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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.
What were Dr. D and i up to yesterday? Glad you asked. We were up to something i was afraid was going to happen from the beginning.
Work on the office has begun, and as i figured, much of what she threw in boxes because she didn't want to look through it first that we hauled up there (my back actually did the hauling) is stuff she now wants to get rid of, pronto.
The trash bin there at the building is now locked. Since she has the office free on the grace of the family member who owns the building, she does not want to ask for a key.
Result, i am hauling it all back to her house to be disposed of there.
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| Yes, really!!! |
This particular round, it all fit in the trash can and recycle bin, since she is keeping a whole, whole lot.
When i asked her what she thought her children were going to do with all the stuff she is keeping, she said, "Pitch it, I hope."
When i asked her why she didn't pitch it all herself, she said, "That's one of the questions of the ages, and I don't know the answer."
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| Don't ask me, I don't know, either! |
She also sent me to do the laundry at what i call the fancy laundromat. It has shorter hours than the one i use, is a lot nicer, and the cost reflects the latter.
Dr. D’s house peculiarities include the fact that her washer/dryer stack is on a dolly, and she’s concerned if she washes large loads of sheets and towels that it will walk itself off the dolly and create havoc. Thus the nice laundromat.
Meanwhile, back at the ol' hacienda, the battle with the tax papers is starting to heat up again. It's a fight i know i'm going to lose.
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Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday, and avoid stress whenever possible! (And shhhh! A Happy Birthday to Bigger Girl, who doesn't like it spread around!)
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Today is:
American Diabetes Association Alert Day -- a day to remind people about how serious the illness is, and what the risk factors are
Ann Arbor Film Festival -- Ann Arbor, MI, US (independent digital, 16mm and 35mm films, including experimental film; through Sunday)
Day to Mourn Victims of Biological Weapons -- commemorates the day they were outlawed in 1975
Einmanudur Month Begins -- Traditional Icelandic Calendar (Lone Month, the month dedicated to young men)
Yngismannadagur -- Young Men's Day
End of Zimbor-Quattor's Revenge Week and Day of Reconcilliation with All Those Whose Hats Have Been Damaged -- Fairy Calendar
Fiesta del Arbol -- Spain (Tree Festival or Arbor Day)
Independence Day and National Day -- Bangladesh(1971)
Khordad Sal -- Zoroastrian (Birth of the Prophet Zaranhushtra)
Legal Assistants' Day
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day -- Wellcat Holidays, which has made up a bunch, wants you to do the same today!
Martyr's Day / Democracy Day -- Mali
National Nougat Day
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianole Day -- Hawaii, US (Hawaiian Royal who worked to preserve the Hawaiian culture)
Purple Day -- International (supporting epileptics around the world)
Spinach Day -- on this day in 1937, spinach growers in Crystal City, Texas, erected a statue of Popeye in honor of their favorite veggie
St. Braulio's Day (Patron of Aragon, Spain)
St. William of Norwich's Day (Patron of kidnap and torture victims)
Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel -- Eastern Orthodox Christianity (celebration of his role is the Annunciation)
Anniversaries Today:
Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman, 1994
Founding of the University of Utrecht, 1636
Birthdays Today:
Keira Knightley, 1985
Amy Smart, 1976
T.R. Knight, 1973
Josh Lucas, 1972
Leslie Mann, 1972
Kenny Chesney, 1968
John Stockton, 1962
Marcus Allen, 1960
Jennifer Grey, 1960
Catherine Keener, 1960
Leeza Gibbons, 1957
Curtis Sliwa, 1954
Teddy Pendergrass, 1950
Martin Short, 1950
Vicki Lawrence, 1949
Steven Tyler, 1948
Diana Ross, 1944
Bob Woodward, 1943
Erica Jong, 1942
James Caan, 1939
Alan Arkin, 1934
Leonard Nimoy, 1931
Sandra Day O'Connor, 1930
Pierre Boulez, 1925
Tennessee Williams, 1911
Viktor Frankl, 1905
Robert Frost, 1874
Jane Arminda Delano, 1862
Nathaniel Bowditch, 1773
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Fences"(Play), 1988
"The Young and the Restless"(TV), 1973
"Cannon"(TV), 1971
"Funny Girl"(Musical), 1964
"Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi/The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi"(Play), 1952
Today in History:
William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables, 1484
The first British Sunday newspaper is published (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor), 1780
The US Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana, 1804
An earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela, leaves 20,000 dead, 1812
The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, NY, 1830
Eastman Film Co manufactures the first commercial motion picture film, 1885
New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies, 1931
William H. Hastie becomes the first black Federal Judge in the US, in the US Virgin Islands, 1937
Jonas Salk announces the first successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children, 1953
East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh, 1971
Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C., 1979
The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world, 1999
A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man, 1999
The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China, 2005
Richard III of England (1452-1485) is reburied at Leicester Cathedral in England, after being discovered under a carpark in Leicester in 2012, 2015
US, European Union and Ukraine expel more than 100 Russian diplomats in response to Russian use of nerve gas in UK, 2018
The US Federal Trade Commission confirms it will investigate Facebook over privacy concerns, 2018