A mixed up family tree

family tree nuts

I’ve picked up an interest in genealogy over recent years. I’ve been tracking what I find on Geni.com as well as our own family Wiki site.

It’s interesting to track where you’ve come from.

Some interesting folks in our family tree include:

President James Madison, Jr
Wyatt Earp
Gen Edmund P Gaines – Gen. War Of 1812 and man who arrested Aaron Burr on charges of treason
Robert/Richard Gaines – who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence
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#B90X Day 1 notes

So I’ve begun my #B90X challenge – reading the Bible in 90 days.

I finished day 2 this morning. It’s actually going quite well — I think. I’m using the TNIV version to read with right now, and a copy of it without chapter and verse references, which makes the reading so much easier — more like a novel. The readings seem to take about 45 minutes so far.

So here are some of my notes, questions that came up in Day 1. I’ll try and post these on a regular basis, but I make no promises.
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Read the Bible in 90 Days #B90X

#b90x

So, I heard about a CRAZY idea while watching #thenines last week.

Someone has the audacity to think they can read through the entire Bible in 90 days! 90!

I have trouble reading through it in a year. (I even tried again this year and didn’t make it past January.)
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