Still Looking

For the last couple of days, my hubby and I have been looking through the 1940 Census pages for our grandparents and others we know.  It's been fascinating to say the least, remembering names and places.  For me though success is not coming easy.  I have yet to find any names in my family but I'm still looking.  I think a phone call to an elderly aunt might be what's needed to verify the address.  It took my hubby a couple of attempts to locate his even though they lived right across the street.  Looking through this stuff can be very time consuming and confusing.  They have divided towns into ed's and the trick is to get the right one. Another thing that is hard is finding a house where there is no house number as in my case.  I don't recall us ever having one since we all had post office boxes.  I'm sure now they do because of delivery services.  Another thing I found interesting was where some people lived when they were getting started and then how they moved on up, so to speak.  There was an area called Crescentdale where I grew up that was kind of like the worst place to live.  Now I realize that back then it must have been nice, affordable housing, kind of like the projects, where people saved some money and then bought a house.  It's strange to see how so many people fit into one house when now we seem to need so much room.  If you get a chance to look, go to census.gov and look up some houses yourself.

Lovin' the New Dryer

We got a new dryer on Tues. and it's working very well.  Of course, things never go as planned, including this purchase.  They called from the store that morning saying the salesman had put the wrong amount in for our debit card and we still owed $20.  She caught me off guard and I didn't even have the receipt in front of me so I asked to call her back after I looked it over.  Sure enough he had put in $20 less than we owed.  So I called her back and she put it on the card again.  Then at about noon or so the delivery truck pulled in.  I heard them moving the old dryer out and then they were gone.  I went to check things out and I said to my hubby "that didn't take long".  Then he told me the problem  -  the cord they brought wasn't long enough.  So we had to go out and buy a 6 ft. cord to finish the installation.  The funny part was that we were charged $20 for the cord and they had to refund us the money (same amount she put on the card that morning).  Strange coincidence, huh?  The only other thing was this strange buzzing noise coming from the basement that had me searching all over.  Here it was the automatic signal from the dryer about 10-15 min. before it stops.  There is no signal knob so I can't adjust or stop it.  I just won't be able to put a load in right before we go to bed.  Other than that I'm pleased with my purchase and no more burn marks!

Magazine Overload

Since I retired my thing has been magazines  -  lots of them.  I've written before about the problems with subscriptions I had with several of them but now I get very few of regular house/home/food magazines.  I can handle those ones by reading and then tearing out a recipe, website to check or craft idea.  After that I throw them away.  The ones I tend to hang onto are the craft magazines and especially now are the quilting magazines.  When I first retired I did this kind of purge with my magazines but it's time again.  I have two tote bags full of magazines that have to be sorted through.  So every day I go through a bunch of them and pick out patterns that I might want to try sometime.  I'm really trying to be tough on myself and only keep the ones that are special but who knows.  I got a magazine subscription for Christmas which I'm keeping and also with that I get access to 2 yrs. of back issues online.  That outta keep me going for awhile.

Observation

When I first started this blog, it seemed pretty easy to find things to write about.  As I was out shopping or reading the paper, things would pop into my head and I'd feel motivated to write.  Lately it hasn't been that easy or at least not much as motivated me in that direction.  Now I'm reverting to the good old days when shopping brought up concerns and issues that drove my to blog.  This week my hubby and I went to Erie County Farms and I noticed something as we shopped.  For one thing the customers that particular day were different than ones we normally see  - they were mostly white senior citizens.  My hubby noticed it too.  Mind you I have no problem with the usual clientele, it's just I knew something was different.  Because of this fact, the store was much less busy, especially the deli counter.  This is where my hubby's eating habits differ from the typical senior.  He can eat sandwiches every day, any time of the day.   How I explained this to my hubby was that older folks probably eat more leftovers for lunch and don't eat sandwiches, especially if they are not working.  We have gone in there some days when there were tons of people waiting for lunchmeat and then get behind a person who fills half their cart with it.  I can't imagine anyone eating that much so they must freeze it.  Anyway, that was one observation and another was the people in there that day were buying the chicken like crazy.  It was very interesting to observe this and speculate on what a group of people are eating and it's also blog-worthy.

Another Three Things

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while but we've been busy.  Here's three things that I've been busy with.

