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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.
The laundry room was suspiciously empty when i walked in to Carl's yesterday.
It's because all the clothes were still in his room.
The sniff test was widely employed to determine the state of cleanliness of much of it, often with less than happy or appealing results.
The things you smell for work, right?
I included two sets of clothing in the bathroom for him so he could choose, gathered up all the dirty clothes and sorted and started the wash, then looked in his fridge.
All the healthy food in there told me something was up.
Ah, he'd gotten nutrition info from somewhere and acted on it. Now to find out if he will end up actually eating most of it.
Around his usual wake-up time, i went to the kitchen and he was taking his morning meds. I told him the stuff was ready for him in the bathroom and he said, "I need two more minutes!"
Two minutes never helped me, but he went back to his chair for two full minutes. Then he was willing to get up and come take a shower.
He chose the one outfit and went to have his breakfast, then came back and asked if he should have chosen the other. I told him he could change after breakfast if he wanted, and he was satisfied (and did come back and change later).
His fridge might be full of healthy food right now, but he's still Carl.
He bought ciabatta and garlic butter, and has simply been tearing hunks off and slathering them and eating it. Carl likes what he likes.
While he had breakfast and i packed lunch, he asked about church and i told him to be sure he and his parents sign up for the crawfish boil dinner on Palm Sunday. (Yes, i also told Ms. V.)
Then he went into great detail about a fitness event he attended over the weekend. "They had a mindfulness hike, and exercise, and nerf gun wars!" He detailed the nerf wars minutely, about dodging behind tents and trees, firing off nerf darts and how many hits he took and gave, as he'd obviously had a grand time.
Once he'd eaten and changed again, he mentioned he wanted to get to Bible study group that night, we talked the pros and cons of which belt he should wear to work, and as he was leaving he said something which sounded like, "I have to get the safety glasses back to zagrub!"
Whatever he meant, i'm sure it will get done, at some point, in Carl fashion.
How about some funnies.
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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Today is:
American Diabetes Association Alert Day -- a day to remind people about how serious the illness is, and what the risk factors are
Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants -- San Marino
Annunciation of the Virgin Mary -- Roman Catholic Christian
Lady Day/Quarter Day -- England; Ireland; Wales (traditional New Year's Day)
Varfrudagen -- Sweden (waffle day)
Day of the Shining Ones of Heaven move Upstream -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Einmánuðr Month Begins -- Traditional Icelandic Calendar (Lone Month, the month dedicated to young men)
Yngismannadagur -- Young Men's Day
Festival of King Amenhotep I -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (rituals depicting his death and burial, performed for the Deir-el-Medina workforce; date approximate)
Hilaria -- Ancient Roman Empire ("Day of Joy", honoring Attis)
Independence Day -- Cyprus; Greece(1821)
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade -- UN
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members -- UN
International Waffle Day -- based on Sweden's tradition of having waffles on Annunciation Day
Lailat al Kadr (Lailat al Qadr) -- Islam (Night of Destiny; begins at sundown, through sundown tomorrow, although local observances may vary)
Medal of Honor Day -- US (first one awarded this date in 1963)
Mother's Day -- Slovenia
National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy -- Greece; US
National Lobster Newburg Day
National Pecan Day -- anniversary of George Washington's planting of Pecan trees at Mt. Vernon in 1775
National Waffle Day -- possibly also International Waffle Day, depends on the site you search
Old New Year's Day -- until 1751, British Empire
Revolution Day -- Greece (anniversary of the revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1821)
Sacrifice to Kronos -- Ancient Greek Calendar (private sacrifices to Kronos; date approximate)
St. Dismas' Day ("Dismas" is the name given to the unnamed "Thief on the Cross", crucified next to Jesus according to Biblical accounts, and who repented; Patron of condemned/death row prisoners, funeral directors/undertakers, penitent criminals, prisoners, reformed thieves; Merizo, Guam)
Struggle for Human Rights Day -- Slovakia
The Tichborne Dole - in Alresford, Hampshire, UK; since 1150, a gallon of flour is given to every resident by the Tichborne family head on this day, to avoid a curse
Tolkien Reading Day -- sponsored by The Tolkien Society on the anniversary of the fall of Sauron
Birthdays Today:
