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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.
Ms. V, Mr. L, and Carl were host to the extended family's Easter brunch. They'd spent a huge amount of time preparing (well, not Mr. L so much, as he's still feeling puny from his last bout of sickness) and cleaning the parts of the house which company would see. They close Carl's door, for obvious reasons.
The area i deep cleaned a couple of weeks ago is still good.
An oasis of calm in the midst of a riot.
Meanwhile, Carl was wearing his coat over his pajamas while eating breakfast. Why? Because his robes were dirty, of course.
Ms. V has encouraged him to put the powder on his feet in the bathroom over his rug so the powder doesn't make the floor slippery and dangerous. The bathroom doesn't have enough space. His solution was to move the rug.
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| No longer in the bathroom, in the hall doorway instead. |
Then sit next to it to put the powder on.
I went to pack his lunch and found this.
Yes, a cheese stick sandwich. Three mozzarella cheese sticks between two slices of bread. As i often says, they're his taste buds, i'm not going to worry about it.
What i did have to worry about was the whereabouts of his lunch box. It has pulled a disappearing act again, and no, it was not in the car. It will be interesting to see if it shows up again.
While getting the first load of laundry ready, i made sure i didn't take his towel out of the bathroom. He went for his shower and started calling, "I don't have a towel!" I passed him another, and when i went in later, there were two in there. Where the first one was when he needed it is a question for the ages.
When he did head in for his shower, i told him he'd need to hurry because it was late.
"It's only 6:40!" he said.
He has to be at work at 7am.
It takes about ten minutes to drive to work.
Does it surprise any of us that he sometimes cuts into his 10-minute grace period for signing in pretty close to the bone?
This time, i remembered to take a couple of "after" photos.
In honor of being late for work, or not, some funnies.
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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Today is:
Barbershop Quartet Day -- founding day of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America
Be Kind to Lawyers Day -- after all, you will need one someday, for something
Buchenwald Liberation Day -- at 3:15pm local time, by the Third Army
Children's Day in Florida -- FL, US
Easter Tuesday -- TAS, Australia; Cyprus; Nauru
Eight Track Tape Day -- do you remember those; someone who fondly does has a day to honor them
Festival of Unmediated Play -- just go out there and have fun, like kids do
International "Louie Louie" Day -- a song that caused such a stir it deserves a day; on the birth anniversary of its composer, Richard Berry
Juan Santamaria Day -- Costa Rica (commemoration of the hero of the Battle of Rivas)
Liberation Day -- Uganda (fall of Idi Amin)
M&M Crisis in Space Day -- on this day in 1996, American astronaut Shannon Lucid reported from Space Station Mir that she was out of M&Ms; it was the only thing she regularly requested for resupply in her 188 days there!
National Cheese Fondue Day
National Pet Day / Pet Day USA -- US (it's about the love, so adopt, don't shop!)
Southland Provincial Anniversary Day -- Southland, NZ
St. Antipas' Day (spiritual student of St. John, mentioned in the Book of the Revelation of St. John)
St. Stanislaus' Day (Patron of soldiers in battle; Cracow, Poland; Plock, Poland; Poland, where he is celebrated on May 8)
World Parkinson's Disease Day
Anniversary Today:
Spelman College is founded, 1881
Birthdays Today:
Joss Stone, 1987
Tricia Helfer, 1974
Vincent Gallo, 1961
Bill Irwin, 1950
Ellen Goodman, 1948
Meshach Taylor, 1947
Peter Riegert, 1947
Louise Lasser, 1939
Richard Berry, 1935
Tony Brown, 1933
Joel Grey, 1932
Ethel Kennedy, 1928
Oleg Cassini, 1913
Jane Matilda Bolin, 1908
Dalia "Dale" Messick, 1906
Percy Julian, 1899
Lizzie “Lillie” Bliss, 1864
Charles Evans Hughes, 1862
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"On Your Toes"(Musical), 1936
"Matthäus-Passion/St. Matthew's Passion"(Bach BWV 244), 1727
Today in History:
William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain, 1689
The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place, 1775
President Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech, urging a spirit of concilliation during reconstruction, 1865
The Shogunate is abolished in Japan, 1868
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized, 1876
Ellis Island is designated as an immigration station, 1890
Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States in the treaty ending the Spanish American War, 1899
The US Navy aquires its first submarine, designed by John P. Holland, 1900
Albert Einstein announces his Special Theory of Relativity, 1905
The International Labour Organization is founded, 1919
The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found in Arbroath Abbey where Scottish nationalist students had taken it from Westminster Abbey, 1951
Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule, 1957
Apollo 13 is launched, 1970
The Apple I is created, 1976
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed, 1979
The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan, 1987
Australia beats American Samoa in a 31-0 win, the biggest ever in an international match of football, 2001
The French ban of Islamic women's face coverings goes into effect, 2011
Fossilized dinosaur eggs complete with embryos are found in China, 2013
European Union leaders agree to allow a six month extension for Brexit after UK leaders fail to reach a consensus, 2019
Sleep IS amazing. And yes adulthood can be v scary.
ReplyDeleteI do hope Carl's family had a great Easter get together. You did all you could to help. I used to work with a woman who thought pulling into the company parking lot at 8:05 counted for being on time. In the meantime I had to do the 10 minutes of her job while she finally got in and took off her coat and got her coffee!
ReplyDeleteThe before and after shots are amazing! Running late is just the way some people are. Mom is always on the early side and can't stand being late. It is really kind of rude for people to be late without a good reason, but Carl is his own reason,LOL!
ReplyDeleteCarl is always good for yet another chapter :D
ReplyDeleteI love the before and after shots two. You rock and I love hearing about Carl. I just love him. He's most entertaining.
ReplyDeleteLove all the late funnies. I was always the one that was early. Just in my DNA.
Thank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Love and hugs, my friend. ♥
Hope you are writing your book about Carl ~
ReplyDeleteFun comics about 'being late' ~
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Sorry I'm late visiting you.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Those after photos are amazing and Carl is a hoot. Those were fun funnies, love that last one!
ReplyDeletethecontemplativecat here. We have a bedroom that gets cleaned and then slowly builds up another collection of stuff. We were never late, Dad sat outside in the car waiting for the 6 of us use our only bathroom to clean up. He wasn't going to be late---he wanted to be first at church.
ReplyDeleteSo enjoyed reading. Life sounds fun in your world. I use to clean for all the families to come at holidays, and then wonder why when I peered around after everyone left. lol Had all to do again. But, I sure did all the company.
ReplyDeleteYou are a miracle worker. :)
ReplyDeleteHaving a clean room makes a happy day! Looks like it just needed tidying up. Some places I've seen... oh my.
ReplyDeleteIt's true, sleep is amazing. I had a boss once who would note every single second a person was late for a shift but thought nothing of turning up late herself.
ReplyDeleteM&Ms in space? Who knew! Carl is quite the character. I love hearing about his misadventures. The after photos looked so nice.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing transformation!
ReplyDeleteI hate being late. But I loved those funnies!
Your before and after shots are proof positive you are truly a miracle worker! :) LOVED all the funnies! My sister has always been notoriously late - no matter how long it took to get somewhere, she'd finally leave at the time she was supposed to *be* there. We learned to tell her she needed to be somewhere much earlier than she did, so she'd end up being there on time. ;)
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