Hi, cuzzins Thought I'd try to pop in and pen a little note while Buckette is slogging away trying to get ready to move. It has been a busy summer here in the SC Lowcountry. I have taken, for my health's sake, to trying some sort of exercise at the gym most days, and have even taken up a once-a-week yoga practice... called "Gentle and Restorative" ...in an effort to increase my fairly poor flexibility. I hit the big Six-oh in April and am unready by any means to check out. So I've been averaging about 4 miles on my workouts, some on the elliptical machine and some on the track. I've amazed myself lately in being able to run two miles straight on the track. So, even though my weight is only down about 10 pounds from its max in January, I feel a lot better, except at night after exercising! The family, as families do, continues on. Both girls are still here in Charleston. Older daughter Sara keeps plugging away at her retail job, unwilling to try to get out of that rut and into something making more money. She seems perfectly satisfied that we make her car payment, her insurance payment, and her college loan payment. Hey, why not? I'd be perfectly satisffied too! We have *got* to wean that child soon. Younger daughter Maya has hit a really bad patch lately. She finally did break up with "the boy" after 5 years, but not before co-signing a note for a car. So here's what all happened: She broke up and moved out into our house. She moved in with a couple of wackos in an apartment in a dubious section of town. "The boy" let the insurance on the car lapse, and both his and Maya's drivers licenses were revoked. It cost her $400 to get back. She lost her job and was on a depression that kept her from trying to find another. She totaled her car. Her apartment was broken into, and she had several things taken, including $200. So it has really been a bad summer for her. She did get a new job a couple weeks ago, and now has bought another car. She is preparing to move in with us again and hopefully will be gettting her life somewhat together again. Susan continues to stay with her job, even though it is forever changing and keeping her from knowing exactly what her job is. There is a new director at the lab, and her direction has become really unclear. Susan is teaching a course at College of Charleston this fall, and is hoping to forge a relationship with the college in the hope of maybe teaching there full-time. Me? I keep doing the same ol' stuff, just different days. It's actually OK, but I really don't like the stress. I'd love to retire again and try to be a professional genealogist. Fat chance of that, though. I'm still trying to figure out what my market would be. But I have joined the National Genealogical Society and I hope soon to take their home study course. This would be a first step in trying to get a certification. I've been thinking about that for a long time. Maybe this time I'll finally follow through on it. So, that's about it from here. Aside from this being the hottest summer I have ever seen, all is going well. Hope you are all doing well, too :-) Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg

Hang in there Greg. Your Maya seems to attract bad karma (or is that the wrong people?) like my Kaylynn does. It could be worse though. My daughter's newest "friend" invited her over for a drink, we think he slipped something like a date-rape drug in it and she ended up tazered and in jail for "being on drugs" instead of taken to a hospital after she was found half-dressed, barefoot, and covered in bruises and blood, totally incoherent/hysterical with no memory of the hours after she left my house. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Lovelace" <greglovelace@comcast.net> To: <lovelace@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 7:40 PM Subject: [LL] Monday night > Hi, cuzzins > > Thought I'd try to pop in and pen a little note while Buckette is > slogging away trying to get ready to move. It has been a busy summer > here in the SC Lowcountry. I have taken, for my health's sake, to > trying some sort of exercise at the gym most days, and have even > taken up a once-a-week yoga practice... called "Gentle and > Restorative" ...in an effort to increase my fairly poor > flexibility. I hit the big Six-oh in April and am unready by any > means to check out. So I've been averaging about 4 miles on my > workouts, some on the elliptical machine and some on the track. I've > amazed myself lately in being able to run two miles straight on the > track. So, even though my weight is only down about 10 pounds from > its max in January, I feel a lot better, except at night after exercising! > > The family, as families do, continues on. Both girls are still here > in Charleston. Older daughter Sara keeps plugging away at her retail > job, unwilling to try to get out of that rut and into something > making more money. She seems perfectly satisfied that we make her > car payment, her insurance payment, and her college loan > payment. Hey, why not? I'd be perfectly satisffied too! We have > *got* to wean that child soon. Younger daughter Maya has hit a > really bad patch lately. She finally did break up with "the boy" > after 5 years, but not before co-signing a note for a car. So here's > what all happened: > > She broke up and moved out into our house. > She moved in with a couple of wackos in an apartment in a dubious > section of town. > "The boy" let the insurance on the car lapse, and both his and Maya's > drivers licenses were revoked. It cost her $400 to get back. > She lost her job and was on a depression that kept her from trying to > find another. > She totaled her car. > Her apartment was broken into, and she had several things taken, > including $200. > > So it has really been a bad summer for her. She did get a new job a > couple weeks ago, and now has bought another car. She is preparing > to move in with us again and hopefully will be gettting her life > somewhat together again. > > Susan continues to stay with her job, even though it is forever > changing and keeping her from knowing exactly what her job is. There > is a new director at the lab, and her direction has become really > unclear. Susan is teaching a course at College of Charleston this > fall, and is hoping to forge a relationship with the college in the > hope of maybe teaching there full-time. > > Me? I keep doing the same ol' stuff, just different days. It's > actually OK, but I really don't like the stress. I'd love to retire > again and try to be a professional genealogist. Fat chance of that, > though. I'm still trying to figure out what my market would be. But > I have joined the National Genealogical Society and I hope soon to > take their home study course. This would be a first step in trying > to get a certification. I've been thinking about that for a long > time. Maybe this time I'll finally follow through on it. > > So, that's about it from here. Aside from this being the hottest > summer I have ever seen, all is going well. Hope you are all doing > well, too :-) > > Peace, > Part of the Tree, > Greg > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3045 - Release Date: 08/02/10 00:35:00

--- On Tue, 8/3/10, Linda Barr <barrwalker@comcast.net> wrote: From: Linda Barr <barrwalker@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [LL] Monday night To: lovelace@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 5:42 AM Hang in there Greg. Your Maya seems to attract bad karma (or is that the wrong people?) like my Kaylynn does. It could be worse though. My daughter's newest "friend" invited her over for a drink, we think he slipped something like a date-rape drug in it and she ended up tazered and in jail for "being on drugs" instead of taken to a hospital after she was found half-dressed, barefoot, and covered in bruises and blood, totally incoherent/hysterical with no memory of the hours after she left my house. Linda אהה, בזה עוסקת משטרת ישראל לנוכח הפשיעה הגואה והאיום על בטחונו האישי של כל אזרח במדינה מצד ארגוני פשע ובריונים אלימים. אין לה מטלות דחופות אחרות מלבד חיפוש גברים צעירים שהוטרדו מינית בידי רב שממילא שמו הטוב כבר היה למרמס וציידי מכשפות בציבור שלו עטים עליו כנשרים על גויה. פעם חשבתי שמי שרואה עצמו קורבן למעשה פלילי יתלונן מעצמו במשטרה ולא יהא צורך "לאתר אותו" במאמצים כבירים. האם עלי לציין שאני חילונית? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Lovelace" <greglovelace@comcast.net> To: <lovelace@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 7:40 PM Subject: [LL] Monday night > Hi, cuzzins > > Thought I'd try to pop in and pen a little note while Buckette is > slogging away trying to get ready to move.  It has been a busy summer > here in the SC Lowcountry.  I have taken, for my health's sake, to > trying some sort of exercise at the gym most days, and have even > taken up a once-a-week yoga practice...  called "Gentle and > Restorative" ...in an effort to increase my fairly poor > flexibility.  I hit the big Six-oh in April and am unready by any > means to check out.  So I've been averaging about 4 miles on my > workouts, some on the elliptical machine and some on the track.  I've > amazed myself lately in being able to run two miles straight on the > track.  So, even though my weight is only down about 10 pounds from > its max in January, I feel a lot better, except at night after exercising! > > The family, as families do, continues on.  Both girls are still here > in Charleston.  Older daughter Sara keeps plugging away at her retail > job, unwilling to try to get out of that rut and into something > making more money.  She seems perfectly satisfied that we make her > car payment, her insurance payment, and her college loan > payment.  Hey, why not?  I'd be perfectly satisffied too!  We have > *got* to wean that child soon.  Younger daughter Maya has hit a > really bad patch lately.  She finally did break up with "the boy" > after 5 years, but not before co-signing a note for a car.  So here's > what all happened: > > She broke up and moved out into our house. > She moved in with a couple of wackos in an apartment in a dubious > section of town. > "The boy" let the insurance on the car lapse, and both his and Maya's > drivers licenses were revoked.  It cost her $400 to get back. > She lost her job and was on a depression that kept her from trying to > find another. > She totaled her car. > Her apartment was broken into, and she had several things taken, > including $200. > > So it has really been a bad summer for her.  She did get a new job a > couple weeks ago, and now has bought another car.  She is preparing > to move in with us again and hopefully will be gettting her life > somewhat together again. > > Susan continues to stay with her job, even though it is forever > changing and keeping her from knowing exactly what her job is.  There > is a new director at the lab, and her direction has become really > unclear.  Susan is teaching a course at College of Charleston this > fall, and is hoping to forge a relationship with the college in the > hope of maybe teaching there full-time. > > Me?  I keep doing the same ol' stuff, just different days.  It's > actually OK, but I really don't like the stress.  I'd love to retire > again and try to be a professional genealogist.  Fat chance of that, > though.  I'm still trying to figure out what my market would be.  But > I have joined the National Genealogical Society and I hope soon to > take their home study course.  This would be a first step in trying > to get a certification.  I've been thinking about that for a long > time.  Maybe this time I'll finally follow through on it. > > So, that's about it from here.  Aside from this being the hottest > summer I have ever seen, all is going well.  Hope you are all doing > well, too  :-) > > Peace, > Part of the Tree, > Greg > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. 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