An Abundance on Thankful Day, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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It's been another full week, giving me an abundance on Thankful Day.

It began at the end of last week when, last minute, Slow-Mo the car needed a tire desperately.  We're thankful for Kevin and Lenny to the rescue.

Of course, car repairs are always a "hypograt" in a sense, we're thankful for the fix, but not for the repair bill part of it.

We had a good day in NOLA cleaning Grandma and Grandpa's house, i was actually able to get the work done a bit early and was thankful to sit with Grandma until her nap time.

It was another beautiful Sunday with a delightful walk with Becca and Mr. Cal, church was inspiring as always and the evening was spent with a little Annie who is trying very, very hard to stand up on her own, and often succeeding for longer than just a second or two.

Not standing, but was a bit ago.

Monday was the kind of day where you're thankful you don't have that kind of day often.  The phone rang or dinged more than i care to remember, but i'm thankful:

     Ms. Genie texted to tell me yes, i did sign up to bring something to the meeting Tuesday (after she assured me last week i hadn't signed up for anything), at least now i had time to get the items

     my Sweetie took the cat to the vet, and then went back there and made an appointment for her surgery, and then finally told me their phones were not working so i'd quit trying to call them

     #1 Son needed a new battery for his car and #2 Son was able to help him get the car jumped to get it to Kevin and Lenny's when my Sweetie couldn't be reached because he was at the vet with the cat

One of the fun things about my job is often talking with clients who can be very fun and funny.  Mr. D came in from the casino on Monday while i was vacuuming and we exchanged pleasantries.  He went on to say he'd lost that day (he goes once a week with a preset amount, if it's gone, he's gone), and then joked, "I know, I'll borrow some money from you!"

I'm thankful for clients with a sense of humor, and thankful he laughed when my answer was, of course, my name is mom, it means 'made of money!'

Tuesday's ladies circle went well, since there was no last minute scramble to get the cards i was supposed to provide for our homebound members.  I was thankful for that and the lesson went well.  It's always a concern when i'm teaching, did i prepare enough?  Thankfully, i did.

I'm also thankful i'm still in pretty good shape, as i had to almost hike to the meeting.  It's held at an independent living center which is huge, and there were no visitor parking spaces available nearby.

After the meeting i raced home to watch our little Annie for her mama to have an appointment and while i was thankful to be on time, it was bittersweet the moment i got there to receive a call from the vet.

Our Tripod SissyCat did not survive the surgery, it was supposed to be a tooth removal but the 19-year-old cat had a tumor, probably inoperable, and she would only suffer if we tried to do anything.

We were very thankful for having her from age 8 to age 19.

Wednesday was a bit of a break as Ms. G was out of town.  I had gone over each day just to feed the cats and critters, give everyone water, clean boxes, but since Wednesday is our usual cleaning day, i decided with an empty house i'd go after some of the places which can get overlooked when she and i are running around doing other projects than the cleaning.

I was thankful to get everything out from under the recliner, and thankful to get home a bit early because when i was done, i was done!

A busy Thursday saw several reasons to be thankful, Ms. V got up early so i was able to start the bedding in the wash right away, Mr. L moved just exactly in time for me to get to the bathroom back there, and i was exactly right on time for my Sweetie and i to get to Kevin and Lenny's just after their lunch break.

We were thankful to get their place done in just over 2 hours!

The usual Friday of getting to take care of our baby again was followed by getting a rental car for the weekend and then going to the cat shelter.  We were thankful for a plethora of volunteers, instead of doing food and water for the kittens, i ended up doing all the glass in the colony room doors and then wiping down the doors themselves, they were getting a bit grimy.  I'm always thankful to be able to help in any capacity.

Then i came home just in time.  #2 Son had patiently directed his father (my Sweetie) to find certain documents in their safe, and my Sweetie, who doesn't always understand directions well, found them and photographed them and then was at a loss for how to sent them back to #2 Son's phone.  I'm thankful i got there and was able to forward them right that moment, to the relief of both of them.

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Today is:

Armed Forces Day -- Abkhazia

Cephalopod Awareness Days:  Myths and Legends Day -- celebrating the most intelligent invertebrates in the world; for all the cephalopods of legend, literature and movies

Dia Nacional de la Mujer Boliviana -- Bolivia (Bolivian Women's Day)

General Pulaski Memorial Day -- US (celebrating Casimir Pulaski, "the father of American cavalry")

It's My Party Day -- so go have one!

Meditrinalia/Vinalia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (tasting of the year's new wine; in honor of Meditrina, goddess of health/medicine, longevity, and wine, and Bacchus, god of wine)

National Sausage Pizza Day

Old Michaelmas Day -- Celtic Calendar

Revolution Day/Uprising Against Fascism Day -- Republic of Macedonia

Ruler's Birthday Holiday -- Malaysia

St. Gomar's Day (Patron of childless people, courtiers, cowherds, glove makers, people in difficult marriages, separated spouses, woodcutters; Lier, Belgium; against hernias)

Universal Music Day -- celebrate music as our universal language

"You Go Girl!" Day -- in honor of Kathy Sullivan, first American woman to walk in space

Anniversary Today:

William Jefferson Clinton marries Hillary Rodham, 1975

Birthdays Today:

Emily Deschanel, 1976

Stephen Moyer, 1969

Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, 1969

Jane Krakowski, 1968

Luke Perry, 1966

Joan Cusack, 1962

Steve Young, 1961

Dawn French, 1957

David Morse, 1953

Daryl Hall, 1948

Robert Gale, 1945

Ron Liebman, 1937

Dottie West, 1932

Roscoe Robinson, Jr., 1928

Elmore Leonard, 1925

Art Blakey, 1919

Jerome Robbins, 1918

Charles Revson, 1906

Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884

Harlan Fiske Stone, 1872

Henry John Heinz, 1844

George Williams, 1821 (founder, YMCA)

Mason Locke "Parson" Weems, 1759

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"(Play), 1984

"Saturday Night Live"(TV), 1975

"Imagine"(Lennon single release), 1971

"Allegro"(Musical), 1947

"The Silver Tassie"(Play), 1929

The Comptometer (the first adding machine known to be accurate at all times, patented by Dorr Eugene Felt), 1887

Today in History:

Massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria, 1138

Columbus' ship sites land on the horizon (the Bahamas), 1492

Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland, 1531

Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia, 1689

Explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee at the Grinder's Stand Inn, 1809

The first steam powered ferryboat, the Juliana, begins operation, 1811

Australia's oldest university, University of Sidney, is inaugurated, 1852

The Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished, 1871

David Houston patents roll film for cameras, 1881

First female FBI "special investigator",  Alaska Davidson, appointed, 1922

With the opening of store # 1252, in Milford, Delaware, J.C. Penney becomes a nationwide company, with stores in all 48 states, 1929

CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, 1950

Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years, Vatican II, 1962

NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, 1968

The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests, 1975

The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth, 1982

The record high of the Dow Jones Industrial Average occurs at 14,198.10 points, 2007

A ban on fracking is upheld by the Constitutional Council of France, 2013

A TripAdvisor customer poll names The Black Swan in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, the world's best restaurant, 2017

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft makes an emergency landing when the rocket fails two minutes after liftoff, 2018

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmen for the peace deal with Eritrea, 2019

Wild beavers are reintroduced to West London for the first time in 400 years, 2023

Archaeologists announce the discovery of one of the oldest churches in the world, possibly dating from as far back as 4th century AD, during excavations in Artaxata, Armenia, 2024