Stocking Feet (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’s bed is a hospital bed while Grandpa still sleeps in a standard queen size bed.  Grandma has a special heating pad she likes to spend an hour or two on (it’s a therapeutic one), so she goes to his room once a day for that.

While helping Grandma move back to her bed, Grandpa saw she had some socks on the chair next to the bed and he asked her, “Are these socks clean or dirty?”

She called back, “I don’t know, smell them!”

You should have seen the look on Grandpa’s face, or maybe you shouldn’t.  I confiscated the socks and relocated them to the dirty clothes bin.

Boudreaux an’ Thibodeaux done be talkin’ ‘bout de son o’ one man in town who mos’ people t’ink don’ be ver’ bright.

Boudreaux say, “I dunno, I t’ink de lad can at leas’ count to twenny.”

An’ Thibodeaux say, “Mais, oui, he can, if’n he take off hims shoes an’ socks!”

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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.  

Some odds and ends, and the early set-up for Vacation Bible School.  

The best pink i could get, but not Razzmatazz, Charlotte's color of the month.

All The Flowers Of All The Tomorrows Are In The Seeds Of Today.

Grandma's favorite orchids now, no watering needed!

This yard had more in it than i could capture!

Grandma loves colorful planters and decor.

It's VBS time.

We're doing pottery this year, the old way, you turn the wheel yourself.

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This week, Jack wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop.  

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Today is:

Abused Women And Children's Awareness Day

Birthday of Prince Joachim -- Denmark

Children's Awareness Memorial Day -- a day to remember children who have died from violence

Children's Sunday -- many US churches

Daniel Boone Day -- Kentucky, US (date in he first sighted, in 1767, what would become Kentucky)

Father's Day -- Lithuania; Switzerland

Feast of All Saints/Sunday of All Saints -- Orthodox Christian

Flag Day -- Peru

Journalist's Day -- Argentina (marking the first publication of a newspaper in Argentina on this day in 1810)

Multicultural American Child Day -- listed as a celebration on the second Sunday in June on many sites, with no way to trace it that i can find

National Cancer Survivors Day -- US (National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation)   

National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

Race Unity Day -- Baha'i sponsored observance promoting racial harmony

Sette Giugno -- Malta (commemoration of the tragedy of June 7, 1919, considered their National Day)

Sjómannadagurinn -- Iceland (traditional Seaman's Day or Fisherman's Day was alternately celebrated June 6 or the first Sunday of June, depending on which authority you ask, but is now a weekend long Festival of the Sea)

St. Meriadoc's Day (Patron of the deaf and against deafness)

Union Dissolution Day -- Norway

VCR Day -- the first Sony Betamax went on sale today in 1975

Vestalia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (multi-day festival for Vesta, goddess of the hearth, this first day termed the Vesta Asperit; through the 15th)

Vivien Kellems Memorial Day -- born this date in 1896, she fought the IRS and income tax for her whole life

Write to Your Father Day -- a week before Father's Day, write him a letter and ask him things like what he finds most enjoyable or exciting or scary or satisfying; encouraging people to stay in touch with Dad on a deeper level than the commercial holidays

Anniversaries Today:

Jimmy Osmond marries Michele Larson, 1991

YMCA is founded by George Williams, 1844

Birthdays Today:

Michael Cera, 1988

Anna Kournikova, 1981

Larisa Oleynik, 1981

Bill Hader, 1978

Allen Iverson, 1975

Bear Grulls, 1974

Karl Urban, 1972

Roberto Alagna, 1963

Prince, 1958

Louise Erdrich, 1954

Liam Neeson, 1952

Orham Pamuk, 1952

Jenny Jones, 1946

Bill Kreutzmann, Jr, 1946

Tom Jones, 1940

John Napier Turner, 1929

Gwendolyn Brooks, 1917

Dean Martin, 1917

Jessica Tandy, 1909

Virginia Apgar, 1909

James Braddock, 1906

Paul Gauguin, 1848

Debuting/Premiering Today:

Ghostbusters(Film), 1984

"Johnny Cash Show"(TV), 1969

"The $64,000 Question"(TV), 1955

"The Seven Deadly Sins"(satirical ballet chanté), 1933

Today in History:

The first Crusaders begin their Siege of Jerusalem, 1099

Port Royal, Jamaica, is devastated by an earthquake, 1692

David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba, 1800

Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada, 1832

1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec, 1866

Tolbert Lanston receives patents for monotype typesetting machines, 1887

Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden, 1905

Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public, 1975

Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public, 1982

Mt. Pinatubo erupts, sending an ash cloud 7km/14.3mi high, 1992

The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon, 2000

According to a new study, breast milk boosts brain development by 30% compared to babies who are fed formula, 2013

The journal "Science" publishes studies that show the Mars Curiosity Rover has found organic matter, including methane, on Mars, 2018

According to the UN, more than 4 million Venezuelans have left their country since 2015 due to the economic crisis, 2019

