Lilian's Tree

  Daniel  on Twitter has challenged us to write how we started our Genealogy journey and as I'm now a day late, thought I'd better finish this post. When I was three, my Dad died and apart from some paternal cousins, I had no contact with his side. My Mum's side, no problem, we saw each other frequently.  Fast forward to when I needed my birth certificate to get my learners permit and for work purposes and Mum only got an Extract of Birth, not my full certificate. Her excuse was that an extract would be fine. Many more years passed and once I was married I obtained my full birth certificate and with that the chance to finally find out more about my Dad's side. More certificates were purchased and I finally had his parents' names, or so I thought. Then my 30th birthday arrived and a friend was going to look at the New South Wales, Birth, Death and Marriage micro fiche, was there anything I needed checked? YES! What she found, had me spending two hours at my local lib...

 As I mentioned in my post on  5 January  I wasn't setting goals and had picked the word RECHARGE for 2022. Since then my husband and I have had some time away, in a cabin on a farm and have come home refreshed and recharged. Our view. I read, took heaps of photos, we did go out and about, when it wasn't raining and also sat and looked at the view.  I'm looking at maybe doing a writing course BUT it has to be what I want, not a 'one size fits all' course and it won't happen until after I finish the two DNA subjects I start next month. They are something I'm really looking forward to. We had out youngest grandchildren, Master 8 and Miss 6 come and stay and they have become so independent, that it was lovely to see. They still love bedtime stories from Granddad and heaps of cuddles from both of us. I've been adding to my family tree, checking out Ancestry's ThruLines, sorting out months worth of emails and tiding up DNA matches on Ancestry. I feel good...

 Today is day 5 of 2022 and I am wondering if it will be 'better' than both 2021 and 2020? Friends have said that they aren't going to set goals, for this year as they don't want the pressure, to meet them and I agree. This year I'm not doing the Goodreads Challenge, I won't do the A-Z Blogging Challenge, and I'm not setting any goals. Why, because I feel pressured to finish what I've started and that brings stress and that is something I've had enough of. So for 2022, I've chosen a word,  RECHARGE.      I want to stop and smell the roses, I want to not worry about finishing something in a certain timeframe and I want to RECHARGE myself. I still have plans, two subjects to do, starting in February, a jumper to finish, (or not) for this winter, some sewing to do, a stack of books to read, (when I feel like it). So what will 2022 bring?  I don't know and I don't care. I will do my best to have a safe, happy, wonderful year and if crap stuff...