SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2022 - SUNDAY FUNDAY

 SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2022 - SUNDAY FUNDAY

WOW - one full week of 2022 done (only 51 weeks left in the year.  Did you make this first week count?  Did you do some fun and productive things?

I’m trying to be more productive (aka - less game playing and more exercise, more writing, more loving and growing!!!)

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NATIONAL DAYS:

SUNDAY JANUARY 9TH

NATIONAL WORD NERD DAY - January 9, 2022 - National Today

Are you a Word Nerd?  Do you do crossword puzzles?  Do you play Words With Friends or other games?  

(Okay - I use Grammarly to check my writing.  These are the statistics from December 27)

PRODUCTIVITY  - You were more productive than 98% of Grammarly users.

 

MASTERY - You were more accurate than 92% of Grammarly users.

 

VOCABULARY - You used more unique words than 99% of Grammarly users.

And Grammarly says my writing was:

1. Confident - 31%

2. Friendly - 16%

3. Formal - 12%

4. Optimistic - 8%

(I might have to find the grave of Agatha Nelson (Dr. Agatha Nelson - my college freshman writing teacher and let her know that I can write!!!  I got three “C” grades in college - two in Freshman Composition (two semesters - same teacher) and a 1 credit “C” in Tumbling!!)

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MONDAY, JANUARY 10 NATIONAL CLEAN YOUR DESK DAY - January 10, 2022 - National Today

I’m going to skip National Clean your desk day this year!!!  I cleaned it last week on Wednesday.  I can even see wood at a couple of places!!!  There  are two old stories about clean desks:

• A clean desk is a sign of an unproductive person

• President Dwight Eisenhower supposedly had a clean desk at the end of the day.  But, supposedly he just took his arm and put all of the stuff into his drawer at the end of the day

TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, SECRET PAL DAY - January 11, 2022 - National Today

While the intent is to have a secret pal known just to the two of you.  How about a lot of secret pals - that you can send notes of encouragement to.  They can guess who you are (and maybe will), but to have somebody send you notes (mail is better than email).  Encouragement is an elixir - make the most of your encouragement (like being a secret pal)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, KISS A GINGER DAY - January 12, 2022 - National Today

Red hair is a recessive trait.  I’ve read that in a few centuries there will no longer be (natural) redheads.  I know a few vivacious redheads.  Happy Kiss A Ginger Day!!!

THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, NATIONAL RUBBER DUCKY DAY - January 13, 2022 - National Today

“Rubber ducky, you’re the one. You make bath time lots of fun. Rubber ducky, I’m awfully fond of you!” (Last summer the brass quintet played Rubber Ducky - with the melody in the Tuba Part!!)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, INTERNATIONAL KITE DAY - January 14, 2022 - National Today

While this observance is in India, kite flying is truly international.  I did kites some years ago, and really liked box kites.  It also seems that kite flying is made for the coasts where there is always breezes.  And, it makes me think of the song from Mary Poppins - “Let’s go fly a kite”.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, NATIONAL BAGEL DAY - January 15, 2022 - National Today

I have been known (at times past) as a “purist”.  I remember a time going to a weekend retreat where breakfast was bagels with cream cheese.  That was wrong (so I said then).  Bagels are made for BUTTER.  How dare they (the organizers of this retreat) to NOT have butter.  I was with a new acquaintance who was drooling over having bagels with cream cheese.  (To each their own - and who am I to judge what a person puts on a bagel)  Boy was I a snob at times!!!

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LOGIC PROBLEM

Let’s pretend we’re on the metric system and use kilograms instead of pounds to give us a starting base number of 100. Four people (Alex, Brook, Chris and Dusty) want to cross a river in a boat that can only carry 100kg. Alex weighs 90kg, Brook weighs 80kg, Chris weighs 60kg and Dusty weighs 40kg, and they have 20kg of supplies. How do they get across?

Answer at bottom:

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WORD PUZZLES

1)

       KNEE

LIGHT  LIGHT

2)

SELL

(several lines left blank)

BUY

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3) 

WOOL

WOOL

WOOL

WOLF

WOOL

WOOL

WOOL

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4) 

INSULT

    +

INJURY

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5)

ATLA DROP NTIC

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WRAP-UP

So, how did the first of the year go.  I’m a believer that you can make most of your own success.  Obviously, there might be some problems (like a transport company trying to make shipments in a major blizzard or a hurricane).  But, with a good attitude, a strong work ethic, a strong relational viewpoint, and courage it can happen.

I was thinking of Noah this week.  For months as he built the ark, his neighbors laughed at him - “Hey, what are you building Noah?”  Did he ever say “God, I can’t take this - I’m giving up”?  Did he go to Home Depot (or Lowes) and order lumber by the truckload?  How about the other stuff - like food for all the animals?  (I guess God must have provided - or the lions might have eaten the pigs or other animals).  

If God came to you and said “Hey - I want you to stand on this busy street corner for five days with a sign that says “Repent by January 16th as the Earth wil end” - would you do it?  When John Kennedy said that by the end of the 1960s there would be a man on the moon, would most scientists say “no way”? 

If somebody said “Okay, time-out.  I want everything to cease from January 16 to 22.  Nothing is to happen - don’t go out your door all week long.  If your pregnant, you’ll have to give birth at home - with no help.  If you have scheduled a trip - it isn’t going.  Children can play in their own backyard - but not with other children.  Could that stop COVID?  How many have said “I have to go to this party” and then come down with COVID?  Or I have to go shopping andd then come down with COVID?  I don’t know the solution, but with a reported rate of 1 out of 3 being tested being positive for COVID it seems to be getting out of hand (again).  The US death toll is about 850,000 - the size of the size of Charlotte North Carolina - or San Francisco.  If your plumbing breaks - too bad - you can’t call a plumber,if your power goes off - too bad.  NOTHING - no cars, no workers at groceries stores - no workers anyplace - everybody is at home.  

No, that won’t work - but maybe some smart person will find a solution!!!

(But, on the concept of surefire solutions - I have a surefire solution to hiccups!!  Just put your head under water for an hour - and your hiccups will be gone.  (Your life will also be gone!!))

Oh well - have an awesome week friends!!!

Karen

January 9th, 2022