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Linking up with Wordless Wednesday and Sandee at Comedy Plus.
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Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and has become a moveable feast of word or picture or music prompts that encourages us to write stories, poems, or whatever strikes our fancy.
This month, the prompts are being provided by Cindi.
This week the prompt is:
Write a diary entry, dated 10 years in the future.
Dear Diary,
Now that i am retired and the house is paid off, things are a bit easier. It’s also great that the kids are all grown up and on their own, more or less settled into their own lives.
We can start, bit by bit, to work on restoring the broken and damaged parts of this house.
Of course, the people who sold it to us knew about how bad it was, and that it could never be fully repaired, but much can be done.
Meanwhile, not having to work every day means i can bottle raise orphaned kittens again.
Also, i can spend more time doing other volunteer work.
If retirement is doing what you love, there’s going to be a lot of volunteering done!
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Today is:
Bake Cookies Day -- the holiday for everyone!
Eponalia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (feast of Epona, goddess of fertility and horses, mules, and donkeys; during the Saturnalia and the only Roman honoring of a Celtic deity)
Flake Appreciation Day -- snow or human, your choice!
Hug a Soccer Player Day -- this "holiday" has a Facebook page, but no other history
Icelandic Yuletide Lad of the Day, Hurdaskellir -- Door-Slammer, a noisy fellow who tries to keep everyone awake
International Answer the Phone like Buddy the Elf Day -- for fans of the film Elf, starring Will Ferrel
International Migrants Day -- UN
Khoiak Ceremony for the Sokar Festival -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (falcon god; date approximate)
Let's See What We Find In the Fridge Day -- to bravely see if you've left anything in the back that you shouldn't have
National Day / Founder's Day -- Qatar
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
National Scrooge Week begins -- at least according to Mr. Ed
Nuestra Senora de la Soledad -- Oaxaca, Mexico (Our Lady of Solitude, Patron of the lonely, of Oaxaca, and of sailors who bring her pearls)
Republic Day -- Niger
St. Flannan's Day (Patron of Killaloe, Ireland)
Tulya's E'en -- Orkney Island (beginning of the Yule season when evil spirits roamed; date approximate, as we aren't sure if they equated Yule initially with Dec. 25 or the 22nd)
Wear a Plunger On Your Head Day -- observe this internet generated holiday at your own risk (and you will be one of the human flakes, i guess, that the rest of us appreciate)*
Anniversaries Today:
Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future president, marries Asif Ali Zardari, 1987
Capitol Reef National Park established, Utah, US, 1971
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, outlawing slavery, takes effect, 1865
New Jersey becomes the 3rd US State, 1787
Birthdays Today:
Christina Aguilera, 1980
Katie Holmes, 1978
Earl "DMX" Simmons, 1970
Rob Van Dam, 1970
Rachel Griffiths, 1968
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, 1964
Brad Pitt, 1963
Ray Liotta, 1955
Leonard Maltin, 1950
Steven Spielberg, 1946
Keith Richards, 1943
Ossie Davis, 1917
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, 1917
Douglas Fraser, 1916
Betty Grable, 1916
Willy Brandt, 1913
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., 1912
Ty Cobb, 1886
Joseph Grimaldi, 1778
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Sunshine Boys"(Play), 1972
"To Tell The Truth"(TV), 1956
"The Nutcracker"(Ballet), 1892
Today in History:
Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic, BC218
Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan", officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China, 1271
The Mayflower lands in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts with 102 Pilgrims on board, 1620
Abel Tasman becomes first European to land in New Zealand, 1642
Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children", 1719
Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia, 1774
The first celestial photograph (of the Moon) is made in US, by John Draper, NYC, 1839
William Bond obtains the first photograph of Moon through a telescope, 1849
Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Mesa Verde, 1888
The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic, 1900
The Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is supposedly found in the Piltdown Gravel Pit, by Charles Dawson, 1912
Japan joins the United Nations, 1956
Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker, 1966
Dominica joins the United Nations, 1978
HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium, 1997
The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia, 2006
The United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II attends a meeting of the Cabinet for the first time, receiving a gift honoring her Diamond Jubilee; this was first time a Cabinet meeting was attended by a British monarch since the reign of Queen Victoria, 2012
*Unless this should have been Wear A Brand New, Never Before Used Plunger on Your Head Day, and was started by the plumbing supply industry
LOVE your diary entry - and do hope that you continue to lead a rich and fulfilling life.
ReplyDeleteLOL @ those expressions
ReplyDeleteI liked your diary entry into your future :-)
Have a tanfastic week :-)
Dear Pilgrims,
ReplyDeleteCoastal New England in December is really not the best place for a hopeful beginning... she says, preparing to go outside and chip ice off of her car.
We always need to feel needed, but it is nice to be selective.
ReplyDeleteIt seems most people we know who retire get super busy doing what they love and barely have time. It's a good problem to have.
ReplyDeleteYour future looks great...except for the repairs. But that will give your husband something to do so he will he will keep busy and stay out of the way for all the projects you have planned. lol
ReplyDelete(emphasis on the 'he will he will')
DeleteFacial expressions are great wordless ways and your diary entry shows your dear sense of humor ~ ^_^
ReplyDeleteHappy Moments to You,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I loved the the picture with all the faces and words. You are very needed and loved Mimi, especially from me. Your blog is very important to me each day. Merry Christmas my friend.
ReplyDeleteCruisin Paul
Love the chart and I love your retirement plans. That's what we've done. We are winding down on some of the volunteering, but we've enjoyed it so very much all these years.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. Big hug. ♥
Good retirement plans. Good to be able to do the things you enjoy.
ReplyDeleteStone Cold Steve Austin is 55? Holy stunner, where does the time go?
ReplyDeleteThat is a fun idea on the face of it! Good story, welcome back to the future!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, fostering kittens when I return from Germany in 10 years!!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like someone will be busier in retirement :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice diary entry.
ReplyDeleteAnd wondering how you ever had time to go to work!!!
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