re: Revolution era, I've got lots of folks that go back that far in the New Jersey and New York area, and a few Civil War era folks. My paternal ancestors have been here for centuries, as are my mother's paternal ancestors. Her mother's folk were mid-1800's German immigrants. It makes the genealogy a little easier when you can find people in historical society publications.

Fewer people served in the Civil War than in the Revolution, because most of them were close enough to the Mason-Dixon line to tell recruiters "Sorry, son, we're south of the line, we're not serving the Union army," and then say, "We're north of the line here, son, we don't want no Confederate recruiters." And then they went back to their stills and left each other alone.

Craaaap. I have so much laundry to do, but only enough quarters for one load. I should have gotten a roll at the damn bank!

I've got half a go-cup full of quarters, but no motivation to do laundry.

My motivation is related to the fact that I'm almost out of underwear...

I do a slaw with cabbage, tuna and some sort of sweet asian dressing. I love cabbage. Must get some.

My brother just found this: [link] Separated at birth? My parents' cat Sputnik: [link]

almost out of underwear

In those situations, I tend to do triage and put together a load of the most useful things and wash them on cold.

Also, I find the cat-on-air-filter pic hilarious because they got it to see if it would help with my dad's non-allergies to cat dander (there is a good chance he's mildly allergic to cats, but since that would be considered a fate worse than death, he is Not Allergic to Cats) and it gets used most as a cat bed.

In those situations, I tend to do triage and put together a load of the most useful things and wash them on cold.

Yeah, I almost never wash everything at once anyway. Stupid laundry.

The Tennessee branch of my family definitely dates back to the Civil War (got ancestors on both sides), but I'm not sure about anything further back than that. I should get an ancestry.com account.

shrift, my MiL does this baked cabbage that is very good. She starts with a roux, then adds shredded cabbage and tops it with shredded cheese to back. It's yummy!

My mother had two great uncles that fought on different sides of the Civil War. I'm fairly certain both sides of my family were pre-Revolutionary War immigrants. I've been wanting to do more genealogy with regards to my ancestors but I just suck at doing the research.