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This Thankful Day, i am reminded of a local tire place, now long closed, where the owner used to advertise by saying, "Tires, they ain't pretty, but you gotta have em!"
Indeed, we were most thankful when #2 Son noticed the passenger rear tire on Slow-Moe the Pontiac was flat and fixed it. Tire patch kits and a person who can use them saves you a lot of money.
Just as my Sweetie and i were about to leave Grandma and Grandpa's house Saturday afternoon, the skies opened up and buckets of rain came down, like it wasn't going to quit any time soon. We're thankful for umbrellas and for the fact once we drove just one mile away, there was no rain, so we didn't have to drive home in a deluge.
Ms. D's daughter was in town, and i was thankful to be able to take our little Annie for our usual Sunday evening visit and we enjoyed it thoroughly.
Monday morning i realized it was very important for me to talk to Ms. V, but she gets up so late i'm usually gone or about to leave by the time she is ready for the day. I was thankful to hit on the idea of doing 3 hours in Carl's apartment, then going across the street to Ms. S, then going back to talk to Ms. V and do my remaining time in the apartment.
The timing worked like a charm, i'm thankful to say, and Ms. V has agreed i should be done by the end of this month.
I'm thankful there's another job on the horizon for Monday mornings, but the details aren't worked out yet and i'll know for sure later.
Tuesday we were waiting and wondering whether storms would come our way. Meanwhile, we did have dense cloud cover so Annie and i were able to take a morning walk without passing out from heat and sunstroke.
Ms. G was in her usual mode, insisting i had to come to her house for specific instructions before going to see Ms. Fiona to help her with her clothes sorting. Once i got out to Ms. Fiona, we had to change our plans totally as she was heading for the nurse's station to show them a sore she had which was starting to get infected. I'm thankful i was at least able to change out her door wreath from a springtime bumble bee to a more summery one with ladybugs and patriotic colors, and i was able to make sure she did stop at the nurse's station and tell them as she's been more forgetful lately.
Once back at Ms. G's, i was thankful to help her with the kitchen sink which needed to be returned (wrong size), very bulky to carry even though we were doing it together.
The vacuuming got done as well, for which Mr. Gray is not thankful (he's semi-feral and decamps to outdoors) but Ms. G is, as it gets up all the Ms. Sassy Floofypants hair.
My Sweetie is thankful Ms. G decided she could not use two metal ammunition bins she'd managed to acquire from heaven knows where, as he is now making good use of them as sturdy, protective holders for vintage vacuum tubes for his amplifiers.
Ms. V, bless her, has taken getting out of her bed early in the morning and sleeping in Carl's apartment on Thursdays so i can get the house done more quickly without having to wait until she gets up to get to all the laundry. I was very thankful as it meant i was done with my six hours of work there in, guess what! six hours! When i have to wait for access to various rooms, it can take 7-8.
Thursday afternoon, we cleaned Kevin and Lenny's shop and i'm thankful it's only once a month since the only time i can get to it is after the marathon at Ms. V's.
Our little Annie gave me a run for the money Friday. The little wiggle squirm flopped around like a fish for almost an hour before finally going down for her nap, then the little minx only slept 45 minutes! We're thankful she got that 45 minutes.
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| Annie, up against her mama's substantial tummy, showing off her own. |
Thankfully for Daughter-in-Law, it shouldn't be too much longer before little Ben arrives. She's getting most uncomfortable at this stage.
