DNA Testing. I've shared on the blog before about how I had my DNA tested through Ancestry.com. My Results. My results came in August of 2016. You can read about that original result in this post: Keys to the Past. After I wrote that post, I received questions about the process for testing and I [...]
Edinburgh. Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It has been recognized as the capital since at least the 15th Century. Given that traces of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements have been found at Castle Rock and Arthur's Seat, it should come as no surprise that Edinburgh is teeming with historical places. St. [...]
Friday. For many people, this symbolizes the end of the work week. A time to spend relaxing over the weekend. For me, it symbolizes the end of my large spaces of quiet time. The weekend is often a time spent cheering from the sidelines of Miss Sunshine's soccer games. A time spent driving to [...]
Travel. One thing that I've noticed about traveling to new places is that around every corner there are exciting things...unfamiliar and yet, exhilarating. Street Corners of Amsterdam. So today, I thought we'd take a stroll around the street corners of Amsterdam. Amsterdam was the first place that my feet trod on foreign soil (outside [...]
Glasgow, Scotland Oh, how I love thee. Original Travel Plans. When I traveled to Scotland with my mother and aunt at the end of May, we broke up the trip into 3 stays... 2 nights in Edinburgh (since that's where the plane was landing), 2 nights in Glasgow, and then 3 nights in Edinburgh (since [...]
Friday. Edition 18. It's hard for me to believe that I've already been home for a week! The girlie went to her first sleep-away camp last Sunday... 3 nights! So there was the hustle and bustle of preparing for that. Which included rounding up some summertime clothes. You'd think she was a growing teenager [...]
Local Colors Festival. Roanoke. Virginia. Normally, most of my spring is filled with traveling to the girlie's soccer games. We found ourselves with an empty weekend and I wanted to head to downtown Roanoke. I love strolling around downtown, perusing the shops, often stopping in the Taubman Museum and heading to the rooftop of Center [...]
Advice and Opinions Europe and UK. In less than three weeks, I will be boarding a plane for my very first overseas trip! Most of you who have been following a while already know about my trip, but some of my new readers might have missed it. Over spring break, the hubby and I and [...]
Irish. Kiss me, I'm Irish. Just kidding about the kiss me part. Â Not about the Irish part. (I love snapchat filters!) St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner. A celebration of the patron saint of Ireland. DNA Testing. Today, I'm going to share a little about my DNA, history, and ancestry. [...]
Blowing' in the Wind. Part of having a family history includes moments when those you spent time with are no longer here. Dates, places, sights, and smells.... all of these and so much more can trigger a memory that transports you back in time. Today, October 4th, would have been my Grandma Reva's 87th [...]
