s For Jordan!
October 3, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [2]
And all the “Jordanish” others out there who like this kind of stuff!
I Didn’t Do It!!!
October 3, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [2]
Family Suspects Bill Polhemus of Murder.
“Where were you on April 15, 2004?”
“Probably frantically doing my taxes!”
Poor children in Africa need your money (And so do our teachers…) Buy a magazine!
September 25, 2008 | Items of Interest, Shameless Begging, Uncategorized | Comments [2]
~Hey pepz! i just wanted to let you know that we r having another one of those fund raisers at school, except this time, we really need it. I heard from a friend that because of budget cuts, they have to fire the chorus, band, or some other cool teacher. Its horrible! One of my friends is in band, she plays the clarinet. I try to steal her suitcase, the one she holds it in, and i run and say i’m a buisness women and its mine! Lol. Well anyways, i’m going to try and raise some money this time so we can keep the teachers (And because the give out prizes like itunes gift cards, mini blenders, time out of class, ext.) They’re even rewarding an iTouch or iPhone if you sell 125 magazine subscriptions! How cool is that!?! I want to get that iPhone… but I also want to help. With all the budget cuts for our school, things aren’t going so well, and being a new school and first year isn’t helping much.
Sooo…
If your interested in some magazines, then leave a comment. We have lots of different kinds, for kids, for moms and dads, and even for the little pepz! I’m sure they would love Nickelodeon magazine. I’m getting the packet for it tomorrow, so if you want something, you need to tell me as soon as possible. Like now. Seriously, you need to tell me now. If you keep reading, I will deny your claim. OK, that’s it! Now you cant get a magazine! I try to tell you to stop, but you just wont listen. Aw now look, your still reading. I bet you just think I have something important to say (like how I REALLY want that iPhone) but ya know, whatever…
BTW, I’m watching you Maria. You will never pinch those chubby pink cheeks of Tristen’s. Neva!!
BEN STEIN: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Credit Crisis…
September 23, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [2]
Very important stuff for every American to understand. Is it doom? How does it affect us as individuals?
FWIW, the prophets have continually told us to “have our houses in order.” I hope we do.
Houston Chronicle Web Page
September 15, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [1]
Thought some of you might be interested in news from the local paper here. Those poor folks down south of town are really hurtin’!
I DON’T Like Ike!
September 11, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [3]
Okay, after several false alarms over the last few years - Hurricane Rita (which caused a lot of panic here in the Houston area, if little actual damage) ; T.S. Gus; and Hurricane Gustav - it looks like we’re in for the real thing.
Yep: “It’s the big one, Elizabeth!”
Hurricane Ike is bearing down on us, probably hit around Matagorda Bay as a Category 3, and that means that our area will be in the dreaded Northeast quarter of the storm. High winds, lots of rain, and potentially many tornadoes.
We should be safe enough from most of it; we’re on fairly high ground, not in a flood zone (and we have flood insurance to boot). We are on the Katy Prairie, so there aren’t lots of trees to worry about.
BUT…
When the power goes out, it will probably STAY out for a L-O-O-O-NG time. And of course stores and businesses will be closed. We could go to San Antonio - that’s our ward’s typical fallback plan - but that would be cutting right across the path of the storm.
A few years ago I figured a “back-alleys” route to get to Birmingham, so we may head for Beth’s house if it looks like power’s going out for an extended period of time. We’ll see.
Hurricane Ike Tracking Map Here
Keep us in your prayers!
* * *UPDATE* * ** * *UPDATE* * ** * *UPDATE* * ** * *UPDATE* * *
Thursday 8:30 PM CDT
Eerie. The storm track is beginning to slide a bit off to the east. If it continues to do this, we’re going to be out of the dangerous Northeast quarter, and the storm’s effects will be a lot less. We’ll be on the “dry side.”
This is exactly what happened with Hurricane Rita almost exactly three years ago (less a couple of weeks). Rita ended up coming ashore, not at Freeport but all the way over to just east of the Texas-Louisiana state line, and we got nothing but a bit of rain.
The “Golden Triangle” of Texas (Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange) and Lake Charles, LA, however, were devastated. In fact, there was a lot more damage there than Katrina had done a month earlier in New Orleans - but who the heck cares about some whitey part of the country when “Chocolate City” is available for Jesse Jackson and the Democrat Party to scream and yell about?
