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Your first thankful is i am not going to sing the song referenced in the title of the Thankful Day post today!
If all has gone well, we got on the road early this morning.
Before that, there's a thankful list.
Last Saturday, i went to NOLA safely, Grandpa and i did the shopping, and i got the cleaning done, including the extra bedding, i'm always thankful to have time there..
Mr. Cal was so thankful for his walk on Sunday morning he was jumping like a puppy and i could barely wrestle his sweater and leash onto him.
After church, i was thankful to clean at Ms. D's house, then Annie and i went back for a visit. Annie was thankful Ms. D keeps bubbles.
Monday, i was thankful to get back to NOLA again, Uncle J and i have finally gone through all of Grandma's stuff besides what is packed in boxes which are stored. Not everything has gone where it will inevitably go, but it is sorted and anything important has been set aside or taken where it needs to be or given to the right person.
Our Tuesday was as usual, thankfully, Annie and i had a good time, then the whole family walked down for one last visit with Ms. Diana. She was very thankful to get to see and hug everyone before they leave.
Because of our extra busy week and weekend, i was thankful Ms. G was understanding about my skipping her Wednesday. Instead, my Sweetie and i were thankful to get Ms. SE's house and Ms. GA's house done in almost record time (a relief, since last time at Ms. SE's was a nightmare).
That evening, i was thankful for the refreshment which was Bible study. I promised several people i would let them know when we arrive in Arkansas and when i get back.
Because the plan is for me to be gone Saturday, my Sweetie and i went to NOLA Thursday to clean. We were thankful to make it there and back safely, get everything done, and we got back early.
#2 Son was very thankful we got back early as he thought he'd detected a possible problem with the camper. I was thankful to take over a good portion of the child wrangling all afternoon and evening while he put in a call to Uncle Junior.
Uncle Junior is an uncle by marriage of Daughter-in-Law, and he's the one who told #2 Son to buy this camper because of the extremely great engine it has in it (best ever built for personal, nonmilitary or nonindustrial use). He has rebuilt 3 of them in his lifetime of building everything and is one of #2 Son's heroes. Thankfully, he came, looked, listened, took a drive in the camper with #2 Son and told him all is well, he's just nervous.
Friday was kid wrangling day for me, and i was thankful to do it as Daughter-in-Law took care of most of the final packing details and #2 Son went to pick up Friend Chris. We were thankful this young man who grew up in our neighborhood (and sometimes lived with us as Red-headed Alec did) and is a really good friend has a commercial driving license and drives huge vehicles for a living. Driving a camper isn't always easy and he was itching to do it, having never driven a vehicle with this particular engine before (as i said, it is special, anyone who understands vehicles knows about it).
Saturday morning, thankfully once everyone who slept in the camper was out of it, the camper itself was loaded and we got on the road. Next stop, a piece of property in the northwest corner of Arkansas!
Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Clark and his co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.
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Today is:
Children's Day -- India
Day of the Colombian Woman -- Colombia
Equorum Probatio -- Ancient Roman Empire (official cavalry parade of the equites)
International Girls Day -- sponsored by Kappa Delta Sorority
Leftover Trading Day -- internet generated; trade your leftovers for the much more interesting ones in your neighbor's fridge
Loosen up, Lighten Up Day -- to remind us of the benefits of joy and laughter, begun by Stephanie West Allen of Denver, CO, US
National Pickle Day/Pickle Appreciation Day
National Spicy Guacamole Day -- as opposed to National Guacamole Day back in September
National Teddy Bear Day -- US (anniversary of the day in 1902 that Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a cornered and tied bear, because it was unsportsmanlike)
Operating Room Nurse Day -- US, but feel free to celebrate those dedicated nurses around the world
Readjustment Movement's Day -- Guinea-Bissau
Shalako Festival -- Hopi and Zuni Native Americans (dates of main festivals and dance ceremonies vary by area, but usually the weekend nearest the 49th day after the 10th full moon)
Spirit of NSA Day -- members of the National Speakers Association are encouraged to focus on giving back and mentoring
St. Dubricus' Day (the saint who crowned King Arthur)
St. Lawrence O'Toole's Day (Patron of the Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland)
The Lord Mayor's Show -- London, England (originally "The Lord Mayor's Day," according to the official website this show has marched, floated, trotted, and occasionally fought through almost 800 years of London history, making it one of the oldest civic pageants in the world)
World Diabetes Day -- UN (learn more about diabetes here)
Anniversaries Today:
Princess Anne of the UK marries Captain Mark Phillips, 1973
Birthdays Today:
Joseph "Run" Simmons, 1964
Laura San Giacomo, 1962
D.B. Sweeney, 1961
Condoleezza Rice, 1954
Yanni, 1954
Prince Charles, 1948
King Hussein of Jordan, 1935
McLean Stevenson, 1929
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1922
Brian Keith, 1921
Veronica Lake, 1919
Barbara Hutton, 1912
Rosemary DeCamp, 1910
Joseph McCarthy, 1909
Harrison Salisbury, 1908
William Steig, 1907
Louise Brooks, 1906
Dick Powell, 1904
Aaron Copland, 1900
Mamie Dowd Eisenhower, 1896
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889
Claude Monet, 1840
Robert Fulton, 1765
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Black or White"(Music video), 1991
"Murphy Brown"(TV), 1988
"Good Evening"(Revue), 1973
"Der Tapfere Soldat/The Chocolate Soldier"(Operetta), 1908
"The Girl of the Golden West"(Play), 1905
Today in History:
Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca empire, 1533
Samuel Pepys reports on the first blood transfusion (between dogs), 1666
Loius Timothee is hired in Philadelphia to be the first professional librarian in the US, 1732
Captain George Vancouver is the first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay, 1792
John Mason debuts the first horse-drawn streetcar in NYC, with a route between Prince and 14th on 4th Ave., 1832
Herman Melville publishes "Moby Dick", 1851
The St. Andrews Golf Club, in Yonkers, NY, opens with 6 holes, 1888
New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days; She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours, 1889
Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light, 1908
The first airplane flight from the deck of a ship takes place in Norfolk, Virginia, 1910
The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom, 1922
The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express, 1952
NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon, 1969
After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland, 1990
The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison, 2007
Scientists discovery the closest known rogue planet to Earth, about 100 light years away, 2012
Archaeologists announce the discovery of the remains of the ancient Greek city of Tenea near Corinth, the city supposedly founded by captives from Trojan War, 2018
An impact crater 31 km wide from an iron meteorite is identified under the Hiawatha Glacier in Greenland, 2018
Archaeologists announce finding the earliest evidence ever of humans cooking food, 780,000 years ago, in fish remains found at Gesher Benot Ya’aqov in northern Israel, 2022
The world's first protected area for endangered sperm whales is set up off the coast of the Caribbean island of Dominica, 2023
Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke leads a haka, "Ka Mate," in protest during New Zealand's parliament, suspending voting on a bill affecting the country's founding document, The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi, 2024
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