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Our Daily Thread 5-7-14

Good Morning!

On this day in 1429 the English siege of Orleans was broken by Joan of Arc. 

In 1800 the U.S. Congress divided the Northwest Territory into two parts. The western part became the Indiana Territory and the eastern section remained the Northwest Territory. 

In 1942, in the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese and American navies attacked each other with carrier planes. It was the first time in the history of naval warfare where two enemy fleets fought without seeing each other. 

In 1954 the United States and the United Kingdom rejected the Soviet Union’s bid to join NATO.

And in 1984 a $180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who claimed they had suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant while serving in the armed forces. 

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Quote of the Day

“Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.”

Johannes Brahms

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Today is composer Johannes Brahms’ birthday. Here’s an excellent rendition of “Intermezzo” from CBC Music

And it’s also Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky’s. So it’s “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker, via Berliner Philharmoniker

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Anyone have a QoD?

50 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 5-7-14”

  2. Morning Janice. Just got back from a community meeting to hear reports and to discuss issues. Very interesting, but rather late for a meeting.
    Cheryl and others, I did post the recipe for mango chicken. After posting I realized that I could have just posted the link. Sorry, I just don’t think that way.

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  4. Good Morning Everyone. I will be going to Mobile today. I know it is only a 45 minute drive across the Bay but it just seems so far. I will be meeting with the Broker over there to come up with some sort of introduction/success plan for the agents. I have worked on this since February, but it has been ripped apart, re-written, ignored, tabled, and all sorts of other things. Just another area of my life that I would feel like a failure if I weren’t medicated. That has been my mantra the last week or so, “Good thing I got a head start on medicine before X happened”.
    Every where I turn I hear someone say something about “don’t fall into the victim mentality”. I really can survive if I can just find the humor in a situation. I know there has to be a plan and a purpose, after all we studied Joseph being sold into slavery last night in Bible study. Yesterday in our company sales meeting we talked about goals and challenged. If a woman who lost both legs can lead the pack on Dancing with the Stars, what’s my excuse? My excuse is that I am just tired. So if you think of anything even slightly humorous that you know about me, please share…If I can find a way to laugh, I will be OK.

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  8. Kim: btw, I’ve been medicated for almost twenty years… Mental illness runs rampant in my family–four out of five of my siblings are medicated for depression–and the fifth should be medicated but he’s a pilot and therefore can’t take antidepressants.

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  10. Where is that?

    Kim, don’t take those things personal. It isn’t about you.
    Evidently they still like what you’re doing.
    I know how difficult to have your work ignored, It’s happened to me too. It happens to everyone. Just keep plugging away and do your best. It usually comes out good.

    Late last night, after I had already racked out. Kare mentioned that she didn’t need a gym because she had done so much work. This morning, I said that I didn’t in the summertime either.
    But while I was on one of the machines, it occurred to me that I could work all summer without exercising these muscles. The ones that you use to lift heavy objects on a top shelf.
    All the muscles are important and not all receive a workout in normal routine.

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  11. I never lift heavy objects on a top shelf, that is why I have children. But I do raise the axe when I am chopping, so that will have to do. But I do go to my upstairs gym as well. And stand there and look at it and say, sorry, no time. Though I did get my one and a half miles in this morning. No time for the weight machine.

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  13. Jo, I copied the recipe. Thank you. Just one question: would a can of mangoes be equivalent to about one mango, or what? I don’t even know how much mangoes weigh, since they aren’t sold by the pound. I buy them for my family and don’t really know much about them.

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  14. I have never eaten a mango. That I am aware of. My children eat them and say they are the best of fruit but for whatever reason, I have not tried one.

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  16. I don’t know if I’ve eaten a mango. I’ve never thought about mangos very much.

    I’m supposed to drop the Jeep off by 8 a.m. which is a ridiculously early hour. Good thing the place is just a few blocks away. It’ll force me to get to work early, even though I won’t make it to the station exactly by 8 (they’ll have some kind of a ‘loaner’ for me). Maybe 8:30.

    Today I’m writing about a professor who maintains a baby shark tank at the local university. Mom sharks have their babies near our coastline and then abandon them apparently (an unusual species in that moms don’t hang out to teach babies how to hunt). They’re left to fend for themselves and figure out life in the land of giant surfers. Then as adults, they tend to migrate away to either the local islands or to the central coast.

    Last night I sat through the most boring city council meeting I think I’ve ever attended.

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  18. A day spent with a book, nourishment and a beautiful garden is never wasted.

    Does one have to actually read the book for that to be true?

    Mangoes: Delicious. The ones at the grocery store are okay, but not as good as right off the tree. Yum!

    I went back in time yesterday, or so it seemed. I drove up to an Amish community to look for a roofer. The one I went to doesn’t do it anymore, but recommended another about 6 miles away. Driving down the road, seeing the little children looking so adult-like, working in the garden or other chores, horse-drawn buggies and other vehicles was quaint, to be sure. D3 says the children are so adorable in their grown-up looking clothes. I feel sorry for them in some ways, lost in a strict religion. Yet, they have a great work ethic and help each other

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  19. OK, I’ll bite. “angel”? I sense some sarcasm. Although my iphone did spontaneously break into a loud musical performance in the newsroom yesterday, playing (of all things) the very ethereal sounds of “Early American Choral Music Vol. 2: Anglo-American Psalmody 1550-1800.”

    At full blast.