1. I've been trying to get my exercise in first thing in the morning.  I found I was spending too much time on the computer first thing but when I tried having breakfast then waiting until mid-morning to exercise, it didn't happen.  Right now I'm into a new dvd, Leslie Sansone's 5 really big miles from the walk slim program.  It's with a totally new group of walkers, new music and new moves.  Each mile is different in the length of time spent, use of the resistance band and use of boosters or jogging instead of walking.  I try and do 2 miles which is a good workout for me.
2. I've been sewing up a storm since the beginning of the year.  I finished the one quilt (no picture yet) and am almost done with the pillow sham for it.  I hope I remember this ruffle I'm putting on this thing so I never do that again  -  what a job!  Then I had my first real class last week for my bom.  It took 2 hours for most of us to complete the one block.  Now I have to finish 11 more.  It's not that it's hard or time consuming (I have it down to 1 hr.) but very monotonous.  I've been doing at least 2 a day to keep me on track.  That's not the only homework I have though.  We got a list of material to cut out that's the length of my arm (the list, that is).  I still wasn't sure about my next color so I bought more and now I feel better about it.  I still don't know what block 2 will look like though.  One more thing I need to do before the next class is make a new bag to store all my stuff in.  They have a class on this one but not until later in the year and it's $30 to attend.  I'm sure I can whip one up myself???
3. The last thing I've been doing to making cookie dough and freezing it for the wedding cookies.  I have a long list of ones I'd like to try and some need to be sampled first.  I thought it might be better to freeze the dough instead of some of the cookies  -  I think they keep better. 

Well, that's what I've been up to along with making trips to Mechanicsburg, Mentor and Cleveland.  Thank goodness the weather has been holding up for me.

Business Tactics

There are a few things that are really bothering me lately about the business world.  One of them happens to be the change in our utilities (electricity to be exact) and choosing a different provider.  We have been getting the mailings for quite awhile, look at them and toss them, signaling we have made our choose.  Despite that we still get the phone calls explaining the deal to us.  Recently I received a call from a man who, after I said we didn't want to change, proceeded to raise his voice as he explained it and eventually asked me in a very derogatory tone why I didn't like to save money.  I retaliated and said I didn't like his tone and hung up on him.  I could tell by his voice that he thought I was some old senile lady with a hearing problem.  Yesterday, we also got a letter from a third party company wanting us to sign up for a membership to have outside electrical line work done for free.  This did not come directly from Penelec but had their name on it as they had their approval.  I call it deceptive advertising and also targeted to the elderly.  We're also fighting a battle with Verizon because of a charge that showed up on a bill a couple months ago for tech support that we didn't buy.  The first month my hubby called, got it straightened out and I paid the bill less that charge.  The second month the charge was still there so he called and I did the same.  Now this month the charge is gone but they showed an outstanding balance from the last bill.  Are these companies this desperate that they will try and bill you or talk us into something to make a buck  -  I suppose so.  In all fairness I need to talk about two things that happened just this year that restored my faith in the American people.  Over Christmas we gave both the mail lady and the paper carrier some money and candy for Christmas.  I recently received a thank you card from the mail lady that was stamped and sent US Postal.  What a gal!  Talk about honesty  -  she could have very easily slipped it in with the rest of the mail and no one would have said anything.  Another thing that just happened was about our lawn care service.  We discontinued it a couple years ago because of the water line going in but now we decided to get it again and sent in the prepay amount.  They call yesterday and said they were sending it back because supposedly we prepaid in 2009 for the 2010 season when we stopped so there was a credit.  He wasn't even going to worry about the difference in the amount and the fact that we were now getting 6 treatments instead of the usual 4.  I suppose in reality they got interest on that and it all works out but I can't even find my record of it and can't remember to boot.  Also, what a guy!  I hope this reflects how I do recognize exemplary behavior but don't cross me.

