When I lived in California, we had 7/11 convenience stores. I haven’t seen one for years because I’ve been living “in the East.” Seven-Eleven came to mind because I started searching (again) at seven this morning and I’m almost ready to go to bed at eleven. (There’s never a stopping point.)

Relegate “the old lady” to a corner and put a dunce cap on her head. A dear friend sent information about Donald Eugene Brubaker. I’ve spent many hours searching for details but I suspect my dear friend spent less than an hour. Considering her success, I did a Google search for Donald Eugene Brubaker and located possible valuable information. (Duh, it never occurred to me to search for someone on Google when I can search for them on Ancestry.)

On 8 Apr 2020, I published a blog message about Donald Brubaker. The story appeared in the April 2020 issue of Mennonite Family History. Periodically I do a search in anticipation that another “hint” may have been added to Ancestry.com information. I’ve failed to find even the tiniest scrap of data. Two days ago, Ancestry advised me they were giving me a “free” ten-day subscription to (their) Newspapers database. Almost immediately I started searching… but nothing found. Second best course of action: Search for information regarding men named Donald Brubaker born about 1919 because “cross-reference” might be productive. Two full days devoted to this project and I still lack supporting information for Donald Brubaker. Above is a list of the men named “Donald” whom I searched for. I looked at the individual, his parents, his spouse (if married). I searched the siblings, too. It is as much a mystery today as it was in August 2019. ~~ At four o’clock on a Friday afternoon, I am “REKABURB crazy”!!  ~~~ FYI: Initially, I was searching “Donald Eugene Brubaker.” Then simply “Donald Brubaker.” It required numerous searches to find the middle name and, thus, discard that man. (After this “break,” I’m going to resume the search.)

“The old lady”  has a new routine. For the first time in her life, she is watching Morning Joe. In the past couple of weeks, the TV has been tuned to MSNBC. “Never, never, never…”  has been replaced with “tell me more because I want to be fully informed.”

I chose to believe I have more projects to accomplish before “pushing up daisies.”

This is my “journal” and time to confess (to my journal) that “this old lady”  is very depressed. I’m taking “baby steps” toward a healthier mental attitude. The “Easter Bonnet” came out of storage and “Lord Botetourt” embraced. Time to take a walk around the RV Park (exercise) and perhaps put a smile on the face of other residents. The “Easter Bonnet” was fashioned when I was a greeter at Walmart in Englewood, Ohio (2004-2006). While living in Livingston, Texas (2013-2019), I would walk with a friend and her dog but I don’t have a dog that needs walking!  “Lord Botetourt” to the rescue?

It’s a way for “the old lady”  to express herself without using the perpendicular pronoun.

While doing a Google  search for clipart…

Truthfully, there are more… because some are tucked away in another folder.