Just Go With the Bumps, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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A few bumps got thrown into the works this week, but you roll with them and find all the possible thankful things anyway, right?

It's been a few years since #2 Son and i had a good long time in each other's company just to chat, but last Saturday he was going to NOLA to work so he gave me a ride to Grandma and Grandpa's house and we had the drive down and back to simply catch up with each other on a lot of things.  We both enjoyed it and were thankful for the opportunity.

Becca and her family were still out of town, so i had another quiet Sunday morning, but i am thankful for it in another way.  I realize when i don't have deadlines and commitments, i tend to not pay attention and so end up running late.  I'm thankful to realize i have to be accountable, even if only to myself, so i don't fritter away the morning.

Sunday afternoon, i had out little Annie, and she is now walking a few steps at a time.  It's a very thankful thing to watch her grow.

Monday morning, i got a text from Grandma the gist of which was, I'm sick, Grandpa is sick, Uncle J is having a hard time taking care of both of us, please help.

I'm thankful i was able to finish work, get an appointment done early, cancel a meeting, get my Sweetie to deliver something for me for said meeting, and get down there in Slow-Moe, our aging car.

Thankfully, since they have no working kitchen during all the repairs, we were able to order supper delivered and i was able to tend to Grandma and let Grandpa finally get some much needed rest.

Tuesday morning, both #2 son and Daughter-in-Law had Very Important Meetings for work, so i rushed back to take care of Annie and was thankful to make it in time.

That afternoon, i was thankful to be able to rent a car and go down there again, once more giving Grandpa some rest and not taking the risk to drive the distance with one of our cars.

By Wednesday morning when i drove back, i was thankful they were both doing well enough i wouldn't need to go again.

Once i was back in town, i was thankful to do my volunteer work and then go to Ms. G's house.  She is out of town, and skipping out on her place is not an option when there's critter care needed and no one else is around to do it.

Ms. G called while i was there.  "I'm up to my armpits in alligators down here, but I am desperate and while you're at my house I need a favor.   Please go get the check for the windows at the house going up for sale next week, they are repairing the windows now, I need you to run the check over there immediately!"

I was thankful to be able to do it, then do critter care, then go home and have some time to put my feet up.

That evening, i was thankful for Bible study, i needed some good company of good friends.

The last time my Sweetie and i did Ms. SE's house, it was really hard.  It's mom, dad and two active boys, all of them out of the house most of every day for work or school or after school activities, and the house just kind of gets left "until they have time," which they never do.  It was starting to wear us down, especially as we now have Ms. GA as a second client when done with them.

This time we walked in to a relatively tidy home and a note from Mr. DE saying, "Do not do any cleaning in the boy's rooms!  They have to do their rooms, and we are all working on keeping the house better between your visits."

My Sweetie and i were so thankful, they'd done a fabulous job, and cleaning is so much easier when you don't have to tidy up first.

Now we will be thankful if they can keep up with it.

All of us are also thankful Mr. BA is recovering from his heart attack.  He looked good when we were there cleaning.

I'm thankful i got to bed early that night, too.

Friday i was back at Ms. G's after prayer group, the cats are doing well, all the bird water bowls got filled and they got fresh bird seed, and i was thankful to get done and back in time to take care of Annie for the day.

That evening at the cat shelter, we had extra hands on deck and two adoptions, we're thankful for a great Friday night.

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Today is:

American Enterprise Day -- US (a project of Future Business Leaders of America, Phi Beta Lambda Chapter)

America Recycles Day -- US     

Changeling Restitution Day -- Fairy Calendar (Goblins)

Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day -- this reminder comes from the folks at CooksInfo.com, where they think you need to get rid of USO's (unidentified shriveled objects)  

Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium -- German-speaking Community of Belgium

Don't Try To Do Everything At Once Day -- internet generated, and a blow to us multitaskers

Ennead Feast in the House of Ra, Horus, and Osiris -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

George Spelvin Day/More Than One Role Day -- date of first use, in 1886, of this name for an actor playing two roles in one play; George and Georgette Spelvin have since acted in over 10,000 roles on Broadway

I Love to Write Day -- encouraging everyone to write something, begun by John Riddle  

International Games Day @ Your Library -- libraries in many countries are sponsoring a local Games Day, check with yours!

