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The week was busy, rEcess is a bit unusual tonight, but we’ve got thankful things!
Last Saturday, i had reason to be thankful there are helpful people at the grocery store willing to show you where the products you have always found on aisle 7 have moved to — aisle 12, all the way at the top!
I’m thankful for tall people who can reach the top shelf at the grocery for me.
Ms. Cal was thankful i was able to get that little sticker out of his paw when he started limping on our Sunday morning walk.
Ms. D and i were thankful we got her meds figured out (and she had a good doctor visit). I’m thankful she’s not picky about how her tub was caulked, too. It’s not as pretty as a professional would have done it, but it’s done.
Ms. JAI was thankful we figured out what the rings were in her toilets — the blue cleaner is leaving a mark at the water line so we’re changing her to a clear one instead.
Ms. G and i got the knobs off of the cabinets so she could install new ones and she finally got the place up for sale, and she’s thankful and relieved, and so am i.
Emmie the puppy didn’t have any accidents in the house, she and Cookie behaved and played, the cleaning went well and we got to see Mr. DE and talk to him a bit, we haven’t seen either of them in a couple of months. Biggest thankful for their house, the dishwasher works if you put it on one hour wash and only use the bottom rack, and there’s time for me to run it twice and get all the dishes done without having to hand wash.
So far, we’re getting foster homes for almost all of the kittens we’re getting at the shelter.
Three rEcess families and several of the crew weren’t able to come, many of them calling in sick at the last minute. The group that was there was small but mighty. Peggy scooted across the whole gym as always, Kevin is trying to walk (he’s 4) and Trey ran like a madman the whole night but we had enough teen boys to run after him. We had our pediatrician, a nurse, a resident, and plenty of the kids pitched in as well and it was good.
Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Dyanne and her co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.
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Today is:
Bird Day -- anniversary of the first Bird Day declared in 1894 by the Superintendent of Schools in Oil City, PA, Charles Babcock
Cassinga Day -- Namibia
Compliment Someone's Smile Day
Declaration of Independence Day -- Latvia
Dodenherdenking -- Netherlands (Remembrance of those in the armed forces who have died in war or peacekeeping missions.)
Frustrating the Fairies Day -- Ireland (a day to confuse the fairies so they may not cause any mischief, although i can't find any details about how to frustrate them)
Herb Day -- an international celebration of herbs and all the flavor they add to our lives; try a new herb to season a dish today
International Firefighters' Day
May Fourth Movement
Literary Day -- Republic of China
Youth Day -- People's Republic of China
Memorial Day -- Curacao (military ceremonies to honor victims of WWII, not a government holiday)
Midori no hi -- Japan (Greenery Day/Arbor Day)
National Candied Orange Peel Day
National Homebrew Day -- US (Home Brewers Association)
National Kids Fitness Day -- this one doesn't seem to have any particular sponsor or organization behind it, but please get those kids outdoors to do something fun, any time you can!
National Orange Juice Day
National Scrapbooking Day -- begun by Creative Memories, now celebrated by scrapbookers everywhere, a good article about it here
National Weather Observers Day -- another fun day that doesn't seem to be sponsored by anyone, but Family Crafts has suggestions for how to celebrate
Petite and Proud Day -- i've never heard of this one until now, but it's the one for me!
Relationship Renewal Day -- because someone, somewhere, wants you to stop taking the ones you love for granted
Remembrance Day for Martyrs and the Disabled -- Afghanistan
Respect for Chickens Day -- International (United Poultry Concerns)
Sagami Giant Kite Festival -- Sagami, Japan (through tomorrow; giant kite that requires a team of 100 people is flown on the banks of the Sagami River)
St. Florian's Day (Patron of brewers, chimney sweeps, coopers, drowning victims, fire prevention, firefighters, harvests, soap-boilers; Austria; Chur, Switzerland; Linz, Austria; Poland; against battle, drowning, fire, and flood)
a recognized holiday in Austria
St. Venerius of Milan's Day (Patron of lighthouse keepers)
Star Wars Day -- greet others with "May the 4th be with you!"
World Naked Gardening Day wndg.org -- scare the neighbors! get rid of those pesky squirrels! experience nature (and sunburn, and mosquito bites) with your whole body!
Youth Day -- China
Birthdays Today:
Erin Andrews, 1978
Dawn Stanley, 1970
Randy Travis, 1959
Pia Zadora, 1956
David Guttersn, 1956
Jackie Jackson, 1951
Richard Jenkins, 1947
Nicholas Ashford, 1942
George F. Will, 1941
Roberta Peters, 1930
Audrey Hepburn, 1929
Heloise Bowles Cruse, 1919
Horace Mann, 1796
Bartolomeo Cristofori, 1655
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Beatles at Hollywood Bowl"(Album), 1977
"Another World"(TV), 1964
"New Girl in Town"(Musical), 1957
Today in History:
Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance, 1415
Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands, 1626
A French manufacturer debuts the first folding umbrella, 1715
Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III, 1776
Mary Dixon Kies becomes the first woman in the US to obtain a patent, for a method of weaving hats with straw, silk, and thread, 1809
Napoleon arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile, 1814
The Haymarket Square Riot takes place in Chicago, 1886
The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal, 1904
The Royal Canadian Navy is created, 1910
May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion, 1932
Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea, 1953
The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South, 1961
The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation", 1972
An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak, 1974
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1979
Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation, 1990
The Scottish National Party wins the Scottish general election and becomes the largest party in the Scottish Parliament for the first time ever, 2007
The last nuclear reactor in Japan is shut down, leaving the country without nuclear power for the first time since 1970, 2012
California overtakes Great Britain to become the worlds fifth largest economy, 2018
Halima Cisse of Mali gives birth to nonuplets (nine babies) in Morocco, in only the third known case worldwide, 2021
The WHO declares Covid-19 over as a global health emergency, although it continues to be a concern, 2023
