Good Day!!

Well, hello! Have you missed me? Sorry I've been away from my blog, but I was all geared up to write a blog about something special that was supposed to happen, and then when it did'nt happen, I kinda went flat. But, that's behind me now. Have you ever had one of those days when nothing, absolutely nothing, went right all day? Of course you have. Haven't we all? Well, how about a day when EVERYTHING went RIGHT? Have you had many of those days? I think today was about as close to that as I have had in a very long time. Isn't it good to hear me say that? I have so many "I feel sorry for me" days, that to have as good a day as I've had today, makes me feel blessed.

What am I so up about? Well, several things. One, I am considering a major change in my life (details not available yet) and I got some supporting information along that line. Two, I have been trying for several months to get in touch with some of my late husband's family, and I finally did, and three, I went to the LDS church for some help in trying to get onto a message board like I used to, to contact someone who is tracing my family history. And low and behold, with their help, I found the contacts I had made several years ago - I think it was 2005. So, now, I hope that person is still following the board, and will see my new infomation.

I referred to my "late husband" - of course, that is my ex-husband. If you didn't already know, we were seperated twenty years before his death this spring. In the future, he will be referred to simply as HRR. Sorry, girls, I hope you don't mind my doing this, but it is something I have done in my letters, etc., for several years. Anyway, most of his family live(d) in Whitman County (near Spokane, WN) and we had lost contact with most of them since HRR's mother passed away in the late 1970's and we seperated. So, I decided to try to find some of them. I know that one cousin is still farming the old home place near Rosalia, WN, so he was the one I first tried to locate. That was at least six months ago. Then when HRR passed, I wrote him again, and still had not received any return. When I got home from town today, there was a nice letter from him. I was as excited as a kid with a new toy. I have been trying to locate the sons of another of the family, and have not heard from them. Now, I have hope that they will still write.

While I was in town, I stopped in at the Family Research Center at the LDS (Mormon) church. They have about half dozen or more, computers, and they will help you locate your family history. They charge you a whole 5 cents per sheet to print out whatever you wish. The lady was so nice, and she helped me find some of HRRs family (on his Mother's side) - for instance we found the l920 census, which listed all the kids living at home - I think that is 7. Of course, the four older brothers were not listed, because they were all living out of the house. But that was exciting. And, she helped me find a message board for my father. On it I found the contacts I had made four or five years ago with a man in Quebec, Canada. I sent him another message, and asked him to contact me directly. We'll see what happens with that.

See what I mean - things just seemed to be going my way today. It's about time!!

Tomorrow will not be as exciting. About 1 1/2 weeks ago, one of HRR's cousin's sons died a very tragic death. His memorial will be tomorrow morning. When someone in their 30's dies, for whatever reason, it is never a happy occasion, especially when they leave a spouse, parents, and small children. But, unfortunately, those things do happen, and the rest of us must go on with our lives.

Even though my plans for the weekend did not materialize, I can give you some of the highlights of what was supposed to have happened. At our church, we have two teams of Pastors, both husband and wife teams. Our senior pastor is Pastor Fred, and his wife is Pastor Cindy. Well, Cindy is very talented. I always thought I was a pretty good pianist, but I don't hold a candle to her. She is something very special. And she sings. Saturday night was a special program at which she was to release her new CD. I think this is either four or five CD's she has made. I haven't asked, and I can't figure out if they are available on the market. There are no names on the label to give any hint, but she does have her own website, and she gave a "sneak" preview of this new CD on MySpace. Her address on MySpace (in case you are interested) is myspace.com/cindibenzel. I think her web address is on there. Just thought you might be interested.

Not much else to talk about right now, but keep checking - I plan on getting into the history of some of my family in the not too distant future. But for now, I think that's it.