Man have things been busy. I've been meaning to post more often but most of my free time has involved re-thinking my long desire to own a monkey. Maybe one of those little ones that fit on your finger but nothing bigger. Especially after I read about the guy who was mauled to death by his liger while being pinned down by his pet ape. Thinking about the upcoming baseball season has helped a bit. 

Adale has been a little obsessed with looking up genealogy info online & in turn I'm been somewhat obsessed myself. Adale's been doing a lot with ancestry.com & has found tons of family records in the short time she's working at it. One exciting discovery is that her last name is currently spelled differently than it was for her grandparents in the 1930 census, which is different than for those grandparents in the 1920 census.

I remembered that my great-grandfather on my mom's side had done a genealogy of his family, the Moons. You can read it here. It's pretty nutz. This castle here - William the Conquerer gave it to a relative for his support in the Battle of Hastings. That relative, William de Mohun (which later was bastardized to Moon), was married to Agnes de Gaunt. Agnes was a direct descendant of Charlemange, 8 generations removed (click here and search for agnes de gaunt). Totally crazy, right? The Mohun's kept the castle in the family until 1376, when it was sold to the Luttrell family. Those a-holes lived there until 1976. I remember 1976. I could have visited family there if they hadn't have sold it. 

There are all sorts of fun little triva nuggets in the Moon book - relatives who hung out with Thomas Jefferson & James Madison, another who sailed with Sir Thomas Drake as Captain of his beloved ship Commander, and numerous slave holding plantation owners. 

Anyhooters, I'm going to go grab a soda & watch Trailer Park Boys in HD.