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Lily’s Birthday

September 4, 2009 | Uncategorized | ben | Comments [2] |

It will be Lily’s birthday tomorrow. She will be seven years old. She is a very good older sister to her little brother Ben and to her new little sister Ella. She is also an obedient and wonderful daughter.

The theme for her party tomorrow will be Star Wars. She has watched the movie and while she likes it, she likes the Star Wars Lego video game even more.

And really, who can blame her.

Lily has shown an aptitude for almost anything she tries. She was at a primary activity the other day where they introduced the children to lots of different sports and the “coach” there said for her age, she was the best player at everything she tried: basketball, baseball and soccer.

She is now filling our house with piano playing. Julie is giving her lessons and for some reason when it’s your child banging out “mary had a little lamb” like drunk cat you don’t mind so much.

Both her and Benjamin are hooked on Avatar: The Last Airbender. I have all the episodes because I was hooked first. It’s a very good series and the kids love it just as much as I do. But needless to say we’re trying to limit their TV time. Generally after an especially long session of watching the DVD’s, she and Benjamin will go to their room and practice their “bending” on each other. On the show, you can “bend” earth, fire, water or air. They use different styles of martial arts to pull off the different types of “bending”. The point is that when they go to their rooms, the start dualing like a 70’s kung fu movie, complete with dialogue.

“I’m bending water at you Ben!”

“I block it wi da earrr!”

Benjamin still has a lazy tongue.

With Ella onboard, our house is now mostly comfortable. Everybody has there room but there’s not much room for anyone else. The back yard is a wonderfull place for overflow however, and will serve that purpose for the party tomorrow. Lot’s of family will come, mostly so that Julie doesn’t have to plan fun activities for the children, but also because they give better presents.

Mom, sorry i haven’t been posting much on the website. there’s been alot going on. I got your letter and loved it. Don’t stop posting, you’re not being ignored

Mom, Uncle Alec is DEAD!!!

September 3, 2009 | Uncategorized | bill | Comments [1] |

Well, at least that’s what shows up on the Church website at http://new.familysearch.org

This may be a bug in their system, it’s not actually 100% up-and-running yet for everyone – although the Temples are now using it instead of TempleReady.

But for some reason they have Uncle Alec’s death date as being the same as Pop’s. Relax, it’s easy to fix, since it looks like they have YOU as the originator of the information. You’ll have to get them to give you the RIGHTS to delete and correct information under that contributer tag – I had to do the same thing with some of my old stuff and there were a lot of minor mistakes that I was able to easily correct on Polhemus genealogy.

sorry!!

September 3, 2009 | Uncategorized | brenda | No Comments |

sorry, mom, I know I don’t come to the site
very much, I am horrible, please don’t dump
it, bill is right, facebood and twitter is all the
rage, even though I have a facebook, i barely
get on it either, I will try to be more active
on the site, love you

New Family Search

September 2, 2009 | Uncategorized | bill | Comments [2] |

Mom, I just registered with the New Family Search website (http://new.familysearch.com) of the Church. It’s an advanced version of the current product the Church has for doing genealogical research online, but it’s far more powerful.

I always wondered why they didn’t come up with something like this before, but I guess the technology had to evolve before it was feasible.

The basic idea from what I can see, is they’ve combined ALL the genealogical information from the various sources like IGI, Temple records, etc., and then added the ability to have any registered individual add, delete or change information pretty much at will, through the website interface.

It’s very powerful, as you might imagine. It gives you ONE PLACE to put all your genealogical records, and further it makes it where everyone else’s work that might apply to you is immediately accessible as well.

Think of it as a bazillion-piece jigsaw puzzle, with a million people working on it at one time. It’s rather staggering to the imagination.

There are ways that you can collaborate with other people on research, so that for instance we could work to “connect the pieces” of our family tree, and fill in any information WE have, while actually working on different areas of the “tree.”

Anyway, I urge you to try it out. I’m going to try to start building my family tree today. Of course, any of my sibs who want to help, can. I don’t even have any idea how much Pagan stuff has been done, but with being able to all work together it ought to be easier and more efficient.

Love, Bill Jr.

Why It’s Slow Here

September 2, 2009 | Uncategorized | bill | No Comments |

Mom (and anyone else interested): I’m afraid we’ve been overtaken by Facebook and Twitter. In a way that’s too bad, because I think FB (and Twitter from what I can tell; I don’t really use it much) is too “noisy,” and you are inundated with a lot of information without a good way to categorize it.

The idea about this place was, it’s “just family.”

Maybe we can think about how to improve things. There is a way to make things go “two-way” between here and Facebook, for what it’s worth, although I’m not sure if that would work as well for “multi-user.”

Unfortunately I’m the only person who ever tinkers behind the scenes and under the hood with this blog. I try to keep the software updated, etc. Beth, Buddy, and Ben, who actually have more savvy about web applications etc., don’t spend any time tweaking. I guess it’s the “I do that at work, I don’t wanna do it in my spare time, too!” attitude.

Deaths in our Ward

August 30, 2009 | Uncategorized | mother | Comments [1] |

Last Wednesday a young woman of 29 died. She had been in a wheelchair all of her life. She was always so bright and happy. And she knew the gospel well, having been taught by her loving parents and family, and by the sweet teachers that she had all through the years. One could only feel good about her death, knowing that she can now walk.

I think about my parents and my brother every single day now. I think of my brother, and I’m so sure that he accepted the gospel, and that he’s a prieshood holder, and that he’s helping our family members who have died all through the years. I’m so sure of it. How could Pop have resisted his wife and son. I look so forward to the time when I can see them again. I’m so thankful for the gospel and the plan of slavation that makes it so clear to me that I can be with my loved ones again.

