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Lots to do, it's rEcess night, and we're thankful.
Last Saturday, #2 Son dropped His Bride and my little Annie off at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It was one of those four generations under one roof moments for which i am very thankful.
#1 Son came by on Sunday, and i was thankful to see him and get an update.
It was my turn to facilitate the lesson at the Ladies' Circle on Tuesday, and i'm thankful it was well received.
My daughter-in-law and i are both thankful #2 Son has the magic touch when it comes to getting Annie to sleep. For us, she just screams and fights it.
A storm moved through and lightning did its thing and we were without power for a few hours. We're thankful for the generator and thankful power was restored just after nightfall.
Ms. G was ill, i am thankful for a partial day off to run errands.
I'm very thankful i noticed #2 Son in the back yard standing on a chair to do some work he's taking care of back there for us, so i could bring him a proper ladder. We're all thankful the old overhang is coming down, bit by bit.
rEcess was amazing. We had two adult volunteers, four teen volunteers, three special needs friends and their brothers and sisters. We played “zone defense” the whole night, spelling each other to make sure everyone got fed, changed or taken to the restroom, and had a good time.
We got to rollerblade and play chase in the halls, watch the historic dancers and then run in the gym, and we’re thankful the whole night was controlled chaos, just the way we like it.
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:
Celebrate Your Name Week -- Saturday: Genealogy Day, begin or continue the journey to learn about your family
Daylight Saving Time begins tomorrow -- Bermuda; Canada (most regions); Cuba; Greenland (Thule Air Base only) Haiti; Mexico (some areas); Saint Pierre and Miquelon; The Bahamas; Turks and Caicos Islands; US (most areas)
Girls Write Now Day -- on International Women's Day, encouraging girls as the makers of future history to put pen to paper and make their voices heard
International Fanny Pack Day -- started by someone who really likes the things (although i do admit they come in handy for keeping your money with you at all times when you have a garage sale)
International Women's Day -- also celebrated as:
Day for Women's Rights and International Peace -- UN
Mother's Day -- Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Laos; Macedonia; Montenegro; Republic of Moldova; Russia; Serbia; Slovenia; Tajikistan; Vietnam
National Peanut Cluster Day
National Proofreading Day -- to promote accuracy in written messages
Revolution Day -- Syria
St. John of God's Day (Patron of alcoholics, bookbinders, booksellers, dying people, firefighters, heart patients, hospitals, hospital workers, nurses, publishers, printers, sick people; Tultepec, Mexico; against alcoholism, bodily ills and sickness)
Anniversary Today:
Harry Hamlin marries Nicolette Sheridan, 1991
Birthdays Today:
Marcia Newby, 23, 1988
Bob, Clint, and Dave Moffatt, 1984
Kat Von D, 1982
James Van der Beek, 1977
Freddie Prinze, Jr., 1976
Kathy Ireland, 1963
Camryn Manheim, 1961
Aidan Quinn, 1959
James Edward "Jim" Rice, 1953
Carole Bayer Sager, 1947
Micky Dolenz, 1945
Lynn Redgrave, 1943
Susan Clark, 1940
Raynoma Gordy Singleton, 1937
Cyd Charisse, 1923
Alan Hale, Jr., 1921
Claire Trevor, 1909
Louise Beavers, 1902
Kenneth Grahame, 1859
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1841
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, 1714
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Symphony No. 2 in D major(Sibelius Op. 43), 1901
"Don Quixote"(Straus Op. 35), 1898
"Emilia Galotti"(Play), 1772
Today in History:
William Claxton completes his translation from French into English of Mirror of the World; as England's first printer, he will soon turn this into England's first illustrated print book, 1481
John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in what will be the United States, 1655
Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1702
Thomas Paine's "African Slavery in America," the first article in the U.S. calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery is published, 1775
Gnadenhütten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians, 1782
The New York Stock Exchange is founded, 1817
The first train crosses the first US railway suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, 1855
Everett Horton of Connecticut patents a fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes, 1887
International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, 1911
Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India, 1930
Daytona Beach Road Course holds their first oval stock car race, 1936
Phyllis M Daley is the first black nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign, 1945
Ghana joins the United Nations, 1957
The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4, 1978
Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time, 1979
Martina Navratilova becomes the 1st tennis player to earn $10 million, 1986
The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing, 1999
The first comprehensive map of the debris field of the RMS Titanic is revealed, 2012
The Aboriginal DNA study by University of Adelaide shows that the Aboriginal population dates back 50,000 years from one migration, 2017
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon formally apologises to the 4,000 Scots, mostly women, accused of witchcraft between 1563 and 1736, 2022
Danish scientists reveal the discovery of the oldest known reference to the Norse god Odin, from a fifth century gold disc from Vindelev hoard, Western Denmark, 2023
A report by the Pentagon concerning their UFO investigations since 1945 finds no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence, 2024
