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Feline Friday was originally started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude (may he rest in peace), and i'm going to believe it's because he liked cats.
He handed hosting duties off to Sandee at Comedy Plus, and now she's entrusting it to me.
Feline Friday is simple to join. All you have to do is: Post a picture, drawing, cartoon or video of a cat (they may be silly or cute). Then add your link!
One thing for sure is this is a fun and easy meme to do. So come and join us in Feline Friday.
What better way to start the weekend than with a feline!
Tripod SissyCat was begging to go outside, arguing with me because i kept telling her it was cold outside.
I finally let her out at her insistence, and she was back in under 10 minutes, wanting to go back on her heating pad.
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Friendly Fill-Ins are easy to do. There are four statements: the first two statements are provided by Ellen of 15AndMeowing, and the final two are offered by Lorianne The Menagerie Mom of Four-Legged Furballs. They try to make sure the statements will be fun to both answer and share. The linky will be posted at or about 12:00 AM on Friday. Please head over to one of their sites, link up, and share your thoughts!
Here are this week's statements with my responses underlined:
1. _________ at Christmastime is such a pain to me.
2. I can't wait to see _________ open his/her gift from me.
3. I _________ on Christmas morning.
4. I _________ on Christmas night.
1. Having to get everything done at Christmastime is such a pain to me.
2. I can't wait to see _________ open his/her gift from me. No answer here, Grandma and Grandpa get food gifts which they are already expecting and everyone else gets green (money).
3. I get up very early on Christmas morning and hit the ground running.
4. I collapse into bed on Christmas night because I have to go to work early the next day.
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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard. Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up!
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Flashback Friday is hosted by FiveSibes. Come hop along memory lane with us!
This is one of the many, many kittens we bottle raised over the years.
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Today is:
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover Day -- marking the debut of the song, think of 50 ways to stay with the one you love, and do one!
BPT Remembrance Day -- try to remember what breakfast was like BPT (before Pop-Tarts)
Cathode Ray Day -- the kinescope (cathode ray tube) was patented by Vladimir Zworykin on this day in 1938
Fete des Cafres -- Reunion (Abolition Day)
Go Caroling Day -- if you have the voice for it, enjoy
Icelandic Yuletide Lad of the Day, Bjugnakraekir -- Sausage-pilferer, who will steal any kind of sausage you don't manage to hide from him
International Human Solidarity Day -- UN
Louisiana Purchase Day -- US
Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day -- Macau
Mudd Day -- for Samuel Mudd, the doctor who accidentally treated a disguised John Wilkes Boothe after he assassinated Lincoln; don't hang your head in shame if your name is Mudd! Today is your day.
National Fried Shrimp Day
National Sangria Day (If you still aren't ready for Christmas, you might need it.)
Old St. Thomas' Eve -- St. Thomas, whose feast is now in July, was formerly on Dec. 21, and the evening before used for prognostication; related observance
Tammasmass E'en -- Orkney Islands, UK (from tonight until Yule, no work was undertaken or amusements enjoyed after sunset; all alemaking for the Yule celebrations had to be done by this day
Solstice Eve
St. Dominic of Silos' Day (Patron of captives, pregnant women, prisoners, and shepherds; against hydrophobia, insects, mad dogs, and rabies)
Try to Remember Where You Hid The Christmas Gifts Day -- it's getting close, and you don't want to have to go out at the last minute and buy more; originally sponsored by "Marlar in the Morning," QFL-101 Radio, Rockford, Illinois
Underdog Day -- the day to celebrate all the number two people who make the number ones what they are (as in Friday to Crusoe); day founded by by the late Peter Moeller, THE Chief Underdog
Anniversary Today:
Donald Trump weds Marla Maples, 1993
Montgomery Bus Boycott ends, 1956
Birthdays Today:
Jonah Hill, 1983
David Cook, 1982
Billy Bragg, 1957
Jenny Agutter, 1952
Uri Geller, 1946
Peter Criss, 1945
William Julius Wilson, 1935
John Hillerman, 1932
David Levine, 1926
George Roy Hill, 1922
Irene Dunne, 1898
Susanne K. Langer, 1895
Robert Gordon Menzies, 1894
Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman, 1886
Wesley Branch Rickey, 1881
Harvey Firestone, 1868
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Sunshine Boys"(Play), 1972
"The Dating Game"(TV), 1965
It's a Wonderful Life(Film), 1946
Today in History:
Vespasian enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor, 69
Richard the Lionheart is captured in Vienna, 1192
Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta, 1522
Peter the Great orders the Russian New Year changed from Sept 1 to Jan 1, 1699
The Louisiana Purchase is formally transferred from France to US for $27M, 1803
The international cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls, 1883
North America's longest railway, at 50,000km, the Canadian National Railways, is established, 1919
The first international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec, 1928
The cathode-ray tube is patented by Russian immigrant Vladimir Zworykin, 1938
Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom, 1955
Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations, 1977
NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X, 1996
US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 2005
Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days, 2007
Intercontinental Exchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest in the world, for USD $8 billion, 2012
Great Britain agrees to help Syria destroy over 165 tons of chemical weapons; the stockpile includes substances that could be used to make highly toxic nerve agents, 2013
United States Space Force is founded, an armed forces branch dedicated to space warfare, 2019
The first Hong Kong legislative elections with only 'patriot' candidates has a low turnout of 30%, 2021
Multinational company 3M says it will stop making and using "forever chemicals", linked to health problems, 2022
At least Tripod Sissycat was able to go out and find out for herself that it was cold.
ReplyDeleteCats always have to find out for themselves. I suspect she was very glad of her heating pad.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get a little time to rest over Christmas - though it doesn't sound likely. Take care of yourself please.
Wonderful sunset - or is it a sunrise. And the kiten is adorable. Bottle raising kittens sounds like a job!
ReplyDeleteYep, I can imagine Tripod Sissy was ready to come in and get warmed up. It sounds like your Christmas is pretty well planned for now and I hope it all falls into place. Happy Friday.
ReplyDeleteThat kitten is adorable, like a little puff ball! As for the other one, cats always want doors to be open so they can go in and out as they please both in the house and to the outside. They like to keep humans busy being their door people.
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