Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Hygiene and Sugar, a Random and Happy Tuesday Post

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It's time once again for a random and Happy Tuesday, linking up with Stacy's Random Thoughts at Stacy Uncorked and Sandee at Comedy Plus 


Carl's bathroom light was on when i arrived yesterday, but he was dressed and still had the lights off in the room.


I suggested i'd put his lunch together while he went to get breakfast as i switched on the overhead lights in the room.


Instead of heading to the kitchen, he grabbed the trash can and scissors and said, "Toenails!" sitting down to start clipping.


I left him to it and searched the main kitchen for lunch fixings, as his fridge was empty of everything but a sad looking salad.


When i got back to his room with lunch, he asked, "How was your weekend?"


I told him it was good and asked him about his.


"They were doing gaming at the library!" he said excitedly.  "And I watched the video about 3D printing, and it makes a noise like vrrr-woosh and it makes these things..."


He stopped and thought a moment, then said, "Sydney!  Never got in touch with Sydney," and he wandered off to find breakfast.


Later, i went to the kitchen to dispose of the sad salad in his fridge and noticed he had dried sugared mangos on the table.


I thought your mom said no more sugar, i said.  You're not supposed to buy anything with sugar in or on it.


"But it's for my cereal!" he said and snatched up the bag.  "I have to have something on my cereal."


I'm just the hired monkey, i don't run the circus.


Later, after his mom was awake, she asked me, "Did he have everything picked up off the floor?  I told him to pick up everything, it's a trip hazard."


He did have most of it, and that's one reason i found this.






He'd taken most things off the floor and shoved them into drawers until they couldn't close, but without sorting.  Some was clean, some was dirty, most everything got rewashed just to make sure.


He'd also used every single towel and dropped clean clothes still on a hanger in the hamper.


It's much easier when his mom doesn't say anything, but i get why she does.  He really could stand lessons.


As he came running through his room to ask if he needed a coat (no, a light sweater will do, it will be hot before you finish for the day), he stopped to try grabbing more stuff off the floor and sighed, "So much to do!"


It's my turn to do it, now scoot, i told him, and he did.


How about some funnies?















Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!






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Today is:


Commemoration of the Victory over Kadhafi -- Libya


Corn Dog Day -- some sites say the 20th; #2 Son will celebrate both days, if i can afford that many corn dogs


Greater Dionysia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (largest festival to Dionysos, lasting five days; date approximate


National Agriculture Day -- US (if you eat, thank a farmer!)   agday.org


International Read to Me! Day -- a day for children to remind the adults in their lives to read to them often  


Kashubians' Unity Day -- among Kashubians in northern Poland


Let's Laugh Day -- a holiday spread by ecard companies, because any day is a good day for a laugh


Mojoday -- Discordianism


National Chocolate Caramel Day


Oil Nationalization Day -- Iran


Pet Passport Day -- today in 2000, the UK passed the pet passport law, allowing pets into Great Britian without quarantine if they met certain criteria


Poultry Day -- a day to honor the role poultry plays in our lives


Quinquatria -- Roman Empirical Calendar (celebration of Minerva and Mars, especially the birthday of Minerva today; through the 23rd)


Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day -- despite what you think, the bird you saw there yesterday was not a swallow, the natives will tell you


St. Joseph's Day (Patron of bursars, cabinetmakers, carpenters, civil engineers, confectioners, craftsmen, dying people, emigrants, expectant mothers, families, fathers, happy death, holy death, house hunters, immigrants, interior souls, laborers, married people, Oblates of St. Joseph, people in doubt, people who fight communism, pioneers, protection of the church, social justice, travelers, unborn children, wheelwrights, workers; Universal Church; over 50 cities, diocese, and countries; against doubt and hesitation)

     As Patron of fathers, his day is also Father's Day in Belgium, Bolivia, Honduras, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.

     Valencia, Spain has it's biggest day of the Las Fallas Festival today, with the fireworks.


