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Saturday, December 10, 2022

For This Moment, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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It's rEcess Thankful Day.  We celebrated Christmas, had crawfish étouffée for Becca, we had a piñata full of toys, there were treats, we ran and played and plotted mischief and everyone got fed, even if they need a feeding tube.  I had the loaner car, i got all the supplies i needed, and for this moment, all is well.


















Becca's take on it.








Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Dyanne and her co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.   



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Today is:


Anniversary of the Victory over Daesh/ISIS -- Iraq


Chief Red Cloud Day -- marking the Sioux leader's death in 1909; defender of Native rights, son of Lone Man and Walks As She Thinks


Constitution Day -- Thailand


Dewey Decimal System Day -- anniversary of Melvil Dewey's birth


Do Something Wild and Crazy with Velveeta Day -- guess they mean besides turn it into Hillbilly Hor d'oeuvres (melted with Rotel and served with chips)


International Animal Rights Day


International Human Rights Day -- anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948


International Shareware Day


Jane Addams Day -- Hull House Museum, Chicago, IL, US (sponsored by the American Association of University Women-Illinois


Lux Mundi -- Ancient Roman Calendar (honoring Libertas as the bringer of light into the world)


Namibian Women's Day -- Namibia


National Day of the Horse -- US (by Congressional resolution, information here)  


National Lager Day


Nobeldagen -- Sweden (Alfred Nobel Day, presentations of the Nobel Prizes at the Stockholm Concert Hall)

     Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony -- Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway


Sister-Friend Day -- internet generated, but if you have a sister who is a good friend to you, it's worth celebrating


St. Eulalia of Merida's Day (Patron of runaways, torture victims, widows; Merida, Spain; Oviedo, Spain)


Whirling Dervishes Festival -- Konya, Turkey (through the 17th)



Anniversaries Today:


Mississippi becomes the 20th US State, 1817



Birthdays Today:


Raven-Symone, 1985

Bobby Flay, 1964

Kenneth Branagh, 1960

Susan Dey, 1952

Gloria Loring, 1946

Dan Blocker, 1928

Harold Gould, 1923

Dorothy Lamour, 1914

Chet Huntley, 1911

Hermes "Pan" Panagiotopolous, 1909

Mary Norton, 1903

Melvil Dewey, 1851

Emily Dickinson, 1830

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, 1787



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Wings Over America"(Album release), 1976

Lawrence of Arabia(Film), 1962

"The Mighty Mouse Playhouse" (TV), 1955

Grand Ole Opry (first radio broadcast), 1927



Today in History:


Martin Luther publicly burns the papal edict demanding that he recant, 1520

Isaac Newton's paper De Motu Corporum in Gyrum, containing the derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley, 1684

The Massachusetts Bay Colony becomes the first American Colonial government to borrow money, 1690

The metric system is formally established in France, 1799

The first traffic lights are installed outside the Palace of Westminster in London, 1868

Women's suffrage is granted in Wyoming Territory, the first in the US, 1869

Women are granted suffrage in Tasmania, 1902

The 10,000,000th Model T Ford is assembled, 1915

The Grand Ole Opry makes its radio debut, in Nashville, Tn, 1927

UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

Ralph J Bunche becomes the first black to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, 1950

The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia, 1981

The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland; the closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages, 1993

An archive documenting the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda is revealed in the capital city of Kigali, 2010

Mary Barra of General Motors becomes the first female CEO of a major automotive company, 2013

Governor Jerry Brown tours Southern Californian wildfires and declares them "the new normal", 2017

The first fully electric commercial plane, a retrofitted seaplane, completes its test flight in Vancouver, 2019

Rare December tornadoes strike four American states, 2021

12 comments:

  1. It looks and sounds wonderful.. For you all.

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  2. It looks like a real good time was had by everybody.

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  3. Wow Mimi. There are so many things going on. Have a great day my friend.

    Cruisin Paul

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  4. Thank you for reminding me it is Sister-Friend Day.

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  5. That's a great list of thankfuls, for sure! It looks like everyone had fun (yay for the piñata!).

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  6. It does the heart good so see such happy things going on.

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  7. Sounds like a good time was had by all. Becca sounds like a sweet kid. XO

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  8. Looks like another wonderful day. I like the suit of armor.

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  9. Oh what a nice day it looks . Such a lot of hard work goes into creating a good time for all ...and by the way that armour is awesome!!😄

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  10. I always find you so inspiring! You find joy in even the smallest things!

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  11. great photos and I got to learn a new word!

    (étouffée)

    cool

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  12. Oh what a delightful time and etouffe too ~ Xo

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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