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.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Aug 24 to 30
Monday
Started watching Season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small.Biked 10.5 km. Walked 6.9 km.
Tuesday
My wife and I made a batch of Fruit Chili Sauce today. We have lots of tomatoes this year due to the excessive rain in June and July. The recipe is one that my grandmother Kipp used to make and my mother made it as well. It is an excellent product. Watched more of Season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small. Walked 11 km.
Wednesday
Much cooler today. My wife and I made a second batch of Fruit Chili Sauce today. Watched more of Season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small. Walked 8 km.
Thursday
Sunnay and cool today. Did some gardening and shopping today. Finished watching Season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small. Biked 12.6 km. Walked 9.2 km.
Friday
Pickled some beets and froze some tomatoes today. Watched a movie "88 Minutes." Kind of scary.Watched more JAG season 7. Biked 12.1 km. Walked 6.2 km.
Saturday
A wet and cool day. Did some shopping today. We worked on my Schultz and Neiman genealogy in preparation for a Schultz family reunion in September. Watched more JAG Season 7. Walked 6.4 km.
Sunday
A cloudy day. Went to church today. We worked on my Schultz and Neiman genealogy in preparation for a Schultz family reunion in September. Watched more JAG Season 7. Biked 12.6 km. Walked 3.1 km.
Started watching Season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small.Biked 10.5 km. Walked 6.9 km.
Tuesday
My wife and I made a batch of Fruit Chili Sauce today. We have lots of tomatoes this year due to the excessive rain in June and July. The recipe is one that my grandmother Kipp used to make and my mother made it as well. It is an excellent product. Watched more of Season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small. Walked 11 km.
Wednesday
Much cooler today. My wife and I made a second batch of Fruit Chili Sauce today. Watched more of Season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small. Walked 8 km.
Thursday
Sunnay and cool today. Did some gardening and shopping today. Finished watching Season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small. Biked 12.6 km. Walked 9.2 km.
Friday
Pickled some beets and froze some tomatoes today. Watched a movie "88 Minutes." Kind of scary.Watched more JAG season 7. Biked 12.1 km. Walked 6.2 km.
Saturday
A wet and cool day. Did some shopping today. We worked on my Schultz and Neiman genealogy in preparation for a Schultz family reunion in September. Watched more JAG Season 7. Walked 6.4 km.
Sunday
A cloudy day. Went to church today. We worked on my Schultz and Neiman genealogy in preparation for a Schultz family reunion in September. Watched more JAG Season 7. Biked 12.6 km. Walked 3.1 km.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Aug 17 to 23
Monday
Watched a movie, "Knowing" with Nicholas Cage. Biblical references are very strong. Walked 7.6 km.
Tuesday
Finished watching Season 7 of JAG. The last for issues were all about Afghanistan. Walked 5.1 km.
Wednesday
Went canoeing today at Petrie Island, east of Ottawa. The weather was good in the morning. Watched a movie, "Archangel" with Daniel Craig. Walked 6.4 km.
Thursday
Weather cloudy and a bit of rain. The morning started off cool. Had a brief thunderstorm overnight. Fortunately Ottawa did not receive the bad weather that had passed over Southern Ontario. Biked 11.6 km today. Walked 3.9 km.
Friday
Got up at 5:15 this morning to take our oldest daughter to the airport. Way too early but a good morning. We waited until she was through US Customs and then headed home to get ready for the party tonight. We are having a small engagement party for our youngest daughter. Home by about 10 p.m. Zonked! Went for a bike ride of 12 km. Walked 6.3 km.
Saturday
Still humid today. Spent the day setting up a new desktop computer for my wife. This is her first new desktop. Biked 12.6 km. Walked 5.1 km.
Sunday
Today my wife and I spent about four hours with our daughter and her fiancee and their two dogs learning how to control them and their barking. This was a company called Bark Busters. The guy was good. His technique worked on both dogs. Now we have to practice daily until it becomes second nature to us. So now we are trained!! Watched a couple of issues of All Creatures Great and Small Season 4. This was not a good week for genealogy. Walked 7.5 km.
Watched a movie, "Knowing" with Nicholas Cage. Biblical references are very strong. Walked 7.6 km.
Tuesday
Finished watching Season 7 of JAG. The last for issues were all about Afghanistan. Walked 5.1 km.
Wednesday
Went canoeing today at Petrie Island, east of Ottawa. The weather was good in the morning. Watched a movie, "Archangel" with Daniel Craig. Walked 6.4 km.
Thursday
Weather cloudy and a bit of rain. The morning started off cool. Had a brief thunderstorm overnight. Fortunately Ottawa did not receive the bad weather that had passed over Southern Ontario. Biked 11.6 km today. Walked 3.9 km.