No Passing on the Right

How many times have you been driving on the interstate and due to someone in the left lane, saw another driver, or possibly yourself, passing in the right lane?  This is one of the first lessons I learned in my driver's ed training but it seems no one follows it anymore.  I, myself, have been in the situation where I'm passing a car and have every intention of getting over in the right lane as soon as I clear the passed car, when someone passes me in the right lane.  So far no accident but these people are surely in a big hurry.  Now, on the other hand, I have been passed, by truckers for the most part but not always, who misjudge the road and find that they cannot get ahead of me.  I know this seems unlikely, given my observance of the speed limit (yes, I am a rule-follower), but this leaves me in a quandary as to what to do.  Do I slow down and let him pass or just keep going the same speed and end up passing him on the right?  I have also, as another option here, been in a situation where a vehicle continues to stay in the left lane despite numerous chances to get over, leaving other cars no alternative but to pass on the right.  Why am I writing about this now?  When we were returning from the cabin on Sunday, we saw a truck with the following message on the respective back tire flaps  -  (left) passing, (right) suicide.  As I said before, I see more truckers causing problems like this than cars.  Of course, there's never a cop around when this happens!

New Year, New Me

I guess we always say those kind of things at the beginning of a new year, that's nothing new.  I have no real resolutions, per se, this year because I know how all that goes.  Last year I talked about using adjectives to put into resolutions and then my surgery came up.  If I had known about all that I could have made one that said just to be alive.  I'm being melodramatic, of course, but last year was one of recuperation.  I still don't feel fully recovered but that's mainly my fault.  I still get out of breath when I walk up the stairs and that is what bothers me the most.  Also my weight has fluctuated so much this year.  It amazes me that my weight was low when I was feeling the worst and as soon as I was feeling better, it went up and up.  They told me to weigh myself every day when I left the hospital so I wasn't experiencing sudden gain from water retention.  Now I don't even want to look at that scale.  My dil mentioned in her blog about non-scale successes and I'm going to focus on those this year, such as zippering my pants and not being out of breath going up the stairs.  As usual I'm collecting recipes and I have a few I'd like to try to soothe my sweet tooth but in a healthier way.  Of course I still have these containers of fudge, candy and cookies that I was not able to pawn off on anyone over Christmas.  I considered not making anything over the holidays but that is just not an option for me and if you had seen how well it all went over, you'd understand.  So here I am planning my year  -  signed up for a quilting class that will take me to Oct., deciding what classes to take at the 2 upcoming quilt shows in Cleveland, helping my daughter with her wedding plans, having the grandkids here for another week this summer, and who knows what after that, maybe a trip.  Today I have a list that's a mile long of things that need done so I better get to it.  Happy New Year to all!

New Phone

First a little background.  Last year we made the move to Straighttalk in order to save some money on our wireless bill.  The only downside was that we had to buy our phones outright.  I got a slightly more expensive phone with a camera but realized within a couple months that my reception was very poor and the Internet that we were supposed to have was basically non-existent.  So here I am with this phone that is practically useless but at least there was no contract.  I refused to pay for the pricey data plan in addition to an expensive smartphone.  Then came Cyber Monday or Sunday, since they seemed to start early.  I found a straighttalk smartphone for $79 that seemed perfect for what I wanted.  I would keep my plan which provided unlimited minutes, text and data.  I have been tracking this thing all week, waiting in anticipation and getting sucked into believing this would change my life.  Anyway, it came yesterday and I was waiting in the sitting room for the FedEx guy with a bag of candy to show my appreciation.  Then the fun was supposed to begin  -  not!  Like all technology and me, it's a love - hate relationship.  It can be so frustrating to figure things out like this.  I was under no assumption that this was like the pricier IPhone or Android but what I wanted was a phone I could talk on and get e-mail.  I put in all my contacts which was my tutorial for learning how to use a touchpad.  My voicemail was somehow already on the phone but don't ask me how.  I finally mastered the texting part after a couple mishaps, I could talk from the sitting room with my hubby on the phone and the e-mail finally magically appeared later in the evening.  I was able to sleep peacefully last night knowing that I got what I wanted.  Of course, that was after all day on the phone, setting other work aside that I wanted to do, grabbing what I could to eat to get back to that phone and a nasty headache from looking at the little screen too long.  It wasn't a life changer  -  just one less thing to worry about.
P.S.  I love it when my screen is filled with yellow highlights (spellcheck) and nothing is misspelled.  I feel like I'm speaking a different language.

