Monday
Rain. We received about 47 mm of rain today. The snow is disappearing. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp and Link family sources. Finished watching season six of All Creatures Great and Small. Walked 5.7 km.
Tuesday
Some snow today. I went to work at the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada book sorting facility. We took our oldest daughter to the airport so she could head home and back to work as a professor of library science. Walked 12.1 km.
Wednesday
Some sun today. Today was a cleanup day which included vacuuming the house. We had the two dogs over for several hours in the evening. When they are here it is difficult to do anything else! Walked 6.3 km.
Thursday
Sunny today. We went shopping today looking at bread makers. Walked 11.6 km.
Friday
Very cold today so we didn't go out walking. Temperature was about -18 C with a wind chill close to -30 C. We spent the whole day house sitting our daughters house because they were expecting repair people to come and work on things. We also looked after the two dogs all day which is a chore in itself. The trick is to tire them out. We stayed at her house for supper. We finished watching the Lovejoy series. Walked 8.2 km.
Saturday
Sunny and cold today. Overnight it went down to -24 C. We spent the day doing some clean up around the house, in particular paper shredding. Our daughter and two dogs arrived for an hour so the dogs could have a run in our back yard. The back yard is very long but not so wide. Walked 6.9 km.
Sunday
Last day of January. Some sun not quite so cold today. We had our daughter and the two dogs over for supper. During the day I installed on my laptop a device to convert my music tapes to digital file format. Finally got it working, so now I can convert my music tapes. This will take a while! The next project to start is to convert my 8 mm home video tapes to digital format. This is another project that will take a while. Walked 5.9 km.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Jan 18 to 24
Monday
Today we had a little surprise waiting for us when we logged onto Ancestry.com to search. Several day back I had added some new information to the family tree on ancestry concerning my Schultz and Niemann ancestors. Ancestry has an automatic matching function and it came up with a hit on the New York Passenger Lists for 1846 for my ancestor Wilhelmine Niemann and her mother Anna coming to America on the ship Meta. We had been looking for this without success until then. Wow! More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. Walked 10.8 km.
Tuesday
Went to work at the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada book sorting facility. A busy day unloading about 50 boxes of books to re-sort into categories. Went to the monthly meeting of the Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society in the evening. The speaker talked about the Blair family of Gloucester Township, Ontario. Walked 9.7 km.
Wednesday
Some sun today. Not sure what I accomplished today, it went by so fast. I guess I am catching up on a whole bunch of little items. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. In the late afternoon my older daughter and I went cross country skiing for a round trip of about 6 km. This is great exercise. Walked 7.7 km.
Thursday
The day was a blur. Walked 9.2 km
Friday
Sunny. Today I went on a trip to Williamstown with a friend. We are involved in setting up a bus tour to historic sites in the Mohawk Valley of New york for the fall of 2010. We act as tour guides and also produce a booklet which is given to each participant. So we drove to Williamstown to meet with some people from the Sir John Johnson Manor House committee which is sponsoring the trip. In the evening we had our daughter and her two dogs over for supper. After we took the two dogs for a walk. Walked 7 km.
Saturday
Sunny again today. I went to the dog park on Conroy Road with my daughter and her two dogs today. We had a very interesting time and a good walk. The sheltie had a great time running around and interacting with other dogs. The other one, Hogan is 15 and very spry for his age. He decided to take off on his own and run back towards the parking lot. My daughter finally caught up with him and captured him. He went back on his leash for the rest of the walk. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. Walked 7.2 km.
Sunday
More sun today but a bit cool. My older daughter and I went for a cross country ski before the rain. We went maybe 5 or 6 km. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. I also started to work on the sources for my Link family (Mothers side). Walked 6.5 km.
Today we had a little surprise waiting for us when we logged onto Ancestry.com to search. Several day back I had added some new information to the family tree on ancestry concerning my Schultz and Niemann ancestors. Ancestry has an automatic matching function and it came up with a hit on the New York Passenger Lists for 1846 for my ancestor Wilhelmine Niemann and her mother Anna coming to America on the ship Meta. We had been looking for this without success until then. Wow! More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. Walked 10.8 km.
Tuesday
Went to work at the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada book sorting facility. A busy day unloading about 50 boxes of books to re-sort into categories. Went to the monthly meeting of the Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society in the evening. The speaker talked about the Blair family of Gloucester Township, Ontario. Walked 9.7 km.
Wednesday
Some sun today. Not sure what I accomplished today, it went by so fast. I guess I am catching up on a whole bunch of little items. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. In the late afternoon my older daughter and I went cross country skiing for a round trip of about 6 km. This is great exercise. Walked 7.7 km.
