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Awww Monday is hosted by Sandee at Comedy Plus.
Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays. Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.
Make sure you get the code from Sandee's site, linked above, and leave a link to your post so we can visit you. What better way to start the week than with a smile!
Logan and Laura were asked if they wanted to pose, and Laura said yes, but Logan was still too sleepy.
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Sparks is the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, who wanted us to post something positive and uplifting at the start of the week. While she no longer blogs, i like to post an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.
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Our dear friend Diane is taking a break
accommodations we must make
we miss her poetry and wit
so carry on as Poetry Monday's a hit!
Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border. Charlotte/Mother Owl and i are keeping it going while she takes a blog break, we hope temporarily. Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let us know!
This week the theme is A Bumpy Ride.
It’s a bumpy ride to Christmas,
it happens every year,
so much to do, so little time,
it wears on the Christmas cheer.
It’s a bumpy ride to Christmas,
my mind is in a whirl,
set the dinner menu,
gets toys for each boy and girl.
It's a bumpy ride to Christmas,
each house must be clean,
so many i can't get to mine,
it's not fit to be seen.
It's a bumpy ride to Christmas,
each and every year
it's happy and sad to remember those lost,
we smile as we shed a tear.
It's a bumpy ride to Christmas,
there's always one more chore,
you're dancing as fast as you can
and you never know the score.
It's a bumpy ride to Christmas,
is this what it's all about?
to run and work and stress
'til it makes you want to shout?
It's a bumpy ride to Christmas,
so i'm going to stop and pray,
read Luke 2 and remember
the reason for the day.
Future themes are:
Dec. 9 A Bumpy Ride (Today!)
Dec. 16 Recipe for Disaster
Dec. 23 Never Say Never and/or Christmas/Hanukkah
Dec. 30 All Done
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Today is Christmas Card Day! The first commercial card went on sale on this day in 1843.
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Today is:
Anna's Day -- Sweden and Finland (commemorates the conception of the Virgin Mary by St. Anne, celebration for all females named Anne or Anna, and the day to start the processing of the Christmas Eve lutefisk.)
Christmas Gift Memory Day -- the day to reminisce about your all time favorite Christmas gift
Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by St. Anne -- Orthodox Church
International Anti-Corruption Day -- UN
National Heroes Day / Vere Cornwall Bird, Sr., Day -- Antigua and Barbuda
National Pastry Day
National Tree Planting Day -- Malawi
Remembrance for Egill Skallagrimsson -- Asatru/Norse Pagan Calendar (Viking Age poet, warrior, and rune magician)
Republic Day -- Tanzania
Search High and Low For Your Gingerbread Recipe Day -- or just give up and go to the internet for a new one, that's where i found this "holiday"
St. Leocadia's Day (Patron of Toledo, Spain)
Weary Willie Day -- birth anniversary of Emmet Kelley, Sr.
