Monday, September 5, 2022

First Day Jitters (Awww Monday), Inspiring Quote of the Week, and Poetry Monday

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Awww Monday is hosted by Sandee at Comedy Plus.


Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays.  Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.


Make sure you get the code from Sandee's site, linked above, and leave a link to your post so we can visit you.  What better way to start the week than with a smile!


These kittens just got to the shelter and have a bit of the first day jitters.











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Sparks is the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, who wanted us to post something positive and uplifting at the start of the week.  While she no longer blogs, i like to post an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor. 

    





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Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border Jenny at Procrastinating Donkey is on a blog semi-break and her poetry is sorely missed, we hope she comes back soon.   Charlotte/Mother Owl participates, and now Karen at Baking in a Tornado is jumping in at least once a month, too.  Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let Diane know!


This week the theme is Labor Day / Labour Day.          

              


First, i wish to quote my favorite Labor Day Poem, by Garfield the Cat.  (While i don't quite agree with the sentiment, it makes me laugh every year when i think about it.)


Labor Day, schmabor day,

What a dumb day.

You hire some jerk

Then send him away

To celebrate work

By playing all day.


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Work is such a grand thing

i can't seem to stay away

that's why i'm at Carl's laboring

this very Labor Day.


'Cause people want the house clean

even holidays and all,

and since i need some groceries

i'm going to heed the call.


For the laboring opportunity

i'm thankful more than a smidge

all the way down from the bottom

of my very empty fridge!


(Please note, the above is a slight exaggeration, although yes, i am working today, as are most people in retail.)



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Today is:


Be Late For Something Day -- sponsored by the Procrastinators' Club of America, Inc. (if they can get around to mentioning it in their newsletter, of course)


Dia de Santiago Iglesias Pantin -- Puerto Rico


Genesia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (a day of the dead; date approximate)


Hassaku-sai -- Matsuo-taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan (rituals to ask the gods for mild weather, good harvests and safe homes)


International Day of Charity -- UN


Jupiter Stator Festival -- Ancient Roman Calendar (commemorates that Jupiter helped Romulus to stop the Sabine invasion under Titus Tatius)


Jury Rights Day -- marking the decision by a jury, in 1670, to not convict William Penn of laws which they considered unjust which would have prohibited him from the practice and preaching of his religion to a peaceably assembled congregation; this decision became the basis of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the US


Labor Day/Labour Day -- Bermuda; Canada; Palau; U.S. and Territories


Luxembourg City Kermesse -- Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (the capital city gets a day off to enjoy the country's biggest fun festival)


National Cheese Pizza Day


St. Laurence Gustiani's Day (First Patriarch of Venice)


St. Teresa of Calcutta's Day (Mother Teresa); related:

     Dia e Lumturimit te Nene Terezes -- Albania


Sts. Zechariah and Elisabeth's Day -- Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches


Teacher's Day -- India


Wag and Carrot Fancying Day -- Fairy Calendar



Anniversaries Today:


John Travolta marries Kelly Preston, 1991



Birthdays Today:


Kim Yu-Na, 1990

Rose McGowan, 1973

Dweezil Zappa, 1969

Kristian Alfonso, 1964

Cathy Guisewite, 1950

Dennis Dugan, 1946

Raquel Welch, 1940

William Devane, 1939

Carol Lawrence, 1934

Bob Newhart, 1929

Arthur C. Nielsen, 1923

John Cage, 1912

Arthur Koestler, 1905

Darryl F. Zanuck, 1902

Morris Carnovsky, 1897

Jesse James, 1847

Johann Christian Bach, 1735



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy"(TV), 1966

"No Mother To Guide Her"(Play), 1905



Today in History:


Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards, in an attempt to Westernize his people, 1698

The First Continental Congress is assembled in Philadelphia, 1774

The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror, 1793

Napoleon surrenders Malta to Great Britian, 1800

Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas, 1836

The First Opium war begins in China, 1839

James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon, 1862

Sioux Chief Crazy Horse is killed, 1877

The First Labor Day Parade is held in NYC, 1882

The first gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1885

The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin), 1906

The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger, 1932

The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, 1961

A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day, 1972

Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay, 1977

The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel, 1980

The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, came into force, 1991

Tuvalu joins the UN, 2000

For the first time, a browsable, analysable overview of four million functional elements of the human genome discovered to date are made available to the public, 2012

The World Health Organization estimates that 1,900 people have died from the Ebola virus out of 3,500 infected in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone, 2015

Erramatti Mangamma of Hyderabad, India, becomes the world's oldest living mother giving birth to twins at age 74, 2019

15 comments:

  1. Smiling at your poem - and totally unsurprised you are working.

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  2. I like your Labour's Day poem. No off day for housewives. Lol!

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  3. Lovely kittens. Thank you for looking after them.

    God bless.

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  4. What beautiful kittens and all in safe hands

    Have an awwtastic Monday 👍

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  5. I'd be jittery on my first day in a shelter, too.

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  6. Adorable kitties ~ hope they find a forever home soon ~ Xo ~ Great spark too ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days ~

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  7. Awww on the adorable kitties. They will find forever homes and that's a good thing.

    Love your Spark. So very true.

    Thank you for all the hard work you do. You're awesome.

    Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs. ♥

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  8. They are sooo cute. Mom remembers watching the Telethon every year.

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  9. Those kittens are all so adorable! Excellent Spark and such a sweet poem, you nailed it!

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  10. Oh those poor little kittens. If only we could help them understand that life will soon be better.

    Today I did not procrastinate!! I'm so proud. I did everything this weekend that I was supposed to and I am proud. I'm usually the world's best procrastinator.

    Have a great week!

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  11. Such cute Kittens. I am sure they will all get forever homes soon. Great spark and poem. XO

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  12. I wish there was still a muscular dystrophia telethon. Fond memories! Cute kitties!

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  13. Your poem is great. Those kitties will be jumping around and playing in no time.

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  14. Aw....those kittens are so sweet. I would be so nervous too. Love the poem and always all your shares. THANK YOU!

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  15. Such cute kitties! I've never heard that Labour Day poem, but you can bet I'm going to remember it now!
    And great work on your own poem!

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