Thursday
The day was a blur. Walked 9.2 km
Friday
Sunny. Today I went on a trip to Williamstown with a friend. We are involved in setting up a bus tour to historic sites in the Mohawk Valley of New york for the fall of 2010. We act as tour guides and also produce a booklet which is given to each participant. So we drove to Williamstown to meet with some people from the Sir John Johnson Manor House committee which is sponsoring the trip. In the evening we had our daughter and her two dogs over for supper. After we took the two dogs for a walk. Walked 7 km.
Saturday
Sunny again today. I went to the dog park on Conroy Road with my daughter and her two dogs today. We had a very interesting time and a good walk. The sheltie had a great time running around and interacting with other dogs. The other one, Hogan is 15 and very spry for his age. He decided to take off on his own and run back towards the parking lot. My daughter finally caught up with him and captured him. He went back on his leash for the rest of the walk. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. Walked 7.2 km.
Sunday
More sun today but a bit cool. My older daughter and I went for a cross country ski before the rain. We went maybe 5 or 6 km. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. I also started to work on the sources for my Link family (Mothers side). Walked 6.5 km.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Jan 11 to 17
Monday
Some sun today. We went out for a cross country ski of about 5 km. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Walked 8.9 km.
Tuesday
Today work at the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada book sorting facility began again. There were about 7 of us there. There are mounds of boxes of books to sort, all for a good cause of course. Walked 11.6 km.
Wednesday
The day started with about 2 cm of snow. Later in the day it seemed to be turning to freezing rain. My wife and I went cross country skiing today. Round trip about 4 km. Later we watched some of our TV series. Walked 8.4 km.
Thursday
More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Our children were all home for dinner. Walked 8.4 km.
Friday
The temperature went above freezing today. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Walked 10.4 km.
Saturday
Temperature still above freezing. Finally got all of the Christmas lights down. The above zero temperatures melted the ice on the bushes. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Walked 8.7 km.
Sunday
The temperature is falling today. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. My daughter and I went cross country skiing today. Round trip about 4 km.
The trails were a bit slippery but not bad. Walked 6 km.
Some sun today. We went out for a cross country ski of about 5 km. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Walked 8.9 km.
Tuesday
Today work at the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada book sorting facility began again. There were about 7 of us there. There are mounds of boxes of books to sort, all for a good cause of course. Walked 11.6 km.
Wednesday
The day started with about 2 cm of snow. Later in the day it seemed to be turning to freezing rain. My wife and I went cross country skiing today. Round trip about 4 km. Later we watched some of our TV series. Walked 8.4 km.
Thursday
More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Our children were all home for dinner. Walked 8.4 km.
Friday
The temperature went above freezing today. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Walked 10.4 km.
Saturday
Temperature still above freezing. Finally got all of the Christmas lights down. The above zero temperatures melted the ice on the bushes. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Walked 8.7 km.
Sunday
The temperature is falling today. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. My daughter and I went cross country skiing today. Round trip about 4 km.
The trails were a bit slippery but not bad. Walked 6 km.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Jan 4 to 10
Monday
A bit more snow today maybe 1 cm. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. Walked 11.5 km.
Tuesday
A bit more snow overnight maybe 2 cm. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. My daughter and I went for a 7 km round trip cross country ski today. Walked 4.1 km.
Wednesday
Finally cleared the snow off the driveway. We had a relaxing day today. Did some shopping and got some household things ready to give to a charity next week. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. I think I have finished the December issue of the Royal Yorker newsletter for the St. Lawrence Branch UELAC. Now I need to get it printed and then do the mailing. Walked 7 km.
Thursday
Some hint of sun today with a wind chill. My daughter and I went for a snow shoe trek today. We did about 4 km round trip along the Ottawa River. I sent The Royal Yorker December 2009 issue to the printer and picked up the copies later in the day. Walked 9.2 km.
Friday
Cloudy today. Folded all 78 of the newsletters today and stuffed them into envelopes. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. Walked 6.6 km.
Saturday
Colder today but sunny. We went out for a cross country ski of about 5 km. More
searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Walked 8.6 km.
Sunday
Some sun today. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Walked 7.9 km.
A bit more snow today maybe 1 cm. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. Walked 11.5 km.
Tuesday
A bit more snow overnight maybe 2 cm. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. My daughter and I went for a 7 km round trip cross country ski today. Walked 4.1 km.
Wednesday
Finally cleared the snow off the driveway. We had a relaxing day today. Did some shopping and got some household things ready to give to a charity next week. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. I think I have finished the December issue of the Royal Yorker newsletter for the St. Lawrence Branch UELAC. Now I need to get it printed and then do the mailing. Walked 7 km.
Thursday
Some hint of sun today with a wind chill. My daughter and I went for a snow shoe trek today. We did about 4 km round trip along the Ottawa River. I sent The Royal Yorker December 2009 issue to the printer and picked up the copies later in the day. Walked 9.2 km.
