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March 11, 2015

★~ Today’s Quote:  “Your words, your thoughts, your imagination: powerful tools. Remember that and use them wisely.” ― Donald L. Hicks, Look into the stillness

★~ Worship of Tools Day

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High quality tools have been used for thousands of years. Humans have invented ingenious tools that perform duties from the most simple to the most complex. A hammer, when you think about it, is just a well engineered medium for focused bashing. A saw is designed with many teeth coinciding left and right from the blade. This means the saw creates a cut that is wider than the body of the blade, so it doesn’t jam. Looking at the drill, we can see that it hasn’t changed its basic design in centuries; we’ve just made it electric powered.

The common thread between all of these amazing tools is that they were invented to fill a need. Someone, thousands of years ago, needed to drive some primitive nail into some wood, probably to fasten something together. So they invented the hammer. Likewise, someone wanted to bore a hole, either in the ground or in some wood, so they invented a tool with a cylindrical blade which spun in an annular fashion to drill the hole; effectively inventing the drill..

My teen’s latest favorite tool makes pocket holes. The tool joins wood together without any glue. He recently made me a white board (another promised post for later–it’s worth waiting for) and left the pocket holes exposed so I could admire them. I have to admit they are impressive!

Do you have a tool that is your absolute favorite? My needle nose pliers is still high on my list but since the last Worship Your Tools Day I’ve learned to use a drill and it now the drill has taken over top spot.

★~ Oatmeal-Nut Waffles Day:

Waffles became a popular baked treat during the Middle Ages. The original recipe called for just flour and water, so vendors sold waffles on the streets during the religious fasting season. Bakers branded the waffles with coats of arms, religious symbols, and the traditional honeycomb pattern we are accustomed to today. Eventually people began adding other ingredients like eggs, butter, milk, and honey. If you are looking for a healthier version of this already perfect breakfast classic….

 Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day! 

★~ Today In History:

♥~  1779 the Continental Congress established the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. America was in the middle of the Revolutionary War, and the Army itself was only four years old. The resolution mandated that “the engineers […] shall take rank and enjoy the same rights, honors and privileges with the other troops in the Continental establishment.”

♥~ 1958 – An American B-47 bomber accidentally dropped an unarmed atom bomb on a farm near a Florence, South Carolina. The bomb’s conventional explosives exploded, injured six people, leveling a farm house, and blasting a thirty-five-foot-deep crater.

♥~ 1968 – Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for the single, (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay.

♥~ 1958 – An American B-47 bomber accidentally dropped an unarmed atom bomb on a farm near a Florence, South Carolina. The bomb’s conventional explosives exploded, injured six people, leveling a farm house, and blasting a thirty-five-foot-deep crater.

♥~ 1986 – Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a flatter, one-stick model. Two sticks or one those Popsicles look like Spring to me.

♥~ 1997 – Paul McCartney was knighted by the Queen in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Hundreds of fans, some wearing T-shirts that read “Arise Sir Paul,” cheered his arrival and stayed outside the palace until he emerged.

★~  Born Today:

♥~ 1903 – Lawrence Welk bandleader: The Lawrence Welk Show.

♥~ 1934 – Sam Donaldson TV newsman: ABC White House correspondent; host: Primetime Live

♥~ 1946 – Mark Metcalf, Actor (“Animal House”)

♥~ 1952 – Susan Richardson, Actress (“Eight is Enough”)

♥~ 1952 – Douglas Adams author: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; died May 11, 2001

♥~ 1963- Alex Kingston, Actress (“ER”)

★~ Good to know: 

This week . . .a lot of us will be able to relate….

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It’s warming up and we have sun today! Chicago is expecting the temps to hit 50 and the rest of the week is trending towards unseasonable warm.  The snow in my back yard is mostly gone and the wood chips are controlling the mud. The cold might not be completely behind us but these warm days will pull us through. Go team Spring!

We are off to Prairie Wolf to let our campers run free and wild for a few hours. We won’t let a little mud deter us from having a wonderful time. We’ll just add some grooming to our schedule. Did you know a bounce (dryer sheet) is great for removing, what not, from a pups coat?  Sure, you still have to comb out the under coat on a long haired dog as needed. But they are great for a quick freshen the pup up. And so far I’ve never experienced a downside to using them.

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