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It's time once again for a random and happy Tuesday, linking up with Stacy's Random Thoughts at Stacy Uncorked and Sandee at Comedy Plus.
This is the laundry room, and it tells me Carl and Ms. V have had quite a week. She managed to save some of the cleaning rags, the ones which can't go in a dryer, and get them hung up. The rest were, well, with everything else and it all got removed for rewashing.
Then i got to the bathroom. It seems even duct tape isn't strong enough to hold the bath towel bar up under the assault of Carl putting not just towels, but anything else cloth related on there and simply shoving until it all stays, balancing precariously.
No longer. Until and unless a new bar is procured, he now simply has two ersatz towel hooks.
He's been liberal with the powder.
I found his cookie stash. His mother has given me permission to throw away any sweets i find as he eats way too many and has some blood tests showing he's on the way to type 2 diabetes. Carl used to put them on top of the fridge, or in the fridge, but those were too obvious, thus he's now hiding them in the cabinet.
These are creatine tablets. He spilled them on his wet counter. I don't recommend getting creatine tablets wet.
He finally bought water bottles, and i went to put them in the fridge so they'd be cold when he left for work.
There was plenty of room.
As i went through the main house to get the cleaning supplies, Carl peeped from his sleep chair and asked, "What time?"
Only 8 o'clock, i told him.
"Ahhh," he said, settling back down. He knew he had at least another hour, and he wasn't going to waste it.
His bathroom was clean and laundry well on the way when he finally came in to shower. He very much approved the clothes i'd chosen after i told him it was going to be a cold day, but he wanted one addition, an extra t-shirt under the long sleeve shirt.
We opened his white t-shirt drawer and he felt the material on the 3 on top, to find the thickest. Finally satisfied, he picked one then turned to the closet and said, "I'll need a jacket and sweater..."
Later, i told him. Just leave them hanging in the closet for now, we'll get them out closer to time for you to leave, you won't need them while you're still here.
He looked a bit confused, but agreed finally and locked himself in the bathroom for the shower.
Once done, he opened the door and asked, "Where's my powder?"
In the cabinet where it's marked, 'powder,' i told him. He opened the cabinet and found it. "Oh," he said.
Imagine that, i told him, it was where it was supposed to be.
He looked at me and i added, use it over your rug so it doesn't make the floor slick.
For once, Carl did it. Of course, the rug looks awful but that's beside the point.
He kept up a steady stream of chatter. He's trying to get some information from the fitness place, "they keep sending the confirmation to my old phone number!" he fussed.
Carl has been to another movie. He does love going to movies. "I want to see Avatar again with my friends, but that's at their house..."
I got the apron on him as we went to the kitchen and while i snagged sandwich fixings, he handed me a can of guava juice. "Put that in my lunch, too," he said, licking his lips. "Guava, yum."
He has good taste, i'll give him that.
His father, Mr. L, was reading the paper and Carl stood, eating and reading over his dad's shoulder and asking questions. Something about international criminals, and a couple of local happenings, it took Mr. L a few minutes to get all his questions answered and then Carl got back onto his iPad and his dad went back to reading.
Meanwhile, i packed a sandwich with turkey breast and swiss, with ketchup and mayo, just as he likes it. When i tried to close the turkey zip bag, i realized Carl must have been making sandwiches from it for a couple of days because that ship has sailed. The zip has been separated from the bag.
Right before time to leave, he came in, leaving the back door open and cold air rushing in, asking for glasses.
I told him i hadn't seen any and he grabbed an unopened box from on top of his dresser. Voila, his mom has ordered some. I grabbed a pair and one of the little straps to hold them around his neck and handed them to him.
Then he came back in, leaving the door open again (the weather has gotten cold) and he went digging for gloves, but he was out of luck there.
"Did you pack enough to eat?" he asked.
Frozen chicken dinner, sandwich, fruit cup, cheese stick, bag of nuts, carrot sticks, guava juice and water.
He deemed it enough but grabbed a second water, just in case, then asked for the coat and sweater, of which he donned both before leaving.
After that, it's time for some funnies.
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone.
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Today is Saint Patrick of Ireland's Day! He is Patron of engineers, excluded people, ophidiophobics; Ireland; Nigeria; over 20 other towns/dioceses around the world; against fear of snakes, snakes and snake bite.