The other death was a man probably in his seventies. Brother Mott was in the backyard, chatting over the fence with a neighbor when he collapsed with a heart attack, and they could not save him.

One never knows when you get up in the morning.

Happy Birthday Leah Polhemus

August 27, 2009 | Birthdays | mother | No Comments |

I know Leah won’t read this, but maybe somebody wi.. Leah’s birthday is on the 28th of August. I didn’t get the card in the mail until today, so she won’t get it in time. That’s my style. I had to send it to Hillary’s address. And I can’t remember how old she is. If Seay just turned 31, then Hillary is 29, and that means that Leah will be 28 tomorrow. I guess I have it right. Because Crystal comes next at 27. Yes, she and Leah were little buds at one time long ago and faraway.

It’s Dead

August 23, 2009 | Uncategorized | mother | No Comments |

Our website has died a slow death. If somebody doesn’t start showing some interest, we might as well bury it.

June Vaughn

August 22, 2009 | Uncategorized | mother | No Comments |

One or two of you might remember June Vaughn. She was a tall, lanky redhead. Melanie Vaughn’s mother. She passed away last week. She had bone cancer, and she pretty much kept it quiet. She didn’t want anyone to know about it. Her son, Jason, went to Birmingham and stayed with her the last few days of her life.

Feriocious Thunderstorms

August 21, 2009 | Uncategorized | mother | No Comments |

For weeks and weeks, we have been having horrible, dangerous thunderstorms across middle Florida. Here in DeBary, we have been caught coming and going. Tonight was the worst yet! I thought it would never end. The lightening was so fierce that it sounded as if it was landing in our yard. Then Luis was watching the news, and sure enough, lightening struck a beautiful Presbyterian Church not too far from here, and it has burned to the ground. I would say it is about eight blocks from our house.

Bill and Nancy

August 11, 2009 | Uncategorized | mother | Comments [1] |

During all of the free time that I know you have….you might look into learning how to do the brand new NEWFAMILY program, which I thought I had pretty down pat…and just overnight….THEY CHANGED EVERYTHING ON ME…and now i’m back to square one, and I don’t know how to proceed with my genealogy, and the ancestors that are crying out from their graves for their work to be done, and I don’t have a clue as to how to get their cards ready now. Well, you really need to get somebody to help you at the Family History Center. That’s where I have to go next. I did call Salt Lake City And got some help, but not enough.

BETH…

August 2, 2009 | Uncategorized | mother | No Comments |

I need Paul’s father’s address. I want to write him a letter, and tell him how much I enjoyed his book.

Going To Visit Lainie Today

August 1, 2009 | Uncategorized | bill | Comments [5] |

The whole clan is going to drop in on Lainie down in Galveston today, leaving in just a few. We should be there about lunchtime.

This will be the first time I’ve seen Galveston since Ike hit, so I’m not sure what to expect. We’re looking forward to seeing Lainie’s new digs.

Moving On

July 30, 2009 | Uncategorized | mother | No Comments |

Lainie’s moving into her new place, and Carmen and Jason found a big two-story house. They’re moving out this week-end. They have lots of help from church members, Tony and Austin, and Jason’s friends. It’s in the same neighborhood, so they’ll be in the same Ward and Jordan will be in the same school. They’re previous landlord is doing a quick sale on his house. It is such a beautiful home. Oh, well. We don’t have a thing to worry about with Obamacare on the march.

Z-z-z-z-z-z-z

July 29, 2009 | Uncategorized | mother | No Comments |

I’ve been up since 6:30 this morning, so you all know what that means. I think I’ll join Eva in a little Z-z-z-z-z.But before that, Bill, I want to remind you about your Uncle Fred.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRYSTAL

July 26, 2009 | Birthdays | mother | No Comments |

She’s 27! Yes, it’s true! Little Crystal is barreling fast toward her big 30. Just kidding, Crystal. You still have three beautiful long years before that happens.

I hope you had a happy birthday.

Love…from your favorite Nana.

Lainie – Someone has your Cell Phone

July 26, 2009 | Uncategorized | beth | No Comments |

Lainie, a very nice woman called from a laundrymat in texas city and said she found your cell phone. her name is Nita. her phone number is 281-508-3898. She said she would hold it for you. Just give her a call and she’ll get it to you. You both may be in the same apartment complex probably. I thanked her so much for calling to return it.

Mom

July 24, 2009 | Uncategorized | lainie | Comments [1] |

I wanted to post the address I currently live at and my future address when I move next week. After all the costs of moving next week’ the moving truck and new deposits for gas etc. I have absolutely no money left for food. I was hoping you could look around your house and make me a food package. I won’t have another dime for food for three more weeks after today. Anything, you can find and put in a box would be really appreciated. If you can send it today or tomorrow I should get it at this current address cause I dont move until next friday. The address here is “2701 13th avenue noth texas city , texas 77590. the future address is 2119 avenue N, galveston , texas 77550

Quote

July 22, 2009 | Uncategorized | mother | Comments [3] |

I love this one. I wish I had paid attention, and read it over and over, and embeeded it in my mind, and then maybe I could have voided some of the pitfalls in my life. It is this: By President Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1904. He said, “When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.” How very simple. How very true. I read my Patriarchal Blessing, and sadly see the missteps. But once we make the mistakes, they cannot be undone. They can only be repented of. However….at least “He remembers the sins no more”.