Sunday, November 30, 2008
The family tree revisited
I found out my great uncle had an illegitimate child that lived in the same small town as his half siblings only he went to the other high school. His last name was Schwendemann too… no one thought to check and see if they were related. And my great uncle didn’t tell anyone until after his wife died so there was gossip all over the place at the funeral, and my dad (who this new cousin looked exactly like) was convinced that everyone in Missouri must inbreed like mad before someone filled him in.
I saw article clippings about my Grandpa (who died in his 40s) and the company he owned that employed half of their small town in Illinois.
My aunt gave me a picture of my parents and oldest two brothers in which you can tell my parents were hippies. Mom’s got the long long hair with one braid in it. Dad also has long hair and is wearing red tinted aviator like glasses. The boys are dressed in earth neutral and I laughed for about 20 minutes.
So family history rediscovered = amazingness.
p.s. BCS = pile of Fail.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thanksgiving!
Meine Thanksgiving
Jede jahr gehen meine Familie für Thanksgiving nach Broken Arrow Oklahoma. (Das ist in der Nähe von Tulsa) Mein Vater hat nur ein Bruder und eine Scwester, Sie und ihre Familie wonen dahin. Wir kochen und essen viel die ganze Wochenende, das ist sehr spaß wiel wir können auch dabei viel sprechen. Jede Frietag nach dem Thanksgiving (oder Schwarzfreitag) gehen wir einkaufen. Wir gehen dieses Jahr nach JcPenny, Kohls, Macys, Pacific Sun, Charlotte Russe, Old Navy, und Barnes and Nobels. Wir kaufen viele Kleidung.
Jede Schwarzfreitag stehen wir sehr sehr früh auf weil alle den besten Abschluss sind fertig. Dieses Jahr um 4 Uhr. Sehr viel Leute gehen früh einkaufen am dieses Tag, und
Diese Thanksgiving war viel spaß, obwohl drei von mein Brüder war da nicht. (Nathaniel, Joseph, und Samuel)
bis spater!
Naomi