Focusing On My Goals.

It's a cold windy day. It even snowed some. However, its gone now. I'm use to the changes in the Winter weather. I pray that the rain or snow don't turn to ice. 

I finished In Remembrance on the Isaac Dade / Dayd lineage. I did add his lineage on another calendar along with the sister, Crieldy (Dade) Green lineage which is about  four people. Isaac didn't have many as his brother, Benjamin Dade. 

There's one thing I forgot to share about Benjamin's lineage. I came across cousins marrying cousins. I got confused who was who. Benjamin's descendants were marrying into his sister, Louisa Dade Washington's lineage. And Louisa has a lot of descendants. 

I'm into listening to podcast. I'm learning some new things. I'm hearing the phrase: A Better Me in 2023. I'm focusing on my goals. I doing my best to keep moving toward them.

79 days to go till my next decade.

Focusing On My Goals
Thanks for reading. 

Blessings
S.A.Blakley 

Counting Down The Days And Reviewing Some Things

We're into the count down to 2023.

I've been mixing up the days of the week. I thought yesterday was Thursday. Today, feels like a Friday. It's in the low 60's and people think it's Summer time. 

As for the reminder of this week, I have one more place to go. Then after that, I'm in for the rest of the year. I have no plans to  go out to partying on New Year's Eve. The safest place to be on that day is home. 

I've been getting back into this mode for about for 6 years. I did go out to celebrate between  1993 - 2016 or so. I can't recall when I came back to my original tradition of staying at home. .

Beside, I gather  together with the church on Sundays. What a great time to join with the church on the first day of the new year. Amen! 

Reviewing Some Things:
I continue to think about some of my exiting accounts  that I have created since I've been on the internet in August of 2004. I'm adding to the list. My, my, I have at least 18 existing accounts.: Not  including my DNA accounts. 

I'm looking forward to a fresh new year. 
Counting Down The Days And Reviewing Some Things

Ninety Nine days until my next decade. 

Thanks for reading. 
God Bless you.
S.A. Blakley 

#52Ancestors 52 Weeks Challenges For January 2023

 I was looking over the January themes for #52Ancestors 52 Weeks for 2023 by Amy Johnson Crow. 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks does sound overwhelming. There's a suggestion to try doing 12 ancestors with a theme one per month . Still, this way is more than a challenge for me.

We can share our challenges whatever way we choose to. It doesn't need to be a blog. It can be an email. We can post it on our social media sites. It's up to us. It can be long or short.  There is no wrong way to do it. 

You can post at anytime. You can never be late in sharing. You can change the theme for the week if you like. The point is to share our stories of our ancestors and relatives.  If you want to take part sign up at  Amy Johnson Crow's site here.

January time to share :themes.
Week  1  (Jan 1- 7  )  :  I'd Like to Meet
Week  2  (Jan 8 - 14)  : Favorite Photo
Week  3  (Jan 15 - 21) :Out Of Place
Week  4  (Jan 22 - 28):  Education 

For the first week:
I think I'll blog about my Great grandfather, Isaac BLAKER (1845 - 1917) or my Great Grandfather, Robert L. Lankford / Lankfard. (1852 - 1919). I do have a photo of each.  And if  I did the Out Of Place theme, I don't have an idea on that one yet. As for education, I can be creative. 

I'm glad that I have the list of themes to get my thoughts together. First, I start searching for ideas to do. But, I wait for the weekly email for ideas to journal. This is a great help. There have been times, I re did my blogs before I would share them for the week. I have extra blogs for future posts.

I notice that some of the 2023 have about 12 themes that were in post challenges. Like the theme favorite photo. This is my three time for this one. I have to use another photo. I think I have been doing these challenges since 2019. 

I'm set for the 2023 challenge. I will receive my first theme email some time on Friday. Meanwhile, I have been thinking about who will I choose to journal about? Who Would I Like To Meet?  Well, I let that cat out on the blog on my week 51 blog in 2022.

