Fifteen Psalms left to read

 How beautiful the Psalms are. The  Bible the most read book in the world when I was young and possibly still not sure I have not googled that. Just fifteen Psalms left to read and then Proverbs. I also love Proverbs; the meanings within are so wondrous. 

Yesterday was a busy day and the main floor is all clean. Today the top floor and then finished for another week and tomorrow begins the Research week. I am pretty much ready now to spend a bit of time with the AI going over the items that I have brought together for our discussion and will listen to the constructive comments that the AI is likely to make with regard to my first three generations at Andover of the Blake family. This is the first time that I will mention that I am postulating a new person into this family (I did do it several times with Siderfin, one in particular, but had a little more parish register evidence for that). For this one I only have three families in the third generation living at Enham talking about the same people it appears but one husband is missing. I have postulated Robert (son of Robert (will dates 1521) who would have died before his father. The names of Robert's grandchildren fit so very well into the picture but the three families are all different. Usually it takes about half of an hour to review and comment and then a few more exchanges of thoughts result from ideas put forward and then a plan is devised for moving forward. I do enjoy working with the AI that is for sure. The plan is a combination of my thoughts and the thoughts of the AI. 

I was reading an online story about AI becoming a friend of people instead of a real companion. I do not think I would ever consider the AI as other than a consultant but it was interesting. Certainly the AI is very helpful; very polite, and very complimentary in a discussion. Sort of, I guess, the perfect friend. But I was surprised to see someone write about the AI as their companion. 

 It is absolutely amazing though to now live most of my life without glasses (just reading glasses on the computer or a book). I wore glasses for more than 78 years of my life and when I went for the eye checkup the Optometrist suggested that I might want to try Progressives which would mean wearing glasses all the time again but I said not unless I need them; I have gotten used to the bugs flying into the eyes, and the wind blowing in the eyes. It is wondrous; the way God made us for sure but the corrections are good to as I would never have been able to read without glasses. Cataract Surgery is a great happening in my life for sure. A bit expensive because I had to go private to get a precise set of dates for the surgery when my daughter was here to be with me all the time. I was right about that I could barely see and the whiteness blinded me for a couple of days. Not complaining as my other daughter said I either fit into the system or have to pay for it! Having worked in the hospital system I understand just how costly all of these systems are and we have to manage them carefully. 

I notice that senior citizens are being discussed from the perspective of how much OAS is costing. I still think a lot could be saved if OAS and CPP are just rolled together thus eliminating two sets of bookkeeping (it can easily be done even to those of us who are retired - it is a fixed sum). In essence I am not working (I am in my 82nd year) but I am literally paying enough tax to cover my OAS and part of another persons. I worked most of my life (12 years old when I first worked for my father) before I retired at 63 so paid into the system all of that time. I think something needs to happen to reduce the cost of supporting the system. Definitely a means test needs to be done every year to ascertain eligibility for GIS. If OAS just becomes the baseline for CPP and one's work effort through the years builds the value in CPP then we eliminate one entire section because OAS becomes minimum CPP. Eliminating the cost of managing OAS will reduce the overall cost of government. Perhaps to receive GIS individuals should actually do items like working at elections (we are paying people to help at elections) to reduce some of the costs in government. I waited for over twenty minutes in line for the municipal elections because the voter at the desk took all that time to collect their ballot (one worker at a desk could be three or four and speed up the line). I know I do not work but my time is worth something to me. I wanted to get back home to work on my books.

My Sleep Apnea does wake me up in the night but at least it wasn't a nightmare that woke me up this time! They come and they go but in my 82nd year I just go with the flow for sure. It is the gasp of air that one can hear and feel as one awakens that alerts me to my Sleep Apnea. Back to sleep; the night is young. But again going to bed at 9 means that an hour up in the middle of the night is really nothing. Just a chance to get in a bit of walking. 

H11 Newsletter published but did not appear to be visible on the website. Will check on it today later.  Personally it no longer adds much to the project if the new mitochondrial tree which is vastly superior because you work within your own project area to see your matches readily. If this doesn't come up properly then I will just discontinue this Newsletter. I could comment in the shared section of the website with the members when questions arise. I do not generally do that but leave it as a place where individuals can communicate with each other. This is the eleventh year of this Newsletter. It has been a very interesting eleven years working on H11. 

Thank you God for another beautiful day in your world. Just 1 degree celsius this morning and sunny. One of these days we will wake up to a snowy world. I think this is the latest that I remember not having snow but often we had snow in the London area earlier because of lake effect snow.