I Should Have Taken French

Earlier this year, while my wife & I were shopping with my mother-in-law and the girls, we went to Elder Beerman nearby Kokomo.  There, my wife sampled various perfumes, and found one that she liked.  She gave me a copy of a marked card, telling me exactly what type of perfume it was.  Being the good husband, I dutifully placed the card in my wallet, sure that I would have the perfect birthday present in a few months.

Fast forward to today, one day before her birthday, when I (as always) had procrastinated and not purchased her birthday present.  Early morning I headed out to our Elder Beerman in Marion, sure that it would be a quick in and out.  I was wrong.

The perfume that she wanted was called Le Bateleur made by Dolce & Gabanna.  I went to the counter and was unable to find the perfume.  Asking the clerk if they carried that particular type, I was disappointed to learn that they did not.  

Normally, panic mode would have sat in, but I knew that latter in the day we might be heading to Kokomo, which has a bigger Elder Beerman, so there was a chance I could still redeem myself.  Though I was not thrilled with the prospect of buying her present while she was there, at least I wouldn't be empty handed.

As today progressed, my mother-in-law wanted to buy my wife some shoes and make-up from Elder Beerman, so I returned for the second time in one day to the store.  It was not a good shopping day, as the store didn't have the type of Clinique that my wife needed either.  After a few phone calls, the store clerk managed to find out that the Anderson store had a supply of the make up and we headed back on down the highway.

At the Anderson store, I panicked again as I couldn't find the Le Bateleur anywhere.  I finally asked the clerk, in front of my wife, if they carried this type - as all I could find was Dolce & Gabana's Light Blue. 

The clerk tells me that Le Bateleur means "light blue" in French, so I bought the perfume.  Perhaps I have "sucker" written on my face. Of course, all of these perfumes are named in French, and I took German in high school and college. Anyway, my wife did like the perfume, so she seems happy.  However, I once again fell victim to a sales clerk, because if I would have checked it out I would have known that it didn't mean 'light blue'.  My French-speaking ancestors would have been horrified at my performance today.


BTW, I did look it up - seems that Le Bateleur means 'the magician' - Wikipedia has a nice write up about the Tarot card named after this phrase.

Family Milestones: July 5th

My paternal 7th-great grandmother, Anna Maria HERBACH, was born on this date in 1705 in Otterberg, Bayern.  Anna was the daughter of Johann Peter and Anna Maria (________) HERBACH.  Anna married Hans Heinrich CHERDRON on April 22, 1727 in Otterberg, Bayern.  Hans was the son of Abraham and Anne Margueritte (VIELLARD) CHERDRON.  They had at least one daughter.  Both died after 1771 in York County, Pennsylvania.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My paternal 4th-great granduncle, Daniel PHILBRICK, was born on this date in 1793.  Daniel was the son of John and Sally (JEWETT) PHILBRICK, and the older brother of my Joel PHILBRICK.  Daniel died November 14, 1842.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My maternal 3rd-great granduncle, George G. LAMBERTSON, was born on  this date in 1831 in Warren County, New Jersey.  George was the son of John and Sarah A. (WILLSON) LAMBERTSON, and the older brother of my Carey W. LAMBERTSON.  George married September 4, 1851 in Butler County, Ohio to Harriet JONES.  Harriet was born circa 1834 in Ohio.  They had 2 children.  Harriet died between 1900 and 1910 in Butler County, Ohio.  Nothing further is known at this time.

Footnote.com Frustrations

Decided to do some quick genealogy research this morning, before heading outside to work in the garage.  Checked out Footnote.com's Civil War Collection, and made a couple of quick finds on the pension index cards that I wanted to download, but no such luck.

Is it just me, or is their system overloaded due to the holiday weekend traffic?  Probably the latter, but still it is frustrating.  I guess I'm just too impatient!  I want it now, you know?

Just sent out a tweet to see if the problem is just my computer.  Misery loves company.