Re: Norwegians and Germans

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In a message dated 4/14/02 7:05:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

haq@... writes:

<< Cindy, Back 16 generations? Does that reach Leif sson? Yes, I use

Family Tree Maker, and all the pertinent data bases of Ancestry.com. >>

Kjaer Barbara,

Well, okay, after I wrote 16 generations I wondered whether I remembered it

right! I know they have traced our family back to about 1650 although there

is question of accuracy. The family tree chart when printed out from Family

Tree Maker is so big that when taped together is takes up the whole dining

room. We are related to Roald Amundsen, the first person to reach the South

Pole. My husband insists that Amundsen must have been looking for the North

Pole because the navigational skills in his decendants (e.g. me!) are given

to being significantly awry!

Regarding having home health assistance, my parents recently hired someone to

help a couple of days a week. My mom said it is such a relief for her to

have help. Maybe you can make a deal with your husband to try it one time

and see how it goes.

Ta det med ro. ( " Take it easy " in Norske.)

Hilsen,

Cindy

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Barbara,

Boy! Does that sound familiar )

Take care, Bill Werre

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woodford wrote:

> Chuck is German plus. The following is his modus operandi:

>

> I am fearful of leaving him alone, considering possible ministrokes,

> falls, and choking. He refuses to have someone come to stay with him, but

> last week, our son came over to give me a day out, after I complained

> that it wasn't fair to me that Chuck was so bull-headed about a

> companion. Before I left, I told him not to do too much physically and

> NOT to wash the dog when no one else was around.

>

> I went to the Vesterheim Genealogical Center in Madison Wisconsin, where

> I spent the afternoon looking at computers and at index file cards, and

> came up with nothing. When I got home, get this, what greeted me was a

> very very wet dog, no son, and a sick husband in the shower with the

> other dog. And Chuck was so proud of all the jobs they had gotten done

> around the yard while I was gone, he couldn't stop talking about them all

> evening, and, of course, he was exhausted. I was so disgusted I wasn't

> talking to HIM.

>

> Yes, I know. He was trying to show me that he wasn't THAT sick. Gott n

> Himmel!

>

> Barbara Woodford

>

[Guest guest]

Barbara,

Boy! Does that sound familiar )

Take care, Bill Werre

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woodford wrote:

> Chuck is German plus. The following is his modus operandi:

>

> I am fearful of leaving him alone, considering possible ministrokes,

> falls, and choking. He refuses to have someone come to stay with him, but

> last week, our son came over to give me a day out, after I complained

> that it wasn't fair to me that Chuck was so bull-headed about a

> companion. Before I left, I told him not to do too much physically and

> NOT to wash the dog when no one else was around.

>

> I went to the Vesterheim Genealogical Center in Madison Wisconsin, where

> I spent the afternoon looking at computers and at index file cards, and

> came up with nothing. When I got home, get this, what greeted me was a

> very very wet dog, no son, and a sick husband in the shower with the

> other dog. And Chuck was so proud of all the jobs they had gotten done

> around the yard while I was gone, he couldn't stop talking about them all

> evening, and, of course, he was exhausted. I was so disgusted I wasn't

> talking to HIM.

>

> Yes, I know. He was trying to show me that he wasn't THAT sick. Gott n

> Himmel!

>

> Barbara Woodford

>

[Guest guest]

Barbara,

Boy! Does that sound familiar )

Take care, Bill Werre

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woodford wrote:

> Chuck is German plus. The following is his modus operandi:

>

> I am fearful of leaving him alone, considering possible ministrokes,

> falls, and choking. He refuses to have someone come to stay with him, but

> last week, our son came over to give me a day out, after I complained

> that it wasn't fair to me that Chuck was so bull-headed about a

> companion. Before I left, I told him not to do too much physically and

> NOT to wash the dog when no one else was around.

>

> I went to the Vesterheim Genealogical Center in Madison Wisconsin, where

> I spent the afternoon looking at computers and at index file cards, and

> came up with nothing. When I got home, get this, what greeted me was a

> very very wet dog, no son, and a sick husband in the shower with the

> other dog. And Chuck was so proud of all the jobs they had gotten done

> around the yard while I was gone, he couldn't stop talking about them all

> evening, and, of course, he was exhausted. I was so disgusted I wasn't

> talking to HIM.

>

> Yes, I know. He was trying to show me that he wasn't THAT sick. Gott n

> Himmel!

>

> Barbara Woodford

>