Variety in the Pattern, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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In the rounds of getting to Thankful Day, it often seems many things are repeats.  It's okay, they are no less special to me -- a variety within a pattern, because it's never exactly the same.

Last Saturday, Grandpa informed me we had to wait for the cable people to come and bring him a new box to go shopping, and the expected arrival was between 9-11am.  I was thankful the nice tech arrived just before 9 and we were able to get to the store early and back quickly.

Mr. Cal, Becca and i had time for an extra long walk last Sunday because there was only one church service and it started later than our usual start time.  We were all thankful as we really do enjoy going to the pond and over the bridge.

Mr. Cal was thankful to meet up with his puppy friends, too, especially Ash.  Ash's mama was in the hospital and we didn't meet them on walks for a long time, but she's back and Mr. Cal enjoys seeing his friend.

My client Ms. D is always thinking she's overworking me just by asking me to do a few things around her house.  This week i was thankful after i greeted her, she left for a doctor appointment and i was able to do all the things, clean bathrooms and kitchen, sweep, vacuum and mop.  She keeps things up pretty well so none of it was horribly dirty, but i did find way too many crumbs in the toaster for comfort, they're a fire hazard.

Ms. JAI didn't have company this time, so i was thankful to get to go see her and do the usual cleaning.

Our yearly appointment to have the generator serviced happened while i was taking care of my little Annie on Tuesday.  The nice gentleman changed out the spark plugs, the oil, and the clamps on the battery which were corroding.  We're thankful it is in good shape and ready for another summer.

I'm always thankful for some time with the baby.

Ms. GA texted me Wednesday morning, the morning she and Mr. BA were going to leave town, to let me know she wanted me to come by that morning after all because she hadn't fed the outdoor kitties.  Talk about a monkey wrench in the works!  I'm thankful i was able to get to their place between the shelter and Ms. G's.

I'm also thankful for some rain this week.  The more often it rains, the less i have to water the plants at their house while also tending the cats.

Ms. G is having company soon and is on a tear about getting the house ready, i'm thankful we're making great headway.

Usually Ms. SE's house is quite the challenge.  We're thankful this week it was the easiest it's ever been, which was especially nice considering the extra work before and after.

I was thankful Friday was my regular cleaning day for Ms. GA, it meant a much less rushed morning, and our prayer group that morning was only 2 of us.  We're thankful for a lovely time of fellowship.

The cat shelter is busy-busy-busy and we're all thankful as kitten season is in full swing and they are busting out all over.

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Today is:

Bicycle Race Day -- anniversary of what is supposed to have been the first bicycle race ever, at the Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris, in 1868

Dia de Castilla-La Mancha -- Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Doha Document for Peace in Darfur Commemoration -- Sudan

Duanwu Jie -- China; Hong Kong; Macao[Tung Ng]; Taiwan (Dragon Boat Festival, spectacularly decorated boats loaded with rowers and drums race each other; the actual festival day this year is today, but the official holidays last through Sunday)

Feast of the Visitation of Mary -- Christianity (Mary's visit of her cousin Elizabeth, chronicled in Luke 1:39-56)

"Make My Day" Day -- birth anniversary of Clint Eastwood

National Macaroon Day

Royal Brunei Malay Regiment Day / Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day -- Brunei

Save Your Hearing Day -- because once it is gone, you will regret it; on the anniversary of the concert by The Who which set a Guiness World Record for loudest rock concert in 1976

Speak in Complete Sentences Day -- be a good example!

St. Petronilla's Day (Patron of mountain travellers; against fever)

Take This Job and Shove It Day -- birth anniversary of Johnny Paycheck

What You Think Upon Grows Day -- Stephanie West Allen wants you to remember the power of positive thinking

World No Tobacco Day -- WHO 

World Parrot Day

Birthdays Today:

Jonathan Tucker, 1982

Colin Farrell, 1976

Phil Keoghan, 1967

Brooke Shields, 1965

Lea Thompson, 1961

Chris Elliot, 1960

Roma Maffia, 1958

Kyle Secor, 1958

Gregory Harrison, 1950

Tom Berenger, 1950

John Bonham, 1948

Sharon Gless, 1943

Joe Namath, 1943

Johnny Paycheck, 1941

Terry Waite, 1939

Peter Yarrow, 1938

Clint Eastwood, 1930

Patricia Roberts Harris, 1924

Prince Rainier of Monaco, 1923

Denholm Elliott, 1922

Don Ameche, 1908

Norman Vincent Peale, 1898

Fred Allen, 1894

Walt Whitman, 1819

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Survivor"(TV), 2000

"Seinfeld"(TV), 1990

"Beatlemania"(Musical), 1977

Today in History:

Rameses II (The Great) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, BC1279

A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000, 526

Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans, 1223

Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary, 1669

The Godiva procession through Coventry begins, 1678

The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions, 1759

In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains, 1813

In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, 1866

Dr James Moore of the UK wins the first recorded bicycle race, a 2k velocipede race at Parc de St Cloud, Paris, 1868

Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patents corn flakes, 1884

Arrival at Plymouth of Tawhiao, King of Maoris, to claim protection of Queen Victoria, 1884

Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1889

The Union of South Africa (predecessor of the Republic of South Africa) is created, 1910

The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles, 1927

A 7.1 magnitude Earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan, 1931

The Republic of South Africa is created, 1961

The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide  that buries the town of Yungay, Peru, 1970

In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30, 1971

The Muppet Movie, Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature length motion pictures, is released, 1979

The burning of Jaffna Library, Sri Lanka, is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century, 1981

Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead, 1985

Athena 98.4 FM, the first legal private radio station in Greece, starts broadcasting, 1987

Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat, 2005

Asteroid 1998 QE2, an asteroid measuring nearly 1.7 miles across, and its moon, pass within 3.6 million miles of the earth, 2013

The Danish government bans garments that cover the face, including the niqab and burqa, 2018

China's ruling Communist Party announces it will allow married couples to have three children, in effort to boost falling birthrates, 2021

Archaeologists announce the discovery of 100 cuneiform tablets in a Bronze Age city unearthed on the Tigris River, Iraq due to drought, 2022

The first open meeting of the NASA panel investigating unidentified flying objects highlights the stigma involved in reporting sightings and lack of high-quality data, 2023

After years of broods emerging in smaller areas at different times, trillions of periodical cicadas (Magicicada) emerge together in the US for the first time in 221 years, 2024