“Short hair” is the preference of this blogger.

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Thoughtful gifts from dear friends. “Dear friends”  (très cher) who read my blog and respond with a unique sleeping bag “to cover the goose-down sleeping bag”  and a hot-water bottle “under the goose-down sleeping bag,” and candy for comfort.

This old lady (eighty-six years longevity) drove the KIA less than one-hundred miles in 2020. I was afraid to catch the Coronavirus so I rarely left home. Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott rescinded enforcement of the mask mandate.  OMG, that makes me “scared“ for 2021!!  I have even less desire to leave the RV Park. I ride my three-wheeler and visit with neighbors and that’s not a problem for me.

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Postscript @ 4:30 PM: The following message (excerpt) from Los Angeles County was very comforting.

Report from LACERA’s Investment Office

Lie a little, lie a lot. (?)

I’m asked “How are you?”  and I answer “Too blessed to be stressed.”  Could it be that I am “Too stressed to be blessed?”

How are you?? I’m sending a virtual hug; can you feel it?

A book by Dr. Charles Stanley, decades-long pastor of First Baptist Church, Atlanta. Georgia: Can You Still Trust God?

Last night, on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), between 10:00 and 11:00, I watched an inspirational interview with Dr. Charles Stanley. I hoped to add a link to this message so the reader can watch the interview. The link is not available yet. Here is the link to Trinity Broadcasting Network and you may be able to click… and view… in a day or two.

Recommended viewing. The interview was preceded by The Chosen and that, too, is recommended viewing.

The project was started in November and abandoned after several weeks. I ran into some negative information and did not want to give “a negative gift” at the positive time of year, at the birthday of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. After the first of the year, I confessed to the withdrawal of the gift. “That’s OK…, I want it anyway.”  The research continued and was ready to print. A family member looked at the information (in my Ancestry.com database) and delivered the bad news “the father is wrong.”  For two days, I have worked to correct my error and believe it is accurate. The image is only a fraction of the eight-hundred-thirty-two individuals in the database and several hundred (several thousand) sources. Gratefully, the “negative stuff” isn’t in this tree. ~~ I’m going to walk away from Ancestry.com for a few days (or a couple of weeks) so other projects can enjoy my time and attention. I’m sick and need to work on my health.

Here is a copy of the brief message I published on Ancestry.com.

With thirty-five years of genealogy research behind me and years of experience on Ancestry.com, I documented the TINER family for a friend. I believed I had everything 100% accurate and was prepared to print the information. A family member indicated I had the wrong father. How could that be? I had been extremely careful about names, dates, and sources.

There are two men named Garland E. Tiner. One simply with the middle initial “E” and the other with the middle name “Edgar.” Both men were living in Texas. This researcher began to attribute all the records to one man named Garland Edgar Tiner.

Garland Edgar Tiner was born 2 Mar 1923 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA. He died 25 Dec 1997 in Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA. His father was Garland E. Tiner, born 18 Dec 1900 in Arkansas, USA, and died 5 Oct 1922 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA.

Garland E. Tiner was born 3 Apr 1923 in Lipan, Hood County, Texas, USA, and died 13 Oct 2000 in Tarrant County, Texas, USA.

This brief explanation may prevent another individual from making the same mistake while “climbing the family tree.”

I hope, and pray, I’ve corrected all the errors. Perhaps I’ll be able to sleep? My mind hasn’t been able to stop processing the dynamics. I’m so tired; I only got about three hours of sleep.

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Postscript: 1:15 PM and I haven’t gotten a wink of sleep. My mind is “very busy.” Now we have one-hundred-fifty individuals with the Tiner/Tyner surname and almost eight-hundred people total in the database.

In my mind, I’m playing the tragedy over and over. I’m “Lioness Forrester”  agonizing over the accident.

Recently, a friend complimented me saying I’m “good with words.” The recent auto accident by a famous golf celebrity prompted me to make some comparisons. (I won’t use the name because I don’t want this message circulated on the “worldwide web” because “Goodle” [sic] trawled my information. Know what I mean?)

I’m not bragging: I’m really very skilled at “climbing the family tree.” (A friend said I should write a book about navigating Ancestry. My reply: “I’m too busy ‘climbing the tree’  to write a ‘how to’  book.”)

Driving too fast? ———— Too many hours staring at a computer screen?

Texting while driving? —- Not focused on what I was doing?

The brakes failed?———“Too many hours” staring at a computer screen?

Time to retire? ————– Time to retire?

Question: Can we blame Covid-19?  🙂

Answer: Find a cave and hide from the few friends and acquaintances in my small circle. To my knowledge, I have never made a 200% error. I always strive for 200% accuracy!! I spent days climbing that tree (for a friend). I believe every individual is correct and the sources are accurate. It was the wrong tree!!!! I’m physically sick!! When the error was brought to my attention, I believed I’d find the two men named Garland Edgar Tiner Sr. are cousins. Several hours of searching, and documentation, and I haven’t found the slightest family connection. It is difficult for me to understand two men with the same name, living in Arkansas, and Texas, and not related. ~~~ “The old gray mare she ain’t what she used  to be, ain’t what she used to be, ain’t what she used to be, many long years ago, many long years ago.”