Bdelloid rotifer multicellular organisms, frozen in Siberia for about 24,000 years, "come back to life" after being thawed by Russian scientists, 2021

The Economist Intelligence Unit names Auckland, New Zealand the world's most livable city, and Damascus, Syria, the least livable city, 2021

A new study reveals Shark Bay sea grass, which grows off Western Australia and has been cloning itself for 4,500 years, may be world's largest plant, covering 77 square miles of sea floor, 2022

Actor and comedian Dick van Dyke, at age 98, becomes the oldest recipient of a Daytime Emmy for a guest appearance on "Days of Our Lives," 2024

After 43 years, the longest ever stint as a game show host, Pat Sajak hosts his final "Wheel of Fortune" episode, 2024

A Week of Unusual, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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It's always a joy to get to Thankful Day, and this week was one of working out some things.

Frequently, a "new to you" used car has some quirks.  Lawrence seems to have quirks.  The pastor told me the check engine light comes on sometimes if you don't secure the gas cap quite right.

Last Saturday, just as my Sweetie and i were heading to NOLA to clean Grandma and Grandpa's house, i noticed the tires looked just a little low.  We stopped at the nearest gas station to use the air hose which i was not familiar with.  I had no idea you had to choose between vacuum and air before paying, and someone had it set to vacuum.  I was thankful Lawrence got the vacuuming he needed but i haven't had time to do!

Then i was thankful none of the tires were dangerously low, but a couple of them needed a bit of air and got it.

Now came the quirk, indeed, i had put gas in the car the evening before, and sure enough, the check engine light came on.

#2 Son has a code reader and i wanted him to use it to make sure it was just the cap and nothing serious which would strand us on the road, but he was still asleep (we leave very early if we can), so instead we went to the auto parts place where they can read the codes for you.

I'm thankful the nice gentleman did, and it was the same code as before when it was the gas cap.  I'm thankful for a new gas cap!

We were thankful for a safe trip there and back and the house got cleaned.  Also, i was thankful to be able to say yes when Uncle J asked me to spend the night next Saturday so he can go out with his friends and not have to worry.

Something felt off when i arrived at Becca's place Sunday morning.  Mr. J was nowhere to be found, but his hat and keys were on the table and his truck parked outside, so i knew he hadn't left yet.  There was no breakfast made, and none of Becca's meds were out.  Also, Mr. Cal was nowhere to be found.

I woke Becca and the door to the guest room was locked, so we couldn't access the bathroom she normally uses, nor her toothbrush and other personal items.  We went to the downstairs bathroom and made do with getting dressed, texting both Mr. J and Ms. A to see if we could figure out what was up, and then started a walk, just the two of us, for which we were thankful as we still need our exercise.

Partway through the walk, i started getting texts, Mr. J now had the illness Ms. A had last week and is locked up in the guest bedroom, the toothbrush and other accoutrements were in Ms. A's bathroom, the meds in the cabinet (i do know where they are in a pinch), and by the time we got back, Mr. Cal was out as he'd been sleeping with Mr. J.

Ms. A was also up so we were thankful to get to Becca's stuff to brush teeth and then, with Mr. Cal making such sweet eyes at us and seeming so excited, we took a second walk with him, for which he was very thankful.

Mr. J wasn't going to church even though he was no longer contagious, and while we were gone he snuck in the kitchen to make Becca's breakfast, for which Becca was thankful, and me, too, as i can poke around in their fridge and find things but it's easier for him.

Ms. A and i were also thankful to put plans in place for next Sunday, as while there's no reason i can't get to church by 8am from Grandma's house, i'm rather certain there's no way i can get into town early enough to be at Becca's at 6:30.

Sunday i also woke up to find out Blogger, or more likely one of their AI programs, had censored my blog post, putting it behind one of those advisories saying it is only for adults.  I can't be certain, but in the post i talked about how in hospitals they change beds with the patient still in the bed, and something in the discussion probably got the AI's circuits all in a dither.  I was thankful my appeal for review went through and it was uncensored.

My Sweetie's phone had started acting up on Saturday, and continued on Sunday, and we made plans to possibly take it to a repair place or buy him another when i got off work Monday.  Monday morning i was thankful to get a call from him, he'd gone to the repair place he likes best and they'd managed to sort him out.  I'm thankful both i don't have to buy a new phone and i don't have to teach him a new phone!

One of the ladies' in the #2 ladies' circle broke her hip May 28, so when we had our circle meeting this past Tuesday, we met at the usual apartment in the complex and then we walked over to her room in the rehab center to have our lesson there.  We were all thankful and her contributions to our discussion are always insightful.

I'm also thankful we surprised Ms. V, who missed the May meeting because she and her other son and daughter-in-law were moving Carl to his new place (a campus for special needs adults).  Because she wasn't there, we all agreed to give our social services donation this month to the special needs center where Carl moved.  She was speechless and we're all thankful we could make a contribution.

Once home, i was most thankful to spend time with our little Annie.  She even took a good nap for me.

