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It's time once again for a random and happy Tuesday, linking up with Stacy's Random Thoughts at Stacy Uncorked and Sandee at Comedy Plus.
We end the year as we started, with messes.
Carl showed up at church on Sunday, since it's the end of the year one service Sunday. We talked briefly, mostly he talked, about trying to go to the ice skating they have here each December.
He also told me he did not have work Monday.
What he did have was a very busy Christmas week.
Things were left in a right state, including whatever it was in the bottom of his fridge under the empty bag.
He was already in his chair so i hopped to it, not planning to get his bathroom done especially early since he had said he didn't have work.
Oops, spoke too soon. He later woke and told me yes, he did have work after all.
About face! More to do than i thought, and into the middle of that, his sleep chair, a recliner, broke. It now refuses to close.
The chair is old, i'm surprised it has lasted this long. What's going to be fun is seeing what Ms. V decides to do about it. She is very frugal, and may just want to keep it anyway, allowing it to be used in its fully open and reclined position indefinitely.
It certainly wouldn't be in anyone's way.
Meanwhile, though, there was another disaster.
Carl is a big kid. He'd purchased his usual gingerbread house. He'd also been playing with crayons. Somehow, when emptying his pockets, i missed one.
Much of his winter work clothing is now festooned with the blue crayon which went through the washer and dryer. Yes, it is probably possible to salvage the situation, but it takes time and a lot of effort. I'll have to work on one or two pieces of the clothing at a time.
By the time we both left, though, he had plenty of food packed for his shift and he was dressed warmly enough. But i will have my work cut out for me with those clothes, they have to be ironed between pieces of cloth to get the crayon to melt and hopefully be blotted up by the other cloth, then treated with dish soap and baking soda, then laundered in very hot water and hung up to dry, and maybe have that done a couple of times to get it all.
This in a house where the ironing board has been perpetually set up in the spare room for a few years, with paperwork on it, and not an iron to be found.
Such is life, right?
How about some funnies appropriate to these days and the big holiday yet to come.
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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Today is:
Araw ni Rizal -- Philippines (commemoration of the martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal in 1896, as well as all victims of the Spanish government during their rule of the Philippines)
Bacon Day -- for those tired of the same old winter holidays, see www.baconday.worldbreak.com
Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province -- Slovakia
Falling Needles Family Fest Day -- gather the family, watch the needles fall from the tree, and have a party; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays
Feast of the Holy Family -- Catholic Christian
Festival of Enormous Changes At the Last Minute -- internet generated, and i'm not sure i'm up to it
Kwanzaa, Day 5, Nia(Purpose)
Lhosar -- Gurung People of Nepal (sometimes called the Tamu People; Losar is celebrated by the rest of Nepal in February or March)
National Bicarbonate of Soda Day -- shouldn't this be on Jan. 1, to help us get over the indigestion from the night before? Either way, keep it handy, someone will need it
No Interruptions Day -- let people finish up what needs to get done before the New Year at work, and silence the devices at home that keep us from spending uninterrupted time with family
Sixth Day of Christmas
St. Ruggero of Canne's Day (Barletta, Italy)
Anniversary Today:
The Arroyo Seco Parkway, California's first freeway, opens, 1940
Rutherford B. Hayes (19th US President) marries Lucy Ware Webb, 1852
Birthdays Today:
LeBron James, 1984
Kristin Kreuk, 1982
Eliza Dushku, 1980
Laila Ali, 1977
Tiger Woods, 1975
Sean Hannity, 1961
Tracey Ullman, 1959
Matt Lauer, 1957
Meredith Vieira, 1953
Patti Smith, 1946
Davy Jones, 1945
Concetta Tomei, 1945
Michael Nesmith, 1942
James Burrows, 1940
Del Shannon, 1939
Joseph Bologna, 1938
Noel Paul Stookey, 1937
Sandy Koufax, 1935
Russ Tamblyn, 1935
Bo Diddley, 1928
Jack Lord, 1920
Bert Parks, 1914
Stephen Leacock, 1869
Simon Guggenheim, 1867
Rudyard Kipling, 1865
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Let's Make a Deal"(TV), 1963
"The Roy Rogers Show"(TV), 1951
"Kiss Me, Kate"(Musical), 1948
Today in History:
Hugh Capet, King of the Franks, crowns his son Robert the Pious king and co-ruler, 987
A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city, 1066
Tokyo is hit by an earthquake, about 37,000 die, 1703
The first coffee is planted in Hawaii (Kona), 1817
Gyula, Count Andrássy, of Hungary, issues the Andrassy Note, calling for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms, 1875
Gilbert & Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres, 1879
The American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans, 1903
Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy, 1906
The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan, 1906
Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student, 1919
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed, 1922
Japan dedicates the first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long), 1927
The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award, 1948
In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record , 1981
Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations, 1993
Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin, 2005
The last roll of Kodachrome film is developed by Dwayne's Photo, the only remaining Kodachrome processor at the time, concluding the film's 74-year run as a photography icon, 2009
The opening of Line 6 of the Beijing subway makes it the longest metro network in the world at 442km, 2012
San Antonio assistant Becky Hammon becomes first female to coach an NBA team after Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is ejected in a game against the LA Lakers, 2020
"Queen" guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May receives a British knighthood for his service to music and charity, 2022
The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches itsPolar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket, 2024
