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Question of the Week

Lorena — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:45:59 +0000

Are you an only child? When growing up, did you sibling embarrass you? How about now that you are grown up?

Question of the Week

Lorena — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:31:42 +0000

Is there anything in your family, either physical or emotional (or genetic) that has been handed down through the generations?

Why yes; yes there is. This lovely hutch, from my mother’s side of the family, bought new around 1850 or so.

You can’t really tell from the photo, but that’s the original glass still in the door. It’s ripply, and bubbly, and lovely to look at.

Question of the Week – 07/25/2011

Lorena — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:52:48 +0000

Have you been to any of your ancestor’s homelands?

Question of the Week – 2011/07/04

Lorena — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:21:35 +0000

Family reunions! This is the first family reunion that I think I’ve ever been to. Have you ever been to one? Does your family have a lot of reunions? None? How are they managed? What are some of your memories of reunions?

QOTW – 2009/02/01

Lorena — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:32:46 +0000

And the Question of the Week is… What is the thing you disagree most about as a family?

My answer is after the cut.

Commence being jealous – we don’t really disagree. That may have something to do with there only being, like, three of us left… but seriously! We all have pretty much the same outlook about everything. Probably the largest difference is how Tim and I approach our views on politics, as he listens to Rush Limbaugh daily, and in my universe Rush is going to be first against the firing squad. But even there we agree that Tim can listen to whatever he wants wherever I can’t hear it, and I can keep my mouth shut – so there’s no real tension there. At least there wasn’t until I wrote that out where Tim can see it. I’ll let y’all know if I have to sleep on the couch tonight.

QOTW – 2009/11/16

Lorena — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:20:01 +0000

And the Question of the Week is… could you sketch your family tree?

My answer is after the cut…

Probably not while I’m still half-asleep, but I’ll try.

My parents: Alice B. Haldeman and Jack C. Haldeman II

Maternal grandparents: Edward Krieg and Beatrice Krieg

… … … whoa. Embarrassing. That’s about as far as I can get with that side of the family. I do have it written down, but have just spent ten minutes searching and can’t find the book OK, found the book, but was apparently smoking crack when I was listening to my grandmother. I have listed a Great-great-great-grandfather on my mother’s father’s side, William Steger, who moved to teh US from Germany in the 1860′s, and was a homeopathic physician. Also a Frank Krieg, no dates, who came from Bavaria. AHA! Score! Parents of Edward Krieg were Joseph Robert Charles Krieg and Ruby Angelena Albauch (what a pretty name!). Parents of Beatrice Alice Arnold Krieg were Harrison Morton McComas Arnold and Alice Belle Gray. Harrison’s parents were Franklin Pierce Arnold and Clemensa (“Miss Minnie”) Amanda West. Parents of Alice Belle were William Gray and Alice Bell. Father of Franklin Pierce was James Madison Arnold. And that really is all I have.

Paternal grandparents: Jack Carroll Haldeman and Lorena (NMI) Spivey Haldeman

It appears that Uncle Joe and I are going to have to write some shit down the minute he gets back home, because while I remember a ton of stories about that side of the family, I’m drawing a blank on most names. I thought I had that family bible, but cannot find it so perhaps I don’t. Jack’s parents were William Otto Haldeman and Roberta Fields Haldeman. I do not think I ever knew G-ma’s (Lorena’s) parents names; only that she loved her mother very much and was devastated to watch her die slowly as she lived with them (Alzheimer’s? Parkinson’s?). Rumor has it that a generation or two back, the last name was McCoy, of the Hatfields and McCoys. I don’t know how true that is.

QOTW – 2009/11/09

Lorena — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:49:10 +0000

And the Question of the Week is… What are the most important things you learned from your father?

My answer is after the cut…

Oh… everything? To be fair, though, this isn’t as much just from my father as it is from the Committee of G-ma, daddy, Bill and Doris, Aunt Gay and Uncle Joe.

To be patient; to listen; that everybody has a story, and most people just want to be listened to; to appreciate many different kinds of music; that you should play it the way that you feel it; that it’s important to not become a workaholic, yet also important to not shirk hard work; to be helpful to those in need; that not only should you share what you have, but sometimes sharing the last thing you have is the most important thing you can do; be kind; have fun; enjoy life; play as hard as you work; take care of books; have hobbies; there is beauty in everything, but sometimes you have to look hard.

QOTW – 2009/09/07

Lorena — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:14:23 +0000

And the Question of the Week is… what funny or crazy experience do you remember from a family gathering or vacation?

My answer is after the cut…

When my grandparents lived in Merritt Island, they had a pool. Now… many of you know about our New Years Eve party; it used to be that there was a competition to be the first one in the pool in the New Year. I seem to recall that most of these competitions began with Bourbon, and they usually wound up being between Uncle Joe and our friend from Toronto, Mike. Being from Canada, Mike had an unfair advantage in that cold to us wasn’t so much cold to him!