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It stays busy around here, which is why Thankful Day is important, to help me look back and remember all the good moments.
Our trip to Grandma and Grandpa's house last week was good and we're thankful for a reliable car. We did find out Lawrence does need freon (or whatever they are using for freon these days), and we're thankful #2 Son had some and charged it up, which has helped.
Having a car there makes a difference when Grandma wants food from a favorite place where we have to go pick it up. I'm thankful it's very easy for me to do so.
When we got home, our little Annie was in the front yard with her mama and ran to come greet me. I'm thankful she does that.
She also grabbed the car key right out of my hand (she's obsessed with keys, as are most young children) and immediately mashed the red button, setting off the car alarm and scaring herself. I'm thankful she dropped the keys at that point so i could get the alarm to stop, and thankful she now doesn't seem so interested in the red button.
My Sweetie had a moment (or three) of panic when he could not find his wallet as we were about to leave the house. We're thankful it was finally located safely inside the drawer where it belongs, just on the wrong side.
Ms. A was ill again last Sunday. Mr. Cal was thankful this does not affect his walks, he had a great one and met up with his doggie friends, and i was thankful to take the time to run Becca home after church.
Annie and i had a great time Tuesday, we are thankful our walk was early, as it's starting to get too hot to walk unless it's very early or very late.
Ms. G kept us out on errands and i was thankful to see Ms. Fiona for a few minutes as we dropped something off. At Cramco, i was thankful someone helped me heft the case of bottled water into the cart. On our last errand, i'm thankful we got there ahead of the rain, and got back just as it was ending here.
I don't sign up ahead of time for shifts at the shelter, as they know i'll be there and do whatever needs doing. When i showed up for the morning shift this week, someone else had signed up to feed kittens and change litter boxes, so instead i did the rooms.
I was thankful to find out, with the change in room protocols, all i had to do was feed and water the adult cats and scoop their boxes not change them. It's easier and i was done in record time.
Ms. V was up early for class this week and i was thankful, as it means i get to do her room early. I was also thankful for a chance to talk to her about some things i'm doing in Carl's room.
#2 Son, Daughter-in-Law and Annie have left for the weekend, they want to visit their land up in Arkansas and do some chores. I'm thankful after a tussle i got our little girl to take a 45 minute nap, and then played with her so her mama and dada could pack.
Friday evening's shift at the cat shelter saw people adopting, people preadopting, visitors looking, volunteers and staff working amiably, and cats just being cats. We're thankful for good shifts.
Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Clark and his co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.
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Today is:
Ancient Roman Festivities today:
Festival for Vulcan -- god of fire, volcanos, and smiths
Rosalia -- rose festival
Tubilustrium -- ceremony to purify the trumpet used in sacred rituals
ARMAD: Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day -- US ("Ham it up for the troops!" is the motto of amateur ham radio operators on the Saturday before Memorial Day)
Declaration of the Bab -- Baha'i
International Blacksmith's Day
International Jazz Day -- date as originally set by the New Jersey Jazz Society, on the Saturday before US Memorial Day
Julia Pierpont Day -- US (she came up with Decoration Day, the precursor to US Memorial Day; spend time today to prepare veterans' graves for Memorial Day)
Linnaeus Day -- Stenbrohult, Sweden (birth anniversary of Carolus Linnaeus on the OS calendar)
Lucky Penny Day -- just a fun one, see if you find a penny today
National Labour Day -- Jamaica
National Mango Salsa Day
National Taffy Day
Sacrifices to Leto, Pythian Apollon, Zeus, Hermes and the Dioscuri in the deme of Erchia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)
Skerpla Month begins -- Traditional Icelandic Calendar (Sharpness)
St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk's Day (Patron of Belarus)
Students' Day -- Mexico
St. William of Rochester's Day (Patron of adopted children)
World Crohn's and Colitis Day
World Turtle Day -- sponsored by American Tortoise Rescue
Anniversaries Today:
South Carolina becomes the 8th US state, 1788
Birthdays Today:
Kelly Monaco, 1976
Ken Jennings, 1974
Jewel, 1974
Mitch Albom, 1958
Drew Carey, 1958
“Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, 1954
Charles Kimbrough, 1936
Robert Moog, 1934
Joan Collins, 1933
Barbara Barrie, 1931
Rosemary Clooney, 1928
Helen O'Connell, 1920
Scatman Crothers, 1910
Artie Shaw, 1910
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., 1883
Belle Aurelia Babb Mansfield, 1846
Margaret Fuller, 1810
Franz Mesmer, 1734
Carolus Linnaeus, 1707
Emperor Qinzong of China, 1100
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Tommy"(Album), 1969
"Shuffle Along"(Musical comedy revue), 1921
"Il bugiardo / The Liar"(Comedy), 1750
Today in History:
Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne, 1430
The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void, 1533
The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain, 1568
The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War, 1618
After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London, 1701
Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals, 1785
Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy, 1805
South American independence leader Simón BolÃvar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, 1813
The Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábism (the Baha'i Faith), 1844
Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan, 1863
The Canadian Parliament establishes the North West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 1873
The fist transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, BC, 1887
The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released, 1929
American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana, 1934
Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China, 1951
Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann had been captured, 1960
The first version of the Java programming language is released, 1995
The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes, 1998
The fastest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka, opens at Six Flags Great Adventure, 2005
Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts, 2006
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute, 2008
Fifteen months after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in Egypt by a revolution, voters go to the polls for a presidential election, 2012
Chinese archaeologists announce findings of earliest use of barley in China to make beer, in Shaanxi province from about 3400 BC to 2900 BC, 2016
Hamburg, Germany, becomes the first city to ban diesel cars on some roads, 2018
The prototype of new high-speed train that will float above the track is unveiled by Chinese Railway Rolling Stock Corporation in Qingdao, 2019
New York City removes its last public payphones in Midtown Manhattan to make them part of a museum display, 2022
The International Booker Prize awarded to "Time Shelter" by Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov, 2023
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