Not Gonna Eat That (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

I noticed Grandpa making himself some lunch yesterday.  He had bread, ketchup (he loathes mayonnaise) and i didn't see what all else and he was making himself a sandwich.  I asked if he did this often and he said, "It's the fast way to have a meal."

Tee allus be hungry an' hims Père, Boudreaux, done come walkin' in when he be in de kitchen agin.

"Garçon, what you be doin?  Eatin' agin?"

"Père, I be's hungry."

"What you be doin' wit' all dat?  Do dat be de rest o' de supper from las' night?"

"I's makin' me de leftover sammich!  You want one?"

"Mais, non, garçon, some t'ings be better left un-bread!"

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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 flashback photos this week.

Little Girl and HopeCat.

One of Bigger Girl's artworks.

Kittens, including The Lorax (one of our all-time favorites we bottle raised).

The Lorax is the fuzzy guy in the middle, he was a pure Persian with a severely cleft lip and palatte.

I'm not sure why the date is on this photo, it was Gracie at rEcess.

One handsome pup.

This one always makes me smile.

Found on the beach in Florida where we used to vacation.  Over the years, i ended up finding and reporting two of these.

The beach where we used to vacation each year.  This is at sunrise.

Two of the many notes from my children i would wake up to find on my computer in the mornings.  Top one from #1 Son, bottom from Little Girl.  I couldn't find a picture of the one from #2 Son about having a copperhead snake in the house.

I find it amusing she still sometimes calls me, "Mothership."

Young Jacob's ride.

I'd emptied the trash can and hadn't put a new liner in, Lin Linker the Stinker has to get in there and explore.  (Yes, the lid was broken, still is.)

All of us spent a lot of hours back then bottle feeding kittens.

I was granted the privilege of riding this horse, and got to brush him down after.

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

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Today is:

Bendideia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival for Bendis; date approximate)

Dutch-American Friendship Day -- anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the US, America's oldest continuously peaceful diplomatic relations

Feast of Pak Tai -- Macau (Pak Tai who conquered the Demon King, on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month)

Independence Declaration Day -- Venezuela

John Parker Day -- many US States (anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, where Parker said “Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon; but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.”)

King Mswati III's birthday -- Swaziland

Landing of the 33 Patriots Day -- Uruguay

National Amaretto Day

National Cat Lady Day -- and don't say "Cat Lady" like it's a bad thing!

National Garlic Day

National Hanging Out Day -- Project Laundry List and other organizations promote bringing back the clothesline to save energy and the planet!

National Library Week begins -- US (sponsored by the ALA, this year's theme is "Find Your Joy")   

Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day

Okoshi Daiko Festival -- Furukawa, Japan (today, hundreds of men in loincloths fight to touch a wooden frame supporting a huge taiko drum as it is carried through the streets, and tomorrow is an elegant parade with lion dancers and traditional music)

Primrose Day -- UK (anniversary of the death of Disraeli)

Shangsi Festival -- China (ancient Double Third festival, on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month)

St. AElfheah's Day (Patron of kidnap victims; Greenwich and Solihull, England)

St. Expeditus of Melintine's Day (Patron of merchants, navigators; for expeditious and prompt solutions; against procrastination)

St. Leo IX's Day

Volunteer Recognition Week/National Volunteer Week begins -- sponsored by Points of Light   

Anniversaries Today:

Grace Kelly marries Ranier III of Monaco, 1956

Cheyney University is founded as The Institute for Colored Youth, 1837

Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI by Proxy Marriage, 1770

Birthdays Today:

Maria Sharapova, 1987

Hayden Christensen, 1981

Kate Hudson, 1979

James Franco, 1978

Luis Miguel Basteri, 1970

Ashley Judd, 1968

Al Unser, Jr., 1962

Tony Plana, 1954

Paloma Picasso, 1949

Tim Curry, 1946

Alan Price, 1942

Elinor Donahue, 1937

Dudley Moore, 1935

Jayne Mansfield, 1933

Dick Sargent, 1930

Hugh O'Brian, 1925

Eliot Ness, 1903

Lucretia Rudolph-Garfield, 1832

David Ricardo, 1772

Roger Sherman, 1721

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope"(Musical revue), 1972

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"(Musical), 1951

"Carousel"(Musical), 1945

"Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder/Mother Courage and Her Children"(Play), 1941

"National Barn Dance"(Radio), 1924

"The Bing Boys are Here"(Musical revue), 1919

"Revizor/The Government Inspector"(Comedy), 1836

"Iphigenia in Aulis,"(Opera), 1774

Today in History:

Sir Francis Drake sails to Cadiz and sinks the Spanish Fleet, 1587

Because he has no male heirs, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, assuring Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would go to his daughter, Maria Theresa, 1713

Captain James Cook sights Australia, 1770

John Adams secures Dutch recognition of the United States, and his home in The Hague becomes the first American Embassy, 1782

Venezuela achieves home rule, 1810

The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and Luxembourg as a Grand Duchy, 1839