Today is a public holiday in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Montserrat, and Ireland, and widely celebrated throughout the world, especially with parades.
Trefuilnid Treochair (Feast of Triple Bearer of the Triple Key) is Ireland's National Day.
There are many Saint Patrick's Day Parades, although various cities around the English speaking world hold their celebrations on the Saturday or Sunday nearest the Saint's day (as did our area).
This year's Irish blessing:
May the blessing of light be upon you,
Light on the outside, light on the inside.
With G-d's sunlight shining on you,
May your heart glow with warmth,
Like a turf fire that welcomes
Friends and strangers alike.
May the light of the Lord shine from your eyes,
Like a candle in the window,
Welcoming the weary traveler.
Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.
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Today is:
Ennensai -- Kyoto, Japan (festival and traditional performances)
Evacuation Day -- Suffolk County, Massachusetts, US (day the British troops left the city in 1776)
Festival of King Amenhotep I -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (rituals dramatizing his death and burial, held in the Valley; date approximate)
Kustonu Diena -- Ancient Latvian Calendar (no planting today, to ward off insects)
Liberalia -- Ancient Roman Empire (fertility festival in rural areas)
National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day
Rubber Band Day -- patented in England this date in 1845 by Stephen Perry
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Birth Anniversary -- Bangladesh
St. Gertrude's Day (Patron of cats, for accommodations and lodging while traveling, gardeners, mentally ill people, pilgrims, poor people, sick people, suriphobics, travelers, widows; Nivelles, Belgium; against fear of mice and rats, fever, insanity and mental disorders, mice and rats)
St. Joseph of Arimathea's Day (Patron of funeral directors, morticians/undertakers, pallbearers, tin miners, tin smiths; Glastonbury Cathedral)
Submarine Day -- the sandwich or the submersible, your choice
Tea for Two Tuesday -- celebrating tea and friendship
Anniversaries Today:
Wellesley Female Seminary is established, 1870
Franklin D. Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt, 1905
Birthdays Today:
Caroline Corr, 1973
Mia Hamm, 1972
Rob Lowe, 1964
Arye Gross, 1960
Vicky Lewis, 1960
Gary Sinise, 1955
Lesley-Anne Down, 1954
Kurt Russell, 1951
Patrick Duffy, 1949
John Sebastian, 1944
Paul Kantner, 1941
Rudolf Nureyev, 1938
Paul Horn, 1930
Nat "King" Cole, 1919
Bayard Rustin, 1910
Bobby Jones, 1902
Shemp Howard, 1895
Jim Bridger, 1804
Roger B. Taney, 1777
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Camino Real"(Play), 1953
"Kiss and Tell"(Play), 1943
"Welded"(Play), 1928
"The Girl Friend"(Musical), 1926
"Wilhelm Tell"(Play), 1804
Today in History:
In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda, BC45
Marcus Aurelius dies leaving Commodus as the sole emperor of the Roman Empire, 180
Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeat the Quraysh of Mecca in the Battle of Badr, 624
Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy made in England, 1337
Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern), 1756
George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence," 1780
The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King, 1805
Henry Jones of Bristol patents "self-raising" flour, 1845
Stephen Perry of London patents the rubber band, 1845
John Joseph Montgomery makes the first glider flight, in Otay, California, 1884
The first practical submarine leaves the dock at NYC and submerges for one hour forty minutes, 1898
A showing of seventy-one Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation, 1901
Luther Gulick and his wife Charlotte found Camp Fire Girls (now Camp Fire USA), 1910
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "Californium", 1950
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India, 1959
Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel, 1969
A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%, 1992
President Bush delivers an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein: leave Iraq within 48 hours or face an attack, 2003
Scientists discover that a large number of bacterial life forms live in the deepest part of the world's oceans, the Mariana Trench, which is about 6.831 miles, 2013
Archaeologists announce the discovery of an iron age warrior king burial ground that is about 2,500 years old and has 75 graves in Pocklington, Northern England, 2017
Africa's only female head of state, Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, confirms she is resigning amid an expenses scandal, 2018
Chad begins repaying a $100 million debt to Angola with cattle, sending more than 1,000 cows to Luanda, 2020
Rio de Janeiro posts an actual temperature of 42°C but with a record heat index of 62.3 C (144.1 F), the highest in Brazil in a decade, 2024
