How Useful Is A Dishwasher and Other Appliance Shenanigans, a Random and Happy Tuesday Post

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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.  

What did we do for our anniversary yesterday?  Sweetie ran errands for The Big Boss, and i took Dr. D to NOLA for a funeral in the bad weather.  And managed to get her there and back on time and in one piece in spite of the wrecks on the highways.

Yep, it was kind of a bust in the celebrating department, that will have to wait until payday on Friday.  That’s okay, it’s not the specific day that matters.

Before Dr. D and i left, i tried to get all of the usual cleaning done.  Looking at the pile of dishes in despair, i told her i was going to use the dishwasher.

She said, “Well, it’s rather useless.”

You’re right, i told her, until you unload the clean dishes, it is!

Yes, i unloaded and got it reloaded and run before we had to leave.  No need to place bets on whether it will still have all the clean dishes in it next week.

While she was at the funeral, i went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house and cleaned the fridges, something Grandma told me last week she was hoping i could get to soon.

While i was there, Grandpa said that he sometimes cleans the fridge.  Grandma said, “What, once a year?”

“No, about every 3 months I take a rag and wipe it out.  Of course, I don’t move anything, I just clean around it.”

“Are you afraid to move stuff?”

“No, the only thing I’m afraid of is throwing away something you still want.  That’s why I don’t throw anything away until it’s moving on its own!”

On that note, more of the stuff that Grandma forwards to me:

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Buffalo Soldiers Day -- US (as designated by Congress)    

Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval a/k/a Expulsion of the Acadians Day -- Canada

Festival of Hedjihotep -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (goddess of weaving; date approximate)

Imp-Handling Conference -- Fairy Calendar

Independence Day -- Peru(1821)

Liberation Day / Anniversary of the Fall of Fascism -- San Marino

National Milk Chocolate Day

St. Arduinus of Trepino's Day (Patron of Trepino, Italy)

Terry Fox Day -- born in Winnipeg on this date in 1958, he raised $24 million for cancer research by running over 3,000 miles on an artificial leg before his death in 1981 at age 23

World Hepatitis Day -- International   

Anniversaries Today

The first Singing Telegram is delivered, 1933

Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard, 1540

Birthdays Today

Lori Loughlin, 1964

Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, 1958

Hugo Chavez, 1954

Sally Struthers, 1948

Linda Kelsey, 1946

Jim Davis, 1945

Rick Wright, 1945

Bill Bradley, 1943

Phil Proctor, 1040

Darryl Hickman, 1931

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, 1929

Jacques Piccard, 1922

Earl Tupper, 1907

Rudy Vallee, 1901

Joe E. Brown, 1892

Beatrix Potter, 1866 

Thomas Heyward, Jr., 1746

Today in History

Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason, 1540

Bermuda is first settled by Europeans, survivors of the English ship Sea Venture en route to Virginia, 1609

Maximilien Robespierre is executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution, 1794

Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina, 1865

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, guaranteeing due process and establishing citizenship for African Americans is certified, 1868

First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1935

The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport", 1948

The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2moment magnitude flattens Tangshan, the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851, 1976

Andorra joins the United Nations, 1993

Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships, 2001

The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland, 2005

The U-550, a sunken German U-Boat, is discovered off the cost of Massachusetts, 2012

Findings of the earliest evidence of cancer, found in 1.7 million-year-old fossil from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, are published in "South African Journal of Science", 2015