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This oldie is stuck in my head

Podcast to check out - Open Investigation

New Mexico Prickly Pear Harvest Bountiful - haven't thought much about prickly pear until I moved to New Mexico

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I watched the sneak peak of the new Matlock. I thought it was great.  Maddie Matlock, the character, brought up a great point how old ladies are invisible. I am not exactly an old lady, but I am also not listened too.  I have had a lot of that lately. My husband has a job where people always listen to him. It is actually other people's job to listen to him. I am jealous of that. 

Wordy Wednesday

 

I still love my letterboard.  Unfortunately, I think I have already let in the riff raff.  LOL

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weathered a dollar tree skull and mini bones this week

 I am not sure if it feels fall here yet in New Mexico. I am looking forward to some cooler weather.  I want to start decorating for spooky season.

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Tombstone Tuesday this ties into my 52 ancestors post on the tombstone that I posted.

Ghostly Archive has been finding gravest that have recipes on them and then making recipes and taking them to the grave. I guess she is making a cookbook with all the recipes. Maybe I need to leave my World's Best Cookies on my gravestone.

Halloween Reading Calendar - this is kinda like an advent calendar. I wish I had littles to do this with

trash talk

Kev and I decided we needed to make trash bingo cards. This is the most common items with a few less common items we find consistently when we pick up trash at the park. Yes, I included an Allsup taco packet and a sock.  Ask and you will receive. 

Last week we found Allsup Taco Sauce Packet, Coins, Sock, Vape parts, car parts, soda and water bottles, paper plate.

Def Leppard Stadium Tour- Last Stop

 We came, we saw, we rocked, and now we are deaf.  We saw Cheap Trick, Journey and Def Leppard at Coors Field in Denver. This was my second time seeing Def Leppard. This was the last stop on their stadium tour.

We sat on Coors field. The seats were amazing. Show Report and Set List. I made the scrapbook page in project life.

What I read September

 I am linking up with Modern Mrs Darcy's Quick Lit. Checkout what everyone else is reading.

A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe

Katharina worked as a translator for the newly formed UN. She speaks 4 languages. She was single and carefree. She met a pediatric surgeon and married him. She becomes a mother and feels trapped in her role and unfulfilled. Katharina is asked by the FBI to be an informant. This is the life she craves.

This book is one that was part of Jen Hatmaker's book club. I saw it mentioned on her Instagram. I thought it was a decent read. This would be an excellence book club read. There is a lot to discuss with parenting roles, interracial relationships, expectations for mother's, working mother's. 

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World Changing Impact of a Dropped Cheetos Bag 

Bundt Pan Trick - this intrigued me - I haven't tried this

 Inappropriate Thoughts

This is more of a conversation we had at the Def Leppard Concert. This is an inappropriate thought that really could use a visual. There was a guy walking around in a crop top that had a hole in the center and deconstructed jeans as most of the front was missing. In the hole in the crop top was a temporary tattoo of himself. I also believe had temporary tattoos of himself on each leg. Above his navel were the words gluten free. He had shaved his arm pits and put temporary tattoos of legs there on each side of his arm pit. He also was wearing a long blond wig rock star style. The guy next to me was there with his older adult son and he mentioned how crazy some of the outfits were and I pointed to this guy. He was having his picture taken left and right. I pointed him out to the guy. He was like oh my god I golfed with that guy last week. He told me we had to meet up at the concert. He had something to show me. I thought he meant drugs and I don't do drugs. Evidently this guy is a salesman and just really out there. I really have looked all over Instagram etc. for a picture because my description just doesn't do it justice.

52 Ancestors - Tombstone

I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow's writing about 52 ancestors in 52 weeks.  The prompt this week was tombstone.

 I came across in my research and it is a very ornate gravestone. The chains represent the Odd Fellows. The chains symbolize Friendship, Love, and Truth. See meaning here

Thomas Liston is my 4th Grand Uncle. His picture is on the left below with his wife on the right.

I just thought this obituary was lovely.  Thomas Liston purchased 700 acres or more which included the site of  Listonburg in 1834. Listonburg, PA was named mainly after the Liston's who provided industry in the area this included his father, John Liston, who owned a Tannery.  The activities that he did there were farming, lumbering, timbering, coal mining, and running a general store. He was married to Elizabeth and had at least 8 children. After he purchased all that land, he built a wool mill in 1844. This is the mill that his son's Jesse and Jeremiah would take over. In 1849, there was blacksmith shop. Lastly in 1864, Listonburg had a grist mill. Thomas died Sept 1, 1874, and is interred at the Trinity Methodist Church. According to 1880 prospectus about Listonburg, it is noted to having 15 houses and 1 church. Listonburg, Pennsylvania had a post office until 1960.

