Calmer Is Good, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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After the last couple of weeks coming into Thankful Day not knowing which way was up, it's nice to be a bit calmer this week.

I'm very thankful the cars seem to be doing pretty well, Slow-Moe's electrical problem has not come back.

My Sweetie and i are both thankful the rain during our drive home from NOLA last week wasn't too bad, as rains go around here.

Becca's mama was out of town visiting the grandchildren so we're both thankful everything went well and as usual and Iim thankful her father does a great job even when mama is gone.

I was thankful to get to the bank on Monday.  It's not easy with work to get all the way across town in traffic, but it worked out nicely this time.

Tuesday started our summer Bible study and it was a fabulous lesson on Psalm 34.  I'm thankful it's not too far so I can go.

Another volunteer wants to sometimes do the kitten cages on Wednesday mornings and i'm thankful to simply do the rooms and then have a bit of extra time before going to my other work.

Ms. V got up early Thursday!  Early for her, that is, and i'm thankful because it means i can get the work done a bit earlier and i was very thankful to get home in time to hear the generator do a test run.  I haven't been home on a Thursday at that time in a few weeks.

The cat shelter was closing early on Friday because of the holiday, i'm thankful we had our usual prayer breakfast, then cleaning Ms. GA's house, then a quick rest and going over early to care for the kitties.

Don't think i've forgotten our little Annie, she always figures into my thankfuls.  This week as usual i was there on Sunday evening and Tuesday, and got to at least see her the other days.

On Thursday evening, her parents and some friends were going to another late evening concert and therefore another babysitting night.  She hadn't had supper but didn't seem very hungry, eating only a little bit and then falling asleep more quickly than usual.

Then she got sick to her stomach in the night, and went right back to sleep!  I was thankful to find towels and wipes in their house, thankful she didn't wake up when i was wiping her clean, thankful she did not have a fever (i found the thermometer).

Friday we were all thankful she seemed totally back to normal, going with her parents to a party and Aunty A's house.

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Today is:

Alice in Wonderland Day -- on July 5, 1862, Dodgson began writing the adventure story he had told Alice Liddel and her sisters the day before

Ashura -- Islam (optional day of fasting that begins at sundown, local observances and national holidays may vary)

Bikini Day -- the skimpy suit made its debut on this day in Paris in 1946

Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche -- Bhutan

Build a Scarecrow Day -- keep the crows out of that field of freshly growing corn in the back 40!

Constitution Day -- Armenia

Feast of Anubis -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Graham Cracker Day -- birth anniversary of inventor of graham flour, the Reverend Sylvester Graham, in 1794

Hop A Park Day -- US (several years ago the Colleyville, Texas, Park and Recreation Commission started this celebration on the first Saturday of July, which is National Parks and Recreation Month; go visit a park today, or make plans to do it soon!)

Independence Day -- Algeria(1962); Cape Verde(1965); Venezuela(1811)

International Day of Cooperatives -- U.N. (theme: Cooperatives Build a Better World)

National Apple Turnover Day

National Work-a-holics Day -- we will know it's you if you are all "back to business" after a holiday

Poplifulgia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (a ceremony to commemorate the "Flight of the People" when they had to flee enemies)

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Day -- Roman Catholics in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Apostles to the Slavs, created the Glagolithic alphabet and translated the Bible into the Slavonic language)

Sts. Grace and Probus' Day (married co-Patrons of Probus, Cornwall, England)

Tour de France -- through July 27

Tynwald Day -- Isle of Man (Manx National Day; assembling of the year's session of the High Court of Tynwald, as their Parliament is called, to read the laws to the citizens; oldest continual parliament in existence)

Birthdays Today

Dolly the Sheep, 1996 (first cloned mammal)

Edie Falco, 1963

Huey Lewis, 1951

Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage, 1951

Jackie Robertson, 1944

Eliot Feld, 1942

Shirley Knight, 1936

Katherine Helmond, 1934

Warren Oates, 1928

Janos Starker, 1924

Georges Pompidou, 1911

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1902

Jean Cocteau, 1889

Clara Zetkin, 1857

Cecil Rhodes, 1853

P.T. Barnum, 1810

David Glasgow Farragut, 1801

Debuting/Premiering Today:

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica(Publication date), 1687

Today in History

Scotland and France form the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England, 1295

John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland, 1610

Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 1687

The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England, 1865

Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco, on Bloody Thursday, 1934

Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation, 1937

Highest recorded temperature in Canada, at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan: 45°C (113°F), 1937

Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in the American League, 1947

National Health Service Acts created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom, 1948

The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel, 1950

William Shockley invents the junction transistor, 1951

The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin, 1954

Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title, 1975

Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation, 1998

The SARS virus is declared to be contained by the WHO, 2003

Indonesia holds its first presidential election, 2004

Roger Federer wins a record 15th Grand Slam title in tennis, winning a five set match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon, 2009

The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England, 2009

Europe's tallest, habitable, free-standing structure, The Shard, which stands at 1,016 feet (309.6 metres) officially opens in London, England, 2012

In Rome, Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII are canonized by the Vatican, 2013

Volvo Cars announces that all new models by 2019 will be either hybrids or battery powered, the first automaker to do so, 2017

The ancient city of Babylon is declared a UNESCO World Heritage site, 2019

Scientists announce the discovery, in the Harz Mountains of Germany, of one of the world's oldest pieces of art, a 51,000-year-old carved deer bone, 2021

The Mathematics Fields Medal, presented every four years to mathematicians under 40, is awarded to James Maynard, June Huh, Maryna Viazovska and Hugo Duminil-Copin in Helsinki, Finland, 2022

Rachel Reeves becomes the UK's first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2024