She looks so grown up when she lets her mama put her hair up.

Wednesday i was thankful to see Ms. Fiona again, and thankful Ms. G isn't normally so scatterbrained as she is right now with this sinus infection, it's going away but leaving her tired and foggy headed.  We'll both be thankful when it clears.

That same evening, i was thankful #2 Son and i discussed all the car things which need to be done around here and devise a plan.

Ms. V had a great idea Thursday morning.  Since she doesn't have exercise class during the summer, when i'm there to clean she will sleep in Carl's room so i can get to the main bedroom early.  There are always two loads of laundry from that room, and if i don't get started early enough, i end up staying overtime, and neither of us want that.

Once done with work Thursday, i was thankful to hear our generator do its test run.  I was also thankful to get to bed just after 8pm that evening.  I never get to bed that early, and i'm always running on a sleep deficit.  Friday morning, i was thankful to wake after almost 8 full hours of sleep for the first time in months.

While i watched Annie again Friday after prayer group and shopping, i was thankful #2 Son fixed GusGus!  No more check engine light in her, she doesn't threaten to die when idling, and we can get the emissions inspected and she will pass, hooray!  Now to get her A/C working.

Friday evening at the shelter was another "the joint is jumping" evening.  We were thankful for volunteers, adoptions, people looking, foster families picking up kittens which needed extra attention, and an all around good time.

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:

Bonza Bottler Day™

Children's Day -- North Korea

D-Day -- 77th Anniversary

Drawing Day/Pencil Day -- used to be sponsored on the first Saturday with the motto "Drop Everything and Draw", but even though no longer promoted by any specific group, you can still enjoy some time drawing today

Drive-In Movie Day*

Helicopter Day -- the first one was tested in Berlin on this day in 1936

Hyun Choong Il -- South Korea (Memorial Day)

International Tabletop Day -- encouraging people to play games on a table, not online, face to face; formerly sponsored by Geek and Sundry  

National Applesauce Cake Day

Nationaldagen -- Sweden (National Day)

National Family Recreation Day -- US (seems to have been started by the community of Arvada, CO, US, wanting families to enjoy the great outdoors together)

National Gardening Exercise Day -- because gardening is good for the body and soul

National Health and Fitness Day -- Canada 

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day -- US

National Trails Day -- US (be safe out there, if you want help becoming a hiker there's info from the American Hiking Society)    

National Yo-Yo Day -- Donald F. Duncan, Sr.'s, birth anniversary; go get out your old Duncan and see if you still remember how to go around the world (but not near Great Aunt Mabel's antique lamp she left you, please)

Russian Language Day -- UN

St. Norbert of Xanten's Day (Patron of peace; Bohemia; Madgeburg, Germany; against birth complications)

Teachers' Day -- Bolivia

Birthdays Today:

Staci Keanan, 1975

Max Casella, 1967

Paul Giamatti, 1967

Ena, 1966

Amanda Pays, 1959

Bjorn Borg, 1956

Kenny G, 1956

Sandra Bernhard, 1955

Harvey Fierstein, 1954

Harvey Fierstein, 1952

Robert Englund, 1947

Gary U.S. Bonds, 1939

Marian Wright Edelman, 1939

Billy Whitelaw, 1932

Thomas Mann, 1875

Robert Falcon Scott, 1868

Alexander Pushkin, 1799

Nathan Hale, 1755

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"20/20"(TV), 1978

"Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust"(Album release), 1972

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"(Song release), 1965

Today in History:

Twenty-four wagonloads of Talmudic books are burned in Paris, 1242

The Qing Dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty; the Manchus would rule China until 1912 when the Republic of China is established, 1644

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university  museum, 1683

A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes, 1752

Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain, 1808

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London, 1844

More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour, 1882

The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, 1912

The Chrysler Corporation  is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler, 1925

*The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States, 1933

A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy, 1974

Mongolia  holds its first direct presidential elections, 1993

A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 meters diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya with an estimated force slightly greater than the Nagasaki nuclear bomb, 2002

Tamil is established as a Classical Language in India, 2004

In east London, archeologists find remains of the Curtain Theatre, which opened in 1577 and was where some of Shakespeare's plays were performed, 2012

A solar plane, called The Solar Impulse, lands in Morocco after completing the world's first intercontinental flight powered by the Sun, 2012

LeBron James eclipses Michael Jordan's record (109) for most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in Cleveland's Game 3 Finals loss to Golden State, 2018

A Frenchman is announced to have won France's €1 million My Lottery for the second time in 2 years, with odds of 1 in 16 trillion, 2018

New York City’s police commissioner James O’Neill apologizes for his department's actions during the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn, on this 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, 2019

The UK's Prince Harry accuses Mirror Group Newspapers of hacking his emails, become the first senior royal to testify in court in 130 years, 2023

In what may possibly be the last major gathering of WWII veterans, Allied leaders celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landing in Normandy, France, 2024