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Sunny but chilly here. Had to walk from my office to the garage to retrieve my wheels (getting winter tires on) and it was tolerable but definitely would not want to walk any distance without a warmer coat.
 
Mendalla said:
Sunny but chilly here. Had to walk from my office to the garage to retrieve my wheels (getting winter tires on) and it was tolerable but definitely would not want to walk any distance without a warmer coat.
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Oh yeah, your winter coat hasn'g grown in yet

That must be tough, having to wait for it to grow in...;3
 
Then there are the double cousins. They come about when two siblings have children with two siblings.

I don't know of anyone in this situation but it's probably common enough.
 
So I had to order a turkey roll to pick up tomorrow. So tonight we'll have rosemary garlic marinated pork chops. From the same store.

I had a nice walk along the waterfront this afternoon. It's a gorgeous day here.

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As part of my morning routine I go swimming at local rec centre

wake up very early

i get into the dressing room and something feels off

all the lockers are the wrong colour

i look around and see they are all the wrong colour

have they changed them that quickly overnight?

then someone walks up with her head in a towel, just minding her own

and i think this is so neat

making so much progress :3
 
Our thanksgivings have expended in general. When I was young, wasn't usual to celebrate with family friends. Late on though, it was often just the 4 of us, sometimes a set of grandparents would come out.
Chemguy and I have celebrated by ourselves, plus there was a year +when we started a trip, and then noped that decision when we saw a bunch of vehicles in the ditch before even getting to the highway. We grabbed brunch while regrouping, calling people we wouldn't see and ended up having our work manager/friend over for dinner. I've done the friendsgiving (or maybe it was Easter) thing too. I was invited to a number, but I often would see family instead.

Typically we see my sister, parents often come and sometimes some of Chemguy's family comes. So ignoring covid, we can usually expect at minimum 6 - I am the oldest of that group.
 
A Mormon friend explained second cousins were cousins of cousins, normally no genetic connection. A cousin of a parent is a first cousin, once removed. Their children are first cousins twice removed. When I was teaching in Northern Alberta, the home of one of my Dad's favourite cousins in Edmonton became my second home. I spent more time there than at my parents in Calgary. I keep contact with one of her daughters. She was the first person to visit when we camped in Edmonton in September.
 
jimkenney12 said:
A Mormon friend explained second cousins were cousins of cousins, normally no genetic connection. A cousin of a parent is a first cousin, once removed. Their children are first cousins twice removed. When I was teaching in Northern Alberta, the home of one of my Dad's favourite cousins in Edmonton became my second home. I spent more time there than at my parents in Calgary. I keep contact with one of her daughters. She was the first person to visit when we camped in Edmonton in September.
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I agree with the once removed, but typically the way I view 2nd cousins is a shared great grandparent (instead of a grandparent). So cousins, their kids are 2nd cousins. My nephews only have 1 first cousin, they have greatly enjoyed time with some of their 2nd cousins, my cousin's kids.

I have a semi-close relationship with a 2nd cousin as well. Face to face time has been fairly minimal, although we did have fun at some weddings. We chat on facebook though and I am always happy to hear updates and see pictures about my 2nd cousin once removed - cute baby! She was also supportive after both my grandparents died and was helpful with getting the word out to some of the other family members - especially when funerals were restricted. It helped my parents out quite a bit, as they would have had to search for some numbers, if they even had current ones.
 
Thank goodness the Furies don't exist

Otherwise hoosht!

Every time someone got killed woosh would come the Furies and make their lives short lol
 
jimkenney12 said:
A Mormon friend explained second cousins were cousins of cousins, normally no genetic connection. A cousin of a parent is a first cousin, once removed. Their children are first cousins twice removed. When I was teaching in Northern Alberta, the home of one of my Dad's favourite cousins in Edmonton became my second home. I spent more time there than at my parents in Calgary. I keep contact with one of her daughters. She was the first person to visit when we camped in Edmonton in September.
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We used to get together at my aunt and uncle's house for gatherings in Toronto. My uncle was my mother's brother. Sometimes my aunt's sister's son and daughter joined us. We often had chats about how "removed" as cousins we all were. I saw the daughter two years ago. We had a fun time remembering that. :)
 
Yes, hearing about you guys there going golfing…
NS is getting cold. We are going to have a planned power outage in my neighbourhood from 11 pm Saturday until 8 am Sunday. They were going to do it last weekend, but a rain storm was predicted. ( it wasn’t as bad as predicted- and it was 8 degrees overnight). Now it will be - 9 with windchill. That will take the heat out of homes quickly. I will stay in bed until my heat pump has caught up on Sunday morning!
 
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