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The week has been full as always and anyone who read yesterday's post knows i'm coming into Thankful Day with much on my heart.
We'll take it in order as always.Last Saturday i was thankful i got to spend some extra time with Grandma because Grandpa had an errand to run and wasn't there to kick me out at 3pm.
When i did get home, i was thankful for a visit from #2 Son, although the news withhim is mixed.He has tonsillitis.Again.This has been going on since February.
I reminded him Grandpa had his tonsils out at age 24, i was 24, #2 Son was 24, Bigger Girl was 25 (see a pattern of adult onset tonsillitis in this family?) and said his were overdue.
I was thankful to have the name of a good ENT to send him to so he can have those suckers yanked, and I'm thankful he has insurance.
Sunday i got a wonderful text from Grandma.She sent me her good morning text very late and said, "I went to church and out to lunch!"
That's a huge thankful, she felt well enough to go out and be out that long.
Ms. JAI actually had one of her daughters with her on Monday this week, which is a big thankful for her, she sees her family so seldom.She didn't have me come over but she and i did talk and i was thankful for our chat.
Monday evening i was thankful to have a ladies meeting at a friend's house several miles away in a more rural area.
On the way home on a very poorly lit road i hit a curb and popped a tire.I was thankful i have AAA, thankful i didn't need them as i had a spare and a nice local police officer changed the tire for me, thankful there was a gas station near with a working air machine to air up the spare, and thankful there was a back road home so i didn't have to try to put that dinky spare on the highway.
We're also thankful Kevin and Lenny came through and found a rim and tire for Slow-Moe.
Since i'd had my visit with Dr. BowTie's assistant the week prior, this week was mammogram and eye exam week.Yes, i took the girls in for their glamor shots and all is normal, thankfully.
The eyes, well, the eye doctor told me my prescription hasn't changed, my pressure is normal, my field of vision is perfect, but my cataracts are finally at the stage where getting them out would be a good idea.
I'm thankful for a good optometrist who was honest about what i need and what i don't (she wouldn't sell me glasses until the cataracts are gone), and i'm thankful for a good ophthalmologist and an appointment next month for a preliminary consult.
Ms. G is out of town again, so there's critter tending and i'm thankful for the extra money.
The cat shelter was packed out like crazy Wednesday and i was very late getting through, but i'm thankful Ms. G was out of town so i wasn't under a time constraint.
Cookie, Emmie and the oldest son kept us company on Thursday at Ms. SE's house.We're both thankful the young man is old enough to tend to himself, cleaned his own room, and helped with the dogs while we got the rest of the house done.
That afternoon came the news the cat shelter is closed until at least this coming week due to panleukopenia, a feline illness that can be fatal.Someone dropped off a sick cat in the parking lot and now there are several sick cats.
We're thankful almost all the cats in the shelter have been vaccinated against it (it's in the standard 4in1 vaccine they all get).
The Friday work was as usual and while i was not thankful to have to skip my usual Friday evening shift at the shelter, i am thankful we have a fabulous paid staff who are working relentlessly to bleach everything in the building but the cats themselves as this virus is easily wiped out with a bleach solution.
If you could spare a prayer or good thought for the shelter, we'd be thankful for that, too.
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.
You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
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Today is:
A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed Day -- simply a good day to remember this, and thank a friend
Dia del Arbol -- Costa Rica (Tree Day/Arbor Day)
Dollars Against Diabetes Days -- always on Father's Day weekend, with information here
Fly A Kite Day (on the anniversary of Ben Franklin's kite experiment)
Global Wind Day -- to celebrate wind energy
Husband Caregiver Day -- to honor husbands who give health care to family members (wives, children, or extended family)
Magna Carta Day -- UK (King John set his seal on the document this day in 1215)
Mangaia Gospel Day -- Mangaia, Cook Islands
Native American Citizenship Day -- US (passage, in 1924, of the legislation recognizing citizenship of Native Americans in the US)
National Lobster Day
Nature Photography Day -- sponsored by the North American Nature Photography Association
Salvation Day/National Day of Salvation -- Azerbaijan
Separation Day -- Delaware, US (date of declaration of separation from England and Pennsylvania)
Smile Power Day -- test out smile power today, it's free!
Sneak a Kiss Day -- usual litany of cautions with this internet generated holiday
St. Vitus' Day (Patron of actors, comedians, dancers, dogs, epilepsy sufferers; against animal attacks, dog bites, epilepsy, lightning, oversleeping, rheumatic chorea, Saint Vitus' Dance, snake bites, storms, wild beasts; Badia Calavena, Italy; Czech Republic; Forio, Italy; Prague, Czech Republic; Recanati, Italy; Vacha, Germany; Wetsens, Netherlands; Zeven, Germany)
Trooping the Colour -- UK (military celebration of the monarch's birthday, the King's official birthday parade, one of London's biggest and most colorful celebrations)
Valdemar's Day and Reunion Day -- Denmark (an official Flag Day)
Vestalia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (main and final celebration, in which the Temple of Vesta was swept clean)
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day -- because our elders deserve to be protected and cared for properly
World Juggling Day
Anniversaries Today:
King Hussein of Jordan marries Lisa Halaby (Queen Noor), 1978
Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden marries Princess Margaret of Connaught, 1905
Arkansas becomes the 25th US State, 1836
Birthdays Today:
William Dean Martin, 1981
Neil Patrick Harris, 1973
Leah Remini, 1970
Ice Cube, 1969
Lisa McCall, 1969
Dina Meyer, 1969
Courtneney Cox Arquette, 1964
Helen Hunt, 1963
Julie Hagerty, 1955
Jim Belushi, 1954
Simon Callow, 1949
Nicola Pagett, 1945
Waylon Jennings, 1937
Mario Cuomo, 1932
Erroll Garner, 1921
Muzaffer Tema, 1919
Bob Wian, 1914
Edvard Grieg, 1843
Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, 1767
Henry FitzRoy, illegitimate son of Henry VIII, 1519
Edward the Black Prince, 1330
Debuting/Premiering Today:
The Lion King(Animated film), 1994
Dick Tracy(Film), 1990
"Hee Haw"(TV), 1969
"My Little Margie"(TV), 1952
Today in History:
The Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history, BC763
King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta, 1215
The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, 1667
Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity, 1752
Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania, 1776
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel, 1785
Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber, 1844
The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 1846
Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II and is the last emperor of the German Empire, 1888
The most destructive tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people, 1896
A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1000, 1904
Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated, 1911
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter, 1916
A German expedition led by Karl Wien lost sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat (9th highest mountain), the largest single day loss of life on an 8,000m peak, 1937
In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government of North America, 1944
Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations, 1994
Near earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon, 2002
In Bulgaria, remains that some believe to be the bones of John the Baptist, are scientifically proven to be from a Middle Eastern man and dated to be from the first century AD, 2012
Scotland Yard launches criminal inquiry and British Prime Minister Theresa May announces a public inquiry a day after the Grenfell Tower fire, 2017
A baseball jersey belonging to Babe Ruth becomes the most expensive item of sports memorabilia ever when it sells for $5.64 million at auction, 2019
In a landmark decision, the US Supreme Court rules 6-3 that gay and transgender workers cannot be discriminated against in the workplace, 2020
According to new DNA research taken from burials at Lake Issyk Kul, the 14th century plague the Black Death originated in Kyrgyzstan, 2022
Scientists report water being pumped from underground reservoirs is shifting the Earth's axis at the North Pole by 4.36 cm a year, 2023
