Lots of Work, Lots of Play, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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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.

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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 Bolívar 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