Tuesday 4 Meme

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1.   Where is your favorite place to be?
With my family at home or the beach.

2.   Where is your least favorite place to be?
Doctor's Office or even worse the hospital.

3.   What was the last thing that really made you laugh?
My grandson - sometimes he is so hysterical with the things he says and does.

4.   Are you a social person?
No, I'm not particularly social.  However, if in a group and someone else will start things, I can usually go along and participate and have fun!  But I'd really prefer to be home with my hubby and/or other family members.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you are having a great week.

Cathy

Currently...

I am...

Reading:  "Help Me, Hold Me" fiction by Barbara Gee

Listening to:  Pandora - Southern Gospel Music

Loving:  Hubby just texted and asked if I wanted to go to Panda Express for supper instead of cooking.  Uh...Yes!!!!

Thinking:  I can't wait until next month when both girls and my grandson will be home for a few days and we get to go to my nephew's wedding!

Feeling:  Blessed

Celebrating:  Another day on this side of the dirt!

Grateful for:  My wonderful husband

Weather:  Beautiful through my window, but extremely hot and humid outside!

Enjoying:  My crochet projects.

A quote I want to share:  

I love that He is my God forever and that he will guide me all the way!

Cathy

Thankful Thursday

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I am thankful for:

     *our Bible study at church last night.  We have a thing called "Ask the Pastor", where we write down our questions and give them to him and then he studies them and answers our questions on Wednesday nights.  Everyone seems to enjoy this time so much and last night was especially good (because he answered one of my questions). 😊  But really, it is just so interesting and fun to learn and understand God's Word.

     *time to read.  I've enjoyed some time reading and am currently reading a book called Neda Phrend by Jean L. Kuhnke.  My sister told me about her and how much she loves her books.  So I got one and it started a little slow to me, but now I'm really enjoying it.  Hoping I get some time to read it today.

     *the night sky.  I've been taking the dog out after dark and the sky has been so pretty.  Last night on the way home the moon was hanging lot and was so bright.  I took a picture, but it never does it justice.  But I'll show it anyway.  The sky and the ocean are such wonders to me and always make me think of God.

     *this little goober.  I love my grandson and his goofiness.

So what are you thankful for? Do tell!

Cathy

Wednesday Medley

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1.  I'm sure many kids today have no idea what V-J Day is all about.  Did you have a loved one who fought in WWII?

I believe 2 of my uncles were in the service during the war, but I’ve never heard any of their stories.  I wish now I had asked them.

2.  The iconic sculpture from the famous photograph of  "The Unconditional Surrender" has been defaced recently because of the #metoo movement. I know we can get very political about this subject, but just keeping it in the spirit for which it was created, what are your thoughts?

I think that statue is so cool and I really hate to see that it’s been defaced.  I have no comment I wish to make here about this movement.

3.  Terri's grandson, Tristan, loved playing a game called "Axis & Allies".  It was quite complicated, took up the entire dining room table, and was not something Terri wanted to play (Grandpa understood it and played though).  Can you name three Axis countries and five of the many Allies (okay to look it up!)?

Never heard of that game and I don’t know the answer right off the top of my head, I had to look it up.  Here’s the answer I found “World War II (1939–1945) Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) versus Allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia).”

4.  Terri was surprised to learn that most historians agree that WWII began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Others say it started when Japan invaded Manchuria on September 18, 1931. And some scholars suggest WWII is actually a continuation of WWI, with a break in between.  Have you ever visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii or any other WWII memorials around the world?

I was privileged to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington DC as a chaperone on a school trip with my oldest daughter. 

5.  Calvin Graham was only 12 years old during WWII when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He won a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart before the Navy found out how old he was.  (God bless him.) Terri doesn't know any 12-year olds today who could qualify or get away with something like that.  Times are so very different now but (in the US) we do have ROTC in high schools.  Do you know anyone who started in ROTC and went on to enlist in one of the services?

Yes, the daughter of  one of my friends is currently in boot camp after being involved in ROTC in high school.

6.  Please tell us something about your week so far.

It’s been a good week.  Church Sunday, and work on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday too.  It’s been really nice to have time at home to relax in the evening (even in the midst of doing laundry).  I’m enjoying working on a crochet blanket I’m making for my hubby.  Plans are for it to be approximately 8’x8” when completed.  Currently it’s about 8’x1'.  Obviously, I’ve got a long way to go!  lol

 
The first picture is the truer color.


Thanks for visiting

Cathy

Wednesday Medley

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NATIONAL CLERIHEW DAY – July 10

NATIONAL CLERIHEW DAY

July 10th of each year celebrates National Clerihew Day in the United States.  Edmund Clerihew Bentley created the whimsical, four-line biographical poem.

An English novelist and humorist, Edmund Clerihew Bentley (July 10, 1875 – March 30, 1956), was a 16-year-old student when he thought up the lines for his first ever clerihew.

Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium

Of having discovered sodium

As with most poetry, the Clerihew is defined by a set of rules. It must contain four lines, rhyming couplets of AA/BB, a person’s name in the first line, say something about that person and it should be humorous. It is meant to be a funny poem, of course.

The genre of poetry wasn’t limited to Bentley. Other poets wrote and published in form as well, and still do.

• A Cluster of Clerihews by Gavin Ewart
• Excuse My Clerihews by William Hazell
• The Lost Clerihews of Paul Ingram by Paul Ingram (Though they don’t really seem lost, I guess they once were.)

Like limericks, poets poke fun at people real and imagined. As with any humor, it’s meant to draw a chuckle from the reader as well as the subject of the poem. If you can’t laugh at yourself and you’re the subject of a clerihew, it’s probably better not to read it. If you’re writing a clerihew about someone who can’t take a joke, maybe don’t write the clerihew. Or, write it about not being able to take a joke.

Nelly Belly ha ha
Danced to Lady GaGa.
Fell on her bum.

Cried in her rum.

HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL CLERIHEW DAY

On National Clerihew Day, try writing a clerihew or two of your own! Post on social media using #NationalClerihewDay.

HISTORY OF NATIONAL CLERIHEW DAY

The day is observed annually on the anniversary of Edmund Clerihew Bentley’s birth, July 10th.

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Everything above this line is from the National Day Calendar.

1.  Try your hand at one of these Clerihew poems, or two or three!  

Mickey Mouse is fun
He lives in the land of the sun.
He has really big hands and feet
But I still think he's sweet.

That is it!  It's all I got!  lol

2.  Tell us something about your week so far.

I've been doing a lot of crocheting and loomknitting lately.  I've just finished these  items in the last little bit.

Hope you are having a great day!  Thanks for visiting.

Cathy