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December 27, 2021 – January 2, 2022 Weekly Recap

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JAUNTS Had lunch with Renee at SOLA on Wednesday. I met Lisa at the Oakland FamilySearch Library twice this week. It was nice to be in the library again. On the way out Thursday I left after dark and all the Christmas lights were on and they have music playing. I have never seen the temple lite up for the holidays before. The temple was beautiful.    VOLUNTEER WORK AND MEETINGS I was able to get caught up with CGS events and requested postings to the Bay Area Genealogy Calendar and ConferenceKeeper. I also sent out an email blast with the California  Research Series flyer. When I was at the FSL library I printed off the CGS California Research Series flyer and left them. I need to take some color ones next week.  I did not attend any meetings.  CALLS Lisa and I had our call Monday and that was when we planned to go to the Oakland FSL on Tuesday and then also ended up going on Thurs.  Had our Amigos call on Tuesday. Stewart was not able to make it. Was nice to have Linda join again.  We

December 20 — 26, 2021 Weekly Recap

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CHRISTMAS WEEK  We spent Christmas Eve at relatives (see Jaunts). Christmas Day Renee came over for Christmas breakfast. This has become a tradition for us.    Adam and his girlfriend Bri, came over on the 26th and we had our Christmas with them. We had a great time. Barry BBQ'd steaks and lobsters. We also had baked potatoes and a great Caesar salad with Barbaras' (our neighbor) homemade Caesar dressing. She taught Barry and I how to make it a few months ago. This was the first time we made it on our own. We had her taste it and we passed the test. I can taste it now as I write about it.  JAUNTS  Christmas Eve we spent at Melissa and James' in South San Jose. Adena also helped host. This was the first Christmas we all spent together since Christmas 2019, right before the pandemic. Aunt Violet, David, Danny, Jo Ann, Adena, Shaylynn, Melissa, James, and Utah were all there. We had a wonderful time. It was so much fun watching Utah open all his presents. He was so good and ha

Week 52 – Theme "Future" – 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks THREET FAMILY PHOTO FUTURE PROJECT

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Week 52 – Theme "Future" – 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks This is my first year working on this year-long weekly writing prompts provided by Amy Johnson Crow and posted on her Generations Cafe Facebook page. I will do my best to write something each week.  THREET FAMILY PHOTO FUTURE PROJECT Back Row-Billie Mack, Donal Dean, Samuel, Wilma Sue, Willie, Floyd Junior, James Elice Front Row-Ernie, Sylvia, Bruce Travis, Clara Marie, Sandra Kay, Roger Dale The above photo is of my father’s family. My father was born Billie Mack Threet, AKA Billy Max Threet, and has ten siblings. I do not know when he changed the spelling of his first and middle names. This is a something I would like to narrow down in the future.  Another 2022 future goal I have is to write a small piece about each of his siblings and parents. I don’t know much about the early years of dad’s family or vital records dates, but my future goal of 2022 is to try to write down what I do know and possibly learn something new. H

Week 46 — Birthdays — 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

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Week 45 – Birthday – 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks This is my first year working on this year-long weekly writing prompts provided by Amy Johnson Crow and posted on her Generations Cafe Facebook page. I will do my best to write something each week.  BARRY 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY My husband turned 50 in 2004 and we decided to throw a birthday party. We liked to throw theme parties, so we settled on a tie-dyed theme. We sent out the invites and told everyone to wear tie dye attire. My girlfriend Renee Toomey and I planned a day to go shopping in Berkeley to look for pants and tie-dyed shirts. We were successful. At that time, we frequented a restaurant in San Leandro, CA called The Englander. Two of our friends, Tom and Theresa Lawrie, managed and worked at The Englander. We reserved the side room with the bar. We arranged everything through them but didn't want them to work it. We wanted them to enjoy the party. We had hot food for everyone but can't remember what it was, but I know it w

Week 45 — Theme Stormy Weather — 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

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Week 45 — Theme Stormy Weather — 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks This is my first year working on this year-long weekly writing prompts provided by Amy Johnson Crow and posted on her Generations  Cafe Facebook page. I will do my best to write something each week.  1923 HAILSTORM DAMAGE I found a newspaper article years ago that mentions my 2X great grandfather, John N. McCurdy. The article talked about a hailstorm that ruined crops and killed livestock belonging to him. (1)   For me it put into perspective that even back then, weather affected our ancestors and their way of life. Not something I have thought much about.  Today I know much more about researching and what to look for. After reading this article again, many questions started running through my head and I now have a bit more research to do from this article.  New questions: 1. John N. McCurdy’s grandson, my grandfather, would have been around 12 at that time. Did my grandfather live close by? 2. Was John N. McCurdy renting or

10-20-21 Westport Beach Trip (Northern California)

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10-20-21 Wednesday Westport Beach, CA Space 168 Jeeps in Campground: 2 Drive Time: 0 Miles: 0 Arrived: 0 Didn’t sleep well last night which is normal for the first night anytime we travel. But hey we are at the beach. We got up, dressed, made coffee, tea and headed to the beach with our Halloween coffee mugs.  Yep folks…those are bear tracks in the sand. We found them as we walked out to the beach. The tracks headed to the garbage cans….imagine that. There are bear warning signs everywhere in the campground. We will have to keep a look out.  I wonder what kind of bear it was and big? What a beautiful beach. Watching the waves crash against the shore is always something we enjoy. The ocean is powerful, and Barry always reminds me to never turn my back on it. We headed toward the right and walked as far as we could. I noticed something bright up against the hillside and climbed up to see. It was a huge piece of seaweed and red. To see what the water has done to the hillside is amazing, s

10-19-21 Westport Beach Trip (Northern California)

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10-19-21 Tuesday Westport Beach, CA Space 168 Jeeps in Campground: 2 Drive Time: 5 hours including stopping for gas Miles: 163 Arrived: 03:00 PM We left CV about 10:00 AM for Westport Beach, north of Fort Bragg. We’ve been as far north as Fort Bragg so this will be an adventure. We will be staying until next Monday the 25th. Our friends, Ken and Jan Reynolds and Roma and Dennis Mofford will be joining us on Thursday evening. The Moffords will be staying at a local hotel.  BTW for those of you familiar with Jeff, he decided to join us. He wanted to ride in the jeep since he has not experienced the jeep yet.  After our 27-day trip in September, Barry decided he wanted to have new shocks installed. He had the tag axel shocks replaced earlier this year. In addition, he just had installed anti-sway bars for the front and rear, and a front steering stabilizer. All of this is supposed to help the swaying of the front. She tended to roam back and forth in the lane and when it’s windy it was ki