Time Saver (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.

Ms. A, Becca's mom, makes a delicious home made bread from a starter she got from a lady in our church.  Once in so often, she will give us a loaf and Annie especially enjoys it.

Clothile done like to make her de bread 'cause it be cheaper, an' to keep from heatin' up de house too much in de summer, she done bake four loaf at de time an' get it over wit'.  Den she done cut it an' put t'ree loaf in de freezer.

Boudreaux done come in de kitchen when she be 'bout mos' finish cuttin' de t'ird loaf and she say, "I be's tired after cuttin' dis many loafs at one time.

An' Boudreaux say, "Mais, I be's goin' invent sumpin' he'p you, a 'four loaf cleaver'!"

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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.  

Nature.

#1 Son has built himself a succulent garden.

A little girl and her "girl dinner."

Some people can't wait for autumn and are decorating already.

Ms. Fiona's clothes after i folded everything at the bottom.

Sunset.

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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 with a super up close selfie.  

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Today is Hug Your Hound Day!  Ami Moore founded it as a way to increase awareness of human- and dog-friendly urban spaces, wanting the US to be more dog friendly, as Europe tends to be.  Go ahead and give your hound an extra hug today, and maybe take an outing to a dog friendly space near you.

Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.

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Today is:

Defy Superstition Day -- go walk under that ladder!

Dia de los Ninos Heroes -- Mexico 

Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 3, Environment (sponsored by We, the World) www.we.net/about/269

Epulum Iovis and Lectisternia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (festival for Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva)

Festival of Lighting the Fires of Neith -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Fortune Cookie Day -- you might need one after that ladder stunt

Grandparents' Day -- US (but if you have fabulous grands in your family, feel free to observe anywhere)

Independence Day -- Venda (recognized within South Africa only)

International Chocolate Day -- as declared by the National Confectioners Association

National Celiac Awareness Day -- US

National Hug Your Boss Day (some claim this began in the UK, others say it was started by TipTopJob.com and is to be celebrated everywhere, but no matter what nation you live in, be careful with this holiday!)  

National Peanut Day

Pet Memorial Day -- US, but everyone who has ever lost a pet, feel free to observe

Positive Thinking Day -- think positively that nothing bad will happen because of that ladder!

 Programmers Day -- Russia, and among programmers around the world (on the 256th day of the year)

     some sites call this "Thank a Programmer Day"

Roald Dahl Day -- it's his birth anniversary    

Rosh Hashanah -- Judaism (ends today at nightfall)

Runic Half Month Ken begins (illumination)

Snack-A-Pickle Time

St. John Chrysostom's Day (Patron of education, epileptics, lecturers, orators, preachers; Constantinople)

Birthdays Today:

Ben Savage, 1980

Fiona Apple, 1977

Stella McCartney, 1977

Tavis Smiley, 1964

Jean Smart, 1959

Nell Carter, 1948

Jacqueline Bisset, 1944

Peter Cetera, 1944

Bela Karolyi, 1942

David Clayton-Thomas, 1941

Fred Silverman, 1937

Richard Kiel, 1939

Judith "Miss Manners" Martin, 1938

Robert Indiana, 1928

Mel Torme, 1925

Yma Sumac, 1922

Roald Dahl, 1916

Bill Monroe, 1911

Claudette Colbert, 1903

Sherwood Anderson, 1876

John J. Pershing, 1860

Milton Hershey, 1857

Walter Reed, 1851

Clara Schumann, 1819

Cesare Borgia, 1475

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Law & Order"(TV), 1990

Divine Madness(Documentary/Comedy), 1980

"Soap"(TV), 1977

"The Muppet Show"(TV)1976

"The Rockford Files"(TV)1974

"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"(TV)1969

"Yesterday"(Beatles' single release), 1965

"Canticum Sacrum ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis/Canticle to Honor the Name of Saint Mark"(Stravinsky orchestral piece), 1956

Today in History:

The temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September, BC509

Building begins on Hadrian's Wall, 122

St. Francis of Assisi receives stigmata, 1224

Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David, 1503

Henry Hudson reached the river that would later be named after him, 1609

NYC becomes the first capital of the US, 1788

US Government takes out its first loan from NYC banks, 1789

Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec, 1847

Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage incredibly survives a 3-foot-plus iron rod being driven through his head; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions, 1848

Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film, 1898

Lusitania completes her maiden voyage, arriving in NYC, 1907

The temperature (in the shade) at Al 'Aziziyah, Libya reaches a world record 57.8*C (136.04*F), 1922

Elizabeth McCombs is the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament, 1933

Chiang Kai-shek elected president of the Republic of China, 1943

IBM introduces the first computer disk storage unit, the RAMAC 305, 1956

Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane, based on barometric pressure, in the Western Hemisphere, 1988*

Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu, 1989

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted, 2007

Hurricane Ike makes landfall, damaging Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding area, 2007

Jan van Eyck is credited as the painter of 'The three mary's at the tomb' a painting from the 1430's held in a Rotterdam museum, 2012

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Rohingya refugee crisis is now "catastrophic" as 370,000 are confirmed to have fled Myanmar, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett makes first official visit to Egypt in a decade for talks with President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in Sharm el-Sheikh, 2021

A rise in overdose deaths from fentanyl laced stimulants mark the "fourth wave" of the overdose crisis in the US, 2023

*Replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005

From Beds to Bingo and In Between, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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My first thankful is for Thankful Day each week.  Taking notes helps me look for the good things and keeps me mindful of my many blessings.