Time Zone Day -- US Congress passed the Standard Time Act to sort out the fact that different states and cities used different times, with no rhyme or reason



Birthdays Today:


Michael Bergin, 1969

Bruce Willis, 1955

Glenn Close, 1947

Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 1937

Ursula Andress, 1936

Phyllis Newman, 1935

Renee Taylor, 1935

Phillip Roth, 1933

Ornette Coleman, 1930

Patrick McGoohan, 1928

Brent Scowcroft, 1925

John Joseph Sirica, 1904

Earl Warren, 1891

Edith Nourse Rogers, 1881

Charles M. Russell, 1864

William Jennings Bryan, 1860

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1847

Wyatt Earp, 1848

Sir Richard Burton, 1821

David Livingstone, 1813

Thomas Mckean, 1734

William Bradford, 1590



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Kate and Allie"(TV), 1984

"A Child of Our Time"(Oratorio), 1944

"Amos and Andy"(Radio), 1928

"Faust"(Opera), 1859

"Die Braut von Messina"(Schiller Play), 1803



Today in History:


A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China, 1279

Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men, 1687

The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000, 1863

Pluto is photographed for the first time but is not recognized as a planet, 1915

Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history, 1916

The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time, 1918

Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today, 1954

Gumby makes his debut, 1957

The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence exactly 102 years after its destruction, 1965

Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup, 1966

India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty, 1972

The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN, 1979

Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating the Falklands War with the United Kingdom, 1982

Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election, 2002

A cosmic burst, GRB 080319B, that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed, 2008

After two decades of being closed due to civil war, the Somali National Theater reopens in Mogadishu, 2012

The papal inauguration ceremony for Pope Francis is held in St. Peter's Square, 2013

The world's last male northern white rhino, 45-year-old Sudan, dies in Kenya, 2018

American Karen Uhlenbeck becomes the first woman to win mathematics' Abel Prize, 2019

The Icelandic volcano Fagradalsfjall erupts for the first time in 800 years, 2021

In a deal brokered by the Swiss government, Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, agrees to buy its rival Credit Suisse to help ease global financial panic, 2023

Monday, March 18, 2024

Many Paws Make Light Work (Awww Monday), Inspiring Quote of the Week, and Poetry Monday

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Awww Monday is hosted by Sandee at Comedy Plus.


Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays.  Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.


Make sure you get the code from Sandee's site, linked above, and leave a link to your post so we can visit you.  What better way to start the week than with a smile!


A couple of weeks ago, I showed Abby doing the back yard perimeter check.  Sometimes Abby has help with it from Jack and Lulu, and then it gets done quickly as many paws make light work.












After, it's time to relax.







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Sparks is the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, who wanted us to post something positive and uplifting at the start of the week.  While she no longer blogs, i like to post an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.     





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Our dear friend Diane is taking a break

accommodations we must make

we miss her poetry and wit

so carry on as Poetry Monday's a hit!


Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border Charlotte/Mother Owl and i are keeping it going while she takes a blog break, we hope temporarily.  Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let us know!


This week the theme is Meaning.                       


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I went to search for the meaning

of life, so I could take note.

I found it in the dictionary

right between lie and lifeboat.


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The man had asked his doctor,

"Will I see my hundredth year?"

The doctor asked if ever

he smoked or had a beer.


"I do not drink or smoke,"

he said as the doc did nod his head,

then asked, "Is there a special

woman to share your bed?"


"No, there isn't, doctor,

since years ago I lost my wife."

Said doc, "Why live to 100,

what's the meaning of such a life?"


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Future themes are:


Mar. 18 meaning (Today!)

