The Crazy Continues, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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Today is a catch your breath thankful day, it's been as astounding as ever over here.

Last week we were blessed at the last minute with the borrowed truck and it proved a boon, we were very thankful for the huge, heavy vehicle on the ride back from Grandma and Grandpa's when one of our monsoon rains struck.  Being in a heavier vehicle when the winds are trying to push you off the road is a blessing and a thankful.

Just before this, though, on Friday evening when Slow-Moe died again, #2 Son was able to jack it up and get right down there near the starter.  He said it was trying to kick on, and when he lowered the car again, it did finally start, thankfully.  We were not, however, ready to trust it, thus the borrowed truck and we were thankful Sweetie got a ride to church Sunday morning.

On Monday morning, bright and early, Slow-Moe did start one more time so it was quickly taken to Kevin and Lenny's.  Kevin had his hands full that morning, the computers were down, and he about cussed when he found it Slow-Moe was still acting up and not starting every time.

I'm thankful he had calmed later when i called to apologize about what a pill the car was being and he was very nice about it, telling me they'd get to the bottom of it, and we were both thankful they did.  The car has cranked every time since we got it back Monday.

My ladies' meeting the previous week was moved to this past Monday as more of us could attend.  I was thankful for the fun and fellowship, and thankful Slow-Moe really was repaired as i do not like driving out there, a 30 minute ride, with no A/C.

She has her own helmet for riding with mama, but she's not impressed.

Tuesday i had fun with my little Annie, and #2 Son gave me some good news.  It seems he got a Geiger counter for Father's Day and has been having a great time with it.  "Inside your house has lower background radiation than average!" he said, giving me a high five.  I'm thankful for time with our girl and the good news i don't need to worry about being radiated in my house.

Ms. G was back Wednesday and ready to rumble.  We unmade the guest beds, collapsed the air mattress and got it stored away, and generally cleared up after she both had visitors and took them to see her other house, where she will move to family land when she retires.  (She's single, no kids, and the family there would look out for her.)

She was thankful to be home, the cats were thankful to have her home, and we were both thankful to restore things to the way she likes them.

Thursday was when the bottom dropped out again, which by my title you knew had to happen.  Daughter-in-law was in pain all night and by morning needed to get medical help.  #2 Son took her to the Urgent Care and texted to ask me to stand by in case someone needed to take our little Annie.

He, of course, was caught in a hard place, one of his general managers was on vacation and the assistant had landed in the hospital, so he was urgently needed at that store as well.

I'm thankful my boss understood and told me i could leave if i needed to.

I'm thankful it wasn't needed, although Daughter-in-Law spent almost the whole day in the ER (Urgent Care couldn't figure out what was wrong).

#2 Son brought little Annie to work with him and managed to direct with her along just long enough to get them set up and running for the day, then he did the rest of his work from the computer, he was thankful it all went as smoothly as it did considering the circumstances.

We're thankful the diagnosis was diverticulitis, which is painful and annoying but not life threatening if you get treatment.

I'm thankful the people i work for don't get upset when i'm stopping to text so often.

I'm thankful my Sweetie and i were able to clean Kevin and Lenny's that afternoon, although i stayed on standby to drop everything if it was needed.

Ms. GA, thankfully, told me not to worry about her place at all this week and catch up next week.  I'm thankful others agreed, also, to make coffee for the prayer group so i could spend the whole day Friday watching our little Annie.

My Sweetie, thankfully, agreed to run errands, doing my usual Friday shopping (although he bought 3 bunches of bananas instead of 3 bananas, i'm so very thankful i didn't ask for six!) and picking up Daughter-in-Law's prescriptions.

I'm also thankful, when i have to miss my shift at the cat shelter, there is almost always someone to pick up the slack as there was this week.

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Today is National Selfie Day!  (Please note almost all pictures of our little Annie are selfies as it's hard to take her picture otherwise when i'm holding and entertaining her.)

Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.         

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Today is:

Baby Boomer Recognition Day

Father's Day -- Egypt; Jordan; Lebanon; Palestine; Syria; Uganda (always June 21 in these countries)

Go Skateboarding Day -- and break something?  leaving this to the young; sponsored by the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC)

Martyr's Day -- Togo

National Aboriginal Day / First Nations Day -- NT, Canada

National ASK Day -- prevent gun violence and accidental deaths, ASK if there is an unlocked gun anywhere that your child plays, because Asking Saves Kids! 