Friday
Cloudy today. Folded all 78 of the newsletters today and stuffed them into envelopes. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. Walked 6.6 km.
Saturday
Colder today but sunny. We went out for a cross country ski of about 5 km. More
searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Walked 8.6 km.
Sunday
Some sun today. More searching on Ancestry for my Kipp family sources. We continue to watch three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. Walked 7.9 km.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Dec 28 to 31 and Jan 1 to 3
Tuesday was cold, about -18 C. The temperature warmed up a bit and it started to snow on Thursday, so maybe we can go skiing soon. Walked 8.4, 7.4, 6.9, 9.7 km.
Friday
New Years Day. We don't usually go out New Years Eve but stay home and watch movies/videos and the NYC ball drop in Times Square. Having been to NYC several times over the last two years it has new meaning for us. We had our youngest daughter and her husband and their dogs over for dinner. Our oldest daughter was here also from Milwaukee. My wife and I sorted our DVDs in preparation for cataloguing them on Library Thing. We had a nice snow fall of 5 to 10 cm Thursday and Friday. Now we can go skiing again. Lots of shoveling to do of course, the down side! Walked 5.9 km.
Saturday
Still snowing a bit today, 3 or 4 cm. More shovelling. My daughter and I went for a cross country ski today. This was our first time for the season so we limited the ski to about 5 km round trip. Very nice. We are watching three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. We also have a couple of new Dr Who to watch. Walked 3.7 km.
Sunday
Still a bit more snow today, 1 or 2 cm. My daughter and I went for a short snow shoe hike of about 2 km round trip. I have started working on finding sources for my Canadian Kipp Family tree again. Ancestry.com has really become useful. It has so many record sources available all of which are available through the search function. Granted there are transcription errors but in general I either find the family I am searching in great detail or not at all. Sometimes a little imagination helps to find them. I think some of my families were on the road sometimes when the census was taken in both Canada and the USA. Walked 7.6 km.
Web site is: www.kipp-blake-families.ca
Friday
New Years Day. We don't usually go out New Years Eve but stay home and watch movies/videos and the NYC ball drop in Times Square. Having been to NYC several times over the last two years it has new meaning for us. We had our youngest daughter and her husband and their dogs over for dinner. Our oldest daughter was here also from Milwaukee. My wife and I sorted our DVDs in preparation for cataloguing them on Library Thing. We had a nice snow fall of 5 to 10 cm Thursday and Friday. Now we can go skiing again. Lots of shoveling to do of course, the down side! Walked 5.9 km.
Saturday
Still snowing a bit today, 3 or 4 cm. More shovelling. My daughter and I went for a cross country ski today. This was our first time for the season so we limited the ski to about 5 km round trip. Very nice. We are watching three video series now, Stargate, All Creatures Great and Small, and Lovejoy. We also have a couple of new Dr Who to watch. Walked 3.7 km.
Sunday
Still a bit more snow today, 1 or 2 cm. My daughter and I went for a short snow shoe hike of about 2 km round trip. I have started working on finding sources for my Canadian Kipp Family tree again. Ancestry.com has really become useful. It has so many record sources available all of which are available through the search function. Granted there are transcription errors but in general I either find the family I am searching in great detail or not at all. Sometimes a little imagination helps to find them. I think some of my families were on the road sometimes when the census was taken in both Canada and the USA. Walked 7.6 km.
Web site is: www.kipp-blake-families.ca
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Dec 21 to 27
Monday sun and cloud. Still cold, like -18 C at night. A couple of cm of snow Tuesday night. We have been recovering from the wedding and also working on Christmas shopping. Over the late evening of December 25th and all day December 26th and also into Sunday the 27th we received a bad ice and rain storm which came out of the mid west US. They blame Canada for US Storms but some of the worst ones we get come from the mid west US. Sunday it is about 2 C which means some of the ice is melting. The tree in our front yard is hanging quite low but is slowly looking better. I must get it trimmed this winter.
Thursday the three of us went for a short snow shoe hike, but with the ice, that and skiing are on hold until we get more snow.
With Christmas and Boxing day shopping we have not had any time to work on genealogy. I have lots to do so will try to get started again in January.
Walked 11.9, 12.7, 7.9, 11.6, 7.5, and 9.9 km
Thursday the three of us went for a short snow shoe hike, but with the ice, that and skiing are on hold until we get more snow.
With Christmas and Boxing day shopping we have not had any time to work on genealogy. I have lots to do so will try to get started again in January.
