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So I logged into my DNA accounts to see if there has been any updates (ancestry.com & 23&me) and found ancestry.com updated July of last year! I haven't been on these in quite sometime and when I seen this new update is got me excited. 23&me hasn't updated since 2021.

Ancestry.com results:
40% England & Northwestern Europe
25% Germanic Europe
15% Central & Eastern Europe
15% Scotland
3% Sweden
1% Norway
1% Ireland

23&me results:
80.8 North western European
38.3 French & German
27.6 British & Irish
7.7 Scandinavian
7.2 Broadly north western European
19.1 Eastern European
0.1 Unassigned

I thought this news from ancestry.com was interesting because last time I checked I didn't have any Scottish in me! It doesn't show from 23&me those results but everything can be different for each company testing your results. I've been thinking about trying a new one but I should do some more research. Later today I'm going over to visit with my parents and take my mom out to lunch and I wonder what they will think about this news. When we first took these tests years ago we found out we had Irish in us! Pretty much everything else from the tests were accurate but we had no idea about any Irish. Both my mom and dad have it, so it was a fun little surprise. And now this news about Scotland is neat. Have any of you tried these DNA tests and if you did -what did you think of your results? I plan on writing more about this subject again soon.

So February was a pretty quick month! I feel like mostly what I got accomplished was reading. I got a bit more done on that puzzle I started back in October. Also I've been going through books and other items I plan on trying to sell in a garage sale later this year. Whatever I don't sell I plan on just donating, since I feel like I just have a-lot of stuff I don't have an interest for anymore. Which isn't bad, I've always believed we accumulate too many material possessions in a lifetime and I would like to learn how to live with less. I haven't been doing much with my stamps, but I am done sorting all of them. Which is an accomplishment. Next step is writing down all the countries I have and how many from each country (an example is 1 page, 2 pages and so on) so when it comes to trading in the future I can focus on places I have little or no stamps from. Also I want to take pictures to share on FB for others to see to know what I have to trade.
When it comes to art I am back caught up with Promised Memories, which is a good feeling. I do want to start doing fan art soon in the month of March and I want to try to do a quick water color painting maybe once a week to get my skills back up.
I'd like to start trying bird watching again now that I feel like I may have more time. Write down what I see, I started a notebook a few years ago when I did it.
And mainly this past month I was still getting used to my thyroid medication and figuring out my depression and anxiety and now my body is getting adjusted to a new medication. But I've been feeling more hopeful about my mental health.
I'm trying to think of more updates with my hobbies and such, but my mind is drawing a blank. But that's okay - here's to March and trying to get back into more art. I feel like that is where my life has been lacking.
I hope you guys have all been doing well and taking care of yourselves. Life is too short.