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The good times never stop, not long enough to catch up, at least.
It's okay, there's plenty for the thankful list in having such a schedule, including some extra pay on a couple of jobs.
Grandma is always trying new gadgets and gizmos and she'd bought a foot massager which was too rough on her feet as it really does a deep tissue massage. She gave it to me and i was thankful to be able to pass it on to Brother-in-Law, as he has foot trouble and we're hoping it helps him greatly.
Sweetie and i also got done with the work early last Saturday and she wanted to take a nap, so we left and got home early, and we're always thankful to not be too late getting back to town.
This Sunday, i'm thankful to say, i did better about remembering to bring everything i needed with me. Even skipping one Sunday (when little Annie came) threw me off and i forgot to bring things. I'm thankful this past week i remembered.
Sunday evening i was thankful for a rather funny event. I heard a yelp, and then Brother-in-Law calling, "Help, I can't get the cat out of the bathroom!" Tripod SissyCat had followed him in, and he has a bad back and will not bend over for any reason, nor will he pick things up off the floor if he can help it, and the cat had decided to keep him company in the restroom, as so many pets do. I laughed and got the cat out, as he really is fussy and wouldn't use the facilities with an audience (and thus we are thankful he never married, had pets, or had kids, his fussiness wouldn't have made anyone's life easier).
Each workday this week has been a long one, but I'm thankful for the work.
Monday was Carl and Ms. S, with Carl keeping me hopping and Ms. S and i were thankful to have a good talk as well as work time.
Tuesday we went to Kevin and Lenny's to clean, and it was Mr. M's birthday. Cleaning was done and a good time was had by all.
Wednesday, the shelter was not too hard for which i was very thankful, as Ms. G put me and Sweetie to it at a house being cleaned. It had to be move-in-ready when we were done, and it about whipped us. I'm thankful i don't have to clean paint drips off floors by hand very often.
I'm thankful i got to Bible study that night without getting wet in the sudden downpour, and thankful a friend there saw me struggling to read with the flashlight on my phone and handed me a light up magnifier.
Ms. V's place on Thursday was the usual muddle. Mr. L has insomnia and lots of really bad neck pain and sometimes he doesn't get out of bed until very late which puts me cleaning until even later. I'm thankful he got up early (for him) for an appointment.
Ms. G went out of town so i was glad to take care of her cats on Friday, and thankful i know a quicker way to her house when the highway was shut down due to an accident.
Ms. GA was also out of town (they don't know each other, different reasons and different places) so i was thankful to get the place done and the boxes freshened up so all Mr. BA has to do is scoop once a day and feed everyone. He's thankful, too.
I'm thankful we had just enough help at the shelter for last night's shift and that all escapee cats were caught and put back in their proper rooms.
Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Clark and his co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.
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Today is:
Czech Statehood Day -- Czech Republic
Drink Beer Day
Family Health and Fitness Day USA www.fitnessday.com/family/
Feast of Hapi and Creation of the Nile -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Fish Amnesty Day (same as National Hunting and Fishing Day in the US, because it hurts fish to be caught!)
Fish Tank Floor Show Night -- the Wellcat Holidays people say that your fish keep you entertained all year long, so turn about is fair play, entertain your fish tonight!
Frances Willard Day -- Minnesota
International Right to Know Day -- FOI Advocates Network, promoting the right of access to information for all people and the benefits of open, transparent, and accountable governments
Kiwanis Kids' Day -- local clubs sponsor events for kids on the fourth Saturday of September
Menkhet Festival -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Michaelmas Eve -- Celtic celebration, bake your bannock bread tonight for eating on St. Michael and All Angel's Day tomorrow; tonight, build a bonfire and dine on roast lamb, and make sure the menfolk protect the horses, for anyone is allowed to "borrow" one for the celebration tomorrow
National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography -- Philippines
National Good Neighbor Day -- US (begun when Mrs. Becky Mattson from Lakeside, Montana, began campaigning for this National Day in the 1970's; go greet the neighbors, and be a good neighbor yourself!)
National Hunting and Fishing Day -- US
National Public Lands Day -- US (Helping Hands for America's Lands -- a day to volunteer on America's Public Lands; note that entrance fees are waived for this event!)
