Yup, it's me again, just running in for a quick update. We have had such a horrible heat wave here even the shop in my basement was too hot to work in. Gonna save up for some air conditioning to put in there next year for sure. So I spent some time doing some genealogy in my air conditioned office. I know, I should have taken some time to write here on steemit as well but I got really involved in what I was doing. I helped a cousin on my dad's side of the family find some ancestors on the other side of his family that he could not track down. And I found some things on my Parker side that really made me happy, happy.
After years of looking, I finally found my grandfather's obituary!! He died in 1922, long before I was born. It is really awesome to have this. I also found out more about his brother George Jr, who previously was "missing". I had him in the 1910 census then could not find him until he died in 1940. I managed to fill in most of the missing years and discovered he had a second wife. Sadly she died in 1921. She was actually from my hometown and is buried there!!
We started putting containers of ice outside in the birdbath and on the ground to help the birds, squirrels and rabbits fight the heat. They seemed to appreciate it because they sure were taking advantage of it, LOL. This little guy below landed on the a/c unit in my dining room window and pecked on the window. I think he wanted to say "thank you".
And last but not least, an update on my high protein diet. It has been 2 1/2 weeks since I started the diet and I am still going strong. I usually don't weigh in until Thursdays but thought I would take a peek this morning before I wrote this post,,,,,,
I am now down 18 lbs since I started the diet!! Yes, I am so very happy!! It feels good to finally be getting the weight back off of me!! I have been averaging 150 grams of protein a day. That amounts to a huge amount of food for me that I am just not used to eating. Apparently I was not eating nearly enough before. That seems like such an odd thing to me. But it's working, so I am not going to argue with it.
Well, we finally have a break in the heat for a few days so I must really get busy in the basement. I am not sure when I will be back to write some more, but will pop in when I have the time. I sure do miss you all and hopefully, this winter I will have more time to write on a regular basis. God bless everyone!!