Local Pharmacies

Ok, here's something I've been obsessed with since last night.  Maybe I'm over sensitive to this stuff but it bothers me.  A little background  -  I called in my refill on Friday am and was told it would be ready Monday after 2pm.  I'm thinking that seemed a little long but I didn't need it immediately so I didn't choose that option.  I figured I'd go down Sat. afternoon and it would be ready anyway.  Wrong assumption!!  The tech informed me that it had been sent away to be filled and they didn't get their shipments on the weekend hence the Monday pick-up date.  Whoa, let's back up here.  I thought this was supposed to be my local pharmacy where they are taking care of me on a personal level.  I guess what startled me most was the fact that there were signs everywhere welcoming the Lakeside Pharmacy patients to Giant Eagle.  I assumed the only local pharmacy in the area went out of business and of course GE was there to pick them up.  I realize that this GE gets a lot, I mean, a lot of prescriptions but I thought they were handling it.  Apparently not!  So who is filling my prescriptions?  Not George or Michelle, evidently as I never ask for them right away knowing they're busy and want to give them a little time.  How nice of me!  In all fairness the tech did offer to cancel the order and fill it there with a half hour wait.  I was stunned anyway so I said no I'd come back Monday.  Now my choices are different in my eyes.  Either I can always say I need my prescriptions right away so I'm sure it will be filled there or go to another pharmacy.  I started taking my mail order stuff to CVS so I don't have to deal with the mail so that is always an option.  Maybe I should have been trying to support that local pharmacy that went out of business so we all would have a choice. I don't think GE would have suffered any.  Things sure have changed since we had our little pharmacy by Shur-Fine.

Christmas Spirit

This has been a great week for getting into the Christmas spirit.  I did some shopping last week and even though I couldn't find all that I wanted, I was given options to have things sent home with no shipping charge and they already arrived!  That was great.  I spent Fri. with my daughter at the Christmas Connection in Cleveland and had a wonderful time.  Things have changed there so no Christmas CD which I always look forward to but we more than made up for it with the shopping and food.  Sat. I took off to the cabin and on the way found a Christmas Festival of sorts called Once Upon a Christmas and the first place I saw was the quilting store in Knox.  That was all that I had time for that day but I did manage to buy some fabric on clearance for a project for the coming year.  It's always fun to talk to other crafters.  Then on the way home we decided to try some of the other stops on this Once Upon a Christmas.  They were close so it didn't take up too much of our time but how nice they were decorated.  The one stop I particularly liked was at the Wolf's Head Campground.  It was a very rustic building with a restaurant inside that I'd like to try some other time.  As you walked in, all you could see were Christmas lights and it was beautiful.  Even on the ceiling beams  and fireplace mantel there were wrapped presents and other decorations.  It all certainly got me into the Christmas spirit. 

What a Week!

This has been quite a week for both of us.  It began on Sat. with the end of the driveway being fixed along with the neighbors.  Those guys came on Sun,, worked very hard and finished up on Tues.  Nice job! I jumped right in this week trying to complete these sewing projects/Christmas gifts but got sidelined Mon. night.  I talked about the hospital visit in a previous blog but didn't mention the reaction I got from the owner of the sewing store.  I basically got my wrist slapped for taking apart my tension knob.  She treated me like a child and if it weren't for my machine I'd never go back again.  She also scared me into thinking this could cost more than I want to spend by saying it might be a gear.  Anyway, it only took a day to fix it and it was nothing major, at least that's how I see it.  She was nicer to me when my hubby was there but reverted to her old ways when I was leaving and no hubby around.  So I got my machine back and it seems to work great, however, there's more going on and I still won't have time to finish my projects by this Sat.  On Wed. as I was having lunch I heard a noise in the basement.  I rushed down to find the shelves holding most of my canned goods on the floor or just hanging waiting to fall.  This happened right over the sump pump, which should have been covered but wasn't.  While I was standing there in awe, looking at broken glass, tomatoes, jelly and pears all over the place, another board fell.  I jumped into overdrive at that point to save whatever I could and tried not to think about the work that went into all that.  My hubby was looking in the garage to see if the sound was out there and he came down to help.  What a mess!  We took the rest of the stuff off the shelves, turned off the sump and started cleaning up all the glass.  Unfortunately, my hubby couldn't get the pump out so he called the plumber who came out Thurs. to pull  and clean the pump.  It's running very well now with no damage done.  However, I have jars all over with no place to put them until he rigs up some new shelves.  That'll be a job for next week and it'll give me some time to sort through some stuff.  He's finally having a much needed guys weekend at the cabin with the neighbor .  And of course once he left, it snowed!  The roads are not covered and the temperature is supposed to go up so I'm not all that concerned.  Then yesterday, we were both glued to the tv and computer with what was going on at Penn State.  We both feel really bad about all that has happened all the way around.  So that's been our week and I hope the excitement is over for awhile. 