    You should have seen the looks I got. 🙂

    I almost expected the ceiling to open up with angels descending …

    Meanwhile, here are some cool photos of V-E day 69 years ago:

    http://photos.dailybreeze.com/2014/05/photos-v-e-day-anniversary-allies-celebrate-surrender-of-germany/#1

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  20. Some time ago, I thought of posting on R & R the following rant.

    I have some needle nose pliers. I know for a fact that I have needle nose pliers. They have red hand grips. But I’ve looked all over and can’t find my needle nose pliers.
    It has to be that some thief has broken them and stole my needle nose pliers.
    Well, this afternoon, I found my needle nose pliers. They were on the floor below the shelf I keep my tools on in the basement. I must have stepped over them a dozen times looking for them.

    I’m telling you that to say this. I have a garden hose sprayer. I know for a fact that I have a sprayer. I used it last year.
    I’ve looked everywhere it’s supposed to be. Somebody must have stolen my sprayer. That’s the only explanation I have.

    Don’t tell me, I know, “Go down to Ace Hardware, buy another sprayer, they’re not so expensive. Then come back and you will find your sprayer. “ Simple solution.
    But something about that bugs me.
    It has to be somewhere.

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  21. Thank you to those who prayed for me while doing the program. I think it all turned out well. I had to speak about the WMU Spring Event conference. I took four classes there that I gave some details about. I also said the hardest thing we have to do at the event is choose our classes from among all that are offered. I had a listing and description of classes avaiable for each lady and asked them to take a few minutes to read the offerings and pick their favorite. Then they needed to tell why it was their choice. That provided good discussion and helped people know each other better. I also had a cd to play Love is the More Excellent way which Babbie Mason did at the conference as one of her worship leader offerings. The classes I spoke about were on Japan, Israel, PTSD, and Clothed in Power (Holy Spirit).

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  22. Mangos: They are good, but can cause diarrhea, especially at high doses. If you have a latex allergy, stay away from them.

    Reading the history of the day, I though of a Question of the Day: You all know the story of Joan of Arc. What do you think of her? Was she really an effective military leader or just a symbol that inspired the French Army to fight? Where her visions real or were they just part of the sales package?

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  23. Chas when Paul misplaces a tool, he blames me…always. I admit that I have been the guilty borrower at times..but not every time. I have now purchased my own handy tools…with pink grips…my screwdriver has pink and yellow flowers on the handle…he doesn’t come near them 🙂

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  25. Let me guess, Chas: it was in plain sight. Don’t worry, that’s usually where things are in our house. The joke is, if you can’t find it, it’s in plain sight.

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  30. Roscuro,

    I think she was an effective military leader BECAUSE she inspired her troops to fight. But yes, she was also a symbol and rallying point for the troops and people. But many of her military decisions were made by her underlings, but influenced by her.

    As for the visions, I tend to think it was part of the package. Propaganda of a kind. Every ruler wanted, and thought they had, God on their side. Her “visions” were accepted because they were desperate. I think Charles believed it because it gave them faith and a rallying point, and ultimately victory.

    Also, the English wanted her dead partly to prove she wasn’t all those things. After all, they were sure God was on their side, so she had to be a heretic sent by the evil side.

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  32. Worse that Peter. It was on the hose. The other hose. It’s kinda complicated. I have a hose system on the west side of the house I use to water the lawn, and I usually have the lawn watering contraptions on it. I have neighbors on that side, so I have an enclosed system where I can wind the hoses out of sight.
    The other system has a faucet on the front by which I use water for the garden and other tasks on the front and east side of the house. That’s the one that I use the spray attachment on.
    So. You guessed it. For some reason I put the spray attachment on the west and wound it out of sight.
    It really only took me a few minutes after I went back out. But it was too embarrassing to mention and I hoped no one would notice.

    😉

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  37. I had a really nice lunch with two lady friends from church. We went to a place that has multiple bird feeders out; it’s set in a wooded area. Saw lots and lots of goldfinches and other birds we get at our own feeder, a hummingbird, and one bird I’d wanted to see but hadn’t yet seen: a rose-breasted grosbeak. And drove past a field with a bunch of palomino horses in it.

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  38. I have been known to give my glasses a push up on my nose so I can see better when I am not wearing them, LOL! It never fails to make me momentarily feel like a fool and laugh at myself. Laughing is always better than crying because you can’t see very well through tears. And with the cost of groceries these days you don’t want to waste salt on tears.

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  40. Some of my students would lose their brains if they were not inside the head. Though I wonder if some of them have brains.

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  41. The mango chicken was a hit. I didn’t have all the ingredients, so I just made it with what I had, which was most of it anyway. But the daughter I expected to love it took seconds (rare) and said it was really good. The rest of us liked it too.

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  46. Mumsee: my husband loves chopping wood. Even after 3 winters of chopping 1 ½ semi truck loads of it, he still enjoys it. I like the warmth 🙂

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  47. I once got a splitting maul for a birthday gift. I liked that it was a weight that worked for me and not too heavy. I got good at splitting wood.

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  50. A splitting maul, hmmm…was that what you had requested for your birthday or what someone else wanted you to share with them?

    In Bible study last night we were covering the commandment about murder and the pastor made mention of the law about if the axe flies off the handle and kills someone accidentally that there is a special mention of how that situation must be resolved. We were discussing how killing is not always the same as murder and how the KJV uses the word “kill” for “murder” in the commandment.

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