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It's a good thing I take notes for Thankful Day, so much happens in a week there's no way I'd remember without a cheat sheet.
I'm thankful for note-taking capabilities on my phone.
Grandma got out of the house and went to church for the second week in a row. That's huge for her.
#1 Son had a bit of an adventure involving super glue and his car. Let's just say we're all thankful he got the ignition unstuck (that stuff drips!).
I saw an old friend of my children's whom i hadn't seen in years at a gas station. It was nice to run into him.
On Monday, i dug out the paperwork i've been wrangling and ran to one of the places you can now go instead of having to wait for hours at the Department of Motor Vehicles. My driving license was up for renewal and while i was at it, i figured i might as well do that Real ID thing, so i did and i got my star. I'm thankful it's over!
Tuesday was my annual physical with Dr. BowTie. His summary was, "What a dandy check-up!" They did need to run two more tests, and both came back with good results.
Sweetie went to his new ENT (his other ear doctor retired very suddenly) and this doctor asked him immediately if he listens to music with the little wired in-ear headphones. He does, and the doc pulled the cover piece of one of those out of one ear. He's thankful it didn't cause an infection and the buzzing in his ear has stopped.
Ms. G had us running all over creation again, i'm thankful for adventures at work.
For many years, we were members of the aquatic club across the street so the kids could swim all summer. We were rejoining so as to be able to take the grandbaby (when she come), but decided to give the membership to #2 Son and His Bride instead. I'll still be able to go over there to visit them and take the baby when they can't. I'm thankful we got all the paperwork finally done this week.
Ms. SE's place was the easiest it's been in a long while, even with having to take the dogs out for potty breaks every hour.
All but three of the shelter cats has fully recovered from the recent panleuk scare, those three are almost totally cleared, there were at least five adoptions while i was there Friday evening, we had plenty of volunteers, and when the cat named Jack decided to take a swipe at me and get his claw stuck in my arm, i'm thankful he retracted it and it came out easily and just left a tiny cut that hardly bled and doesn't hurt. The poor little guy is stressed as the cat in the cage next to him is unhappy and intake is a difficult place to be but i think both of them will be fine once they get in a room.
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:
Armed Forces Day -- United Kingdom
ARRL Field Day -- American Radio Relay League's most popular on-air operating event, in which amateur/ham radio operators practice and drill for communications during emergencies; through tomorrow
Autonomy Day -- French Polynesia
Camera Day -- internet generated, but a fun one to celebrate
Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul -- Christian
St. Paul, Patron of Greece, Malta, rope makers, tentmakers, upholsterers
St. Peter, Patron of clockmakers, fishermen, Russia; against fever, foot trouble, wolves
a recognized holiday in Chile; Holy See; Italy; Malta[l-Imnarja]; Peru; GR and TI, Switzerland; Wallis and Fortuna
Haro Wine Festival -- Haro, LaRioja, Spain (a festival that includes a Battle of Wines, where wine is thrown from buckets at opposing teams; on the feast day of the city's patron, San Pedro)
Rat-Catcher's Day -- often cited because some of the earliest legends of the Pied Piper claim he took the children on the Feast Day of Sts. Peter and Paul
Great American Picnic Day -- various dates given, with the most common being the final Saturday of June
Hug Holiday -- while the National Hug Holiday Week has been moved to the beginning of May, this is the original day, and was for quite a while, so go give someone a big hug!
Independence Day -- Seychelles
National Almond Butter Crunch Day
Oharai/Grand Purification Festival -- Shinto
Runic Half-month Feoh (wealth) commences
Tour de France -- through July 21
Veteranendag -- Netherlands (Veterans Day)
Waffle Iron Day -- don't know why today, but it's a great gadget, and if you have one, pull it out and use it today
Birthdays Today:
Prince Aristide Stavros of Greece and Denmark, 2008
Amanda Donohoe, 1962
Sharon Lawrence, 1962
Fred Grandy, 1948
Richard Lewis, 1947
Gary Busey, 1944
Robert Evans, 1930
Ray Harryhausen, 1920
Slim Pickens, 1919
Bernard Herrmann, 1911
Nelson Eddy, 1901
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1900
James Van Der Zee, 1886
William James Mayo, 1863
George Washington Goethals, 1858
Julia Clifford Lathrop, 1858
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Moonraker(Film), 1979
Today in History:
An Irish monastic chronicler records a solar eclipse, 512
Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island, 1534
The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground, 1613
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario, 1786
Coal is discovered on Vancouver Island, 1850
Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec, 1864
France annexes Tahiti, 1880
The first known recording of classical music, Handel's "Israel in Egypt", is made on a wax cylinder, 1888
Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation, 1891
Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government, 1895
France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes," 1922
Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Canada receives a patent for sprocket and track traction system used in snow vehicles, 1937
Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina, 1974
The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom, 1976
The space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir Space Station for the first time, 1995
Two car bombs are found at Piccadilly Circus, in the heart of London, 2007
News that European Union members agree on a deal to help some struggling Eurozone members causes world stock markets to soar, 2012
The Beijing Times reports that up to 30% of the Great Wall of China has disappeared, partly due to natural forces of decay and partly due to people stealing bricks, 2015
Iraqi forces retake the remains of the destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri from the Islamic State; it was the symbolic site where their leader had declared a "caliphate", 2017
Lytton, British Columbia, records Canada's highest-ever temperature of 49.6C (121.3F), before being destroyed by a wildfire the next day, 2021
Earth records its shortest day since scientists began using atomic clocks to measure its rotational speed, concluding one spin in 1.59 milliseconds less than the standard 24 hours, 2022
In a 6-3 ruling, the US Supreme Court finds race-based admissions programs used to increase diversity are illegal under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, 2023
What a lovely gift to give to your son and his bride. I am sure they will be thankful too.
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear your physical went well. I don't think enough people pay attention to their health. It's one of the most important things you can't buy.
ReplyDeleteYour #1 son, super glue and his car. That sounds interesting... I hope it all worked out. Super glue is drippy!
That's nice that you gave #2 son the swim membership. It's nice that it's right across the street!
Great list Mimi. I am just thankful for every single nano second of my life, my 4 kiddos and my 4 grandkiddos. - Happy Saturday, Mimi!
It is funny about your hubby's buzzing sound, but only after the fact and the removal of the problem. Good news about the cats recovering and adopting. And you got a clean check up! Great news like all the above makes for a great weekend. Happy Saturday.
ReplyDeleteThose were all really nice thankfuls and I'm glad hubby got the ear cleaned out. Good luck to Jack too!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good physical and cats are recovering and getting adopted ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Wonderful list of thankfuls. I am glad your exam went well. That is funny about your hubby. :)
ReplyDeleteMom likes that notes feature too. She uses it when she sees a book at the store she might like to check for at the library. Or to add someone's name or the name of a product,, so helpful.
ReplyDeleteThat was scary about the earpiece in Sweetie's ear, glad that got resolved
Woos - Misty and Timber
Nice thankfuls, Mimi. Don't start me on super glue - I had a bad exprience with some a few days ago!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad your medical check-up went well. I am also so happy your husband's buzzing ear problem got resolved relatively easily and indeed very grateful the piece didn't cause an infection.
ReplyDeleteSo grateful grandma was able to go to church for the second time in a row. I mean, I'm not a churchgoer but I think it's really awesome that she was able to leave the house and go to a place that's important to her. That's huge indeed!
Lulu: "Our Dada had a tick in his ear once. I think he would rather have had a piece of earphone in there."
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear your physical went well.
ReplyDeleteYay for successful physicals! It's awesome that you offer the Aqua option. It's so healthy.
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