The Respite was Brief, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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Last week’s post was a respite from my usual, but i hit the ground running this week and am breezing through Thankful Day quickly heading from one place to the next.

My Saturday at Grandma and Grandpa’s was quite good, we were all thankful everything went pretty smoothly.

Then came Sunday.  The morning was different as our church has only one service each week during summer with so many people out of town and busy it’s easier this way.  It makes for a later start time and Mr. Cal is thankful for a slightly longer walk since we aren’t in a rush.  

It’s not as lost as last summer, he’s feeling his age now, but we’re thankful he is as enthusiastic about his walks as ever even if he can’t go as fast or as far.

Becca and i were thankful for time to play board games before leaving for the service.

I’m thankful i was home and not otherwise occupied that afternoon when Daughter-in-Law’s diverticulitis flared up badly again.  I was able to immediately take charge of our little Annie and #2 Son was able to get her to the ER very quickly.

We’re all thankful she shows improvement although she needed more meds and they got home in time to put little Annie down for the night themselves instead of my having to do it.

Monday morning saw the usual work at Carl’s, maybe a bit more than usual as i left work a bit later and thought i had time to stop at the Mall-Mart to get a few things.  I breezed through and was at the self-checkout when it happened, my driver’s license fell out of my wallet and right into the slot in the machine where you would put paper coupons to redeem them.

Ugh!

I was very thankful the overworked and probably often under-appreciated manager. as soon as he was able to get off a register he was tending, came and opened the machine and fished it out for me.

This made me a bit late for Ms. D, but she did not care, thankfully, she is fine with whatever time i come.

When done, i was thankful to get home in one piece.

Again there was time with my little girl Tuesday, it’s always a gift.

Tuesday evening Bible study is like a cherry on top.

The shelter was the usual rush as there are now so many cats and kittens up for adoption, i’m thankful i got it all and still got to Ms. G’s on time.

She and i are both thankful we successfully got Patience the camper back to her house.

That evening we got a call from Brother-in-Law, he had a flat tire.  We were all thankful our friend Mr. J, the one who sometimes lends us a truck, was able to meet up with my Sweetie and Brother-in-Law and between the three of them they got the tire changed and the car over to Kevin and Lenny’s just before they closed.

Brother-in-Law is thankful for a flexible work schedule and lots of leave saved up as he simply took the next day off and my Sweetie drove him home.

Since our Thursday would be swamped we were thankful Kevin and Lenny have a driver who does noting but run errands, including pick people up when their cars are ready and bring them to the shop so Brother-in-Law was able to get his car without us having to cram in another errand on an already full day.

Because of her ongoing medical problems, Daughter-in-Law needs more help with child care and i’m thankful i’ve worked out a new schedule.  Instead of cleaning Ms. GA and Mr. BA’s house every single Friday, Sweetie and i will do it every other Thursday after Ms. SE.

While it’s not ideal, and it means a small pay cut, i’m thankful there was a way to make it work.  Sweetie and i were both thankful there was almost no traffic this past Thursday (it was bizarre) and because Ms. SE’s boys have been out of town the whole summer at camps and visiting grandparents, we were thankful the cleaning was one of the easiest ever at their house.

I’m also thankful Ms. SE, who had just flown into town from work meetings that morning, was able to pull into the driveway as we were packing the car and write us a check.  (Yes, their life is as crazy as ours, with two dogs added and Mr. DE had to leave town that morning to go be with his ailing father.)

Ms. GA’s house was as always but i’m very thankful they have a plethora of umbrellas as it was storming fit to beat the band when we were leaving and they are generous in letting people use said umbrellas (especially as my Sweetie never remembers to put his back in the car if he has to use it to come inside).

Yesterday was the first time for the new schedule of going to prayer meeting, doing my weekly shopping, and then going to babysit.  I’m thankful it worked out well.

I’m also thankful i finally remembered — one hour before they close early on Fridays! — to call the surgery place and remind them of my temporary phone number change and they were able to give me new information for my cataract surgery scheduled this coming Monday.

The cat shelter last night had plenty of volunteer help, which was great as they are short on staff again.  I'm thankful it all worked out and even some extras got done.