Gravestone Picture, Portrait and obituary information are from the website Find a Grave

Wordy Wednesday

 

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Hopefully seeing Def Leppard tonight along with Cheap Trick and Journey!  Video feels a little cringe now but one of my favorite Def Leppard songs

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Jesus in the Abs - you can't unsee it

Inappropriate Thoughts

Nonna has kittens.  Their names are Annie Oakley (calico) and Lucifer (black). I can't call the black one lucifer so I have been calling it Luz. Luz in Spanish is light.  They have a lot of energy.

52 Ancestors - We don't talk about it

 I am joining Amy Johnson Crow's 52 ancestors in 52 weeks. The topic is "we don't talk about it"

When I started doing genealogy, I never thought one of my ancestors would have a criminal past. Then I discovered an ancestor with a record.

 I did eventually ask my mother about this ancestor, and she had heard nothing of their criminal past. This has led me to a journey of discovery trying to understand what exactly happened. The newspapers of the time sensationalized the crime. I have spent a lot of hours researching what happened. It wasn't as black and white as the papers of the time indicated.  

Reason T Hoyt was born to William and Jane Hoyt.  He was the youngest son and 8th child out of 9. He was born with a harelip aka cleft palate. In 1900 he was living on the family farm near Cumberland Iowa with his brother Lance and family. He was convicted of manslaughter and sent to Ft Madison Prison for a term of 6 years. His friend Bode "Robert" Brown was also convicted of manslaughter to serve a term of 8 years. Both were paroled early due to large number of letters received by the governor. In Reason's case, a petition of 185 names of the citizens of Cumberland and vicinity and large number of personal letters. Reason sentence was suspended on May 15, 1902. Robert "Bode" Brown sentence was suspended on October 19, 1903.

I also struggled with whether I should share this at all. The sad thing is what happened to this victim is not really all that different in this day and age. I can honestly say through my research all the parties involved were just trying to do the right thing. However, a 15-year girl died because of their actions. I have decided not to go into the specifics of what happened right now.  Time was served and the two convicted of the crime went on to live productive law-abiding lives. 

The victim was a Miss Hattie Spies. She came from a large family.  She was born to Elizabeth "Katie" and Lewis Spies. Her father, Lewis, immigrated from Germany. She was hired out to work at a farm. She liked to go to barn dances and carriage rides.  She sounded like a very typical 15-year-old girl of the time. Hattie died September 8, 1900. As reported by the paper her funeral was large one with the procession from the home to the cemetery was over a mile long. I don't want her story to be lost to history.  

Telling this story in a way that is fair and detailed was one of my genealogy goals for this year.

Fall Agenda/Adult Fall Bucket List

 I like lists.  Sometimes it is motivating to me. I have a full fall

Def Leppard Concert in Denver - we went in 2019 for our anniversary trip, and we are going to do this for our anniversary this year. 

80th Birthday Party for my dad.

Sharon Says So Book Tour stop in Denver on Oct 3rd.  

Genealogy Conference through the Wilson Cobb Library in November

Pumpkin Bread

Trip to Meow Woof in Santa Fe as a post birthday adventure for my oldest son

Putting Garden to Bed

Visit with Friends

Read some good books

Balloons and Tunes in November

Wordy Wednesday

 

Sourdough Summer - Finale and Discard bread so good your dog will steal

 I was so admiring my handiwork, and I sent pictures to my friends.  I had two slices, and I turn my back and find this has happened to my bread.  My dog was carrying the loaf around.

recipe here

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Bald Eagle too fat to fly - totally relate

lazy shrimp tacos - the kids and I tried these and yum.  Time to break out your air fryer.

Woman makes sourdough on flight - what the heck

Inappropriate Thoughts

I can't help myself. I have started thinking about Halloween. By the way it is still in the 90s here. It feels like we are ready to bridge into a new season. I am ready to think about fall. I loved my gothic Halloween shelf in the kitchen. I am already thinking of ideas to make it better. I couldn't resist these dollar store mini bones.

Deep Thoughts

Labor Day seems to me to mark the end of summer and beginning of fall. It has been a wild ride this summer. I learned a bunch and had a chance to participate in some interesting activities. I am looking forward to fall which doesn't look like it is going to be boring at all.