First and foremost, I want to give remembrance to those who have died serving our county. That is what this day is truly about. Although I am always thankful for those who have served, this day was originally set aside to remember those who died in the Civil War, it was to be observed on May 30th. This was the day you were to go to the cemetery and decorate their graves., hence the original "Decoration day". Even if you didn't have family members at the cemetery who had served, you decorated your loved ones graves. It is rumored that this was decided for this day because so many flowers would be in bloom at this time. In 1971, it was decided to change the date to the last Monday in May and call it Memorial Day, honoring all fallen soldiers. My mom still complains that "if we would celebrate it when we were supposed to". I always giggle a little at this, she doesn't like change. The thing is, up until that time, it was what it was, changing it to the last Monday in May did lend itself to that three day weekend celebration feel.
So, yes, it is a three day weekend, it is the unofficial start of summer, and it is a good time to see friends and family, let's just not forget why you have this day. In 2000, the National Moment of Remembrance was enacted. So, at least at 3:00 this afternoon, you should pause to give thanks for those who've gone before, so you have the freedom to be spending the rest of the day as a relaxing day. I am sure it means different things to different people and that is okay. If you have loved ones close to you that have died in action, by all means, I think you should be remembering them if that is what you want to be doing. Our family really does not, so my day is going to be spent working on projects that need done because I have the day off. My guys are working at the farm today.
This evening, we are cooking ribs on the grill and eating out on the newly cleaned off patio, if I get finished cleaning it and if the weather stays fit, that will be our Memorial Day.
I have been in a blogging mood, just haven't had time to get it down, I am looking for a better app for my pad to translate handwriting to typing. There are times, I would just like to jot down some thoughts, and so far, I haven't found the right combination.
As always, things have been a blur lately. Andrew's dad and his girlfriend came for a visit. I was in Springfield the first two days they were here, Andrew had multiple jobs going on and Robert was working so we mainly saw them of an evening. We normally try to do something at least one day while they are here, but there just wasn't the time. Maybe this fall when they come. This past Friday night I got some much needed friend time as one of my BFF's from High School came and had a sit on the porch. IT was so good to see Tammy and to catch up, wish we could do that more often. On Saturday, we went to Bloomington to celebrate my Uncle Kenny's 80th birthday. It was great seeing everyone and it was just a perfect day. My mom started out life with 3 living brothers and 3 living sisters (she had a brother and two sisters who died in childhood before she was born), it is now down to these 2. I treasure the time we get to spend with them and for them to get to spend with each other.
Robert got exciting news a couple of weeks ago that came to fruition this week, he no longer works on Saturdays. This is great because Andrew normally doesn't work at other people's houses on Saturdays unless he is pushing to get things done. This means now, most Saturdays can be spent on Robert's house. Not to mention the fact that Robert will now be driving to Charleston 5 days a week instead of 6 and making the same amount of money, that in itself was like getting a raise. He has been very involved in helping my mom with the gardening this year. This will all work out well because they won't try to get to the farm after work during the week now, they will concentrate on Saturdays for that, and Robert and Mom can work in the garden; so it's good for all of us that this happened. It is on a trial basis through the summer so we are all really hoping it stays this way.
Andrew has been keeping busy, not quite as busy as we would like but for the business just being 9 months old, I don't think we can complain. We had our first yard sale, which went well. We are doing the national road yard sale this coming weekend in Greenup and then whatever didn't sell from that we are pretty much tossing and starting over. I am looking at having a yard sale once a month through the summer. We have so much junk to get rid that I know we can do one a month and have different stuff. I haven't even started on my own attic yet.
I am getting ready to go to Springfield again tomorrow for a LIHEAP Action day. We are taking all the fieldworkers to the Capitol to stand up for our program. We had two bills that directly affect our agency, one was passed last Thursday, and the other one has been given the runaround. We feel it has to be up for vote by Friday, last day of session, or we will lose ground. I also have a huge amount of computer work to get done in the next couple of weeks. I have 5 new computers that need installed in our office, not to mention the day-in, day-out work of PIPP and the fact that I will probably need to have my implementation plan to the state by the middle of June. I haven't even looked at it yet. Busy, busy, busy.
I am working on a bucket list for the summer. It technically should be finished today but the day is already starting to get away from me, so it may have to be in the works for a few days, once again, a good script to type or a better talk to type would help me immensely.
So, here goes the day.
Happy Memorial Day.
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