Anyway, if this trend continues, we’ll dodge another bullet. But this time, we drug out our 72-hour kit which Nancy had packed up last year, and I have my little portable Ham Radio (KE5JYY at your service!) for when the cell phones go out.
Keep prayin’, folks, it’s working!
Better News on Beth
August 28, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [4]
Beth got the news on her MRI. It is not another collapsed disc, thank goodness. It is swelling caused by the surgery, but still may need to be corrected by more surgery, which will be done on Tuesday, if the swelling doesn’t go down by then. She’s being treated with (Cortisone packs???)
Anyway, her phone went dead, so I didn’t get much information.
New Grandbaby
August 28, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [1]
Ben and Julie know the gender (sex?) of their baby. I thought Ben posted it, but guess not. I’ll leave that for one of them to announce, and let all of you stew until they do. Meanwhile, i’m trying to find out about Beth.
Phone is busy.
Beth - New Problems
August 26, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [8]
Just spoke to our sister on the phone.
She’s been doing just fine until yesterday when she noticed weakness in her LEFT arm. She says she can barely lift it, and the pain is very great, extending into her shoulder. This is unusual because until now it has been her RIGHT side that has been affected by the spinal cord problems.
While I talked to her it was apparent that she is very upset, and very frightened. This has been heightened by their inability to get in touch with her surgeon, who has been almost continually occupied with surgery during this time. She began to cry, and said that she feels that she has reached the end of her rope, she’s so distressed.
I asked her to make sure to say a prayer, to ask the Lord to help her understand the reason for her difficulty, for there is always a reason for everything, even the most intense pain and suffering. I told her that I would pray just as soon as we hung up. I closed my office door and did so.
I would ask that we all do that when we have a spare moment. I feel impressed that there are lessons that Beth and all of her family and friends are expected to learn from her ordeal. I also feel that she’ll be okay, ultimately, but right now I know that things seem very dark for her. A lot of that is her mental state. It is weighing her down greatly.
Let us all express our love and concern for her in the best way we can.
The Sun Peeked Through
August 22, 2008 | Items of Interest | No Comments
For a little while. I think it’s over,though. I believe the storm has moved out of our area at last. it rained hard all night and all day until a little while ago (about 4:00 PM). Luis did work in the yard for a little while, but had to scoot back inside, when it started raining again, but now it’s stopped, and i think maybe for good. It has really been an experience. Five days and nights of constant hard rain and winds from 20 to 45 MPH. Debary has been in the middle of the mix. We were hit from three directions, as Fay made a circular sweep on her slow trek inland. Don’t know where she is now, but maybe some folks that really need the rain are getting it.
Beth’s Home!
August 20, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [5]
She was released from the hospital today; Paul has driven her home and although she said she felt pretty good (according to Paul), she conked out again as soon as they got home.
The boys are supposed to come home this afternoon (he said “on the bus” so I assume school’s back in session in Hoover). They haven’t been read the riot act yet about leaving Mom alone but Paul assured me it would be done.
That’s about it. She’s able to converse on the phone, I think, so of course everyone call her and bug the heck out of her so that she’s completely worn out from all the yakking. She likes nothing better.*
* I’M KIDDING!!!!
P.S. B. Hussein Obama trails John McCain in most of the latest Presidential preference polling as of this morning, as I understand. Completely off-topic, I just thought I’d get all the good news in at once.
Love, Bill
Beth
August 15, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [1]
As most of you know by now, Beth is going under the knife on Tuesday. I have found what I believe to be a good description of the procedure HERE. Basically, if she doesn’t have the surgery, she is risking almost certain paralysis. Already she is experiencing a feeling of deadening in her extremities.
Beth has promised me to contact her home teachers to receive a priesthood blessing prior to the surgery. Of course, she is in need of all our prayers. She is very frightened, as I’m sure any of us would be under the circumstances.
Dad/Bill Sr. will be at the hospital during the procedure along with Paul (and I’m sure, others). He will be in charge of letting Lainie, Buddy and me know what’s going on, and we’ll contact Mom as soon as we hear from him. One of us will post any updates here on the blog as soon as possible.
Again, please remember Beth, Paul, Ryder and Dylan in your prayers. In fact, I’m sure EACH of us could use a prayer as well. I know speaking for myself, I’m very preoccupied with worrying about it.
Love to all.
Uncle Fred Polhemus
August 10, 2008 | Items of Interest | Comments [8]
Do any of you Polhemus children know anything more about your uncle?