Monday
Went to the dentist today. Finished watching JAG Season 10. Watched some videos: MASH, Lovejoy and Waiting for God. Walked 7.9 km.
Tuesday
Did some more house cleaning today. Went to the Family History Library today for several hours of searching microfilms. Watched some videos: MASH, Lovejoy and Waiting for God. Walked 5.4 km.
Wednesday
Rained today. Supposed to get roof shingles replaced, delayed by rain. My wife catalogued more books. Watched some videos: MASH, Lovejoy and Waiting for God. Went to our first class of Ballroom Dancing tonight. We made it through the first hour. A good experience and I learned something. Now we need to practice. Walked 6.9 km.
Thursday
Sun and cloud. Watched more MASH and Waiting for God. Practiced our dance steps in the evening. Biked 9.6 km. Walked 7.7 km.
Friday
Sunny today. They finally came and replaced the roof shingles today. Watched more MASH and Waiting for God. We were out for supper and visiting friends. Walked 9.5 km.
Saturday
Sun and cloud. Did some more cleaning today and cataloguing books etc. We got up early and went on a bird watching trip with the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club. We have been members for years but have not attended many events. It was fun and we will try to do it again. We went out to Montana's for lunch. Watched more MASH and Waiting for God. Walked 10.6 km.
Sunday
Rainy today. Did some more cleaning today and cataloguing books etc. Had a Gene-O-Rama meeting at our house this afternoon. This is the genealogy conference the OGS Ottawa Branch holds each year in March. We are changing our location in 2010 to the Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa. Out for supper at our daughters place. Practised our dance steps.Walked 5.8 km
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Sept 14 to 20
Monday
Fog at the start of our morning trip. Started off early in the morning and drove home to Ottawa via the 401. The traffic in Toronto was heavy but not bad. We stopped for an hour to have a quick look at some records in the United Church Archives in Toronto. Didn't find what we were looking for. Arrived home about 6:30 pm. Watched the first issue of JAG season 10. Walked 7.3 km.
Tuesday
Cloudy this morning. Some sun in the afternoon but cool. Went to the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada (FLAC) to sort books. A slow day with most of it spent planning for the book sale this weekend. Watched some JAG Season 10. Walked 8.3 km.
Wednesday
Cloudy this morning. Some sun in the afternoon but cool. Spent about 4 hours in the evening supervising the loading of the FLAC books onto a huge truck for the book sale. When we finished the truck was packed from stem to stern with about 25,000 books and miscellaneous gear. Biked 11.5 km. Walked 8.2 km.
Thursday
Cloudy this morning. Some sun in the afternoon but cool. Watched more JAG Season 10. Walked 10.5
Friday
Cloudy this morning. Some sun in the afternoon but cool. Went to the St. Laurent Shopping Center to look over the books at the book sale. We bought two. Watched more JAG Season 10. Walked 4.0 km.
Saturday
Sunny today. Spent the morning reading e-mail and updating the Sir Guy Carleton UELAC web page. In the early afternoon we cleaned some more cupboards in the kitchen. Later in the afternoon we met some friends and we all headed off to Long Sault on the St. Lawrence River for the Charter Night Dinner of the St. Lawrence Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada. Excellent dinner. The speaker was great: Marc Jodoin, author of The Shadow Soldiers. Walked 5.3 km.
Sunday
Fog this morning. Sunny later on. We headed off to the BIFHSGO Conference (genealogy) at the Library and Archives Canada building about 7:50 a.m. Had a slight delay getting there because some of the Ottawa streets were blocked for the Terry Fox run etc. I had volunteered to work on the Ottawa Branch OGS marketplace table for the morning. My wife was giving a presentation on DNA Case Studies at the conference. We had lunch together and then headed
home. Watched some more JAG Season 10. Biked 11.5 km. Walked 5.8 km.
Fog at the start of our morning trip. Started off early in the morning and drove home to Ottawa via the 401. The traffic in Toronto was heavy but not bad. We stopped for an hour to have a quick look at some records in the United Church Archives in Toronto. Didn't find what we were looking for. Arrived home about 6:30 pm. Watched the first issue of JAG season 10. Walked 7.3 km.
Tuesday
Cloudy this morning. Some sun in the afternoon but cool. Went to the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada (FLAC) to sort books. A slow day with most of it spent planning for the book sale this weekend. Watched some JAG Season 10. Walked 8.3 km.
Wednesday
Cloudy this morning. Some sun in the afternoon but cool. Spent about 4 hours in the evening supervising the loading of the FLAC books onto a huge truck for the book sale. When we finished the truck was packed from stem to stern with about 25,000 books and miscellaneous gear. Biked 11.5 km. Walked 8.2 km.
Thursday
Cloudy this morning. Some sun in the afternoon but cool. Watched more JAG Season 10. Walked 10.5
Friday
Cloudy this morning. Some sun in the afternoon but cool. Went to the St. Laurent Shopping Center to look over the books at the book sale. We bought two. Watched more JAG Season 10. Walked 4.0 km.