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:
Cuckoo Warning Day -- if you hear the cuckoo today, it will be a wet summer, according to old European traditions
Day of the National Flag -- Argentina (Anniversary of General D. Manuel Belgrano's Death)
Day of the Purification of All Things -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Dollars Against Diabetes Days -- always on Father's Day weekend, with information here
Feast of the Great Spirit / Great Mystery -- various Native Americans (celebrations are around the time of the solstice)
Cherokee call the spirit Asgaya Galun Lati
Iroquois call the spirit Orenda
Lakota call the spirit Wakan Tanka
Zuni call the spirit Awonawilona
Festival for Summanus -- Ancient Roman Calendar (the god who threw thunderbolts at night)
Hogueras de San Juan -- Alicante, Spain ("Bonfires of St. John," through the 29th, with the night of the 24th being the most magical as the festival is for St. John, whose day that is)
Husband Caregiver Day -- to honor husbands who give health care to family members (wives, children, or extended family)
Ice Cream Soda Day -- i guess because it's hot enough now for one
International Surfing Day -- The Surfrider Foundation and Surfing Magazine suggest contests, barbecues, film screenings, and organizing beach clean ups to celebrate
Iron Skegge's Day -- Vikings (martyrdom of Iron Skegge, who died defending the temples of Maeri against Christians)
Martyr's Day -- Eritrea
Midsummer's Day -- Aland; Finland; Sweden (obs.)
National Vanilla Milkshake Day
New Identity Day -- an internet generated holiday, just have fun thinking about who you might want to be for a day
Pixie Day -- Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England (reenacting of the "Revenge" of the Pixies who bothered the town until midsummer in 1454; now fun, games, music, pageant, and more)
Scira/Skirophoria -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival for Demeter, organized by the women of Athens; date approximate)
St. Michelina of Pesaro's Day (Patron of mentally ill people, people with in-law problems, widows; against death of children, insanity and mental illness)
Takekiri Eshiki Matsuri -- Kuramadera, Kyoto, Japan (bamboo cutting festival; the bamboo represents snakes, so cutting it symbolizes victory over evil)
World Juggling Day (sat closest to 17th -- after if it's midweek
World Productivity Day -- no central focus, just a day for suppliers of productivity tools and training to celebrate what they contribute to society
World Refugee Day -- UN
Anniversaries Today:
The University of Oxford receives its charter, 1214
West Virginia becomes the 35th US state, 1863
Birthdays Today:
Robert Rodriguez, 1968
Nicole Kidman, 1967
Michael Landon, Jr, 1964
Cyndi Lauper, 1953
John Goodman, 1952
Lionel Richie, 1949
Andre Watts, 1946
Bob Vila, 1946
Anne Murray, 1945
Brian Wilson, 1942
John Mahoney, 1940
Danny Aiello, 1933
James Tolkan, 1931
Martin Landau, 1931
Olympia Dukakis, 1931
Chet Atkins, 1924
Audie Murphy, 1924
Jean-Jacques Bertrand, 1916
Errol Flynn, 1909
Lillian Hellman, 1905
Charles W. Chesnutt, 1858
Scipio Africanus, BC236
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Jaws(Film), 1975
"The Ray Stevens Show"(TV), 1970
"The Ed Sullivan Show"(TV), 1948
Today in History:
Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun; the battle was inconclusive, and Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory, 451
Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique, 1567
The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates, 1631
A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta, 1756
King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during The French Revolution, 1791
The U.S. vessel SS Savannah, the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, arrives at Liverpool, 1819
Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne, 1837
Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph, 1840
Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1877
Caroline Willard Baldwin becomes the first woman to earn a doctor of science degree, at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1895
A rare June hurricane struck Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35, 1959
The so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1963
The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin, 1991
The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida, 2003
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers grants private companies the right to create new website domain suffixes, 2011
Instagram offers users the ability to upload videos to their service, 2013
Dunedin and Christchurch, New Zealand, have roads cut off and flights cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, 2013
Rome elects its first female Mayor, Virginia Raggi, who is also its youngest ever, at age 37, 2016
The Hungarian government passes legislation that criminalizes aiding undocumented migrants, 2018
An historic dust cloud reaches the Caribbean Sea, making it the largest in a half century, 2020
A record high temperature is recorded within the Arctic Circle, 38C (100F) in Verkhoyansk, Siberia, 2020
The Largo di Torre Argentina, site of Julius Caesar's assassination, opens to the public for the first time, 2023
In what is now heralded as a landmark trial in HIV prevention, researchers determine twice-yearly lenacapavir injections provided 100% protection in study in African women, 2024
Underwater archaeologists announce the discovery of a 3,300-year-old Canaanite ship off the northern coast of Israel, the oldest deep sea shipwreck ever discovered 2024
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