This weekend is scheduled to be a doozy and next week will be the surgical report, i’m thankful, though, i only have to get through one day, one hour at a time.

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It's my "remembrance day."  (Only read if you are strong of stomach and nerve.)

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Today is:

Bald In - Bald Out Day -- sponsored by Bald Girls Do Lunch; if men can be bald and brazen, then women and children who cannot grow hair should bring bald INto their lives, and never feel on the OUTs!  

Carver Day -- George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond, MO, US

Different Colored Eyes Day -- people with heterochromia, celebrate!

Etch-a-Sketch Day -- the toy was first manufactured on this day in 1960, timed to hit toy shelves for Christmas that year

Galicnik Svadba -- Galicnik, Macedonia (wedding festival, when one lucky couple gets to be married in a traditional "Galichka" style wedding, through tomorrow)

Independence Day -- Kiribati(1979; a/k/a National Day); Sao Tome & Principe(1975)

Kronia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate, a festival for Kronos, part of which included masters and slaves switching places for a meal)

National Paper Bag Day

National Pecan Pie Day

Orangemen's Day (a/k/a Twelfth Day) -- Northern Ireland (Battle of the Boyne commemoration)

Rainmaker Day -- Salem, Oregon (while it is understood that in Salem, you are more likely to rust than sunburn, from 1892 until 2006, no measurable rain fell on this date in this normally wet city)

Simplicity Day -- sponsored by www.doonething.org on Thoreau's birthday, highlighting the concepts in the book Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin, and advocating finding sustainable ways to live

St. John Gualbert's Day (Patron of foresters and forest workers, park services and parks)

St. Veronica's Day (Patron of laundry workers and photographers)

Anniversaries Today

Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr, 1543 (the lucky wife who outlived him)

Birthdays Today

Erik Per Sullivan, 1991

Michelle Rodriguez, 1978

Brock Lesnar, 1977

Anna Friel, 1976

Kristi Yamaguchi, 1971

Lisa Nicole Carson, 1969

Rolonda Watts, 1959

Mel Harris, 1957

Paul Guilfoyle, 1955

Cheryl Ladd, 1951

Jamey Sheridan, 1951

Richard Simmons, 1948

Denise Nicholas, 1945

Christine McVie, 1943

Bill Cosby, 1937

Van Cliburn, 1934

Andrew Wyeth, 1917

Curly Joe DeRita, 1909

Milton Berle, 1908

Pablo Neruda, 1904

R. Buckminster Fuller, 1895

Oscar Hammerstein II, 1895

George Washington Carver, 1861

George Ohr, 1857

George Eastman, 1854

Henry David Thoreau, 1817

Josiah Wedgwood, 1730

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Northern Exposure"(TV), 1990

"Family Feud"(TV), 1976

"Evening At Pops"(TV), 1970

"The Adventures of Sam Spade"(Radio), 1946

"Baseball's Sad Lexicon (Tinker to Evers to Chance)"(Publication date), 1910

Today in History

England is unified by Athelstan of England, 927

Saladin's garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre, 1191

Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya, 1562

Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published, 1580

The United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario, 1812

The Commonwealth Franchise Act, granting women's suffrage in Australia, is given royal assent and takes effect, 1902

Pune, India floods due to failure of Khadakvasala and Panshet dams; half of the city is submerged and the death toll exceeded 2000, 1961

A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States, 1973

Boris Yeltsin quits the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1990

Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, 2006

A ticket holder in Britain wins the largest EuroMillions jackpot in history, 161,653,000GBP, 2011

The Rolling Stones, English rock band, celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its first performance at the Marquee Club in Oxford Street, London, 2012

Malala Yousafzai addresses the United Nations, calling for worldwide access to education, 2013

A giant iceberg, about 6,000 sq km in length, breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, 2017

Shrinkhar Chillal, holder of the world's record for growing the longest fingernails (909.6cm/29.84ft), has the nails cut off after growing them for 66 years, 2018

Netflix's drama "Squid Game," a South Korean series, becomes the first non-English series to be nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama, 2022

The NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, ends with Turkey agreeing to membership for Sweden and Ukraine when certain conditions are met, 2023