A smashing Cake!

At the last scrapcamp, I accidentally reversed into someone else's car, placing a good ding in the front. In my defence, it was pitch black outside and whilst everyone else had parked in a line against the edge of the carpark, this particular car was parked sideways right behind everyone else and I just didn't see it when I hoped in my car to go out, but still, I did hit it.

Anyway, luckily for me, the owner took it all very well and despite my offering to pay for damage, simply said Oh $50 and a cake and we're square!

It was really a no-brainer as to what type of cake to make, so during the weekend workshop, I baked and iced this car cake, then once finished, proceeded to mash in the front as a little joke. Paula took photos and video as I put the final touches (the mashing and the icing) to the cake. The owner then arrived and was handed their cake, at which they laughed and took it all in good fun.

I have to add, ever since this event, I have reversed into a parking position at camp, so that should I need to go out again at night, I can easily see what is in front of me.

Totally addicted

To tracing past generations that is. Yesterday was a very cold wet day, so there was no better place to be than inside, sitting at the computer doing some more work on my ancestry files. My husband and I had been sent some information from a relative on his side, that contained a paternal line of his mother dating back to 1757. I entered it all into my files, then started digging. I got one hit after another, after another and before I knew it, I had tired fingers, sore eyes and history dating back to 1440, originating in Normandy, France. Can you believe it 1440! Now if only I could trace my family back that far (and that easily). Seems information from Barbados isn't as easy to get hold of as the info from UK.

More Branches to the tree

Researching family trees can sure suck up the time, but boy is it interesting. So far I can recommend www.myheritage.com as a great place to start. It's free to create your own family tree and you can then publish it online. From there it checks for matches to other published trees within it's site and so far has proven very useful. I have also used www.genealogy.com and www.rootsweb.ancestry.com . I have now traced a branch of my husbands family back to marriage in 1580, with some very interesting relations along the way.

Even if you don't want to trace your family back through the generations, consider preparing a tree of your immediate family to pass down to future generations.

My Aunt and I also visited a local LDS church, who were very welcoming to us and we were able to go onto their computers, check some data and order some microfiche which will hopefully provide more info to further our search. They have some pretty impressive records.

Feel free to post comments if you're tracing your family too.