Blogging Ideas

Sometimes blogging ideas come to me in strange ways. But this one made me think I probably may have a problem.

Chel needed to find some family history information. I was hoping it would be on this ancestor's head stone. When I found out she was buried within 15 miles from here, I was elated. Chel knew thought I was nuts. I was more excited to head over there than she was. Her excuse was that it was a little snowy. I said, "So what!?" and put my coat on. She trudged along behind.

So we were looking at all the head stones, not knowing for sure where in this large cemetery she was buried. We had to scrape the snow off of the stones, but they were mostly readable once the snow was cleared. I came upon one head stone that had fallen over. I pried it off the ground and lifted it on it's end so I could see the words. Not her ancestor.

I suddenly realized how much traffic came by that cemetery, how close we were to the road, and how many people looked our direction as they drove by. My next realization was how strange it must have looked to see me holding a head stone. I thought, if I drop it now, someone may see me and think I was the one who knocked it over. They'd surely call the police and I'd be arrested for vandalism.

About 4 seconds into this thought, I said to myself, "Oh well, it'll make a great blog entry" and quickly dropped the head stone back to where it was.

How sad is that? LOL

Chelle

PS, we did find her ancestor, just as the sun dropped. And it had the very information we needed. Isn't that exciting?