Coronacation & Family History

If I'm being totally honest as I've mentioned here before, I am basically a homebody. I'm not a roamer, a traveler, an explorer. I'm very satisfied staying at home, so quarantine is not something that throws me into a spiral of depression. Of course, I could REALLY use a haircut. Things are pretty ugly here.

I had a few unfinished mini-albums from last year lurking on my desk. Since we have to be at home, I might as well get some of these UFO's aka unfinished objects, done.

One of them was this Day in the Life album from last year. The principle is simple...document in depth what you do during the day for a couple of different days during the year. I needed to put together the second day and used supplies from Ali Edwards, who came up with the idea for this album.

None of my ancestors kept journals of any kind.

As I've done research on my family line, the biggest question in my mind is....."What did you do during the day, and how did you accomplish it?"

Maybe I go a little overboard, but I'm hoping my posterity won't ever have to ask that question. As you see here, the choice for one of the days happened to be my 40th wedding anniversary.

There was also the 30 Days of Thankful album from last year. I used templates and ideas from Cathy Zielske, the originator of this project.

This is one of my favorite projects every year.

Not only does it happen during my favorite time of the year, but it directly points me to my favorite holiday, which is Thanksgiving.

It also definitely takes me outside myself, and gives me a generally better perspective.

Keeping a positive spin on what's going on around me, 

I'm grateful for some time to expand my family history a little bit. Unfinished projects getting finished is always a good thing, right?

Comments

[Elisa Allan]

I think your family is incredibly blessed for your proactive documentation of monumental life and every day life. You are right: none of your posterity will ever have to ask what great great grandma Catherine was up to during the day!!!! And I think they are very lucky for that.