King's Feast / Dynasty Day -- Belgium

National Bundt Pan Day -- yes, really, celebrating the pan itself

National Peace Day -- Cote d'Ivoire

National Philanthropy Day® -- Association of Fundraising Professionals 

National Raisin Bran Cereal Day

National Spicy Hermit Christmas Cookie Day

Nativity Fast begins a/k/a Winter Lent (through Dec 24) -- Orthodox Christian

Pack Your Mom's Lunch Day -- in honor of all the times she packed yours; combine it with I Love to Write Day and include a note telling her how special she is

Republic Day -- Turkish Republic of North Cyprus

Republic Proclamation Day -- Brazil

Rock Your Mocs Day -- Indigenous Americans (begun by Jessica Jaylyn Atsye, a Laguna Pueblo, to encourage all Native Americans to wear the one item they all have in common, hand-made moccasins, with pride) https://facebook.com/RockYourMocs

Safety Razor Day -- King Gillette was granted the patent for his style of safety razor on this day in 1904, changing how men shaved each day

Shichi-Go-San (Shrine Visiting Day)/Seven-Five-Three Festival -- Japan (picturesque festival in which 3-year-old children of either sex, five-year-old boys, and seven-year-old girls go to shrines dressed in their best; guardian spirits are thanked for the health of the children and prayers said for their future to be equally bright)

Sing in Your Car Day -- they need a day for this?

St. Albertus Magnus' Day (Patron of medical technicians, natural sciences, philosophers, schoolchildren, scientists, students, theology students; Cincinnati, Ohio)

St. Leopold's Day (King Leopold III, Patron of dying children, large families, step-parents; Austria)

     Leopoldstag/Goose Day -- Austria (the start of the heurigen, the new wine season)

Surin Elephant Round-Up -- Surin, Thailand (includes elephant football, elephant tugs-of-war, and parades; through Sunday)

Anniversary Today:

William Shatner marries Nerine Kidd, 1997

Birthdays Today:

Jonny Lee Miller,1972

Kevin Eubanks, 1957

Beverly D'Angelo, 1954

Daniel Barenboim, 1942

Sam Waterston, 1940

Yaphet Kotto, 1937

Joanna BArnes, 1934

Petula Clark, 1932

Ed Asner, 1929

Bill "C.W. McCall" Fries, 1928

Joseph Wapner, 1919

Erwin Rommel, 1891

Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887

Forrest Clare "Fogg" Allen, 1885

F. William Herschel, 1738

William Pitt the Elder, 1708

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"A Few Good Men"(Play), 1989

Love Me Tender(Film), 1956

"Li'l Abner"(Musical), 1956

"The Planets"(Holst Op. 32), 1920

"Masse Mensch/Mass Man"(Toller play), 1920

Today in History:

Christopher Columbus notes the first recorded reference to tobacco, 1492

The NY General Assembly permits Jews to omit the phrase "Upon the faith of a Christian" from adjuration oaths, 1727

Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying the Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1763

The Articles of Confederation are adopted by the Continental Congress, 1777

Georgetown University, the first Catholic college in the US, opens, 1791

Zebulon Pike gets his first sight of Pike's Peak, Colorado, 1806

Isaac Pitman introduces his steno/shorthand system of writing, 1832

Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia, 1864

King C. Gillette patents the Gillette razor blade, 1904

The first telecast of an unscheduled event, a fire, takes place on W2XBT, in NY, 1938

In Columbus, Ohio, Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy's restaurant, 1969

Intel releases world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, 1971

René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favour of independence, 1976

The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, 1985

An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council, 1988

The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands, 1988

Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroyed the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans, 2007

Sony introduces the Playstation 4, selling a million units the first day, 2013 

World leaders gather in Brisbane for the G20 Summit, which will focus on economic growth, 2014

France launches air strikes on Isis stronghold Raqqa in Syria in the wake of terror attack on Paris, 2015

Pakistan unveils the remains of 1,700 year-old sleeping Buddha in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 2017

Art experts in England authenticate two bronzes of men riding panthers as Michelangelo’s only surviving bronze works, 2018

The SpaceX Falcon 9 is launched on its first regular flight to the International Space Station with four astronauts aboard, 2020

The world's population reaches 8billion, just 11 years after reaching 7billion (and is expected to be 9billion by 2037), 2022