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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.
When i arrive at Carl's and the laundry room looks like this,
they've had a party and shifted the kitchen to the laundry room temporarily.
The candles were the give away it had to be someone's birthday and later Ms. V confirmed, it was their daughter-in-law's turn.
Once i realized all the clothing in there was dirty except what was already in the dryer, it was time to check Carl's room.
Carl still hasn't quite run out of cotton swabs. Soon, though, unless he remembers to buy more.
I decided to sort laundry and get a load of shirts started before he got up from his sleep chair, and that's when i found a shoe i'd noticed was missing from the pile in the closet.
Once laundry was going, he finally came in and i asked him if he was ready for a shower, he said, "Coffee!"
Well, coffee then, i told him, and he grabbed a box of single brew cups, saying, "But my friend didn't have a Kruger..."
A Keurig? i asked and he nodded. Your dad has one, i told him, let's go make you a cup.
Once he had some coffee, he hit the shower and i tried the fridge.
The bags were mostly empty, the little in them not worth saving. Once he got out of the shower, i asked him about the contents of the bowl.
"Peanut butter!" he said with a grin and i asked if he wanted a peanut butter sandwich for lunch. He did.
Ms. V had bought some peanut butter, the rest was in the pantry, and in trying to get to the zip bags i had to move the cracker box.
It was covered with jam which i cleaned, wondering if it would do any good to give Carl his own pantry. Probably not, if he ran out of anything he'd just go help himself from the main one, as he does with linens.
He was out of the shower and i'd swathed him in an apron when it was time for me to ask about the missing lunch boxes. He had no clue they were even missing, so i grabbed the car key and went to see if they'd been left out there.
No lunch boxes, but the purple coat which has been missing for weeks, which he said he could not find, was in the trunk of the car the whole time.
I pulled out one of the new lunch boxes i'd brought him from the cat shelter, where they just throw them out when they get shipments of meds in them.
As i worked he talked. He wants to go to parades this weekend.
Be careful, i told him. You need to stick to the family friendly ones in the neighborhoods. He just grinned at me, so i don't know what he's planning.
As he was trying to get ready, i noticed him smearing lotion on top of his socks.
Carl, i told him, the lotion will do you no good on the top of the sock, it needs to go under and be on your skin to help.
"Really?" he asked, although he probably knows. He pulled his socks down and managed to get some lotion on his itchy shins, but how much is anyone's guess.
He asked about gloves.
There were three, one had been stuffed inside one of the others and i'd separated them. Then he wanted sunglasses.
Nope, i told him, you lost them all and need to buy another box.
He grabbed a vest and i reminded him to get his rain coat, too, it was in front of the door. Later i went to look, and he'd grabbed the rain coat but left the vest on the floor. It's okay, he has four more safety vests in the car.
Finally, his plant.
I feel sorry for it and was wondering if anyone knows what this plant is, and what it needs, because it certainly needs help.
How about some party and plant funnies, in whatever order blogger decides to put them. (I'm hoping to do parade funnies next week, on Mardi Gras.)
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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It's World Spay Day, don't let your pets litter!
This means it's also Spay Day USA, sponsored by the HSUS. Sit! Stay! Spay! Good Owner!
Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.
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Today is:
Dairokuten-no-Hadaka Matsuri -- Chiba, Japan (around this date; one of Japan's "naked" festivals, as participants wear only a loincloth as they wrestle in the cold, wet mud, bringing luck to the community as they run through the crowds smearing the lucky mud on the onlookers)
Dag van de Revolutie -- Suriname (Day of Liberation and Innovation)
Februaristaking -- Netherlands (commemoration of a strike against the Nazis)
Festival of Ptah -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Kitano Baika-sai (Plum Blossom Festival) -- Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)
Let's All Eat Right Day -- in honor of the birth of Adelle Davis in 1904, an early pioneer in good nutrition
Maha Shivaratri -- Hindu (festival in honor of Lord Shiva and his marriage to Goddess Parvati; local observances and government official days off will vary)
National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day -- some sites say any nuts will do, some specify peanuts; take your pick
National Clam Chowder Day -- not to be confused with New England Clam Chowder Day, back in January
National Day -- Kuwait
People's Revolution Day/People Power Day -- Philippines
Pistol Patent Day -- Samuel Colt received US Patent #138 for the first pistol on this day in 1836
Quiet Day -- can't find the history behind this one, but mommy wants one!
Single-Tasking Day -- encouraging you to do one thing at a time, and not feel guilty; begun by Theresa Gabriel, who claims multitasking is inefficient and hurts your brain! she suggests it be on the 4th Tuesday of the month, although other sites list other dates
St. Walburga's Day (Patron of boatmen/mariners/sailors/watermen, harvests; Antwerp, Belgium; Eichstätt, Germany; Gronigen, Netherlands; Oudenarde, Belgium; Plymouth, England; Zutphen, Netherlands; against coughs, dog bites, famine, hydrophobia/rabies, mad dogs, plague, storms)
Soviet Occupation Day -- Georgia
Birthdays Today:
Josh Wolff, 1977
Chelsea Handler,1975
Sean Astin, 1971
Tea Leoni, 1966
Carrot Top, 1965
Lee Evans, 1964
Neil Jrdan, 1950
Ric Flair, 1949
Karen Grassle, 1944
George Harrison, 1943
Diane Baker, 1938
Tom Courtenay, 1937
Bob Schieffer, 1937
Sally Jessy Raphael, 1935
"Texas Rose" Bascom, 1922
Bobby Riggs, 1918
Anthony Burgess, 1917
Jim Backus, 1913
Millicent Hammond Fenwick, 1910
Adelle Davis, 1904
Zeppo Marx, 1901
Meher Baba, 1894
Enrico Caruso, 1873
Charles Lang Freer, 1856
Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1841
Xuande, Emperor of China, 1398
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"A Little Night Music"(Musical), 1973
"Toys in the Attic"(Play), 1960
"Wonderful Town"(Musical), 1953
"Your Show of Shows"(TV), 1950
"Natoma"(Herbert Opera), 1911
"Riders to the Sea"(Play), 1904
"Hernani"(Victor Hugo Play), 1830
Today in History:
The First Bank of the United States is chartered, 1791
The German Midiatisation is enacted, taking over 1,000 German sovereign states into about 40 larger entities, 1803
Samuel Colt patents the first revolving barrel multishot firearm, 1836
The first US electric printing press is patented by Thomas Davenport, 1837
Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress, 1870
The US Steel Corp. is organized under J P Morgan, 1901
The Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 games, 1904
Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, 1912
Oregon places a 1 cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax, 1919
Diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union are established, 1925
Glacier Bay National Monument (now Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve) is established in Alaska, 1925
Francisco Franco becomes General of Spain, 1926
Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission, 1928
The USS Ranger is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier, 1933
In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis, 1941
The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1951
Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston, 1964
The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online, 1971
President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, 1986
In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more, 1994
In the Irish general election, the Fianna Fáil-led government suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state, 2011
The World Health Organization removes India from the list of polio endemic countries, 2012
Hundreds of pro-Russian protesters block the Crimean parliament and demand a referendum on Crimea's independence, 2014
The XXIII Winter Olympic Games close in Pyeongchang, Korea; Norway wins a record 39 medals, 14 gold, 2018
The influential film review site Rotten Tomatoes implements changes to the site after internet trolls target the new Captain Marvel film, 2019
Turkey widens probe into buildings that collapsed during the Feb 6 earthquakes arresting 184 people, 2023
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