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It's been a great I Am So Thankful Month and it has ended with, well, quite a week.
It began last Friday, about two hours after i left off from the previous list. For those who didn't see my Wordless Wednesday post with the whole story, it boils down to:
#1 Son's car lost a wheel on his way home from work in one of the worst parts of town in the middle of the night
a kind deputy sheriff stopped to wait for the tow truck with him
when the tow truck finally arrived, a crazy driver hit a parked car, tried to flee and hit the tow truck, then still managed to drive away, the deputy in hot pursuit
the tow driver, his truck undamaged, still managed to get the car to Kevin and Lenny's shop.
We're very thankful #1 Son was not doing 60mph on the interstate when his axle cracked, thankful all of us were on the sidewalk when the crazy driver came roaring through, thankful Kevin and Lenny's shop was able to fix the car before the Thanksgiving holiday, and thankful we were able to give #1 Son rides to work so he didn't have to miss any because of the car.
#2 Son and His Bride had tickets to a local team football game for Saturday, thus i'd cleaned Grandma and Grandpas on Friday and i was thankful to be able to sleep in a little Saturday. I'm also thankful for a wonderful night with my little Annie, who is now trying to smile.
After the late night Friday and then again Saturday,, it's no wonder i wasn't on my game for Sunday. I showed up and Becca's and knew as soon as i arrived something was wrong and Mr. J's truck wasn't there and the front door wasn't unlocked for me.
They've only been going out of town the week of Thanksgiving for about 20 years now, it's no wonder i forget each year and show up to get Becca only to find they aren't there.
I'm thankful they were on their wonderful family trip and thankful i got to spend the time doing something i've wanted to do for a while, drive around their neighborhood and take some photos before heading to church.
Because our cars are none too reliable and now #1 Son's car was out, i was thankful to be able to secure a rental when i called Monday, car to be picked up Wednesday afternoon.
No client wants to be skipped out on just because it's a holiday, i'm thankful my Sweetie and i were able to clean Ms. SE's house on Tuesday instead of Thursday. They'd left for the hunting camp for the week so we were thankful to finish a bit earlier than usual.
Wednesday was scheduled to be busy and it was. Sweetie, thankfully, was able to pick up all the food we'd preordered for the big meal and get it all in the fridge.
My visit to the cat shelter went well, then i went to the satellite place where i take care of more cats up for adoption. While there, a nice young lady came by who'd had an awful morning, and i was thankful to be able to let her hold and pet the kittens for quite a while. She left feeling much better.
Also while there a lady approached and said she'd adopted Noonie from there, the one several months back who had an injured lip they hadn't been able to correct. The lady's vet had managed to actually perform a special surgery and Noonie is now happy and healthy and living the life. It's always a thankful thing when you know an adoption worked out just right.
Ms. G got plenty of work out of both of us that day, i was thankful we stopped for lunch and thankful we got the work done in time for me to go get Sweetie and get to the car rental place.
Thursday, #1 Son came over to ride to NOLA with me, but decided to take his car as his stomach wasn't doing so well (he had food poisoning, we later found out). Sweetie and Brother-in-Law came later, so i was thankful for a reliable rental car with plenty of room for all the food.
Once down there, i was thankful to be able to find the cleaning supplies (the kitchen has to be rebuilt after the plumbing leak), get everything clean, make the macaroni and corn and warm up all the other food, serve the meal to those who stayed (#1 Son headed home and Uncle J went to lie down on his heating pad as his back was really hurting), then get the food packed away and the kitchen re-cleaned.
We also had a safe trip back, another thankful.
Friday i was thankful we met for prayer and Bible study at Mr. BA and Ms. GA's house, and once we were done, i simply stayed to clean.
The cat shelter was closed, but i was thankful to get to go volunteer anyway as they'd only scheduled one paid care specialist to come in and do the whole place by herself! She'd have been there forever, as it was we were done in two hours, she did the medications and all the sick or contagious cats and the intake room, i took care of all the healthy animals, fresh food and water for everyone.
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:
Banquet for Monkeys / Monkey Buffet Festival -- Khmer Ruins of Lop Buri, Thailand (about 3,000 monkeys are served lunch while humans get to watch in what some describe as a riot but without the police; through tomorrow)
Bonifacio Day -- Philippines
Cities for Life Day -- commemorates the abolition of the death penalty in many countries
Clear Up The Clutter Day -- internet generated, and what!?! in one day!