As noted before, last week's first rEcess of the year was grand, and i'm still thankful for it!  (For any who don't know, it's a church-based volunteer group, we provide free babysitting for special needs children and their siblings so parents can have a night out without worry.)

Arriving at Grandma and Grandpa's on Saturday, i found Bryn, Uncle J's eldest, was visiting.  I was thankful to see her, and Abby dog (she always brings Abby when she visits).

As is usual the Sunday before Labor Day, our church only had one service.  Mr. Cal is always thankful when this happens as he gets an extra long puppy walk since the service starts so much later.

Annie and i had a wonderful time together in the afternoon and then were thankful to get to visit Ms. D.  It's even better when #2 Son, Daughter-in-Law and Little Ben walk down, too, and they did.

For Monday morning, i had asked Ms. S if i could come at 9am so as to get back on the road to NOLA early in the afternoon.  She and Mr. D agreed, although he is usually loathe to get up so early.  I'm thankful he very kindly got up and was about to have breakfast when i arrived.  He told me, "I'm going to eat my breakfast, and then smoke my cigar, and by that time you'll be done with my room and I can go back to bed!"  No, he did not go to the casino on Monday this past week, it's too crowded on a holiday, he goes on Tuesday instead, so it was extra nice of him to get up.

I did get to NOLA relatively early and because it was a holiday, almost no traffic.  I was thankful to be able to help Grandma and get some extra cleaning work done.

In the middle of the night, after Grandma had called me to help her and i was getting back in the guest room bed, one of the slat supports under it collapsed!  I was thankful i wasn't hurt, just rather startled, and i laughed.  Then i lifted the mattress and decided not to fight to get all the boards put back in place.  I was thankful across the bottom of the bed was still relatively well supported, and i slept across the bottom of the bed!

Tuesday morning, i was thankful to get home in plenty of time to take care of Annie for the day.

Toddler Rule:  if you are not wearing your avocado, you didn't have enough fun eating your avocado.

Every so often there's a big problem with one of the major highways around here, and it happened on Wednesday.  A jackknifed 18-wheeler truck shut down the whole thing, and it always paralyzes all the traffic in all the areas around here, including ours, when every single vehicle has to be rerouted to surface streets.  I'm thankful because of the direction i was going, i was actually able to get to the shelter and then to Ms. G's house without much trouble.

At her house, i was thankful we got the broken glass cleaned rather easily when she dropped the glass globe which goes over the light bulb while changing said bulb and thankful the traffic had cleared up considerably by the time she decided to send me to the care home to see Ms. Fiona.

Ms. G had the notion Ms. Fiona was desperately in need of help getting the rest of her clothing organized, but Ms. Fiona had already done a good portion of the work herself, a little at a time over the last 3-4 weeks.  Also, while she is always glad to have company, she did not want to miss Bingo.

I'm thankful she and i visited for a little while, she went to Bingo, and then i worked in her room on the remaining clothes she needs to sort, i simply folded all of them into two piles (shirts and pants, the dresses are already hanging) and left them where she could easily go through them and put them where she wants them.

I'm also thankful i got her door wreath changed as she wanted.

That evening, my Sweetie misplaced his phone, and yes, of course the ringer was off, what were you thinking, that he leaves it on?  I'm thankful i happened to spot it on a bookshelf.

Speaking of bookshelves, last week i mentioned taking note of people's bookshelves because what you read says a lot about you.  Long story short, as a thankful today, i am showing i'm thankful for the books on the second shelf from the right.

Being able to upload this photo reminds me, i am also thankful Blogger is now allowing me to upload new photos again, for a while there, i couldn't.  I'll also be thankful when they straighten out the problem with updating our readers.

I'm also thankful Bigger Girl contacted me and we have plans for next week, we're thankful she will be able to visit for the first time in almost two years.

Bible study on Wednesday evening went very well, and i'm thankful i have convinced our hostess to let us grab our own chairs as we walk in and they are needed, she's always setting up way too many and i know it's not easy for her to do it.

My Thursday at Ms. V's went well, we've agreed after Carl's recent visit, i will add a half hour to each Thursday i'm there and get his room tidied again this way.  I'm thankful his bed is now cleared off, sheets washed and the bed remade and ready to sleep in again.

Speaking of sleep, i've been a bit short of it since starting to go down to NOLA more and sometimes spending the night, so i'm thankful i was actually able to lie down Thursday afternoon and get a nap.

