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Family stuff
Mar. 1st, 2023 12:46The fun- Talked to my mom yesterday. Told her about the DNA test results. She started laughing and said, 'your dad would have hated that.' Yeah, he definitely would have.
Managed to definitively connect a 1st cousin 2x removed that matched to Mark's test, in the tree. Definitely a cousin on his paternal line. That was fun.
The sad- Mark's dad called Friday. Long and short of it is, his mom is now going into in home hospice care. Not end of life hospice, but one step closer and heading that way. Mark is taking it pretty hard, which is absolutely understandable.
Got the native Elderberry bushes and native Crab Apple Trees I ordered from Virginia Forestry yesterday. Really good root systems and most are budding out already. Hoping to get them in the ground this weekend, with deer proof protection around them. Maybe this year I can snag some native Spice Bushes before they sell out.
Taxes are done. Good amount expected as a refund, plenty to fix and redo the bathroom. Now we wait.
Managed to definitively connect a 1st cousin 2x removed that matched to Mark's test, in the tree. Definitely a cousin on his paternal line. That was fun.
The sad- Mark's dad called Friday. Long and short of it is, his mom is now going into in home hospice care. Not end of life hospice, but one step closer and heading that way. Mark is taking it pretty hard, which is absolutely understandable.
Got the native Elderberry bushes and native Crab Apple Trees I ordered from Virginia Forestry yesterday. Really good root systems and most are budding out already. Hoping to get them in the ground this weekend, with deer proof protection around them. Maybe this year I can snag some native Spice Bushes before they sell out.
Taxes are done. Good amount expected as a refund, plenty to fix and redo the bathroom. Now we wait.