National Peaches & Cream Day

Pixie Day -- Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England (reenacting of the "Revenge" of the Pixies who bothered the town until midsummer in 1454; now fun, games, music, pageant, and more)     

Reaping Machine Day -- Cyrus McCormick was granted a patent for his mechanical reaper this day in 1834

Solennität -- Morat, Switzerland (on Morat Commemoration Day, a Youth festival remembering the pivotal role this tiny town played in winning a battle in 1476)

Solstice -- 02:42 UTC June 21 / June 20, 10:42pm EDT; related observances:

     Aimless Wandering Day -- use the extra daylight to wander someplace with nothing particular to do

     Anne and Samantha Day -- remembrance for Anne Frank and Samantha Smith, and their contributions to our world

     Daylight Appreciation Day -- celebrating the benefits of sunshine     

     Finally Summer Day/Finally Winter Day

     Hump Day -- Tasmania (because it is the shortest in the year, Taswegians today feel they are over the "hump" of winter.)

     Inti Raymi -- Inca (festival of the sun god Inti, ongoing);Sacsayhuamán Andes Mountain Natives (winter solstice and New Year festival)

     Litha / Yule -- Wicca/Pagan (northern hemisphere / southern hemisphere)

     Midnight Sun Baseball Game -- Fairbanks, AK, US (begins promptly at 10:35pm local time, and played without any artificial lights allowed)

     Midsomarsblog -- Norse Viking celebrations (time of fishing, trading, and raiding)

     Midsummer -- Midsummer Festivals begin -- Juhannus Day in Finland and Midsommar in Denmark and Norway, celebrated over the next several days in many Scandinavian traditions; often this time is also associated with betrayal, as the sunlight begins to decrease, this is when Baldur was betrayed, as well as Sigurd.

     Midsummer -- Asatru/Slavic Pagan

     Midsummer Baal -- Ancient Celtic Calendar

     Polar Bear Swim -- Nome, AK, US (if they can break through the ice!)

     Solsticio de Invierno / Ano Nuevo Aymara -- Bolivia (Winter Solstice / Aymara Indiginous People's New Year)

     We Tripantu -- Chile (Mapuche natives winter solstice festival)

     Wadjet Summer Solstice Ceremony -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate, it may have been a multi-day ceremony that began on Midsummer's Eve)

St. Alban's Day (Patron of epileptics, people with hernias; against epilepsy, hernias, kidney stones)

St. Aloysius Gonzanga's Day (Protector of young students, young men; Patron of AIDS care-givers and patients; for relief from pestilence; Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy; Valmonte, Italy; against sore eyes)

Ulloortuneq -- Greenland (National Day)

World Handshake Day -- no one likes them fishy, and it's not a contest; practice a firm grip and a smile! not to be confused with National Handshake Day, today's sponsor is here

World Music Day -- begun in the UK, now celebrated everywhere     

Anniversaries Today:

New Hampshire becomes the 9th US State, 1788

Birthdays Today:

Kris Allen, 1985

Prince William (William Arthur Philip Louis), 1982

Juliette Lewis, 1973

Larry Wachowski, 1965

Sammi Davis-Voss, 1964

Doug Savant, 1964

Berkeley Breathed, 1957

Rick Sutcliffe, 1956

Benazir Bhutto, 1953

Nils Lofgren, 1951

Meredith Baxter, 1947

Michael Gross, 1947

Ray Davies, 1944

Mariette Hartley, 1940

Joe Flaherty, 1940

Bernie Kopell, 1933

Maureen Stapleton, 1925

Jane Russell, 1921

Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905

Al Hirschfeld, 1903

Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Daniel Carter Beard, 1850

Daniel D. Tompkins, 1774

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, 1731

Increase Mather, 1639

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Evita"(Musical), 1978

"Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"(Wagner opera), 1868

Today in History:

Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian, 1498

The Incident at Honno-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan, 1582

In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, 1734

Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded, 1749

The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands, 1854

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg General Strike, 1919

The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, 1940

Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, 1948

Ellen Louks Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first woman Cabinet Minister, 1957

In handing down the decision in Miller v. California 413 US 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller Test for obscenity in U.S. law, 1973

SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight, 2004

Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix & Hydra, 2006

Greenland assumes self-rule, 2009

The U.S. officially charges Edward Snowden with espionnage, 2013

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden becomes the second world leader to give birth in office, to a daughter, 2018

Archaeologists announce the discovery near Stonehenge of a large circle of shafts surrounding a village founded around 2500BC, deeming it the largest surviving prehistoric structure in Britain found to date, 2020

South Korea successfully launches its first satellites into orbit with its own rocket, Nuri, from the Naro Space Center, 2022

The US approves lab grown meat (chicken) for the first time, an attempt to reduce harm to animals and the environment, 2023

A 6-foot Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor named Ronaldo and thought to this point to be male gives birth to 14 babies in Portsmouth, England, despite no contact with another snake, by parthenogenesis (Greek for "virgin birth" and a form of asexual reproduction), 2024