Saturday
Sunny today. Spent the morning reading e-mail and updating the Sir Guy Carleton UELAC web page. In the early afternoon we cleaned some more cupboards in the kitchen. Later in the afternoon we met some friends and we all headed off to Long Sault on the St. Lawrence River for the Charter Night Dinner of the St. Lawrence Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada. Excellent dinner. The speaker was great: Marc Jodoin, author of The Shadow Soldiers. Walked 5.3 km.
Sunday
Fog this morning. Sunny later on. We headed off to the BIFHSGO Conference (genealogy) at the Library and Archives Canada building about 7:50 a.m. Had a slight delay getting there because some of the Ottawa streets were blocked for the Terry Fox run etc. I had volunteered to work on the Ottawa Branch OGS marketplace table for the morning. My wife was giving a presentation on DNA Case Studies at the conference. We had lunch together and then headed
home. Watched some more JAG Season 10. Biked 11.5 km. Walked 5.8 km.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sept 7 to 13
Monday
Sunny today after a cloudy start. We did some house cleaning on the kitchen cupboards. Watched some JAG Season 9. Walked 8.6 km.
Tuesday
Sunny and warm today after a cloudy start. We did some more house cleaning on the kitchen cupboards. Froze more tomatoes. This has been as really good year for them. Watched more JAG Season 9. Walked 9.3 km.
Wednesday
Sunny today. Watched more JAG Season 9. Biked 13.7 km. Walked 6.4 km.
Thursday
Sunny today. Watered a bit of the lawn today because it was drying out badly. Helped my wife make a pound cake. Packed for the trip to the Schultz family reunion in my home town of Princeton, Ontario. Watched more JAG Season 9. Walked 10.0 km.
Friday
A travel day to Brantford, Ontario where we were staying for the weekend. We left Ottawa early so that we could spend several hours at the Archives of Ontario in Toronto. We wanted to do some searching in the Ontario District Marriage Registers. Didn't find what we were looking for. Walked 6.6 km
Saturday
Sunny today. Drove to Princeton from Brantford to visit the local cemetery. We placed a pot of fall mums on my mothers grave and also one on the graves of my grandparents and great-grandparents. After that we drove through the country side. We stopped at St. John's Anglican Church at Eastwood, and then Woodbury where my grandfather Link lived and my mother also. Back in Brantford we had a lite lunch and then visited the (Alexander Graham) Bell Homestead at Tutela Heights. In the evening we visited with a cousin David Kipp. We went out for supper to a small Italian restaurant "Juliana," which was very good and had a nice conversation afterwards. Walked 8.8 km.
Sunday
The day started off cloudy in spite of the forecast. The sun came out about 2 p.m. We went to my Schultz reunion in Princeton, Ontario. We had a really good pot luck lunch. This was followed by a business meeting. My wife and I are the President and vice for the reunion next year 2010. It will be held in Princeton again. I presented my findings on my Schultz and Nieman ancestors. I think the family was quite surprised that we had taken our ancestry back about three generations into the German records. Previously we only knew the names and birth and death dates of my great grandparents William Schultz and Frederika Nieman and the fact that they had come from Germany. We stayed all afternoon and left about 6:30 after a second round at the remaining pot luck dishes. About 22 family members attended. After we got back to Brantford we went for a walk. We then watched the last of JAG Season 9. We also watched the TV presentation Wolfe and Montcalm The Battle for Quebec on the History Channel. Very good! Walked 6.4 km.
Sunny today after a cloudy start. We did some house cleaning on the kitchen cupboards. Watched some JAG Season 9. Walked 8.6 km.
Tuesday
Sunny and warm today after a cloudy start. We did some more house cleaning on the kitchen cupboards. Froze more tomatoes. This has been as really good year for them. Watched more JAG Season 9. Walked 9.3 km.
Wednesday
Sunny today. Watched more JAG Season 9. Biked 13.7 km. Walked 6.4 km.
Thursday
Sunny today. Watered a bit of the lawn today because it was drying out badly. Helped my wife make a pound cake. Packed for the trip to the Schultz family reunion in my home town of Princeton, Ontario. Watched more JAG Season 9. Walked 10.0 km.
Friday
A travel day to Brantford, Ontario where we were staying for the weekend. We left Ottawa early so that we could spend several hours at the Archives of Ontario in Toronto. We wanted to do some searching in the Ontario District Marriage Registers. Didn't find what we were looking for. Walked 6.6 km
Saturday
Sunny today. Drove to Princeton from Brantford to visit the local cemetery. We placed a pot of fall mums on my mothers grave and also one on the graves of my grandparents and great-grandparents. After that we drove through the country side. We stopped at St. John's Anglican Church at Eastwood, and then Woodbury where my grandfather Link lived and my mother also. Back in Brantford we had a lite lunch and then visited the (Alexander Graham) Bell Homestead at Tutela Heights. In the evening we visited with a cousin David Kipp. We went out for supper to a small Italian restaurant "Juliana," which was very good and had a nice conversation afterwards. Walked 8.8 km.
