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I finally learned what that means. I have to tell 7 little-known things about myself, and tag seven more people. Since I've been on the web for quite a few years, I already over exposed myself, so I find it hard to find anything that no one knows about me. I will use the handy dandy 7 children in our family when I was growing up and tell what became of each one of them.

1. The oldest is me. I grew up on the frontier with 6 other siblings. When people asked us how we could stand to live without running water we would say "We do have running water. We run up and down the hill with buckets of water."

2. The next eldest was my brother, 11 months younger. He was brilliant and when we got electricity, he liked to read in bed at night. In those days the light was overhead and he didn't want to get up and turn it off manually by pulling the cord. He rigged up an elaborate system by connecting the cord to a string that went around the ceiling and down the corner to his bed. He could pull on it when he was ready to turn out the light.

3. Our sister was the third child. She married and had a son, who is studying marine biology.

4. The next brother became a nurseryman. He has his own company and sells the most wonderful mint mulch for gardens. He can make anything grow. He married and has 3 sons.

5. Another brother is very good at carpentry. Even without materials, I've seen him build things with rope and twigs. He once made me a wonderful bench using that technique and a clothesline that would open and shut. He married and his wife is a great cook and hostess.

6. The next brother is an electrician.

7. The youngest brother became a plumber by trade. He married and had 6 children.

That is a brief description of the family I came from. My parents are still as lively as ever and recently when I phoned them I heard some banging in the background. I asked my mother what the noise was. She said, "Your Dad is building me some cabinets in the kitchen." He is 83.


And also, something very interesting that almost no one knows. Yesterday, I found out that my grandmother's brother, who is 99 is living in the same city I live near and has been here for 11 years. I was never told about it, and didn't know where he was. I went to see him yesterday and am glad I did. I think of all those years we could have had him over to our house had I known he was in town. It was quite an emotional meeting, I must say!

I took him a book of photos of his kin, with pictures dating back to the 1800's. He cried upon seeing those of his mother and father and he pointed to the house and the barn and told me it was where he learned to milk a cow. He asked if my father was still living and implored me to please give him his love when I next talked to him. Normally I don't put things so personal on this blog but this was so exciting and so different I just had to share.



















He is the baby on the lap of his mother in this picture. My grandmother is the little girl on the lap of her father.

Now to tag 7 people

My daughter, Lillibeth at The Pleasant Times,

Her friend, Rebecca Newton,

The Happy Homemaker, Micah

Mrs. Monise from A Crown to Her Husband

Mrs. Pea, our friend in England

Best At Home, our Australian sister who lived with us a few years ago

Miss Amy, Rebecca's sister, if she has a blog.


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