As the saying goes, life has its ups and downs. This week my daughter tested positive for Covid. She’s doing okay, mostly just congested. She had one day she felt terrible, with a horrendous headache, but that was the second day of symptoms and has eased off considerably. Now my husband and I are waiting to see if we get it from her.
So that’s the down.
The up is that the genealogy book I am working on is nearing completion! Remember how I had thought I would need to cut a whole lot of pages to fit it into an affordable price range? The text of this book was clocking in at a whopping 290 pages, while the earlier book I did was only 180. Therefore, I spent a few days trying to cut it down, despairing of ever getting close.
Then I had a bright idea. I decided to look at the final PDF of the first book, to see what the final page count was after I added all the photos, trees, and title pages. I almost fainted, because it was 500 pages! I immediately knew that even with all the inserts added to the 290 pages of text, this book would not be 500 pages. Which meant I did not have to try to cut any text out!
What a relief!
I will finish compiling the PDF tomorrow, then I need to upload that to the printer so I can get a cover template for the book. The final large project will be designing the cover once I have the template. I already know what I would like to do for the cover, so it will just be a matter of getting it done. Then I can send it off to be printed!
Almost there.
How’s your January going?
Kerry, So sorry to hear that Covid has found your family. I wish Katie a speedy, easy recovery and I hope that you and Jeffrey manage to remain unaffected. Fortunately this wave of virus seems to be a bit milder especially for those who’ve received vaccines. Very thankful for vaccines.
Congratulations on nearing the end of your current genealogy book. I hope the rest of your relatives are as grateful as I am for the huge contribution you are making to preserving the family history.