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A good part of this week's thankful is for #2 Son and Daughter-in-Law.
We're hugely thankful they were able to pull off the purchase of the piece of land they'd been wanting.
Yes, ultimately it means, once they have improved the property enough to move up there, our little Annie will live an 8-hour drive away. I am still thankful for their sake, it's what they wanted, and at least it isn't Alaska!
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| Somebody working her way around a very big bagel. |
Let's go back, though, to Saturday, when i was very thankful Uncle J mentioned ordering Thai food, which i love (even though it wasn't quite as spicy as i like this time).
Sunday was lovely and Mr. Cal was thankful for a good walk. I was thankful for time with our little Annie in the evening.
Mr. D and i had a fun talk on Monday, I'm thankful we both laughed through a fun conversation, it makes the work day pass much more nicely. Among other things, he said, "You know, we tell each other 'I love you' at least twice a day," and "If it weren't for my wife, I wouldn't be alive, but boy, can she fuss when I need it!"
Tuesday was the big day for the property buyers. I was supposed to head over there at 8:30 to get Annie but #2 Son burst through the door with her and said, "The mobile notary will be here in an hour, we were just informed we have to get a cashier's check so we're having to go, can you take her early?"
Of course. Thankfully she has fun over here so she stayed here until the signing up was done and i was thankful to see they got back from the bank with the check in plenty of time.
Wednesday, #1 Son came over, i was thankful to see he was feeling better as he recently had an ear infection.
All of us were thankful our Wednesday evening Bible study group was small but lively.
I was thankful Thursday afternoon to arrive home early enough for once to lie down a few minutes.
Friday morning upon my arrival at the church for prayer group, i was given quite a start. There are some homeless people in the area, almost all are harmless but one church staff member was robbed at gunpoint several years ago when she arrived early. I am always quite cautious and won't get out of the car if i see or hear anything suspicious, but Mr. C, one of the two sextons, snuck up so quietly when he did call out to me from quite close to the door i was heading through, i was thankful to be through it and slammed the door shut (it has automatic locks). Then my brain registered who i had seen and heard and i was thankful to be able to sheepishly open the door for him before he had to fish out his own key.
I was thankful he understood my apology, as he knows how careful we have to be.
The evening shift at the cat shelter had plenty of extra volunteers and we were thankful to be done with time to spare.
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:
Armed Forces Day -- Romania
Constitution Day -- Lithuania
Day of the Basque Country -- Basque Country
Fall Back Night -- all areas that end Daylight Saving Time tomorrow; set your clock back one hour before you go to bed and change the batteries in your smoke alarms/carbon monoxide detectors (Aland Islands; Albania; Andorra; Antarctica (Troll Station); Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Greenland; Guernsey; Hungary; Ireland; Isle of Man; Israel; Italy; Jersey; Kosovo; Latvia; Lebanon; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Malta; Mexico; Moldova; Monaco; Montenegro; Morocco; Netherlands; North Macedonia; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; San Marino; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Vatican City[Holy See])
Note: This does not apply to the United States, we have one more week of "summer time" left
Forgiveness Day -- a day to reconcile or forgive, for your own peace of mind; sponsored by Positive Peaceful Partners and the Center of Unconditional Love
Gormánuðr -- Old Icelandic Calendar (beginning of "Innards Month," after all the animals have been butchered and fresh innards figure predominantly in the menu, as the rest of the meat has been preserved for winter)
Feast of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales -- Roman Catholic
International Artist Day -- invite an artist to lunch, buy that painting that you've wanted for so long, go to an art gallery or the symphony or a play -- celebrate how art adds to your life daily!
Make A Difference Day -- US (Whoopie Goldberg once said that if every American would donate 5 volunteer hours a week, it would be the equivalent of several million full time jobs; whether or not it's strictly accurate, volunteering is a great thing to do no matter where you live. This day is no longer sponsored, but if you are looking for volunteer opportunities in your area, go here.)
National Greasy Foods Day
Pit Bull Awareness Day -- it's not the breed, it's the owner
Punk-for-a-Day Day -- internet generated; if you've always wanted to be a punk, try it out for a day
Republic Day -- Kazakhstan
Retrocession Day -- Taiwan
Sourest Day -- as a balance, because we have so many days that emphasize sweet
Sts. Crispin and Crispian's Day (Patrons of cobblers/shoemakers, glovemakers, lace makers/lace workers, leather workers, saddle makers, tanners, weavers)
Thanksgiving Day -- Grenada
World Pasta Day -- as established by the first World Pasta Congress in 1995; a related website is here
Birthdays Today:
Katy Perry, 1984
Midori, 1971
Tracy Nelson, 1963
Brian Kerwim, 1949
Jon Anderson, 1944
Anne Tyler, 1941
Helen Reddy, 1941
Bobby Knight, 1940
Marion Ross, 1936
Billy Barty, 1924
Minnie Pearl, 1912
Leo G. Carroll, 1892
Pablo Picasso, 1881
Georges Bizet, 1838
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1800
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Victor/Victoria"(Musical), 1995
"Newhart"(TV), 1982
"Le Repetition"(Anouilh play), 1950
"The Time of Your Life"(Play), 1939
Today in History:
Seljuk Turks defeat the German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum, 1147
Battle of Agincourt, in which the Welsh longbow defeats armored knights, 1415
Christopher Columbus, aboard the Santa Maria, lands at the Dominican Republic, 1492
Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the Western Australian coast, 1616
Governor Bradford of the US colony Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day, 1621
Wedding of future US President John Adams and Abigail Smith (the marriage lasted 54 years), 1764
Canadians and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay, 1813
Opening of the Erie Canal, 1825
Battle of Balaclava, memorialized as the "Charge of the Light Brigade", results in the deaths of 409 troops, 1854
The Toronto Stock Exchange is created, 1861
Traditionally understood date of the October Revolution in Russia, which corresponds to November 7 on the Gregorian Calendar, 1917
The Archbishop of Dubuque, Francis J. L. Beckman, denounces swing music as "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people", warning that it leads down a "primrose path to hell", 1938
Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba, 1962
Uganda joins the United Nations, 1962
Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison, 1962
The United Nations seated the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China, 1971
Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague, 1980
Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia, 1991
Fidel Castro announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned in Cuba, 2004
Sony removed the original cassette Walkman from the market, 2010
Scientists announce that the completion of the nuclear genome study of a 24,000 year old Siberian boy's remains shows 2/3 of today's Native Americans are of Eastern Asia origin, and the others from Western Eurasia, 2013
The artificial intelligence created artwork "Portrait of Edward de Bellamy" becomes the first AI art to be sold at auction, bringing $432,500 at Christie's in New York, 2018
Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia's first female President and Africa's only female head of state after being elected by parliament, 2018
Chile overwhelmingly votes to scrap their constitution, drafted during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, 2020
Pope Francis announces the appointment of thirteen new cardinals including the first African American cardinal, Wilton Daniel Gregory, 2020
For the first time, New Zealand's Parliament has more female than male members, 2022
NASA's Space-X Crew 8 returns to Earth after 235 days in space, 2024
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