Happy St. Patrick's Day

What a glorious day! The weather is beautiful, the house is opened up and it just feels so good to have fresh air coming in. I have thoroughly enjoyed this day. It has been a stay at home day. And I really haven't done much. I should have worked in my two little flower beds but the book was more interesting. I have one load of laundry to still dry and all of it to fold, hang and put away. Right now I am printing out a bulletin board for the clothes closet. Should have worked on it earlier.

This was "changeover week" at the clothes closet. That means we took down the fall/winter clothes and hung the spring/summer. It was originally scheduled to be done this morning but we decided that we would do it yesterday afternoon so we wouldn't have to go in this morning. We worked hard and I was beat when I got home. It took about two hours to get everything down and the new clothes up. Tomorrow we will be really busy because we asked everyone who came in during the afternoon if they wanted to wait and come back Wednesday.

I have a meeting in Springfield tomorrow afternoon from 1-5. The State Archives will be conducting the meeting. Hope it is interesting. Susan and I are going together and I think there are a couple of others going. I hate leaving the clothes closet early but everyone has assured me that it is okay. I feel like I am taking advantage of them. So I will have to work extra special hard for others in a couple of weeks.

I can truly claim Irish roots if the research I have on the Campbell family is correct. According to this research a Robert Campbell was born about 1718 in DownCounty, Ireland. He had a son, Alexander born about 1750 in Virginia. Alexander had a son, Robert born about 1772 in North Carolina (now Tennessee). This Robert had a son, Matthew born 1811 in Tennessee. Matthew had a son, George born 1851 in Missouri. George had a daughter, Mary born 1897. Mary had a daughter, Edna born 1928 and Edna had a daughter--me! It was what, eight generations ago--but I can still claim Irish roots!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all!