Crafting Coziness, One Stitch at a Time

Yesterday we spent the morning with some friends at the park, then we headed to a cat cafe. They had 12 kitties and I got my fix of petting cats. I would love to have put a couple of them in my pockets and brought them home. The sun was a coveted spot in the cafe. The black and white one is called SassyTina. I didn't get "sass" from her. Gabi - tiny but sweet. I probably pet her the most. This one was enjoying her time in the sun This cat was conked out until it was time for

Over the years I have tried, off and on, to piece together what happened and where everything went so wrong. For a number of years I was too busy with babies, then toddlers, then homeschooling to really research, dig into my family tree, or write down my story. But I picked it up again in November of 2022 when I joined Ancestry.com . I didn’t make the jump to taking a DNA test but I spent days researching and building my family tree.  And it was fascinating! On the first day