Sunday
The day started off cloudy in spite of the forecast. The sun came out about 2 p.m. We went to my Schultz reunion in Princeton, Ontario. We had a really good pot luck lunch. This was followed by a business meeting. My wife and I are the President and vice for the reunion next year 2010. It will be held in Princeton again. I presented my findings on my Schultz and Nieman ancestors. I think the family was quite surprised that we had taken our ancestry back about three generations into the German records. Previously we only knew the names and birth and death dates of my great grandparents William Schultz and Frederika Nieman and the fact that they had come from Germany. We stayed all afternoon and left about 6:30 after a second round at the remaining pot luck dishes. About 22 family members attended. After we got back to Brantford we went for a walk. We then watched the last of JAG Season 9. We also watched the TV presentation Wolfe and Montcalm The Battle for Quebec on the History Channel. Very good! Walked 6.4 km.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Aug 31 to Sept 6
Monday
A sunny day. We decided to start dusting the house today. Watched a movie "Charlotte Gray." Excellent movie about the Second World War. Started to read a book about Mercator. Biked 12.6 km. Walked 8.9 km.
Tuesday
Sunny today. This was my day to volunteer at the book sorting facility of the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada. We spent most of our time organizing things for the book sale. The Annual Book Sale is set for Sept. 18, 19 and 20 at the St. Laurent Shopping Centre in Ottawa. In the evening I attended the executive meeting of the Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society as Editor of the Ottawa Branch News. This is my 8th year as editor. Walked about 8.1 km.
Wednesday
Drove my wife to the Family History Library to spend several hours on some English parish records. Meanwhile, I picked up our vacuum at Sears, stopped by the Services Canada office to give them my passport renewal stuff and ran a few more errands. In the afternoon we went for a bike ride. The weather is warmer today and sunny. Watched JAG Season 8. Biked 15 km. Walked about 5.1 km.
Thursday
Sunny and warm today. This was our 43rd anniversary. We went to downtown Ottawa and had a nice lunch at the FreshMarket in the Rideau Centre and also did some window shopping. Got back to the images I took at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I plan to get through all of these before I update the Kip file on my web site. Watched more JAG Season 8. Walked 11.5 km.
Friday
Sunny today and warm. Watched more JAG Season 8. Froze more tomatoes from the garden. Biked 14.3 km. Walked 7.1 km.
Saturday
Sunny again today but a bit cooler. Watched more JAG Season 8. We worked on my Schultz and Nieman genealogy in preparation for a Schultz family reunion. Finished formatting all of my remaining 3 1/2" diskettes (about 150). I did about 300 last year. They and some old software diskettes will all go out in the trash this fall. The next thing to do is weed the old software DVD's which are not longer useful. Walked 8.6 km.
Sunday
Sunny and cooler today. We went for a 17.3 km bike ride this morning. Watched the last of JAG season 8. The last issue was a cliff hanger. Did some more work on the images I collected at the FHL Salt Lake City. We had our daughter and her fiancee and their two dogs over for supper. Walked 5.5 km.
A sunny day. We decided to start dusting the house today. Watched a movie "Charlotte Gray." Excellent movie about the Second World War. Started to read a book about Mercator. Biked 12.6 km. Walked 8.9 km.
Tuesday
Sunny today. This was my day to volunteer at the book sorting facility of the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada. We spent most of our time organizing things for the book sale. The Annual Book Sale is set for Sept. 18, 19 and 20 at the St. Laurent Shopping Centre in Ottawa. In the evening I attended the executive meeting of the Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society as Editor of the Ottawa Branch News. This is my 8th year as editor. Walked about 8.1 km.
Wednesday
Drove my wife to the Family History Library to spend several hours on some English parish records. Meanwhile, I picked up our vacuum at Sears, stopped by the Services Canada office to give them my passport renewal stuff and ran a few more errands. In the afternoon we went for a bike ride. The weather is warmer today and sunny. Watched JAG Season 8. Biked 15 km. Walked about 5.1 km.
Thursday
Sunny and warm today. This was our 43rd anniversary. We went to downtown Ottawa and had a nice lunch at the FreshMarket in the Rideau Centre and also did some window shopping. Got back to the images I took at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I plan to get through all of these before I update the Kip file on my web site. Watched more JAG Season 8. Walked 11.5 km.
Friday
Sunny today and warm. Watched more JAG Season 8. Froze more tomatoes from the garden. Biked 14.3 km. Walked 7.1 km.
Saturday
Sunny again today but a bit cooler. Watched more JAG Season 8. We worked on my Schultz and Nieman genealogy in preparation for a Schultz family reunion. Finished formatting all of my remaining 3 1/2" diskettes (about 150). I did about 300 last year. They and some old software diskettes will all go out in the trash this fall. The next thing to do is weed the old software DVD's which are not longer useful. Walked 8.6 km.
Sunday
Sunny and cooler today. We went for a 17.3 km bike ride this morning. Watched the last of JAG season 8. The last issue was a cliff hanger. Did some more work on the images I collected at the FHL Salt Lake City. We had our daughter and her fiancee and their two dogs over for supper. Walked 5.5 km.
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