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Our Daily Thread 9-10-13

Good Morning!

On this day in 1608 John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown, VA colony council.

In 1794 America’s first non-denominational college was charted. Blount College later became the University of Tennessee.

In 1813 the first defeat of British naval squadron occurred in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.  The leader of the U.S. fleet sent the famous message “We have met the enemy, and they are ours” to U.S. General William Henry Harrison.

In 1897 British police arrest George Smith for drunken driving. It was the first DWI.

In 1913 the Lincoln Highway opened. It was the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the U.S.

And in 1953 Swanson began selling its first “TV dinner.”

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Quote of the Day

“I have a tip that will take five strokes off anyone’s golf game. It’s called an eraser.”

Arnold Palmer

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This song was released today in 1966.

Today is also Pat Mastelotto’s birthday. So Mr. Mister.

And today is Robin Goodridge’s birthday too. So Bush, covering the Stones.

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Anyone have a QoD for us?

38 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 9-10-13”

  4. BG had a great birthday. Her cousin went all out on the decorations. Her Nana made real homemade fried chicken. They had presents and birthday cake. My ex-sister-in-law sent me a photo. It is on FB for those of you who are friends over there. She looked happy.

    Busy day today. My Daddy J is having surgery. I will be in Mobile later today for that.

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  5. Good morning, Chas & Kim. Good evening, Jo. I slept fitfully last night and am super tired this morning. Luckily, I don’t have too much to do today, so hopefully I can get in a nap.

    Kim: So glad BG had a good birthday. So sorry you weren’t able to participate in the celebration.

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  6. I toured Concordia Lutheran High School yesterday. I absolutely loved it! The kids seemed engaged and well-behaved. They have beautiful facilities and it appears to be a very supportive community. They have many extra-curricular activities, including choir (which has one state the last four years) and drama (the two things L. is interested in), as well as all the major sports. One doesn’t have to be phenomenal at something to participate, either. While some of the sports are competitive (think volleyball/basketball), even if a kid has never picked up a racket, he/she can be on the “B” tennis team or join the golf team. They encourage volunteering and have many opportunities to serve, including mission trips to Honduras and Costa Rica. I am so excited for L. Hubby still hasn’t given the final okay, but I’m pretty sure he will.

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  12. Michelle, I used to tell people it is a heat you have to be born into to survive. Now you know why things move at a slower pace in the South. I suggest large infusions of iced tea, linen or cotton clothing, and a break every now and then to cool off.

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  13. Michelle- We thank the Lord to give someone wisdom in using God-created elements and making air conditioners.

    I wish someone in the 1950s had realized that school would start earlier 60 years later, and that people would be accustomed to air conditioning and not be able to sit or work in a brick school building when it is so hot. There is no shade here, so the sun beats on the walls of my classroom all day, making it like an oven. The temp this morning in here is 86° at 8:30AM. The administration decided to let us out at 11:15. They work in a/c.

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  15. Michelle- I see you said you were flying over me. I really don’t think so. If you were going to Nashville, I doubt your plane came this far north. However, you may have flown over my brother in Southern Missouri.

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  19. You may have noticed, Michelle, that I chose an icy cool picture for my gravitar. Think cool 🙂
    For the Peachtree Road Race on the 4th of July in Atlanta I have seen someone holding up a poster with “THINK SNOW,” as an encouragement to the runners.

    My gravitar is actually a picture from Lookout Mountain, Georgia at Covenant College.

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  20. I feel for you and your classroom kiddos, Peter.

    I remember the summer I was back in northern Iowa for my grandmother’s household auction — she was moving out to Cali to live with her daughter and son-in-law. I was in college at the time and after everything was over we were in my grandmother’s house getting the last of the things packed up. The house had been open all day and it was swarming with mosquitoes. It was hot and humid and miserable. The south may be worse, but midwest summers can be hideous.

    I’d spent summers there growing up but when you’re a kid and young teen you don’t seem to “notice” the heat misery as much as when you start getting a little older.

    Meanwhile, our heat wave has broken and I’m appreciating not having to “wear” a cold, wet towel draped around me just to stay comfortable in the house. It’s supposed to warm up again by the end of the week, but not to the point it hit last week — I don’t think, anyway.

    September is typically our hottest month, though, so we’ll probably get hit again. Just so the humidity stays away …

    Happy travels michelle.

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  22. That’s why we “Yankees” don’t go south of Delaware or Maryland between May and October unless absolutely necessary. Too hot, and way too humid.

    Ha, ha, Aj. I’ve been to the Northeast in June and July, and it is almost as bad as the South and worse than the Midwest. Sorry, but 90° and 90% humidity in NYC in worse than miserable!

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  24. Donna: It is amazing what a difference a year makes during the teen years. My child has metamorphosed this year! The rate of growth is similar to infancy, with them acquiring new skills almost daily. It’s awesome to witness.

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  25. I am at Providence Hospital. It is 1:37pm. I was just down in the lobby and I heard it, the Providence Lullaby–it means a baby has just been born.
    It was 16 years ago on a Tuesday, September 9th at 1:50 pm Baby Girl first showed her face. Somehow that gives me comfort as we wait for surgery.

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  28. I’m so sick of hearing or reading about how our gender roles are merely a societal construct. Some of this sounds like the feminists from the 70s who insisted they would raise their children without gender roles. In the 80s we read articles about how, despite their efforts at gender neutrality, their little girls still tended to gravitate towards dolls & such, & their little boys still wanted to play with trucks, & would use bananas or cucumbers as play guns.

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  29. Karen- I remember back in the ’70s a comic in the Jesus People magazine dealing with children and gender specific toys. A hippie couple is talking to a friend about the birthday present they bought their daughter. The parents proudly tell a friend that a tool set, even though the girl wanted Barbie dolls. The friend asks what the girl thought of that. The last panel shows her playing with the tools. She is holding a wrench and a screw driver, pretending they are Barbie and Ken.

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  30. I think I’ve mentioned this before.
    In our church in Falls Church, I used to take my turn in keeping the toddler nursery because they thought a man’s presence was important.
    One Sunday, we didn’t have any boys in the class, all girls.
    At the end of the day, I noticed.
    No one had built a castle of cardboard bricks and run into it to knock it down.
    It has been unusually quiet.
    No one has pushed anyone else.
    Only one observation, but probably significant.

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  31. Soooo much to do…but it’s nice to come here for a brief respite. Recharge the batteries and all…

    We got a late start this morning, being out rather late with the family last night, celebrating my birthday. And there were a lot of things to do with 3rd Arrow today. Some days are like that with one or another (or more) of the kids.

    On to 4th, 5th and 6th Arrows now. 😉 Prayers for stamina welcome. I can do this; I can do this. 🙂

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  32. I flew San Francisco to Chicago to Nashville.

    A good research day. I saw a new photo of my heroine, inspected her dress and picked up a blog story! I ate a Sonic burger which I didn’t think much of but enjoyed the chocolate shake. I’m recovering now in air conditioning until I go to a lecture on TN women during the Civil War.

    Tomorrow it’s off through the lovely countryside for more research!

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  36. Of course there’s the famous Doonsbury cartoon about the politically correct parents who gave their boys a set of cookware/pots and pans for Christmas.

    The next panel shows them with the pans on their heads for helmets as they’re ‘shooting’ at each other with the spatulas.

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  37. Forrest is certainly all boy. 🙂 We don’t worry when he wants us to paint his toenails because he sees us females painting our nails, or wants Mimi (me) to let him use her lipstick.

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