I think I'm related to the president(s).

Now, way back when, my Grandpa Chipman all but figured out that we had an ancestor on the Mayflower. I got a little off track at work today and found this posting on a surname website. I figured out that if all this is, in fact, true, that John Howland is the ancestor in question. Click his name and go down to "Notable Descendants."

I can't get my head around this today. I called my mom and she said the only piece of info we're missing has to do with my great-great-great grandparents and apparently can be found at the Mecosta County courthouse. We're going to take a day off work sometime and go up there. I thought the Mayflower thing was a big enough deal, but all those presidents? And Robert E. Lee? And Alec Baldwin???? Yowza.

Yet more shameless self-indulgence...

...though cut me some slack, it was decreed by Diane.

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Wendy's bun toaster/dishwasher/put-bacon-in-the-oven-er/Salad Bar guru/Queen of the Pick-Up window
2. YMCA lifeguard/puke cleaner-upper/pH tester/fodder for lecherous old hot tub-lounging men
3. Head Lifeguard/grass mower/fornication patrol for a county park
4. Therapist/world-saver/backstage manager for Jerry Springer-like existence

B) Four movies I would watch over and over (or have watched over and over):
1. Office Space (I own a red stapler...and so does Josh)
2. Best In Show (GENIUS)
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Traverse City, MI
2. Saginaw, MI (Marie, did you live there when I was in 2nd grade? Ha.)
3. Holt, MI
4. Kalamazoo, MI

D) Four TV shows that I watch:
1. 30 Rock
2. 30 Rock
3. SNL
4. The O'Reilly Factor

E) Four places I have been:
1. San Francisco
2. Amarillo, TX (home of the Cadillac Ranch and Ricky's Towing)
3. Portsmouth, NH
4. Berea, KY (damn beautiful town)

F) Four people who email [or call] me regularly:
1. Yosh (like that wasn't obvious)
2. My mother
3. My mother-in-law
4. Kimmy
(Honestly, people, it's all about texting and the internet)

G) Four of my favorite foods:
1. Frosted Mini-Wheats
2. Strawberry Edy's Fruit Bars
3. Broccoli
4. Cosmopolitans (YES, they're food!)

H) Four places I would like to be right now:
1. Target (buying new bikes)
2. A salvage yard (searching for that Mazda3 of my dreams)
3. Swimming 1000 SKIPS in a 25-yard-pool
4. Biking the White Pine Trail (see #1)

I) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Going to Miami ("welcome to Miami" - Will Smith)
2. Going to EUROPE!
3. Paying off some STUFF
4. Retiring Patsy for a newer car (that is not rapidly approaching 200K miles)

J) Four people who should/will [respond] post FOUR THINGS ABOUT THEM:
1. Melissa (who, I think, will second that emotion in regards to Amarillo, TX)
2. Anne (who works for Speculum Wealth)
3. Trace (preferably in Afrikaans)
4. Rudi (preferably in Hungarian)