Yard Work

We kind of seized an opportunity this weekend that's working pretty well for us.  The neighbors had mentioned that at some point they'd like to widen and redo their driveway.  My hubby's ears perked up right away because we needed just the end of our driveway fixed and it was too small of a job to get someone over to do it.  Well, Saturday when we came home from shopping we found a concrete guy over at the neighbors giving him an estimate on their work.  As soon as we pulled in we had the same idea  -  go over and see what you can do.  The guy was willing to fit ours in at the same time and it's already dug up.  It brought to mind work we've had done in the past and how we love to watch it happen.  The little girl next door even got to ride in the backhoe as he was digging up their driveway!  She sat in the garage and just watched as the magic happened.  Building our garage was the same for us back in the 80's.  The neighbor and my son parked some lawn chairs and watched the show.  There's just something about seeing a pile of stuff become a building of some kind that fascinates us  -  young and old.

Halloween Time

Well, another Halloween is past, maybe the last one.  I know I've talked about things being our last here, I'm never quite sure when it will be.  The hubby's at the cabin and mentioned yesterday, that if by chance he gets a trick-or-treater, at least he has some candy.  When we first moved here we had no idea what to expect.  I vaguely recall Halloween at our apartment.  In fact, we probably weren't even home but at the in-laws.  So the first year, we did our best to buy candy but soon ran out because of all the kids.  They would come in pick-ups from the trailer court to our neighborhood.  We had to resort to Hall's cough drops and some pennies that year.  I'm surprised we didn't get egged for that one.  Times have changed around here though.  We didn't get nearly that many this year so we still have leftover candy.  Some things never change though and that's the costumes.  We always seem to have a Roger Rabbit and I'm wondering if these kids even know who he is!  Maybe it's passsed down or something.  Of course we always get the princesses, fairies, butterflies, zombies, etc. but this year my favorite was the swamp thing.  Man, it was good but a little difficult to wear.  I'm surprised he didn't lose it along the way.  And the rain held off fairly well, at least the kids didn't seem to mind.

Leaves

So, what can I say about leaves?  At this time of year  -  a lot!  The last couple of weekends going to the cabin I've noticed the change in the leaves.  This past weekend was spectacular!  What struck me as odd was that one side of the road was more colorful than the other.  Coincidence or fact of nature and the weather?  With the changing of the leaves comes the falling of the leaves.  This year I will not be able to use the leaf blower/vacuum which I am disappointed about.  It was relaxing for me to go outside and just suck up the leaves  -  a good time to think.  I've decided I will rake instead and the hubby can suck up the leaves.  At the cabin he is putting the chopped up leaves by the new concrete steps to fill in a little.  At home he puts them in the garden for mulch, however, in the past he's gotten quite a few and they haven't been decomposing like he had wanted.  You see, he's even got the neighbor to put her leaves in the garden too.  In fact, later yesterday evening (it was getting dark) I heard the sound of the rake outside as she was gathering her leaves.  They have two big trees in their front yard and they get a ton of leaves.  Of course, I heard the girls over there in the yard, too, and I hope they were getting a good pile made to jump in first.  It wouldn't be fall without that rustle in the leaves.

First Snowfall of the Season

We had our first snow of the season at the cabin this past weekend.  We knew it was going to be cold and rainy with a chance of some snow but it came down pretty good there.  It was a wet snow but stuck to the ground and deck.  It was a beautiful site  -  too nice for a mere still picture so I got the camcorder out and took a movie of that snow falling.  I was hoping for a deer in the picture too but no such luck.   I was planning on staying until today but had nothing to keep me busy (hubby was sanding steps) so I headed home yesterday.  On my way out I saw the road between the ponds on Crystal Springs Road was becoming flooded with all the rain and snow.  That's what winter is like in that neck of the woods.  When the news says "in the higher elevations", it doesn't get much higher than us.  But with the leaves changing colors and the cool crisp air, it is certainly a lovely site.  I'm not sure if this snow constitutes a frost or not.  By the time I got up it was about 37 and possibly a tad lower.  I realize it can still snow in the 40's.  I'm wondering only because of having an Indian summer when the temperatures go up after we've had a frost.  It's kind of funny how this snow looked so pretty and in another month or so when we really get hit, we'll be cursing the stuff.  I guess it's all relative.