Charles Duryea claims to have taken the first automobile built in the US for a spin, 1892

The first Boston Marathon is won by John McDermott of NY in 2:55:10, 1897

Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful voluntary free-fall parachute jump, 1919

The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published, 1928

Burma (now Myanmar) joins the United Nations, 1948

The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in success for the defenders, 1961

Sierra Leone becomes a republic, 1971

India's first satellite, Aryabhata, is launched, 1975

The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168, 1995

The German Bundestag returns to Berlin, the first German parliamentary body to meet there since the Reichstag was dissolved in 1945, 1999

His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Benedict XVI, 2005

Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years, 2011

King Mswati III changes the name of Swaziland to eSwatini, or “land of the Swati”, 2018

New Zealand and Australia open a travel bubble between the two countries after more than a year of border closures, 2021

NASA successfully flies its drone helicopter Ingenuity on Mars, making it the first powered aircraft to fly on another world, 2021

The first of seven stages of the world's largest-ever election begins in India, which by June 1 will cover 968 million eligible voters, 2024

Perfect is Too Strong and Pleasant Isn’t a Strong Enough Word, a Ten Things of Thankful Post for the A to Z Challenge

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On this side of eternity, there’s no such thing as perfect, but this Thankful Day I was tempted to use the word.  Instead, i’ll just say the week was much more than just pleasant.

Grandma has been sad she can’t tend to her plants on the enclosed patio and outdoors, they’ve been left to my black thumb to just water them and it’s been this way for a few years now.  We’re thankful most of them are still alive and one of her friends has taken up the cause of trying to save them.  Ms. Julie has been coming on Saturdays to trim and sweep and tidy and prune and generally figure out what to do with the overgrown jumble of a jungle which is now the porch and outdoor plant area.

#2 Son and i had a good trip to NOLA Saturday, too.

Sunday morning, Mr. Cal looked rather pathetic as he’d had to have two ticks removed from his face, poor guy.  We’re thankful it didn’t dampen his desire to take his walk.

#2 Son, Daughter-in-Law and our little Annie came back from Alaska straight into housesitting for Daughter-in-Law’s Aunt May, so there was no babysitting Sunday afternoon/evening.  As much as i missed her, and i really did, i kept myself busy and was thankful to catch up on a few other things.

Monday morning i was taking care of Ms. G’s critters (she’s out of town again) when Ms. Sassy Cat tried to bolt for the door.  I’m thankful she didn’t get away, it would not have been a good situation.  She’s 16, doesn’t know this neighborhood (she roamed her old one), and there’s a mean bully of a cat next door which would make mincemeat of her.

I arrived at Ms. D’s on Monday afternoon to find out she’d been in the ER again with A-Fib.  We went over her online charts and couldn’t find the records to bring to the doc the next day, we’re thankful she called the doc and they’d already requested the records.  I’m also very thankful she had a ride to the doctor already set up and she let me give the place a good clean, as she’d had her sister and niece in town again.

That evening, i was thankful we didn’t cancel our ladies’ meeting when our hostess coudn’t have us at her house due to a family emergency.  We were thankful to have a fabulous meeting at a local eatery, i was thankful my lesson went well, and my Sweetie and i were both extremely thankful to see our tax packet arrive in the mail just before i left for the meeting.

We’re thankful we owe nothing this year to either the federal government or the state, and we were thankful to be able to sign the paper, take the photo and email it that evening when i got back from the meeting.

#2 Son dropped Daughter-in-Law and Annie Tuesday morning so i could watch her while the two of them worked.  We were thankful for walks, “chippies!” (crackers), and an excellent nap, no longer a guarantee.

Someone still loves to sleep in her unicorn footie pajamas, even in warm weather.

While out in the back yard with Annie, i noticed the ground was way too wet for not having had any rain in a while.  Because of previous trouble, my first thought was a water leak, so as soon as i could i made a beeline to inspect the areas around the house and see what was up and where it was coming from.

I was very relieved and thankful to note the outdoor faucet was dripping, and when i picked up the hose nozzle, it was obvious someone had not turned the water off totally the last time the garden was watered.  I shut it and thankfully all the water drained off quickly.

Ms. G being out of town, i’m thankful i was able to shuffle up my schedule a little bit and still get everything done, including some extras.  Ms. G wanted me to call her so she could micromanage me over the phone about the Sassy situation, but i preempted her by calling her on my way to the back yard through the gate instead of through the house.  I’m thankful she just sighed and said it would be a good idea to do it that way, she guessed, and went back to enjoying her time away.

Thursday was a double job day.  My Sweetie had been at the farm “dancing with a swing blade in the grass” as he puts it, the day before so he was a bit sore, but we were very thankful to get through the day and get everything done.

I was thankful to lie down an hour when we got home, too.  Doubles take it out of both of us.

Because of the changes i’d made to my looser Wednesday schedule, i was thankful to get to Ms. G’s critters at 5am, then get to the church to make coffee and have prayer meeting, and afterward to go to a grocery store i don’t visit very often as it’s out of my way. 

