I am famous :)

Okay, so I'm not really famous.

But still. 

Lately, my family has been really into our genealogy and my Grandma just happens to mention that she has information about her parents tucked away somewhere (you're just telling us know Gram!)

After I initiated the information about my Grandpa's adoption, she immediately got the urge to learn more about our history and started rummaging through her things to try and find the records she had. As hours went by, she finally found her parents family tree that dates back to 1751!

We found some pretty cool stuff! Check out this excerpt...

My family was on the Ways & Means Committee during the Revolutionary Way

We knew Mrs. Abraham Lincoln!

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They sold their land and slaves to President George Washington! 

*This land is/was the present site of Mount Vernon

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(Mt. Vernon was the home and estate of George Washington)

it is now an educational tourist attraction, open seven days a week!

I can't believe how much information I can acquire through ancestry.com and even just by simple things like Google searches. While I am learning so much more information via my own researching and through the internet,  I only know for a fact that this paper is accurate. 

I won't post anymore about genealogy, but I thought this was pretty cool & just had to share!

Plus, I'm showing some history :)

xoxo

-erinj0

History is revealed

Today IS the day 

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I waited patiently (okay it was FAR from patiently) for the mail, staring at the clock in my mom's living room, with each minute passing by, feeling like an eternity. 

Finally, at 11:10am, I spotted the mailman walking towards the house. 

(Note that since last Friday I have anticipating these envelope, hoping it would come!)

I saw that manila envelope in his hand! I knew it was it, I just knew it. I got up out off the couch faster than you could say scream "AH!" : )

Our family history on my grandpa's side - the adoption information from 1921 is here! 

Drum roll please......

.My nationality.

English

Irish

&

German

(My grandfathers mom was 100% German and his father was 50/50 Irish & English)

Here is a neat, but sad excerpt from the short paper we received - I am suprised at how much information they actually recorded back in 1921!

.Despite the dark and dreary day, sunshine was beaming inside of me.

I was able to share this information with my grandmother & to see the look on her face when I read her all the information - it was great ♥

She has always been curious & now she was able to learn more about the man that she loved so much.

*sigh*

oh what a day : )

xoxo

-erinj0

Just Another Week

We're alive : ) 

The crazy beliefs that the world was ending were suprisingly...FALSE. Go figure!

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Since the world is going to go on like another old week in this world, here are some things I am looking forward to this upcoming week:

.Monday. 

{1} THE BACHELORETTE PREMIERES : ) 

 I am a big BAchelor(ette) fanatic and I am hoping there are a couple other bloggers out there who share the same crazy love as I do for this partially scripted, sometimes sappy, but oh so entertaining show! 

**If you want to take a sneak peak at the possible contestants and begin picking favorites, etc... like me, then head over here to the Bachelorette facebook fan page & click on "Meet the Bachelors" to learn more!**

 {2} I FIND OUT MY HISTORY & NATIONALITY!!!!!!

Okay, this is HUGE! 

My grandpa was adopted back in 1921, so we are unsure of our nationality & any information pertaining to. 

Last week I made a call to the adoption agency in our state that he was adopted from & it turns out that we can access some information! We went through the process, filled out paper-work & they found NINE pieces of paper from his adoption file! 

(Now, I know nine pages really doesn't seem like a lot, but for 1921, that is quite substantial!) 

 I am really excited for the mail to come tomorrow & hopefully find out some of my history : ) 

Can you tell I'm kinda, really excited?! 

.Tuesday.

{3} I GET TO MEET MY COOPERATING TEACHER & PRINCIPAL

As most of you know, I am going to be student teaching this fall with 1st graders. I set up an appointment to meet with the teacher I will be working with and the principal of that school. I am very excited to get insight on lesson plans that I can start working on & see my classroom!! : ) 

 .The Rest of the Days Following.

{4} Nothing else happening this coming week seems important to blog about in comparison to these two things I have going on in the beginning of the week!

I have...

-Final due Tuesday

-Projects due Wednesday

-Driving Gram to organ : )

-Class...boring!

-Family graduation this weekend

-Blah, blah and blah

I'll keep you all posted on the updates!

What exciting things do you have coming up this week?

xoxo

-erinj0

A moment that makes history...

Osama Bin Laden is dead : ) 

9years 7months & 20days since 9/11

I'm proud to be an American & very thankful for our amazing troops and military serving our country.