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.

Let's see, for the Am. Rev. War era I have to go back 7 generations, and of 128 ancestors in that generation I have information on 37. Their birthplaces are: North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany, Poland, and Russia.

My ancestor who immigrated most recently was my mother's paternal grandmother. Franceska Horowitz, her brothers, and her parents came over from Russia in about 1900.

The earliest immigrant in my tree is John Carleton, born in Yorkshire in 1637, married in Rowley MA in 1659/60, and died in Haverhill MA in 1667/68.

eta: My great-great-grandfather Zachary S. Walker was born and lived in northern Alabama. His brother John was with the 9th Alabama Infantry (CSA) in the Civil War, but Zachary served with the 9th Indiana Cavalry (USA). I've always wondered how that came about.

As far as I know, my county is on water restrictions for the long weekend. (stupid broken water main) No watering the grass or washing the car, and limit the amount you use the toilet, dishwasher and/or washing machine. Bleah. Luckily, I did a bunch of laundry earlier this week.

Both of my siblings (ages 31 and 34) brought laundry to Cape Cod to do at my mother's house when I was there. When I laughed at this and noted I hadn't lived close enough to my mother's house to do laundry since I was 22, they got all pissy. (Which made me laugh more, but I kept it mostly inside.)

Casper scraped her nose on the bottom of the pool today. She was trying to be a dolphin.

My sister's freshman year of college, she was supposed to take the train home for Thanksgiving. A day or two before, she called and asked if our mother could come pick her up instead, because she was bringing home dirty laundry and she had too much to bring on the train.

So, had a decent birthday today. Not great, but I honestly can't remember a last great birthday. Tomorrow looks to be a bit busy if I get done everything I want to, but I tend to believe resolutions are better made at your birthday than at New Year's.

Went shopping for a bathing suit. Looked at Penneys, Macy, Nordstrom, Everything But Water, Sears, Belk, and Target. Bupkis. Feh.