Friday
Got up at 5:15 this morning to take our oldest daughter to the airport. Way too early but a good morning. We waited until she was through US Customs and then headed home to get ready for the party tonight. We are having a small engagement party for our youngest daughter. Home by about 10 p.m. Zonked! Went for a bike ride of 12 km. Walked 6.3 km.
Saturday
Still humid today. Spent the day setting up a new desktop computer for my wife. This is her first new desktop. Biked 12.6 km. Walked 5.1 km.
Sunday
Today my wife and I spent about four hours with our daughter and her fiancee and their two dogs learning how to control them and their barking. This was a company called Bark Busters. The guy was good. His technique worked on both dogs. Now we have to practice daily until it becomes second nature to us. So now we are trained!! Watched a couple of issues of All Creatures Great and Small Season 4. This was not a good week for genealogy. Walked 7.5 km.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Aug 10 to 16
Monday
Very hot and humid today. Didn't do much except go to the post office. I spent part of the afternoon working on the images taken last week for my Schultz and Neumann families. It is looking good. I need to order the Parish register film for Warlin next. Biked 14 km. Walked 4.5 km.
Tuesday
Very hot and humid today. Did a bit of work on my genealogy. Walked 4.6km.
Wednesday
Hot and humid today. Went canoeing this morning for about 2 hours at Petrie Island. Good trip. Worked on the Canadian Census on my Link family. Sent my Ottawa Branch News off to the printer. Watched a couple of issues of JAG Season 7. Walked 5.1 km.
Thursday
Very hot (30 deg C) today and humid. Did a couple of hours of gardening this morning. Stayed in this afternoon and finished watching All Creatures Great and Small Season 3. Drove my wife to the Family History Library to look at Microfilm. Did some searching of the 1861 Canadian Census to fill in sources for my Kipp and Link families. Walked 6.6 km.
Friday
Very hot (30 deg C) today and humid. More gardening in the morning. Stayed in this afternoon and finished watching All Creatures Great and Small the movie. Watched more JAG Season 7. Did some searching of the 1861 Canadian Census to fill in sources for my Kipp families. Biked 12.5 km. Walked 7.8 km.
Saturday
Very hot (32 deg C) today and humid. Painted the front porch today. Added a bit of silica to the paint to try and make the porch less slippery in wet and icy weather. In the afternoon painted the picnic table. Did some searching of the 1861 Canadian Census to fill in sources for my Kipp families. Watched about 5 issues of JAG season 7. Walked 3.8 km.
Sunday
Very hot (35 deg C) today and humid. Watched more of JAG season 7. They are into Afghanistan stuff (first time around). Biked 13.2 km early this morning. This has not been a good week for walking, unless you do it first thing in the morning. Walked 4.6 km.
Very hot and humid today. Didn't do much except go to the post office. I spent part of the afternoon working on the images taken last week for my Schultz and Neumann families. It is looking good. I need to order the Parish register film for Warlin next. Biked 14 km. Walked 4.5 km.
Tuesday
Very hot and humid today. Did a bit of work on my genealogy. Walked 4.6km.
Wednesday
Hot and humid today. Went canoeing this morning for about 2 hours at Petrie Island. Good trip. Worked on the Canadian Census on my Link family. Sent my Ottawa Branch News off to the printer. Watched a couple of issues of JAG Season 7. Walked 5.1 km.
Thursday
Very hot (30 deg C) today and humid. Did a couple of hours of gardening this morning. Stayed in this afternoon and finished watching All Creatures Great and Small Season 3. Drove my wife to the Family History Library to look at Microfilm. Did some searching of the 1861 Canadian Census to fill in sources for my Kipp and Link families. Walked 6.6 km.
Friday
Very hot (30 deg C) today and humid. More gardening in the morning. Stayed in this afternoon and finished watching All Creatures Great and Small the movie. Watched more JAG Season 7. Did some searching of the 1861 Canadian Census to fill in sources for my Kipp families. Biked 12.5 km. Walked 7.8 km.
Saturday
Very hot (32 deg C) today and humid. Painted the front porch today. Added a bit of silica to the paint to try and make the porch less slippery in wet and icy weather. In the afternoon painted the picnic table. Did some searching of the 1861 Canadian Census to fill in sources for my Kipp families. Watched about 5 issues of JAG season 7. Walked 3.8 km.
Sunday
Very hot (35 deg C) today and humid. Watched more of JAG season 7. They are into Afghanistan stuff (first time around). Biked 13.2 km early this morning. This has not been a good week for walking, unless you do it first thing in the morning. Walked 4.6 km.
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