Sweet Silver Angels

This weekend I:

-sold my car
-went antiquing
-acquired a recipe box from 1940
-baked raspberry almond bread from a Joy the Baker recipe

Plus other standard house things. It was a pretty darn good weekend, I would say. What did you do?

P.S. I baked these oatmeal blueberry applesauce muffins last week (recipe also from Joy the Baker) and they were so good, I baked them a second time with strawberries instead. Ha! I win!

Holy goodness, I haven't written in ages.

I renewed my ancestry.com membership a couple of weeks ago and the family history research is in full swing. I am really enjoying looking back at census records to learn about my ancestors. Many of them are farmers, but I have found others that were, for example, a chairmaker and a justice of the peace. SO. COOL. I have even been able to discover information about branches of the family tree that were previously very short. I'm pretty excited. CLRG has even been researching his family also, which has been really exciting, too. I even used the census records to find out who owned our house before we did! YAY!

Bright Smile, Dark Eyes

The other day, K and I went exploring in the Homewood Cemetery, not far from our respective homes. It was very warm and sunny, but we were generally shaded and the exercise did us good. It was interesting to see some of the famous Pittsburgh names there. The Fricks, the Mellons, the Heinzes. You know- the big wigs. When I got home, I realized that I had gotten some sun on my shoulders, and it hurt. It's better today.

Earlier, I realized that I haven't updated in a little while because I don't have much to say that isn't the same thing every time. Basically, when I am not at work or hanging out with K or with CLRG, I am job searching and watching television in the living room. I try to apply to a few each day, but it is getting discouraging. Very, very discouraging. *sigh*

I am excited for the coming week. We (CLRG) and I have many things to attend: we are going to a graduation party for TP on Sunday, we have CLRG's company picnic on Wednesday, a trip to Kennywood with his parents on Thursday, and a Punchline show on Saturday. And then it's the Fourth! I don't know what we're doing for that, but I am excited just the same.

Dreary Birds Parade Across the Dreary Sky

My dad sent me this link today in an email. I was very interested to read it. I would probably pee my pants if I made a discovery like this. Just sayin'.

Art history final essay has been handed in. Next on the agenda: historic preservation and british empire papers. Yay. I am so ridiculously excited. You really have no idea.

Climbing Up to the Mountain Cause You Asked Me to

"I may not get there with you. But I want you to know that tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!"

Spin Round, Tell Me What to Say

Oh my word.

I was alerted to this news article yesterday(?) and read it today and now have goosebumps. Sooooooo cool.