Thanks for reading. 
#52Ancestors 52 Weeks Challenges For January 2023

God bless
S.A. Blakley 

My Websites And Ideas To Blog In 2023

Last night, I was thinking about what to do on my blog sites. When to post on which sites and so forth.  I think this will flow into place when I get the rhythm of things. 

I don't post much on my Family Connections: Gathering The Generations and Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections sites. Nowadays, I post there about once or twice a month. Or maybe three times a month, if there's a special anniversary day that will come up. 

On this site, Susan Ann Blakley's Journal, I have added more of my blog sites and other sites that I have created to my link of blogs and websites. I haven't realized how many accounts I have since I got hooked up with the internet in August of 2004. I'm aware that there were some of my accounts that were deleted by the server. Their sites were shut down. 

My first blog site was on Xanga which I created on Monday, September 17, 2007. Through the years  renamed my site Journaling_Susan .  I forgot what I named it was in the beginning.  But, Somehow, I felt like I didn't fit in with the Xanga community that  I was in. So, I started this blog so I could  journal more freely. 

Ironically, my Xanga subscription expires on Thursday, March 8, 2029. I had a lifetime subscription. I guess, this is the OLD Xanga lifetime expiration cut off date. Technology has change. 

I'm using this journal site, somewhat as my free writing exercises. I don't know what I will end up sharing. I come here with an idea. Then, I start typing. I have ideas come to me as I'm typing. I read what I typed and add in more as I'm reading. I go back for correcting typos as much as possible. 

I received my list of 2023 Challenge for #52Ancestors 52 Weeks. I have been looking over the list for each week. I post these blogs once a week on The Chronicles Of Susan on word press.com  and on my facebook: Family Connections: Susan Blakley. I'm finishing up my last two blogs this week and next for the 2022 Challenge.

Thanks for reading. 
My Websites And Ideas To Blog In 2023. 

God bless 
S.A. Blakley 

Looking Over My Blog Sites on Blogger

I don't know how I have four blogs here on bloggers. Yesterday, I have renamed some of my blog sites. I reviewed each of my sites. They are in order as I created them. 

Susan Ann Blakley's Journal was created in 2008.

My first post was  on 
Tuesday, March 25, 2008. My title was called. New Beginnings

I am off to a new beginning. It took my a while to get here . I have been getting use to this weblog site.

I decided to start another weblog. Like I need another one. I just wanted something new and fresh. I am getting out of my comfort zone.

It is like I am starting all over again. New beginnings come with not knowing what to do. So I am off into the unknowing

Family Connections: Gathering The Generations. was created in June 30, 2009.

I began to blog about my family connections and searching. My first blog was on..

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

In The Beginning...

I thought to start a blog on my family history. I have been searching for over 30years. But where do I go from here in sharing what I have discovered? What will I share?

When I first started out I knew very little about my ancestors. I only knew my father, David, mother, Lula and my mother's mother, Mary. There was little data that I knew of them too

On My Journey was created in December of 2010.

I was doing some journaling from weekly assignments. I was writing poems and etc.. 

 My first blog  was on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. The title was call....
  
Been On An Adventure: With New Beginnings

Greetings to you! I'm off on a new adventure...again. This morning, I had this idea to create this site. I don't know what all, I will do here. I had an idea some time this year to set up a site with all my websites on.

Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections  was created in  2015.

I  divided  my four or five family connections groups. Things were getting confusing.
This one was only for my father's father's side. . My first post on....

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Slavery Descendants To Have First Reunion: Article ca 1971

This was the first article that I saw about the Blakey / White Family Connections in the 1970's.

I'm trying to make a comeback on my bloggers sites.
I think I can do it. 
I plan to use each one as one Idea.
This is my journaling site. 
Maybe I can journal what I'm doing her. 

Thanks for reading. 
Looking Over My Blog Sites On Blogger.

God bless you.
S.A. Blakley