May Day Wednesday Medley and Kitty Update!!

MAY DAY

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1.  Ahhh... May Day!!  Happy May!  Did you celebrate this when you were a child by dancing around a Maypole or leaving flowers on someone's porch? Will you be celebrating a special occasion in May?

Yes, I actually remember dancing with the other 3rd graders around a May pole, weaving long strands of crepe paper in a pretty criss-cross pattern. It was fun. Also, in our neighborhood, we made little May baskets with candy and May flowers and springing beauties - and hung them from the neighbor's door, then ran away so they couldn't catch us. I'm not sure what that was about, but it was a fun tradition. This year we most definitely will not have May flowers up to give to anyone. We've had a very long and cold winter, and nothing is wanting to bloom here yet.

(There are so many other things being celebrated today that I

think we need to give them some attention, too!)

 Most of these photos are from other Mays

2.  National Mother Goose Day was founded in 1987.  Can you name a nursery rhyme that would fit your life as it was in 1987?  If you are a youngster and not yet born in 1987, you may pass, of course, but do you have a favorite nursery rhyme?  HERE is a list of nursery rhymes.

 Eletelephony

I memorized lots of nursery rhymes from these books when I was little.

It was the 1949 edition of Childcraft, a division of World Book Encyclopedia, I think.

I don't know what happened to the original set we had then, but when our youngest daughter was born, a friend managed to dredge up a set for me and gave it to me as a baby shower gift. It was my FAVORITE!!! 
I also love the rhyme about The Vulture

The Vulture eats between its meals
and that's the reason why
it very very rarely feels 
as well as you and I.

Its eye is dull, its head is bald,
its neck is growing thinner.
Oh what a lesson for us all
to only eat at dinner!

 Trying to get his money back

So this young grandson is staying with us for a week or so, and yesterday morning he woke with a look of great disappointment on his face. He had dreamed that he had won $100,000,000 and when he took it to the bank, he was only given $125 to keep. I tried to explain to him that it was more than he had started out with, but anyway...  So he frowned, rolled over, and said, 'I'm going to try to go back to sleep and see if I can get my money back.'

This kid is so much like his father was as a child, it just makes me laugh!

3.  National Chocolate Parfait Day is also honored on this day. Parfait means perfect in French. Tell us about a perfect day, in your mind, and would/could it end with a chocolate parfait?

 A perfect day would involve getting a great walk in outdoors - temperature 71 degrees on a sunny day with a slight breeze -  having a picnic above a river, seeing a beautiful herd of cattle, having the grandkids with us, and maybe even their parents. It would not end with a chocolate parfait, but might end with coffee and a campfire and reading a story aloud to the grandkids - and maybe with a few minor chords played out on my accordion.

4.  National School Principal's Day was founded to celebrate these school administrators who support and guide quality teachers and staff to provide productive learning environments for our children.  Did you have a good Principal when you were in school? Do you remember his/her name?

Don't worry. They survived. But I was worried.

The principal in highschool was Mr. Darcee, I think his name was. He was very nice, so I don't remember much about him. But I DO remember, vividly, Mr. Kempkis, who was an absolute tyrant. I remember him getting so mad at some of the boys that he would pick them up by the collar and slam them against the locker, then snarl at them through gritted teeth. These days, Mr. Kempkis would be hauled off to jail. He should have been.

5. And perhaps the most important one is Silver Star Service Banner Day which honors the sacrifices of the combat wounded, ill, and dying service members from all branches of the military.  Do you have family members who have served this country in uniform? Tell us about them, if you will.

 My father, left, and Mr. C.'s father, right,
both served in WWII
My father in Guam and Mr. C's father in England.

(Shouldn't we get free airfare to England for that???!!)  ;-)

6.  It's Hump Day! How is your week going so far?

 The week's going great.
It's fun to have this grandson staying with us for a bit.

The cute kitty duo

A young woman is very interested in visiting Tommy & Smokey with the likelihood that she will adopt them. I am so happy!  (And I am so sad) I made two character reference phone calls and she came through with flying colors, so I'm convinced she will make them a happy home. I'll let you know how the visit goes. It might not be until June as we're very busy right now and she lives three hours away.

BEFORE

I had no idea how time consuming it would be to downsize, especially my books. This is the BEFORE photo of the north wall of our library. My daughter gave me a link to some 'staging' suggestions for library shelves. They suggest you basically have library shelves without any books. They also said to not have anything on the shelves that's smaller than a cantaloupe. What???!!!  Okay, okay. I'm going with it. (My house in Wausau will have LOTS of books on the shelves and lots of things smaller than cantaloupes. Who makes these ridiculous rules, anyway??)  And why would you even have all these shelves if they weren't going to be filled with books??

AFTER

So here are those same shelves, practically naked, after removing a couple of them and putting almost nothing on them. The east wall still has two sets of bookshelves, and I'm keeping books in those. I think it would look pretty stupid to have five complete bookcases with almost no books on them.

Great grand Penny and her Parents
who are Practically Perfect in every way!
Lots more family photos on Instagram.



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and thanks so much to Terri for providing the Wednesday Medley!

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