Gettysburg '09 Itinerary

Dan sent me the itinerary of our summer trip! This is the last entry for '08. We are almost in the year of our trip. Six months and a few days.
We'll have a good combination of standard activities with many new things to do, too. A good mix.
With my new responsibilities with the AP classes, I was unable to reach my goal of reading 52 books this year. Only 38. My reading time has been cut drastically. That means many of my CW books on my shelf are going unread for the time being. I have numerous titles to catch up on. I still am unfinished with a book I started last summer! (General Lee's Army) It's a great read. Looking forward to finishing it in the coming weeks (months?).
My time is also consumed with more writing this year. In addition to all the new stuff I'm doing with the AP's, I'm trying to write more, vis., this blog and journaling. Other activities as exercising, cooking, etc., are also time consuming.
It seems that there is not enough time anymore. As a 51 year old my time has become more and more filled with day-to-day regimen. I used to have the perception of lots of time...even being bored sometimes. Ha, that's a joke now.
Anyway, I wanted this blog to concern itself with CW material only. I've gone off and journaled a bit. I guess I'm waxing poetic because of New Year's Eve. Oh well, Happy New Year and a good year ahead is anticipated by this writer!

New CW Books!

I bought two books at Booked-Up today (Larry McMurtry's bookstore in Archer City).
They are :
In War Time by J.G. Whittier, published in 1864 in Boston-a collection of poems and inscribed "...from you Pa, A New Year's Token, Jan. 1.1864."
And The Blue and the Gray Or War is Hell revised by C. Morley from an old script by Judson Kilpatrick and J. Owen Moore, 1st ed., published in 1930-a play.
I'm excited to obtain these two antiquated books. They were worth the effort to procure them (and the money paid). These are two different kinds of books for my CW library that will add to its variety.

Tennessee Veterans Civil War Questionnaires

I finally got the Ten. Vets. Questionnaire books. The set has 5 books and I only have 3 but that's a start.
I started this journey last July by ordering them through Amazon. I then went through several delays and postponements. Finally, they canceled the order...just like that. "Oh well, I guess we can't do it" after wasting several months of my time.
By a flash of inspiration, I called the publishers. They had 3 of the volumes. I'm such an idiot. I should have attempted this a lot sooner and would have saved myself my grief.
I got them last week and waited for the family Xmas to open them. They were $50 each which was a bit more than their price online and at Amazon's. I now have the other 2 volumes to look for to complete the set.
I have many hours to enjoy perusing them. A good buy, those.
I'm still very busy and don't have much time to blog lately. I'm almost through with the Lee's Army book. It's very good, and I will comment on it later. I can't believe how much teaching AP classes has changed my life. Now there's very little time for pleasure reading. Life's too short to not include CW literature frequently.
Dan will email me the first itinerary of our summer '09 trip soon. Looking forward to that. I'm not sure how many days that is from now...Dan would know. One thing's for sure, it will be here before you know it!