National Strawberry Cream Pie Day
Read a Child a Book You Like Day -- someone started this to get us to remember the books we loved as kids, and share them with children now
Runic Half Month Gyfu begins (gift)
St. Wenceslaus' Day (Patron of brewers; Bohemia; Czech Republic; Moravia; Prague, Czech Republic)
Teacher's Day -- Taiwan (on the traditional Western date of Confucius' birthday, of course)
Birthdays Today:
Frankie Jonas, 2000
Hilary Duff, 1987
Gwyneth Paltrow, 1973
Naomi Watts, 1968
Mira Sorvino, 1967
Janeane Garofalo, 1964
Suzanne Whang, 1962
Steve Largent, 1954
Jeffrey Jones, 1947
Ben E. King, 1938
Koko Taylor, 1935
Brigitte Bardot, 1934
Arnold Stang, 1925
Marcello Mastroianni, 1924
William Windom, 1923
Al Capp, 1909
Max Schmeling, 1905
Ed Sullivan, 1901
Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1856
Frances Willard, 1839
Confucius, BC551
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Ed Wood(Film), 1994
"Cosmos: A Personal Voyage"(Documentary series), 1980
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"(Single release, Gladys Knight), 1967
"Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales"(TV), 1963
"Dr. Kildare"(TV), 1961
"Hazel"(TV), 1961
"Purlie Victorious"(Play), 1961
Radio Times(Magazine, first issue), 1923
Today in History:
Pompey the Great, member of the Triumvirate, is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy of Egypt upon landing in that country, BC48
King/Saint Wenceslas murdered by his brother, 935
William the Conqueror invades England, 1066
Sinking of the Spanish fleet during a hurricane off the coast of Florida, 1528
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo becomes the first European to reach San Diego Bay, 1542
Publication of "Pilgrim's Progress", 1678
Divorce is legalized in Maryland, 1701
American and French forces begin the siege of Yorktown, 1781
Napoleon Bonaparte, age 16, graduates from the Military Academy of Paris -- 42nd in a class of 51, 1785
Donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed, 1858
Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, 1867
Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin, 1928
Indonesia joins the United Nations, 1950
Mali and Senegal join the United Nations, 1960
SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit, 2008
Research teams from Exeter and Cambridge Universities announce in the journal Nature Genetics their discovery of the DNA controllers that determine at what age women go into menopause, 2015
Elon Musk unveils the SpaceX spacecraft Starship, which is designed to travel to Mars and other parts of the solar system and land back on earth, 2020
The United States National Inventors Hall of Fame announces it will induct two Black women for the first time, Engineer Marian Croak and ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath, 2021
The Bank of England steps in to calm a mini crisis in which the British pound sterling falls to a record low level against the U.S. dollar, 2022
Here it is Sat. morn and I am thankful I do not live in hurricane area, but am thankful Helene brought us 3/4 inch of rain over 1,000 miles away. You had the busy week and good the volunteers were there for the cats.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful list. I often have an audience in the toilet though I would much prefer it if they don't try and jump in my lap while I am there.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a nice bunch of thankfuls and you are the busiest person in the blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteDo tell how you manage to get all those activities done in a week AND still be so thankful? Mom says she wouldn't mind our company in the bathroom, but not Dad - he likes his privacy too:)
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
I'm thankful to be able to read your thankfuls, the cataracts are growing and I will soon make an appointment to have something done. Probably there will be a waiting list.
ReplyDeleteI am also glad you weren't bothered by the hurricane.
Thankful for You and all you do to help others ~ you are a treasure ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Java Bean: "Ayyy, I guess once the good times start rolling, they just keep on rolling by force of inertia ..."
ReplyDeleteWhat a list! (which is a positive thing) I can't help but laugh at the scene in my head of everyone going after the escapee cats. Dogs are bad enough, but cats are an entirely different story, lol
ReplyDeleteGreat list of thankfuls. My mom always makes me get Rudy and Rusty out of the bathroom when they follow her in. XO
ReplyDeleteexcellent list of 'o Ts
ReplyDeleteAlways a certain kinda of reassuring to see an account of a busy week of responsibilities without major conflicts and/or set back
at least, once in a while
lol