Impossible = I’m Possible (Cajun Joke), Sunday Selections, and Sunday Selfie

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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.

Grandma is back to being able to walk down the hall a bit, but it's getting harder and harder and she really doesn't want to do it.  I've offered to change the bed for her "hospital style" (with the person still in the bed, it can be done) when she says, "I don't want to get up!"  She refuses each time i offer, and gets up anyway, but i'm not sure how much longer she'll be able to do it.

Clothile done be tellin' Grand-mère Boudreaux, "I knows me how to change de bedsheet wit'out you havin' get out de bed if'n you need me to, since I knows you's feeling bad."

Boudreaux done overhear an' say, "Change de sheet wit' de person in de bed?  If'n dat don' be impossible, den nothin' be impossible!"

An' Clothile say, "It can be done, I done did it befo' I marry you when I be's de nurse assist at de hospital, an mais! don' you be tellin' me nothin' is impossible when you do nothin' all day long!"

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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files.  The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please.  Our friend River is hosting, and other participants often include Charlotte/Mother Owl, Andrew, and WiseWebWoman.  

This week saw almost no new pictures of interest, so i dipped into past photos.

Angel Quadpod SissyCat (The Charismatic Enigma SissyCat), watching through her favorite window.

Angel Dansig the Round teaching a foster kitten the fine art of drinking from a gravity waterer.

Feeding turtles with Becca and Mr. Cal.

One of our sunsets across from the house.

Tripod SissyCat, lounging on the front porch.

A "good fence."

Little Girl loved to carve pumpkins.

Coda dog with the red collar, her brother in blue.  They were such small tykes.

Angel Mikey.  For reference, my shoe size is US7.

Butterfly in Mr. BA's garden.

Riley, the pastor's dog, trained to do hospital and nursing home visits, joins us at prayer group.

Little Girl is always very creative, especially at Halloween.

A wrought iron gate hangs as an outdoor art piece at church.

Foster Kitten sitting on my iPad.

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This week, Cookie wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop with her, "I need my favorite toys with me" selfie.  

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Today is:

Bicycle Race Day -- anniversary of what is supposed to have been the first bicycle race ever, at the Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris, in 1868

Dia de Castilla-La Mancha -- Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Doha Document for Peace in Darfur Commemoration -- Sudan

Feast of the Visitation of Mary -- Christianity (Mary's visit of her cousin Elizabeth, chronicled in Luke 1:39-56)

Full Moon -- the second full moon of this month, called a "Blue Moon" by many, although it is not the 4th full moon of a quarter, the old definition of the term

Lord Buddha's Parinirvana -- Bhutan

"Make My Day" Day -- birth anniversary of Clint Eastwood

Mother's Day -- Algeria; Cameroon; Dominican Republic; France; French Antilles; Haiti; Madagascar; Mali; Mauritius; Morocco; Niger; Senegal; Sweden; Tunisia

National Macaroon Day

National Smile Day -- US (but it's okay to wear your best smile anywhere!)

Royal Brunei Malay Regiment Day / Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day -- Brunei

Save Your Hearing Day -- because once it is gone, you will regret it; on the anniversary of the concert by The Who which set a Guiness World Record for loudest rock concert in 1976

Speak in Complete Sentences Day -- be a good example!

St. Petronilla's Day (Patron of mountain travelers; against fever)

Take This Job and Shove It Day -- birth anniversary of Johnny Paycheck

Trinity Sunday -- Western Christians; related observance

     Procession of the Golden Chariot and the Battle of Lumecon -- Mons, Belgium (a horse-drawn coach carrying the relics of St. Waudry circles the town to commemorate the delivery of Mons from plague in 1349, and in the afternoon, the Fraternity of St. George reenact the Battle, with St. George defeating the dragon)

What You Think Upon Grows Day -- Stephanie West Allen wants you to remember the power of positive thinking

Whit Sunday / Pentecost / Trinity Sunday-- Orthodox Churches

World No Tobacco Day -- WHO 

World Parrot Day

Birthdays Today:

Jonathan Tucker, 1982

Colin Farrell, 1976

Phil Keoghan, 1967

Brooke Shields, 1965

Lea Thompson, 1961

Chris Elliot, 1960

Roma Maffia, 1958

Kyle Secor, 1958

Gregory Harrison, 1950

Tom Berenger, 1950

John Bonham, 1948

Sharon Gless, 1943

Joe Namath, 1943

Johnny Paycheck, 1941

Terry Waite, 1939

Peter Yarrow, 1938

Clint Eastwood, 1930

Patricia Roberts Harris, 1924

Prince Rainier of Monaco, 1923

Denholm Elliott, 1922

Don Ameche, 1908

Norman Vincent Peale, 1898

Fred Allen, 1894

Walt Whitman, 1819

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Survivor"(TV), 2000

"Seinfeld"(TV), 1990

"Beatlemania"(Musical), 1977

Today in History:

Rameses II (The Great) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, BC1279

A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000, 526

Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans, 1223

Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary, 1669

The Godiva procession through Coventry begins, 1678

The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions, 1759

In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains, 1813

In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, 1866

Dr James Moore of the UK wins the first recorded bicycle race, a 2k velocipede race at Parc de St Cloud, Paris, 1868

Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patents corn flakes, 1884

Arrival at Plymouth of Tawhiao, King of Maoris, to claim protection of Queen Victoria, 1884

Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1889

The Union of South Africa (predecessor of the Republic of South Africa) is created, 1910

The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles, 1927

A 7.1 magnitude Earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan, 1931

The Republic of South Africa is created, 1961

The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide  that buries the town of Yungay, Peru, 1970

In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30, 1971

The Muppet Movie, Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature length motion pictures, is released, 1979

The burning of Jaffna Library, Sri Lanka, is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century, 1981

Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead, 1985

Athena 98.4 FM, the first legal private radio station in Greece, starts broadcasting, 1987

Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat, 2005

Asteroid 1998 QE2, an asteroid measuring nearly 1.7 miles across, and its moon, pass within 3.6 million miles of the earth, 2013

The Danish government bans garments that cover the face, including the niqab and burqa, 2018

China's ruling Communist Party announces it will allow married couples to have three children, in effort to boost falling birthrates, 2021

Archaeologists announce the discovery of 100 cuneiform tablets in a Bronze Age city unearthed on the Tigris River, Iraq due to drought, 2022

The first open meeting of the NASA panel investigating unidentified flying objects highlights the stigma involved in reporting sightings and lack of high-quality data, 2023

After years of broods emerging in smaller areas at different times, trillions of periodical cicadas (Magicicada) emerge together in the US for the first time in 221 years, 2024

The Funny, The Serious, and The Odd, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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Getting to Thankful Day each week makes me smile, especially when so many good things have happened.

Some of them were even funny, like when Uncle J (my brother, my children's uncle) asked me to help him with a project last Saturday at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

He brought me down to the guest bedroom and said, "I washed the sheets after Bryn stayed here last and I thought I'd get you to help me make the bed since it's easier with two people."  That's when he noticed the sheets were gone and i told him i didn't realize he'd washed them already and they were now in the dryer after their second washing.

We're thankful for a sense of humor and clean sheets, and then he said, "Oh, this means we don't have to wash them after the next guest, right?" with a laugh.

I'm also thankful the bed wasn't hard for me to make by myself as he was busy elsewhere when the sheets were finally ready, as i'm accustomed to it.

Our church only has one service on Memorial Day weekend (too many people out of town to need three), so it means a later start time.  Mr. Cal was very thankful for a longer walk with me and Becca, and also thankful he got to see all his usual puppy friends plus a couple of new ones.

When i had arrived at Becca's house and got her up, i noticed one of her retainers was in her bed but the other was nowhere to be found.  We're all thankful Ms. A finally spotted it, and Mr. Cal didn't get it (he loves to chew her retainers and they are expensive to replace).

Ms. D has been having car trouble again, and we are both thankful it worked on Monday to get her to the grocery store and back.  Also, I'm thankful when she runs an errand out of the house while i am there cleaning as it lets me get more done while she's not looking (she's always saying, "Oh, you don't have to do that!" when i do more detailed work).

#1 Son came in Tuesday morning with a panicked look on his face and said, "Did we miss Red-Headed Alec's birthday?"

Checking the calendar, i was thankful to be able to say we had not, it wasn't until Friday.  I'm also thankful i remembered to contact him Friday.

My little Annie and i are thankful we got our walk in early Tuesday, as it's hot enough now you either walk early or you don't walk.

We're thankful it didn't rain while we were walking.  We've had plenty of rain this week, for which we are thankful, but we didn't want it during our walk.

Ms. G is battling a sinus infection, we're thankful she tested negative for everything contagious and is on medicine but i could still come to do the cleaning.  The first order of business, however, was a run to the regular grocery store.  She kept telling me she'd text me the list, then i laughed inwardly to myself when she made me wait while she wrote the text!  The list came through, and she added, "Call me when you are there so I can choose which flavor of the ice cream I want when you tell me what they have in stock."

I'm thankful for moments to laugh through the day, and Ms. G's micromanaging ways give me plenty of chances.

Wednesday morning, we were thankful my Sweetie was able to follow #1 Son to his friend's shop to drop off his car and bring him back to the house, then i was thankful since i use Lawrence now, GusGus was available for him to borrow to get to work.

Ms. SE's house has been getting harder and harder for us to deal with as the years have gone by.  I'm thankful when we were there Thursday, she was still home and we could talk about it and come to a new understanding.  The boys will now be folding all their own clothes, as they are old enough to become more responsible for this, and will pick up their things in the bathroom to clear it so it can be cleaned.  It was this or possibly having to not do her house any longer, and we don't want to do that, they are good friends.

#1 Son's car was ready Thursday and we're thankful he got a friend to drive him out to pick it up, getting there just before the shop closed, as he would be working all day Friday with no time to get it and they are closed over the weekend.