Friday was another day i was thankful to spend with our Annie, and later i was thankful to see people adopting cats at the shelter while doing my regular shift.

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:

Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day 2026-- US (the Saturday after Labor Day, everyone is encouraged to volunteer in cleaning federal land, recreation areas, or waterways, to help do their part to keep these places beautiful)

Defender's Day -- Maryland, US (marking the bombardment of Ft. McHenry, which event inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner", current national anthem of the US)

Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 2, Interdependence (sponsored by We, the World)  

Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day -- Quincy, WA, US (a fun and tasty way to celebrate and learn how food gets from the farm to your table; through Sunday)

Gahambar Paitishahem -- Zoroastrian Calendar (five-day feast of bringing in the harvest)

Great Procession of Tournai -- Tournai, Belgium (religious procession held since 1092, in thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague; through tomorrow)

International Day for South-South Cooperation -- UN

International Drive Your Studebaker Day -- an official event of the Studebaker Drivers Club Inc. (and i wish i could!) 

National Chocolate Milkshake Day

National Day of Encouragement -- US (no matter where you live, encourage someone today)

National Police Woman Day -- US

 Programmers Day -- Russia, and among programmers around the world (on the 256th day of the year)

     some sites call this "Thank a Programmer Day"

Rosh Hashanah -- Judaism (began last night at sundown, through tomorrow at nightfall)

St. Alibe's Day (Patron of wolves; Cashel, Ireland; Emly, Ireland; Munster, Ireland)

St. Guy's Day (Patron of bachelors, epileptics, horned animals, laborers, sacristans, sextons, work horses; for protection of outbuildings, sheds, and stables; Anderlecht, Belgium; against epilepsy, hydrophobia/rabies, infantile convulsions, and rabid dogs)

Video Games Day -- an unofficially declared day for kids to thank their parents for indulging their love of games

Anniversaries Today:

Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier, 1908

Elizabeth Barret and Robert Browning elope, 1846

Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck, 1840

Birthdays Today:

Emily Rossum, 1986

Jennifer Hudson, 1981

Yao Ming, 1980

Benjamin McKenzie, 1978

Amy Yasbeck, 1963

Rachel Ward, 1957

Joe Pantoliano, 1954

Peter Scolari, 1954

Gerry Beckley, 1952

Barry White, 1952

Maria Muldaur, 1943

Linda Gray, 1940

George Jones, 1931

Ian Holm, 1931

Dickie Moore, 1925

Irene Dailey, 1920

Jesse Owens, 1913

Ben Blue, 1901

Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. 1892

Maurice Chevalier, 1888

H.L. Mencken, 1880

Charles Dudley Warner, 1829

Debuting/Premiering Today:

Captain EO(3-D Film), 1986

"Taxi"(TV), 1978

"Maude"(TV), 1972

"The Monkees"(TV), 1966

"Bonanza"(TV), 1959

"Lassie"(TV), 1954

"Quadrille"(Play), 1952

"The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major/Symphony of a Thousand"(Mahler symphony), 1910

Today in History:

Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen, 1609

The first submarine is tested in London, 1624

Turkish troops besieging Vienna are overthrown after 2 months by Poland's King Sobieski, 1683

First Black Masons Lodge is formed, 1787

Switzerland becomes a Federal State, 1848

The "Cleopatra Needle" is installed in London, 1878

Charles Leroux, world famous parachutist with 238 successful jumps, perishes in his attempted jump in the Bay of Reval, 1889

The world's first female police officer, Alice Stebbins Wells, is appointed by the LAPD, 1910

Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France, 1940

Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit, 1958

Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color, 1959

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup, 1974

Indonesia is hit with an 8.1 earthquake, 1979

Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica, 1988

Hong Kong Disneyland opens in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong, 2005

Iran finally agrees to release U.S. hiker Sarah Shourd, arrested there in 2009, on bail and permit her to leave the country, 2010

The "Lamb of God" panels of the Ghent Altarpiece, one of the most often stolen artworks in history, are secretly removed for restoration, 2012

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe becomes the first manmade object to reach interstellar space, 2013

The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, completes his last shift as a pilot in the RAF, and officially retires to perform Royal and community work, 2013

The discovery of the oldest known human drawing, a 73,000-year-old marking on stone found in Blombos Cave, South Africa, is published, 2018

In tribute to the late artist Christo, his unfulfilled project is completed and Paris's Arc de Triomphe is covered in fabric, 2021

Modern slavery (forced labor and forced marriages) has increased by 10 million to 50 million people in the last five years according to the UN's International Labour Organization, 2022

Lee Jung-jae, star of "Squid Game" becomes the first person from a foreign-language show to win an Emmy for best actor in a drama, 2022

The crew of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission take the first commercial spacewalk during a five-day journey through Earth's orbit, traveling the farthest in space of any human since NASA’s Apollo program, 2024