Mar. 25 happy news

Apr. 1 shelf

Apr. 8 order

Apr. 15 tape

Apr. 22 running

Apr. 29 quiet


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Today is:


Act Happy Week begins -- acting happy releases the body chemicals that aid health, mental and physical


Awkward Moments Day -- harness the power of humor in life's more uncomfortable situations


Asklepieia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival of Asklepios; date approximate)


Bindus Diena -- Ancient Latvain Calendar (believed to be the day bears woke from hibernation)


Celtic Tree Month Fearn (Alder) begins


Cheikh Al Maarouf Day -- Comoros


Dia de Benito Juarez -- Mexico (una Fiestas Patrias)


Electric Razor Day -- Schick, Inc., marketed the first one today in 1931


Forgive Mom and Dad Day -- because we all make mistakes; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays


Goddess of Fertility Day -- a modern celebration of all goddesses of fertility


Grandparents' and Grandchildren's Day -- Michigan, US


Great Lent begins-- Orthodox Christian (a/k/a Clean Monday, Ash Monday, Pure Monday, Monday of Lent, Shrove Monday, Collop Monday, Rose Monday, Merry Monday or Hall Monday, and (in Cypress) Green Monday)


Jacques de Molay's Day -- death anniversary of the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar


Labour Day -- Christmas Island


Men's and Soldiers Day -- Mongolia


National Anthem and Flag Day -- Aruba


National Biodiesel Day -- birth anniversary of Rudolph Diesel, who unveiled his engine at the World Fair in 1900


National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day


Oide Matsuri -- Hakui, Japan (horse-back archery; through the 23rd)


Sheelah's Day -- Ireland (probably Sheela Na Gig, goddess of fertility; celebrated the day after St. Patrick's Day by those who say she was either his wife or his mother)


St. Anselm of Lucca's Day (Patron of Mantua, Italy)


St. Edward the Martyr's Day


Supreme Sacrifice Day -- an internet generated holiday now used to honor those who have made a supreme sacrifice, all who have given their lives for others


Usajingu Reitaisai -- Japan (offerings to the Kami from the Imperial Household are shared in this very important festival)


Wellderly Day -- and the start of Wellderly Week, focusing on the health of the elderly



Anniversary Today:


Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell, 1993



Birthdays Today:


Alexei Yagudin, 1980

Dane Cook, 1972

Queen Latifah, 1970

Bonnie Blair, 1964

Vanessa Williams, 1963

Irene Cara, 1959

Brad Dourif, 1950

Kevin Dobson, 1944

Wilson Pickett, 1941

Charlie Pride, 1938

Sashi Kapoor, 1938

F.W. deKlerk, 1936

John Updike, 1932

George Plimpton, 1927

John Kander, 1927

Peter Graves, 1926

William H. Johnson, 1901

Edward Everett Horton, 1886

Rudolph Diesel, 1858

Grover Cleveland, 1837

John Caldwell Calhoun, 1782



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Do I Hear a Waltz?"(Musical), 1965

"Tovarich"(Musical), 1963

"Tales of Wells Fargo"(TV), 1957

"The new Babylon"(Silent Film), 1929

"Verklarte Nacht"(Schonberg, Op. 4), 1902



Today in History:


Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England, 1190

German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem, 1229

Kraków is ravaged by Mongols, 1241

According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date, 1325

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, 1673

Henry Wells and William Fargo form American Express in Buffalo, NY, 1850

Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada, 1893

Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience (he served only 2 years), 1922

The first public celebration of Bat mitzvah, for the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, is held in New York City, 1922

The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern US states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people, 1925

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes, 1944

Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space, 1965

The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency, 1968

In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops, 1989

White South Africans vote overwhelmingly in favour, in a national referendum, to end the racist policy of Apartheid, 1992

Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending warring between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1994

British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language, 2003

For the first time, a woman served as imam, leading a public, mixed-gender, Muslim congregation in Jum'ah prayer and delivering the sermon, 2005

The Messenger spacecraft enters Mercury's orbit, 2011

Russia formally annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine. by signing the Treaty on Accession, 2014

A bushfire in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia, destroys over 70 buildings, 2018

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and US President Trump agree to close the US-Canada border to non-essential travelers in an attempt to limit the spread of Covid19, 2020