When we were doing our Mall-Mart shopping this week, i was thankful to run into one of the most cheerful workers i've ever met there.  An older man stocking the shelves and i had a fun conversation about what a good day it was, in spite of the weather.  I mentioned you can have a great day even if it's raining or a lousy one even if the sun is shining and he said, "Yep, you might as well enjoy whatever the weather is since you can't change it!"

He was quite refreshing and i'm going to look for him again next time i go.

Yesterday was one of the strangest days for traffic i've seen in this area.  There was none.  It was spooky.  Times when the freeways should have been stopped up were running fine, i got everywhere i needed to go with no having to wait at the same lights for several cycles, even the notorious afternoon traffic was almost nonexistent.  I was so thankful i was almost beside myself.

Then, wonder of wonders, our little Annie took a genuine, full blown nap.  Not a one hour lie down and then get up crying, when she started to wake after an hour i leaned back and closed my eyes and she went back to sleep for over an hour more, finally waking slowly and with a smile!  I was so thankful, and so was her mama, as she got to take an extra long shower.

The cat shelter is booming.  All those kittens which have been in foster care are now in cages and up for adoption and boy, howdy! are they getting adopted.  Friday evening was crazy busy with only two staff members there instead of four (one on vacation, one sick), Ms. M and i were thankful to pitch right in and get everything done we needed to do, plus a little extra.

Also, there were two more adoptions while we were there, emptying more cages so more of our fosters can come in.  We're thankful when things stay busy and cats are finding homes.

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Today is:

Anguilla Day -- Anguilla

Arrival Day -- Trinidad and Tobago

Dia de Canarias -- CN, Spain (Canary Island Day)

Dia de las Madres -- Nicaragua(Mother's Day)

Einherjar -- Asatru (Modern Norse Pagan) Calendar (a memorial for the war dead in Valhalla)

Feast Day of St. Joan of Arc (Patron of captives, martyrs, opposition of Church authorities, people ridiculed for their piety, prisoners, rape victims, soldiers, WACs, WAVES; France)

Heirloom Seed Day -- While i can't find the history of this one, it's a good one to celebrate, we need to raise awareness of and preserve heirloom seeds

Indian Arrival Day -- Trinidad and Tobago (anniversary of the 1845 arrival of the first Indian laborers to Trinidad)

Lod Massacre Remembrance Day -- Puerto Rico

Loomis Day -- because if we are going to honor Marconi, we should also honor the Washington, D.C., dentist Mahlon Loomis, who patented a wireless telegraphy system before Marconi was even born

My Bucket's Got a Hole In It Day -- this one may be listed on another day as well, since no two sites agree; mercy, just go get a new one already! or go get out your Hank Williams records

National Mint Julep Day

St. Walstan of Bawburgh's Day (Patron of agricultural workers, farmers and farm workers, field hands, husbandmen)

Water a Flower Day -- no sponsor or reason given for this day, except that the spring rains are slowing and you don't want your garden to wilt

World MS Day  

Anniversaries Today:

Henry VIII marries Jane Seymore, 1536

Birthdays Today:

Blake Bashoff, 1981

Trey Parker, 1972

Wynonna Judd, 1964

Tom Morello, 1964

Ted McGinley, 1958

Colm Meaney, 1953

Stephen Tobolowsky, 1951

Meredith MacRae, 1945

Gale Eugene Sayers, 1943

Michael J. Pollard, 1939

Keir Dullea, 1936

Clint Walker, 1927

Benny Goodman, 1909

Mel Blanc, 1908

Countee Cullen, 1903

Peter Carl Fabergé, 1846

Czar Peter the Great, 1672

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Paperback Writer"(Single release), 1966

"War Requiem"(Britten Op. 66), 1962

"Odisséia de uma raça / Odyssey of a Race"(Villa-Lobos Symphonic poem), 1954

"Prodana nevesta / The Bartered Bride"(Opera), 1866

Today in History:

Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem; the Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall, 70

19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal, 1431

In Florida, Hernando de Soto  lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold, 1539

Publication of La Gazette, the first French newspaper, 1631

The Pennsylvania Evening Post become the first daily paper in the US, 1783&

John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria, 1842

Westminster's Big Ben rang for the first time in London, 1859

Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time, 1868

New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public, 1879

The Treaty of London, 1913, ends the First Balkan War and Albania becomes an independent nation, 1913

In China protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing on Chinese sovereignty, 1925

A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes, 1948

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened, 1959

launch of Surveyor 1 the first US spacecraft to achieve landing on an extraterrestrial body, 1966

At the Ascot Park in Gardena, California, daredevil Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row, 1967

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators, 1989

272 days after the September 11 attacks, closing ceremonies are held for the clean up/recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site in New York City. The last remaining steel beam is removed and transported to the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island, 2002

In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel pledges to end all nuclear power within 12 years, 2011

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, reveals the latest Dragon space capsule; the craft is reusable and will allow astronauts to control re-entry and landing; the development suggests that full commercialization of the space industry will soon be a reality, 2014

The British Medical Journal publishes two new studies which show eating processed foods leads to an early death and ill health, 2019

The Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying the Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station, making SpaceX the first private company to launch astronauts into space, 2020

 Four hundred of the leading AI industry experts sign a letter warning “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” 2023