Walked 11.9, 12.7, 7.9, 11.6, 7.5, and 9.9 km
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Dec 14 to 20
More snow this week, so more shovelling. Our small electric snow-blower does a fantastic job of moving snow. We have been rather busy getting prepared for the wedding of our youngest daughter on Dec 19th. I did manage to finish The Ottawa Genealogist and send it to the printer. Tuesday evening I attended the monthly meeting of the Ottawa Branch OGS. Three people presented their show and tell. Very interesting talks. The one that stood out was about the Heintzman family who manufactured pianos. Tuesday evening we picked up our oldest daughter at the airport. She is home for her sister's wedding and a few weeks break from teaching. Monday I purchased a new cross-country ski set for myself to replace the one that gave up last winter. We have also been working on a Christmas newsletter with some photos, which we will send out. Walked 8, 7, 9, 12 km
Friday
Today of course we had to have some home renovation going on. We had 5 windows replaced on a very cold day (16 C). Good thing they all faced south. This evening Elizabeth, Margaret and I worked on decorating the cakes and cupcakes for the wedding. It took all evening but they are all ready for Saturday.
Saturday
A very cold and crisp day today and sunny. This is the wedding day for our youngest daughter. We picked up the flowers in the morning and delivered them to the groom and bride. We then picked up the two dogs so we could look after them for a few hours and then deliver them to the wedding site, Beantown near Wendover, Ontario. By two in the afternoon, we had the van packed with our wedding cloths for the day and also return cloths for Sunday. The cakes and cupcakes were loaded. Had to removed one seat from the van. The dogs cages were loaded so we put the dogs in the car and headed east. We arrived at Beantown just before three delivered the dogs for pictures, then dropped off the cakes and then went just down the road to O Genet B & B to check in, drop off our cloths and get dressed for the wedding. A very nice place. The wedding took place between 5 and 5:30 pm. A very nice ceremony with lots of the grooms relatives present. We only had three on our side. The dinner we excellent, as was the slide show about Kathy and Rick. They then had a dance outside on the pond ice. Then the inside dancing started with a father daughter dance. We did quite well considering we had only practiced once for about 10 minutes. Dancing was not something we did a lot of! After that the party really got moving. The cake was cut about 10:30 and we headed for the B & B for the night. The party lasted until around 2 am. The whole thing was quite successful! Walked 5.9 km.
Sunday
This morning we woke up about 7:30, got dressed and read our e-mail. About 9 am we went upstairs for a very nice breakfast of eggs, bacon, meat pie and toast with homemade strawberry preserves. We also had juice, coffee and tea. I would recommend this B & B to others who are staying in the Wendover-Plantagenet area. We headed next door to Beantown to pick up the remaining cakes and flowers etc. We then headed home to Orleans arriving home around noon. We spent a few hours unpacking and relaxing before we headed off to Christ Church Cathedral for a service of Nine Lessons and Carols. Now we can work on getting ready for Christmas. Walked 9 km.
Friday
Today of course we had to have some home renovation going on. We had 5 windows replaced on a very cold day (16 C). Good thing they all faced south. This evening Elizabeth, Margaret and I worked on decorating the cakes and cupcakes for the wedding. It took all evening but they are all ready for Saturday.
Saturday
A very cold and crisp day today and sunny. This is the wedding day for our youngest daughter. We picked up the flowers in the morning and delivered them to the groom and bride. We then picked up the two dogs so we could look after them for a few hours and then deliver them to the wedding site, Beantown near Wendover, Ontario. By two in the afternoon, we had the van packed with our wedding cloths for the day and also return cloths for Sunday. The cakes and cupcakes were loaded. Had to removed one seat from the van. The dogs cages were loaded so we put the dogs in the car and headed east. We arrived at Beantown just before three delivered the dogs for pictures, then dropped off the cakes and then went just down the road to O Genet B & B to check in, drop off our cloths and get dressed for the wedding. A very nice place. The wedding took place between 5 and 5:30 pm. A very nice ceremony with lots of the grooms relatives present. We only had three on our side. The dinner we excellent, as was the slide show about Kathy and Rick. They then had a dance outside on the pond ice. Then the inside dancing started with a father daughter dance. We did quite well considering we had only practiced once for about 10 minutes. Dancing was not something we did a lot of! After that the party really got moving. The cake was cut about 10:30 and we headed for the B & B for the night. The party lasted until around 2 am. The whole thing was quite successful! Walked 5.9 km.
Sunday
This morning we woke up about 7:30, got dressed and read our e-mail. About 9 am we went upstairs for a very nice breakfast of eggs, bacon, meat pie and toast with homemade strawberry preserves. We also had juice, coffee and tea. I would recommend this B & B to others who are staying in the Wendover-Plantagenet area. We headed next door to Beantown to pick up the remaining cakes and flowers etc. We then headed home to Orleans arriving home around noon. We spent a few hours unpacking and relaxing before we headed off to Christ Church Cathedral for a service of Nine Lessons and Carols. Now we can work on getting ready for Christmas. Walked 9 km.
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