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It’s been a week of good things for Thankful Day and a few things that, well, with time they’ll turn out all right or have already gotten better.
We’ll start with the good. I’m thankful i got a really early start to NOLA last week. It’s always nice to get out of the house a little earlier and so have a bit of extra time to spend with Grandma.
Ms. A came home from her two weeks away with a bad sore throat which is now better, but it meant she wasn’t singing in the choir this past week. This gave her the chance to sit with me and Becca during the service, and she realizes as much as Becca likes church, it isn’t easy for her to sit through the whole thing, I try to give her things to do, papers to read or drawing materials, but we think she needs more.
I’m thankful Ms. A came up with an action plan, a bag with some small, quiet activities to keep Becca a little more settled in church.
One of Annie’s musical instruments had disappeared from it’s box and I’m thankful i found it in my coat pocket where the little imp had stashed it. She loves putting things in pockets and the coat hangs within reach and now i know to search there first.
Monday, wonder of wonders, i found something i was looking for in a cabinet which had been put in the wrong spot. It’s always a thankful when you find it and don’t have to go get another.
To save time in preparing for rEcess this week, i took Annie on an errand with me. I’m thankful it worked out well, she didn’t try to run off and she had a good time pushing carts at the church.
We’re all thankful our little Annie also seems to have recovered fully from her bee sting, she was much better by the next day. Stepping on a bee when you are such a little thing makes for a lot of tears, but so far she doesn’t appear allergic (we will watch, it can crop up later).
Slow-Moe the car is having brake trouble and we know the brakes need fixing, which will happen soon. We’re thankful we can drive it still, and also thankful we’ve figured out to not put it in reverse for the time being, it seems to be worse then. We’re also thankful the lights on the dash went out once the rain stopped and everything dried out.
All of us are thankful Red-Headed Alec, his fiancée, Libby, and their baby got out of the car safely when it caught fire! We’re also thankful family is already working on helping them get another car.
Friday morning, before all the errands, our electricity suddenly went out. We are thankful the generator came up and did well, and again i’m very thankful #2 Son caught the problem with the oil leak before a catastrophe happened.
One more great thing, we’re thankful for rEcess. It was a fun night hanging out with everyone, including new volunteers. The chicken got cooked just in time (the church oven is slow!). There was almost enough garlic bread (is there ever enough?). Four dozen cookies were devoured and plenty of gumbo enjoyed. The gym was busy, there was karaoke, artworks were created, and of course, shoes were discarded but none were permanently lost.
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:
Bird Day and Arbor Day -- California, US (on Luther Burbank's birth anniversary)
Celebrate Your Name Week -- Saturday: Genealogy Day, begin or continue the journey to learn about your family
Daylight Saving Time begins tomorrow -- Bermuda; Canada (most regions); Cuba; Greenland (Thule Air Base only) Haiti; Mexico (some areas); Saint Pierre and Miquelon; The Bahamas; Turks and Caicos Islands; US (most areas)
Iditarod Sled Dog Race - Last Great Race on Earth® begins -- Anchorage to Nome, AK, US (1,000 miles along the historic Iditarod Trail)
Masaryk Day -- Czech Republic; Slovakia (birth anniversary of Tomas Masaryk, politician, sociologist, philosopher, and advocate of Czechoslovakian independence)
National Be Heard Day -- originally a day for small businesses to speak up, but the website promoting the materials is no longer working
National Cereal Day
National Crown Roast of Pork Day
Nazul Al-Quran -- Brunei Darussalam; Malaysia (Quran Revelation Day)
Nones of March -- Ancient Roman Calendar; related observances
Festival of Junonalia -- for Juno
Festival for Vedovus -- god of the dead, swamps, and volcanic movements
Say Hello Day -- Bell received a patent for the telephone this day in 1876 (although he always believed it should be answered by saying, "Ahoy!" Yes, really.)
St. Felicity's and St. Perpetua's Day (Patrons of cattle, martyrs; Santa Perpetua de Mogoda, Spain)
Teacher's Day -- Albania
Birthdays Today:
Jenna Fischer, 1974
Denyce Graves, 1974
Rachel Weisz, 1971
Taylor Dayne, 1962
Ivan Lendl, 1960
Rik Mayall, 1958
Bryan Cranston, 1956
Franco Harris, 1950
John Heard, 1946
Peter Wolf, 1946
Michael Eisner, 1942
Tammy Faye Bakker, 1942
Daniel J. Travanti, 1940
Janet Guthrie, 1938
Willard Herman Scott, 1934
Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowden, 1930
Maurice Ravel, 1875
Piet Mondriaan, 1875
Luther Burbank, 1849
John Herschel, 1792
Stephen Hopkins, 1707
Rob Roy MacGregor, 1671
Henry Purcell, 1659
Kano Tanju, 1602
Debuting/Premiering Today:
The Nashville Network(TV network), 1983
"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"(Musical), 1967
"The Autumn Garden"(Play), 1951
"The Grand Duke; or, The Statutory Duel"(Operetta), 1896
Today in History:
Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire, 321
King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope; Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church, 1530
Massachusetts enacts the first bicameral legislature in the colonies, 1664
The French army enters Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic, 1798
Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand, 1827
Charles Miller patents the first US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes, 1854
The City of Lábrea in Amazonas, Brazil was founded, 1886
Roald Amundsen announces that, on Dec. 14, 1911, his expedition had reached the South Pole, 1912
An 8.0 earthquake strikes Tango, Japan, 1927
Bloody Sunday: Alabama state troopers and 600 black protestors clash in Selma, 1965
Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor, 1986
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use, 1994
British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected, 2007
The largest solar flare in five years, occurring March 6, 2012, nears the Earth, threatening to disrupt airline flights, GPS systems and power grids, 2012
Malta's famous landmark the Azure Window collapses into the sea after a storm, 2017
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain shares her first Instagram post, pictures of a letter between mathematician Charles Babbage and Prince Albert, 2019
Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolves the opposition party Thai Raksa Chart after it nominates the King's sister as candidate for Prime Minister, 2019
The global death toll from Covid-19 passes 6 million according to Johns Hopkins figures, 2022
British architect David Chipperfield is awarded Architecture's Pritzker Prize, 2023
Sweden officially joins NATO as the alliance's 32nd member, abandoning its 200-year policy of neutrality, 2024