Yuri's Day in the Autumn -- Russian Orthodox Church (a celebration of St. George, as following the Gregorian Calendar)
Anniversaries Today:
Petrified Forest National Park, AZ, US, established, 1962
Christmas Seals first sold, in Wilmington, DE, US, 1907
"Charge of the Light Brigade" published, 1854
YMCA opens in Montreal, QC, CA (first in North America), 1851
Birthdays Today:
Jesse Metcalfe, 1978
Reiko Aylesworth, 1972
David Kersh, 1970
Kara DioGuardi, 1970
Jakob Dylan, 1969
Kurt Angle, 1968
Felicity Huffman, 1962
David Anthony Higgins, 1961
Joe Lando, 1961
Donny Osmond, 1957
John Malkovich, 1953
Joan Armatrading, 1950
Michael Nouri, 1945
Dick Butkus, 1942
Beau Bridges, 1941
Judy Dench, 1934
Buck Henry, 1930
Dick Van Patten, 1928
Dina Merrill, 1925
Redd Foxx, 1922
Kirk Douglas, 1916
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., 1909
Grace Hopper, 1906
Margaret Hamilton, 1902
Emmet Kelley, Sr., 1898
Clarence Birdseye, 1886
Joel Chandler Harris, 1848
John Milton, 1608
Edwin Sandys, 1561
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"A Charlie Brown Christmas"(TV special), 1965
"Coronation Street"(TV), 1960
"Salome"(Opera), 1905
"Charge of the Light Brigade"(Publication date, in The Examiner), 1854
Today in History:
The Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire, 536
New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster, 1793
The Republic of Texas captures San Antonio, Texas, 1835
The first Young Men's Christian Association in the Americas is founded, in Montreal, 1851
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback becomes governor of Louisiana for 35 days, becoming the first black US governor, 1872
Levant Richardson patents the ball-bearing skate, 1884
Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department, 1888
The Norwegian parliament vote unanimously for female suffrage, 1903
The first broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV, 1960
Barbados joins the United Nations, 1966
NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco, 1968
The United Arab Emirates join the United Nations, 1971
The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, 1979
Phoenix, Arizona, US, gets 3 inches of snow, 1985
Lech Walesa wins the presidential election in Poland, 1990
In Australia, thieves broke into a home and stole two 300-year-old etchings by Rembrandt. The 4-by-4-inch etchings, a self-portrait and a depiction of the artist's mother, were valued around $518,000, 2003
Pakistan's media publish fake WikiLeaks cables attacking India, 2010
China creates a new "Confucius Peace Prize" to honor its former Taiwanese Vice President, Lien Chan, who refused to collect it, 2010
The NASA Mars rover Curiosity has returned images from the red planet's Gale Crater showing evidence of sediment deposits, suggesting that lakes and rivers potentially existed across the planet millions of years ago, 2014
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is named Time Magazine's Person of the Year, for her handling of debt and refugee crises, 2015
Whakaari volcano, a tourist attraction in New Zealand, erupts killing 16, 2019
More than 40 camels are disqualified from the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival beauty contest after Botox injections and other cosmetic enhancements were discovered, 2021
Logan and Laura are total charmers. Love your poem - and it certainly is a bumpy ride. Particularly for women.
ReplyDeleteLogan and Laura are so adorable, the poem is so fitting, December is always such a difficult time for so many people xxx
ReplyDeleteThe kittens are so cute. Hoping their Christmas goes well and they get adopted.
ReplyDeleteSweet little kittens! Love the bumpy ride quotes as life is indeed a bumpy ride and sometimes it almost rattles the life out of a person.
ReplyDeleteA prayer and the second Chapter of Luke is the best way to start the Christmas season and repeat the process on Christmas Eve. Meanwhile I am headed out the door to the bakery to celebrate National Pastry Day. Have a blessed week.
ReplyDeleteAwww on the kittens. So adorable.
ReplyDeleteLove all your Sparks and the poem. Love your take on a bumpy ride.
Tons of healing hugs on the loss of Dansig the Round.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs. ♥
'Awww ~ sweet kitties ~ hope they have a forever home before Xmas ~ fun poem and 'sparks' ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
thanks for posting the Christmas Card Day Badge! And Logan and Laura are cutie pies! Are they getting ready to climb the Catmus Tree to play with the toys? I need extra rest to get ready for that. Keep being awesome guys! Marvelous Marv (and Kozmo, Jo Jo, Nutcase er Nutmeg and Mom Barb)
ReplyDeleteAdorable pics. They are so cute.
ReplyDeleteIt's a bumpy ride to Christmas - this is so true, and I think it only gets worse as we age. I really like your poem, and that you remind us what it's all about.
ReplyDeleteThose kittens are so darn cute. I like your Sparks and that is a darn good poem too.
ReplyDeleteSuch cuties. Nice sparks and poem.
ReplyDeleteTwo cute little kitties there. And your poem is spot on. Christmas always seems like a race to get there. We really do need to stop and think about the real reason for the season.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
Charlee: "Sleepiness is a pose too, am I right?"
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