Then it was back to watch our little Annie, we were thankful to have quite a fun Friday together.

Ms. A and Mr. J had a big soiree to go to Friday evening, so i was thankful Becca wanted to come with me to the cat shelter (she was a help, and got to pet kitties), then i took her home and stayed with her for the evening.  We were thankful for a nice walk with Mr. Cal, and story time, and a good supper.

Not a perfect week, of course, but more than pleasant, and i am very thankful.

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Today is:

Adult Autism Awareness Day

Army Day -- Iran (Rouz-e-Artesh)

Goddess Month of Maia begins

Husband Appreciation Day

Independence Day -- Zimbabwe(1980)

International Amateur Radio Day/World Amateur Radio Day -- celebrating "ham radio" around the world 

International Day for Monuments and Sites -- UNESCO

International No-Declaw Day

Invention Day -- Japan

“Just Pray No" Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting -- people around the world pray for healing for those who are addicted to drugs, through tomorrow   

Laundromat Day -- the first self-service "washateria" opened on this date in 1934 in Fort Worth, TX, US

Look-Alike Day -- internet generated, a day to try to look like someone you admire; some sites list it on the 20th

Make a Quilt Day -- obviously begun by someone who has no idea how long the process really takes! not associated with National Quilting Day or Project Linus' Make a Blanket Day 

National Animal Cracker Day

National Auctioneers Day -- recognizing the contribution of auctioneers to American commerce    

Newspaper Columnists' Day -- The National Society of Newspaper Columnists in honor of the anniversary of the death of Ernie Pyle

Pet Owners Independence Day -- the day to let your pet do the work and chores while you lie around and enjoy having only the responsibilities of your pet; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays

Record Store Day -- celebrated by independent record stores everywhere, find one near you    

Sleep Apnea Awareness Day  

Smile Big and Say Hi for No Particular Reason Day -- if some site gave the reason for this, it would defeat the purpose

St. Agapitus Day (Patron of Palestrina, Italy; against colic)

St. Agia's Day (Patron against lawsuits)

Teach Your Daughter to Volunteer Day -- encouraging awareness of volunteerism, but the original sponsor of the day is no longer online

"Third World" Day -- the phrase was first used on this date in 1955

Ushibuka Haiya Matsuri -- Furukawa, Japan (one of the liveliest dance festivals, with elements of dance styles from around the country; through the 20th)

Anniversaries Today:

The University of Alabama is founded, 1831

Birthdays Today:

America Ferrara, 1984

Cheryl Ann Haworth, 1983

Melissa Joan Hart, 1976

Eli Roth, 1972

David Tennant, 1971

Maria Bello, 1967

Conan O'Brien, 1963

Eric McCormack, 1963

Jane Leeves, 1961

Eric Roberts, 1956

John James, 1956

John Pankow, 1954

Rick Moranis, 1954

Dorothy Lyman, 1947

James Woods, 1947

Hayley Mills, 1946

Robert Hooks, 1937

Barbara Hale, 1921

Leopold Stokowski, 1882

Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, 1880

Clarence Darrow, 1857

Lucrezia Borgia, 1480

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Beauty and the Beast"(Musical), 1994

"Real People"(TV), 1979

"Call Me Mister"(Musical), 1946

Today in History:

Boleslaw Chrobry is crowned the first king of Poland, 1025

The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid, 1506

The Real Academia de la Historia (Royal Academy of History) is founded in Madrid, 1738

The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and William Dawes, upon seeing two lanterns in the church steeple, set out to warn that "The British are coming!" 1775

Fighting ceases in the American Revolutionary War, eight years to the day after it began, 1783

Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico, 1881

The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria, 1899

Denmark becomes the first country to formally adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals, 1902

Quetzaltenango, second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake, 1902

The Great San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement, 1906

The RMS Carpathia brings the Titanic survivors to NYC, 1912

"The House that Ruth Built," Yankee Stadium, opens, 1923

Simon and Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book, 1924

The first "washateria" (laundromat) opens, in Ft. Worth, Texas, 1934

The League of Nations is formally dissolved, 1949

29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference., 1955

A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound is to be released from an insane asylum, 1958

The Republic of Zimbabwe is officially established with the swearing in of Canaan Banana as its first President, 1980

The Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings, from the Triple-A International League, begin the longest game in professional baseball history, 33 innings, 1981

The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision, 2007

Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, two planets resembling planet Earth are discovered revolving around the star Kepler-62 in the habitable zone, an area around the stars whose atmospheric pressure can suport liquid water at the surface, 2013

Black Panther is the first film shown at a commercial cinema in 35 years in Saudi Arabia as cinemas are reopened, 2018

South Africa declares a state of disaster in the Durban area after serious floods and mudslides resulting in numerous deaths and much destruction, 2022

A new report finds nearly half of China's cities are sinking due to development and extracting too much water, 2024