Danica Patrick, 1982
Lee Pace, 1979
Sheryl Swoopes, 1971
Sarah Jessica Parker, 1965
Marcia Cross, 1962
John Stockwell, 1961
Mary Gross, 1953
Paul Miles, 1952
Bonnie Bedelia, 1948
Elton John, 1947
Paul Michael Glaser, 1943
Aretha Franklin, 1942
Anita Bryant, 1940
Gloria Steinem, 1934
James Lovell, 1928
Eileen Ford, 1922
Simone Signoret, 1921
Howard Cosell, 1920
Norman Borlaug, 1940
David Lean, 1908
Bela Bartok, 1881
Arturo Toscanini, 1867
Gutzon Borglum, 1867
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Barrymore"(Play), 1997
"Cagney & Lacey"(TV), 1982
Today in History:
The first Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus, 31
According to legend, Venice, Italy is born today at noon, 421
Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6, 1199
Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland, 1306
Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore North America, 1584
Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co., 1609
Lord Baltimore founds Catholic colony of Maryland, 1634
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens, 1655
Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000, 1669
The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire, 1807
The Swansea and Mumbles Railway in England, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger carrying railway in the world, 1807
Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism, 1811
Greeks revolt against the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence, 1821
In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers, leading to factory reform laws, 1911
The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811, 1917
The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1948
The European Economic Community is established (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg), 1957
Canada's Avro Arrow makes its first flight, 1958
Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, 1965
The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch, 1979
The world's first wiki, a part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham, 1995
The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease, 1996
Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police, 2006
In southwest China, environmental and health concerns among residents are raised when 1,000 dead ducks pulled from the Sichuan River, 2013
The world's largest banana split ever, at 8,040 metres long, is made in Innisfail, Australia, 2017
Doctors perform the first ever organ transplant from a live HIV+ patient to an HIV+ recipient, a kidney transplant in Boston, MA, US, 2019
NASA has to cancel a planned all female spacewalk because it doesn't have enough space suits in the right size, 2019
The Renaissance masterpiece The Ghent Altarpiece (1432) by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck goes on display, after a seven-year restoration, in St Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, 2021
A rare, long-track tornado travels 170 miles from Rolling Fork to Armory, Mississippi leaving a trail of devastation, 2023
The first widespread outbreak of bird flu in cows is reported at farms in six US states, 2024
Carl is Carl.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the funnies.
LOL, squirrel in traffic! Poor Carl, if only he could grasp the concept of things a bit better but going through life without really worrying would not be bad either if you have people to take care of you.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED those funnies! Sharing with the family!!! And I know you can't but I would love to "meet" Carl. Again, I know you can't. He seems so dear and while a lot of work, a fun guy. He sees to be doing very well by himself with you and his Mom overseeing.
ReplyDeleteI was able to read the sign with stolen letter. LOL
ReplyDeleteBread chunks and garlic butter, sounds just like my boys. Smells? I love walking past bakeries when they are baking sweet pastries, all that sugar and vanilla is heavenly.
ReplyDeleteCarl is always intriguing ~ and you are his angel ~
ReplyDeletegreat funnies too ~ hugs
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Carl is such a whirlwind of confusion. I think this is the messiest week of all. Wow. I love Carl though.
ReplyDeleteLove all the funnies and the canary one made me spew my coffee. Prefect reason why I quit wearing perfume.
Thank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Love and hugs, my friend. ♥
I love the funnies!
ReplyDeleteGreat funnies, Mimi. Thanx and God bless.
ReplyDeleteOh well, Carl will be Carl:). He does a great job of keeping you busy.
ReplyDeleteWe chuckled at all your funnies, and especially loved the El Arroyo ones; the one about stealing the letters was a hoot.
Woos - Misty and Timber
Well at least the mess was there! Those were terrific funnies!
ReplyDeleteI won't laugh at having to smell laundry because I am always smelling my great-nephew's butt to see if he needs a diaper change. :)
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