Morning Fix

I have been feeling a little off for awhile now and haven't been able to pin down the reason.  I'm more stressed than I have been, tightly wound, might be more how to describe it.  I was going over it in my mind today and came up with a few reasons for this.  A couple weeks ago when my daughter was home she asked how much coffee I had that morning  -  dah!!  For so long I've only had one cup in the morning and drank more water throughout the day.  Then about a month ago when I drove out to help with my grandson, I stopped and had that second cup to get me through the drive.  Once I started having that second cup there was no stopping me.  I'm sure it's not all that but combined with more sweets, less sleep with the new tv shows starting and being stuck inside canning, I'm feeling sluggish to say the least.  I haven't been exercising as regular as usual also, especially when I want to get started on the canning or travelling somewhere, but just having that second cup of coffee sets my whole game off.  I'm not even sure I need that extra caffeine when I'm driving somewhere, just sipping on the coffee might give me the right boost, so I decided I'll start having decaf and see what happens.  Maybe it'll be just the adjustment I need.

Time Saving Technology

I thought I better get this down now while I'm thinking about it.  I got my Whole Living magazine in the mail today and as I was leafing through it while we went out shopping, I found something quite interesting.  It was a survey asking which technology you thought was the most time saving.  The gps got 12%. online calendar got 9%, dishwasher/washing machine got 9% and smartphones got 70%.  Come on, people!!!  Maybe we've had dishwashers and washing machines so long now we've forgotten what it would be like without them.  I realize phones can be helpful but I'd rather find stuff the old-fashioned way than go back to washing dishes and doing laundry by hand any day.  I might be one of the few people who actually remembers using a wringer washer to do my clothes.  Before my mom got her new Maytag, we did our clothes in one and then hung them on the line to dry.   As I recall in the past when I bought a new washer, they even had models where you put your own water in (not automatically).  When we moved into our house we had a washer and dryer but the washer broke down soon after as it was a used one.  I borrowed my mother-in-law's wringer to do our clothes.  I had to fill the tub with water, let it agitate for awhile, put each piece of laundry through the wringer, drain the tub, fill with rinse water, let the clothes agitate for awhile to rinse, then put them through the wringer again.  As you can imagine it took a good part of the day to get a load of clothes done.  Do we really think that dishwashers and washing machines don't save us time?  Try it for a day and then let me know.

McKean's 150th Anniversary

Well, we made it home just in time to see the parade right outside our house.  This brought back many memories for me and I'm sure for the kids, too.  They used to have this parade every year and the kids would park their chairs on the lawn and wait for the candy to be thrown.  Then we would head up to the Parish Center for rides, food, and bingo.  They also had a big tent set up for gambling games.  That was how the fire dept made most of their money but we contributed more with the food, bingo and rides.  Allison and I, and maybe Les, were in the parade for Girl Scouts, as I recall.  I mentioned to my hubby that I didn't recognize anyone in the parade this time, probably because our kids are all graduated.  How things have changed over the years.  It was nice to have something for the new people in town so they could make their own memories just like we have.

Why Not On Facebook?

Every now and again I get the urge to do Facebook, especially when someone else befriends my hubby who has a page. Mind you, he got onto FB not really knowing what he was doing, doesn't understand what is going on and has threatened to stop it if he only knew how! I've told him to keep it because I use it to look at pictures of the kids, etc. and rarely post anything myself. Maybe I'm just a tad curious too and want to keep up to date with things. In fact, we just printed out some information from a cousin who did some genealogy work and posted it on FB. We appreciate that by the way. Now it isn't because I'm antisocial or anything like that but more, I've been there, done that sort of thing. I'm sure you're asking how as FB is new. Well, when we first got the computer, even before Windows, getting on the Internet was not like it is now. But we did have message boards through the Erie provider that we had and we all spent alot of time chatting with others. I even, at one point, had a camera and earphones attached to the computer so I could talk to my sister in CA for free! So it was basically the same but in a different format. Going way back I remember my mother on the CB radio at home and talking to all her good buddies. I think she wanted her handle to be Pocahontas but that was already taken. If she were alive today she probably would be on FB.