It's been awhile

It's been awhile since I posted. Sorry, trying to get some stuff in order, like my genealogy information.

I went to the Military Records Symposium at Allen County Public Library this past weekend. It was well worth the trip. The speaker was Marie Varrelman Melchiori who gave 3 one-hour talks about finding Civil War records in the National Archives (NARA). The best part is they built in research time, and we were able to have a private consultation with one of their experts.

But the best part was that my #1 son joined us because it was his birthday weekend. And my #2 son joined us for an autocross in Auburn IN on Sunday. Results. It was great to have all four of us together. We haven't been together since early August. We may go to more Ft. Wayne events since #1 son is at Purdue and it's part way in between us in Michigan.

Also, they spent Saturday visiting the Auburn Cord Dusenberg Museum
in Auburn IN. They spent 4 hours there!

Our Old Cat

Thursday I have to take our 20-yr-old cat, Pug, to the vet to be euthanized. She no longer finds the litter box. Her hips are so arthritic, I'm not sure she can completely control her bodily functions. She's very thin because she has trouble chewing. I have been giving her soft food for about the past year.

She's been a great cat. We got her shortly after we moved in to this house 20 years ago. She lived outside for most of our life--our excellent rodent control cat. Several years ago, it got very cold in the winter, and, since she was growing old, we let her come inside. She never stayed outside again on a regular basis. It was like she said, "hey! it's warm in here!". We've had other cats come and go, but Pug has been the survivor, the chief cat, the one who taught the kittens how to hunt. I'm going to miss her.