Gearing Up and a PSA, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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It's time to gear up for another Thankful Day and, thankfully, another year.

I'm thankful i have my wall calendar, my "diary" calendar, and my work calendar in house so i can start using them right away.

This last week was eventful.  My first chore Saturday morning was to get some things the other stores i'd tried off and on through the previous week didn't have.  I went to MallMart the moment it opened and managed to score every single item on my list!  At one point, i was standing in front of a cold case saying, please, if possible, Lord let there be one more... and a lady in a uniform standing behind me said, "Look down, honey."

I barely heard her, but for some reason i knelt down and peeked at the back of the shelf, and there it was.  Later, a worker in a uniform passed behind me in another aisle and said, "See, I told you you'd find it."  When i turned, no one was there.

Two other items i needed were the last or second-to-last in the store, and were at the very back of a seemingly empty shelf.

I'm thankful for minor miracles.

Bigger Girl flew into town for a quick 84 hours of seeing as many friends and relatives as she possibly could in that time.  Saturday morning after MallMart i picked her up on the way to NOLA and Little Girl and her boyfriend came, and we all had a wonderful visit and talk with Grandma and Grandpa and cousins and i got to see Coda dog and Lulu dog was ecstatic to see her friend and it was a bit wild.

I'm thankful for the fun, and i got to take Bigger Girl to the house to see her father.

I'm also thankful she's agreed she's not coming in for holidays next time, but picking a long week when her work is slow and coming for a proper visit which will be much better for both her health (she was exhausted by the end) and for all of us getting to spend time with her.

Christmas has been come so much easier since Grandma agreed to allow us to get most of the food from restaurants that cater to holiday tables.  I'm thankful we had #1 Son with us, thankful we had plenty of food to bring, thankful we got to NOLA and back on Christmas safely, and thankful she talked me through making the family recipes she still insists we use.

Grandma was also able to go to church for the Christmas Eve service, but that proved too much after her excitement Saturday and she went to bed before we even served the Christmas dinner.  I'm thankful she got rested up and is feeling much better now.

Ms. JAI has been alone so much, especially on holidays, i've worried about her, so i made her 3 plates of our Christmas leftovers as i was packing everything up and i was thankful to be able to take it to her on Christmas Day.  While there, i was especially thankful to find her granddaughter and grandson-in-law had come in town to be with her!

Tuesday was supposed to be catch-up day, the day to do Carl's place, Ms. D's place, and Ms. JAI's place, since we were all otherwise occupied on Monday.

I'm thankful i was able to do Carl's, thankful Ms. JAI cancelled again because her granddaughter stayed for 3 days (!) and not at all thankful Ms. D got the flu, although i am thankful she's better.  It seems she had a rough Christmas, 3 of her sisters and her niece came into town and all five of them got sick enough to be in the hospital, then her daughter came to take care of her and got it, too!

The cat shelter is always a blessing to go to, we're all thankful there have been lots of adoptions.

Ms. G had us hopping from project to project, i'm thankful she's staying home more and getting her own projects done.

Ms. SE's place is always an adventure and this week was no exception.  I'm thankful we got there very early, got it done, and thankful Sweetie was willing to come with me after to clean Ms. GA's place.

It's not often i have to do two on Thursday, but this week i had plans to be otherwise occupied Friday morning.

I'm thankful Thursday went well, even if it tired me out, and Friday, i'm thankful my colonoscopy was totally clear and normal this time.  To borrow a quote from a M*A*S*H episode, i'm clean as a whistle, inside and out!

As i told the doctor yesterday before the procedure, i'm thankful to be having this test now, and not finding out something is seriously wrong much later, when it's too late to do anything.

Here's my PSA, go get your tests, whatever the doctor recommends.  Brushing your teeth may not be fun, but it's better than losing your teeth.  Preventive medicine may not be fun, but it's better than the alternatives.

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Today is:

Araw ni Rizal -- Philippines (commemoration of the martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal in 1896, as well as all victims of the Spanish government during their rule of the Philippines)

Bacon Day -- for those tired of the same old winter holidays, celebrate bacon!

Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province -- Slovakia

Falling Needles Family Fest Day -- gather the family, watch the needles fall from the tree, and have a party; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays

Feast of the Holy Family -- Catholic Christian

Festival of Enormous Changes At the Last Minute -- internet generated, and i'm not sure i'm up to it

Kwanzaa, Day 5, Nia(Purpose)

Lhosar -- Gurung People of Nepal (sometimes called the Tamu People; Losar is celebrated by the rest of Nepal in February or March)

National Bicarbonate of Soda Day -- shouldn't this be on Jan. 1, to help us get over the indigestion from the night before?

No Interruptions Day -- let people finish up what needs to get done before the New Year at work, and silence the devices at home that keep us from spending uninterrupted time with family 

Sixth Day of Christmas

St. Ruggero of Canne's Day (Barletta, Italy)

Anniversary Today:

The Arroyo Seco Parkway, California's first freeway, opens, 1940

Rutherford B. Hayes (19th US President) marries Lucy Ware Webb, 1852

Birthdays Today:

LeBron James, 1984

Kristin Kreuk, 1982

Eliza Dushku, 1980

Laila Ali, 1977

Tiger Woods, 1975

Sean Hannity, 1961

Tracey Ullman, 1959

Matt Lauer, 1957

Meredith Vieira, 1953

Patti Smith, 1946

Davy Jones, 1945

Concetta Tomei, 1945

Michael Nesmith, 1942

James Burrows, 1940

Del Shannon, 1939

Joseph Bologna, 1938

Noel Paul Stookey, 1937

Sandy Koufax, 1935

Russ Tamblyn, 1935

Bo Diddley, 1928

Jack Lord, 1920

Bert Parks, 1914

Stephen Leacock, 1869

Simon Guggenheim, 1867

Rudyard Kipling, 1865

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Let's Make a Deal"(TV), 1963

"The Roy Rogers Show"(TV), 1951

"Kiss Me, Kate"(Musical), 1948

Today in History:

Hugh Capet, King of the Franks, crowns his son Robert the Pious king and co-ruler, 987

A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city, 1066

Tokyo is hit by an earthquake, about 37,000 die, 1703

The first coffee is planted in Hawaii (Kona), 1817

Gyula, Count Andrássy, of Hungary, issues the Andrassy Note, calling for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms, 1875

Gilbert & Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres, 1879

The American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans, 1903

Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy, 1906

The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan, 1906

Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student, 1919

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed, 1922

Japan dedicates the first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long), 1927

The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award, 1948

In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record, 1981

Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations, 1993

Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin, 2005

The last roll of Kodachrome film is developed by Dwayne's Photo, the only remaining Kodachrome processor at the time, concluding the film's 74-year run as a photography icon, 2009

The opening of Line 6 of the Beijing subway makes it the longest metro network in the world at 442km, 2012

San Antonio assistant Becky Hammon becomes first female to coach an NBA team after Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is ejected in a game against the LA Lakers, 2020