Computer Security Day -- International (sponsored by The Association for Computer Security Day; often held by some organizations/companies on another day of the week if it falls on a weekend)
Feast of Hecate, Goddess of the Crossroads -- Ancient Roman Calendar (also revered by the Greeks, Egyptians, and came from the Carians of the Bronze Age)
Guadalajara International Book Fair -- Guadalajara, Mexico (through Dec. 3)
Ham and Roast Beef Night -- internet generated, but a good idea for a make your own sandwich dinner
Independence Day -- Barbados(1966); Yemen(1967)
National Day -- Benin
National Meth Awareness Day
National Mousse Day
Perpetual Youth Day -- Dick Clark's birth anniversary
Regina Mundi Day -- South Africa
Saint Andrew the Apostle's Day (Patron of anglers/fishermen, fish dealers/fish mongers, maidens, old maids/spinsters, single lay women, singers, women who wish to become mothers; Spanish armed forces; Achaia; Greece; Russia; Scotland; Amalfi, Italy; Antey-Saint-Andre, Italy; Berchtesgaden, Germany; Burgundy, France; Cartosio, Italy; Confienti, Italy; Constantinople, Turkey; Encinasola, Huelva, Spain; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Grongnardo, Italy; Lampertheim, Germany; Luqa, Malta; Patras, Greece; Plymouth, England; Samolaco, Italy; San Andreas, California; Victoria, British Columbia; against gout, sore throats) related observances:
Argyle Day
National Day -- Scotland
Sfantul Andrei -- Romania
Small Business Saturday -- encouraging everyone to patronize local businesses for your holiday shopping
Stay Home Because You're Well Day -- sponsored by the Wellness Permission League, if you get in trouble with the boss, make sure they will take the fall!
Anniversaries Today:
Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz, 1940
Birthdays Today:
Elisha Cuthbert, 1982
Clay Aiken, 1978
Jessalyn Gilsig, 1971
Sandra Oh, 1970
Amy Ryan, 1969
Ben Stiller, 1965
Bo Jackson, 1962
Colin Mochrie, 1957
Billy Idol, 1955
Shuggie Otis, 1953
Mandy Patinkin, 1952
David Mamet, 1947
Noel Paul Stookey, 1937
Ridley Scott, 1937
Abbie Hoffman, 1936
G. Gordon Liddy, 1930
Dick Clark, 1929
Joan Ganz Cooney, 1929
Robert Guillaume, 1927
Richard Crenna, 1926
Shirley Chisholm, 1924
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., 1923
Gordon Parks, 1912
Winston Churchill, 1874
L(ucy) M(aude) Montgomery, 1874 (Anne of Green Gables)
Mark Twain, 1835
Oliver Winchester, 1810
Jonathan Swift, 1667
Philip Sydney, 1554
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Thriller"(Michael Jackson Album), 1982
"The Wall"(Pink Floyd album), 1979
Brian's Song(TV movie), 1971
"Bwana Devil"(Film, first 3-D movie), 1952
The Joy of Cooking(Publication date), 1931
"Le Cid"(Opera), 1885
Today in History:
Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics, 1523
Death count by plague in Venice is officially set at 16,000, 1630
Beijing earthquake causes 100,000+ deaths, 1731
Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence, 1782
Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day, 1786
Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France, 1803
First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal, 1824
First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking, 1829
Work begins on the first US underwater highway tunnel, in Chicago, 1866
The first international soccer football game is held, in Glasgow; Scotland-England 0-0, 1872
The first commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo, NY, 1886
A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles, 1900
American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor, 1902
Pike Place Market is dedicated in Seattle, Washington, 1907
The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire, 1936
Baseball's Negro National League disbands, two years after major league baseball integrated, 1948
In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space, 1954
Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company, 1998
Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings, 2004
John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York, 2005
The first human face transplant takes place in France, 2005
Enzo di Fabrizio, physics professor at Magna Graecia University in Catanzaro, Italy, successfully takes the first photograph of DNA, 2012
UNESCO adds Belgian beer to its Cultural Heritage List, 2016
Two Chinese scientists make it to the Guinness Book of World Records by recording the world's longest lasting rainbow - 8 hours 58 minutes in Taipei's Yangmingshan Mountain range, 2017
Archaeologists announce newly discovered rock art in SerranÃa La Lindosa, Colombia, dating between 12,600 and 11,800 years ago, depicting many extinct species of animals, 2020
Alphafold's DeepMind AI program announces it has achieved scientific breakthrough by being able to predict how proteins fold into 3D shapes, 2020
Josephine Baker becomes the first black woman to be honored at Paris’ Panthéon, France's highest honor, 2021
UNESCO announces new additions to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, including the French Baguette, the oral traditions of calling camels in the Middle East, and tea practices in China, 2022
