New Tools and the Same Old Coins, a Random and Happy Tuesday 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.  

Carl's bathroom light was on when i arrived, but he wasn't showering yet.  I told him i was putting his clothes in there and to get showered, and he tried to reach for a shirt to bring in with him.

I showed him the shirt which was in there already and it passed his inspection, so he left the one he'd grabbed, went in and shut the door.

The room and the laundry area had clothes everywhere, he'd been busy.  I'd barely gotten the sheets gathered when he popped out of the bathroom.  Bending over to tie his shoe, i noticed his shirt was on inside out.  "It is?" he asked, trying to find the buttons to see if i was correct.  I was, and he turned it while i grabbed an apron.

Later, i found the apron had been discarded but he must have been eating very neatly for once, he didn't have to change shirts.

It does take a bit to clean up the kitchen after his meal, though, even if none lands on his shirt.

For months, i've been reminding him to take his change to the bank as he's now up over $100 in rolled coins.  Somehow i doubt he's going to get to it soon.

He's been losing his washcloths and hand towels. Some have been located in the big kitchen, some in the linen closet in the main house.  One brave wash cloth was found here.

Why he needed a washcloth while playing video games is anybody's guess, but that's where it was, by the TV in the drawer with some of the game equipment.

Above you see he has a cup by the sink where he brushes and flosses.  And why are all the mouthwash tops there?  He drinks water from them, of course.

No, he usually doesn't bother to grab the actual cup which is sitting right there, what makes you think he would do that?

He was telling me about the art classes he wants to take.  I didn't catch some of what he said as i was rounding up the dryer balls which he keeps forgetting have to go back to the dryer to work, but he's got more drawing paper and coloring pencils, so he obviously has plans.

Later, before i left, Ms. V wanted me to be there when she went into the attic.  She'd heard a noise the night before, she thought it came from up there, and she wanted to peek in and make sure all was well.

I went to the tool box to get the big flashlight.

No, i'm not sure why we now need dental floss by the tool box, but i'm sure Carl has some reason.

And all was well in the attic.

How about a few funnies?

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Bounty Day -- Pitcairn Island (celebrates the burning of the HMS Bounty in 1790

Cold, Cold, Cold Day -- coldest temp ever recorded in the US, -79.8°F (-62.11°C), this day in 1971 at Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska

Day of Hathor -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Lenaia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (three day Dionysian festival to arouse the sleeping vegetation and bring spring; date approximate)

Measure Your Feet Day -- one can only ask...."Why!?!"

National Pie Day -- US, sponsored by the American Pie Council  

National Handwriting Day -- US, on the birth anniversary of John Hancock, to encourage the dying art of legible handwriting by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association 

National Rhubarb Pie Day

National Speak Up and Succeed Day -- become one of those people who aren't afraid of public speaking, practice! originally sponsored by Polished Presentations International, but they no longer have a website, but i'm sure Toastmasters International can help

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti -- TR and WB, India (birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose)

Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day -- always the Tuesday of Women's Healthy Weight Week

Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays; plow drivers, see how far you can make those rural mailboxes go!

St. John the Almoner's Day (Patron of Knights Hospitaller; known for his generosity to the poor, "If we are able to enter the church day and night and implore God to hear our prayers, how careful we should be to hear and grant the petitions of our neighbor in need.")

Women in Medicine Day -- Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman awarded the degree of Medical Doctor in 1849

Anniversaries Today:

The founding of Georgetown University, the first US Catholic college, 1789

Birthdays Today:

Tito Ortiz, 1975

Tiffani Thiessen, 1974

Mariska Hargitay, 1964

Gail O'Grady, 1963

Princess Caroline of Monaco, 1957

Antonio Villaraigosa, 1953

Pat Haden, 1953

Richard Dean Anderson, 1950

Rutger Hauer, 1944

Gil Gerard, 1943

Chita Rivera, 1933

Jeanne Moreau, 1928

Ernie Kovacs, 1919

John M. Browning, 1855

Edouard Manet, 1832

Stendhal(Marie-Henri Beyle), 1783

John Hancock, 1737

Joseph Hewes, 1730

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The A-Team"(TV), 1983

"Roots"(TV miniseries), 1977

"Barney Miller"(TV), 1975

"King Family Show"(TV), 1965

"After the Fall"(Miller's Play), 1964

"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"(Film), 1948

Today in History:

Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga (Hindu Iron Age of the Gods), BC3102

In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops, 971

The first printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul, 1490

The first printing of the Pentateuch, 1492

The second version of Book of Common Prayer becomes mandatory in England, 1552

What is probably the most deadly earthquake in history kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China, 1556

Queen Elizabeth I opens the Royal Exchange in London, 1571

Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales, 1656

Joseph Pease, a Quaker, is admitted to Parliament on his affirmation, 1833

Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first female physician in the US, 1849

The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1855

Alesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Alesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless an one person dead, 1904

Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American US senator, 1907

Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of the Polish government in exile, 1940

Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time, 1943

The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean, 1960

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley, 1986

Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10, 2003

Six Venezuelan cable television channels are taken off the air by the Venezuelan government after refusing to transmit government messages, 2010

Chinese researchers report they have cloned two monkeys, using the same technology as Dolly the Sheep, 2018

The 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp is marked by an international forum in Jerusalem, Israel, 2020

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a speech to Parliament, says Japan is on the verge of not being able to function as a society because of the low birth rate and high life expectancy, 2023