At Home and Keeping Me Busy, a Random and Happy Word Counters 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.  

Part of today’s post is also a writing challenge. This is how it works: one of the contributing bloggers picked a number between 12 and 50. The submitted number is a challenge to participating bloggers to write at least one piece using that exact number of words. 

This month, the word count number is: 33

It was submitted by:  Karen

Links to the other Word Counters posts:

Baking In A Tornado                    

On the Border                           \       

The lights were off when i arrived at Carl's, always a sign and not necessarily a good one.  It usually means he doesn't have work.  He didn't, and won't next Tuesday.

Why next Tuesday?  With next Monday being Christmas, i will be doing my Monday people on Tuesday next week.  At least he has work this Thursday, when i go do the main house.

He was in his restroom and i knocked, asking if he had underwear.  He said yes, and i told him not to come out until he'd put it on.  I take no chances.

He popped out and i told him to take his pillow and blanket and go to the sleep chair so i could clean, and then i headed for the laundry room.  Boy, howdy!

Still damp and covered in paper towel.

Dirty clothes, and a washer full of sour clothes.

The "dry" clothes in the dryer were damp, the "clean" clothes in the washer had soured, and the rest was dirty.  Then in his room, i found the rest of it.  Double howdy!

He still has no winter coat, so he's wearing two or three shirts at a time, adding extensively to the laundry pile.  Then there's the stuff in the pockets getting in the dryer.

He also says he's been cold at night.  He's leaving the big blanket on the floor and only sleeping with the light one, and three pairs of pajamas as well as his bathrobe.

He left to rest but had to brush his teeth first.  He came back in 5 times, saying "Brush, brush!" every time.  He loathes the fuzzy teeth feeling and does whatever it takes.

He came back in to dig through the clothes, saying "Where's the itch cream?"  I found him some cortisone roll on (and deodorant) under a pile of clothes on top of the dresser.  

Once he was gone to rest for a while, i tackled the laundry and room, and saw something that made me cringe at first.  A take out box on top of the fridge.

This could be icky.  I've seen some take out food left on top of his fridge i wish i could unsee.  I girded my loins and got it and it wasn't so bad.

It's just cookies!  I can put them in a zip bag, nothing gross.

He also wanted to talk about what his plans were.  He kept mumbling about "downtown events" and "music".  Whatever he goes to, he'll always have a good time.   He's just a big kid.

Last Sunday he attended a church with a robust class for special needs adults.  They had a Christmas party and he came home full and happy and with candy, among other fun things.

Full of candy.

Nativity scene stickers.

It's time for funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Build a Snowman Day -- occupy your mind, as Christmas seems too far away still; if you have no snow, make snowball cookies

Chocolate Pizza Day -- yes, really

E-Mail Santa Claus Just in Case He Didn't Get Your Letter Day -- send your emails to northpole.com/Mailroom/

Festival for Juventas -- Ancient Roman Calendar (goddess of youth, protector of young soldiers)

Icelandic Yuletide Lad of the Day, Skyrgamur -- Curd-glutton, who loves skyr (milk curd) so that he sneaks in the pantry to try to get it all

I've Got My Big Fat Guy Pants On Day -- someone tired of tight clothes started this, a day to wear whatever you like, so long as it is comfortable -- and roomy

Look for an Evergreen Day -- although if you haven't bought your tree by now, you may have waited too long

National Hard Candy Day -- this time of year, it probably means candy canes

National Heroes and Heroines Day / National Jollification Day -- Anguilla

National Heroes and Heroines Day -- Anguilla

National Oatmeal Muffin Day

Opalia -- Roman Empire (feast of Ops, goddess of abundance; 3rd day of the Saturnalia)

Robinson Crusoe Rescue Day (1686)

St. Bernard Valeara's Day (Patron of Teramo, Italy)

St. Samthann (Samantha) of Meath's Day (Patron of the spiritual life)

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation -- UN

Anniversary Today:

First radio broadcast from space, a Christmas greeting from President Eisenhower, 1958

Birthdays Today:

Jake Gyllenhall, 1980

Alyssa Milano, 1972

Tyson Beckford, 1971

Amy Locane, 1971

Kristy Swanson, 1969

Criss Angel, 1967

Jessica Steen, 1965

Jennifer Beals, 1963

Kevin Edward McHale, 1957

Janie Fricke, 1952

Robert Urich, 1946

Richard Leakey, 1944

Alvin Lee, 1944

Tim Reid, 1944

Cicely Tyson, 1939

Al Kaline, 1934

David Susskind, 1920

Leonid Brezhnev, 1906

Ralph Richardson, 1902

Carter Godwin Woodson, 1875

Minnie Maddern Fiske, 1865

Mary Ashton Livermore, 1821

William Edward Parry, 1790

Debuting/Premiering Today:

Titanic(Film), 1997

The Man with the Golden Gun(Film), 1974

"Homecoming A Christmas Story"(TV introduction of "The Waltons"), 1971

"The Music Man"(Musical), 1957

"A Christmas Carol"(publication date), 1843

"American Crisis"(publication date of the Thomas Paine essay in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls."), 1776

"Poor Richard's Almanack" (publication of first issue by Benjamin Franklin), 1732

Today in History:

Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor, 324

The Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad, 1055

The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who found, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States, 1606

The Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay, and Connecticut colonies combine forces and attach the Great Swamp Fort of the Narragansetts during King Philip's War, 1675

Benjamin Franklin, under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack", 1732

Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote that "These are the times that try men's souls," 1776

Chinese troops occupy the capital Thang Long Vietnam, 1788

The US state of Kentucky becomes the first to appropriate money for road building, 1795

The US state of Georgia becomes the first to pass a birth registration law, 1823

Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents a sewing machine that can sew a curved seam, 1854

Albert L. Jones patents corrugated cardboard, 1871

The first black US Catholic priest, Charles Uncles, is ordained in Baltimore, 1891

The first city ordinance requiring separate neighborhoods for blacks and whites is passed, in Baltimore, 1910

Robert Ripley begins his "Believe It Or Not" column in the NY Globe, 1918

The British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas, 1932

The US Earth satellite Atlas transmitted the first radio voice broadcast from space, 1958

The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, returns to earth, 1972

The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that the People's Republic of China, in 1997, would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, is signed, 1984

Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from internal exile in Gorky, 1986

A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia, 2001

The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-07M is launched in Kazakhstan, with cosmonauts Roman Romanenko, Chris Hadfield and Thomas Marshburn aboard for the ISS Expedition 34 and 35 crews, 2012

The journal Current Biology publishes a study of the earliest fossilized trees ever found, dated to be 386 million years old, discovered at a quarry in Cairo, New York, 2019

Former student activist Gabriel Boric wins Chile's Presidential election, to become the country's youngest president at 35, 2021