Labor Day means slacking off
It’s Labor Day in the U.S. today. This is a weird holiday in which we celebrate labor and working by staying home from work! Wish we had more holidays like it; one per month would be good. I’d like to “celebrate” work that often! I actually slept in late (until 7:00) and can watch daytime TV today, lazy but I never get to see shows like “Today” and “Tony Danza” “Ophra” and the other talk shows.
Yesterday was a nice family visit but almost started out badly. I called my Mom’s house and one of my nephews picked up the phone. He told me that the others were in a nearby town where my older brother lives. But then he said that they would be leaving to go back home the exact time I was going to arrive at Mom’s house! I had to get into gear and get out there ASAP, and it’s an hour’s drive away.
I arrived an hour earlier than I normally go out to Mom’s on Sunday. They had been visiting my Dad's grave. Everyone was still there and Mom was making lunch for them all, so I helped her. The four boys ate first, because Mom’s table is small, then we four adults ate. For dessert we had the beautiful cake that my Mom’s friend had made for her! It was both beautiful and tasty. Then SIL and I did all the dishes, and there was a lot of them!
Early this morning son and I were talking about a game “Sim Heaven” and it would be a challenging game to have to make everyone happy! One person's heaven could easily be another person's hell.
From my E-mail in honor of Labor Day:
Weird Labor Math
The year is made of 365 days having 24 hours,
12 of which are night time hours which add up to 182 days.
This leaves you with 183 days of work
minus 52 Sundays which leaves you 131 days to work
minus 52 Saturdays which leaves you 79 days to work
and there are four hours each day set aside for eating which adds to 60 days
which leaves you 19 days for working,
and are entitled to 15 days for your vacation
which leaves you 4 days left for work
minus 3 days usually taken off due to illness or other emergencies,
which leaves you one day to work
which happens to be a Labor Day,
which is a holiday. TODAY - YAY!
Mary Poppins as a Hotel Guest
Mary Poppins was traveling home, but due to worsening weather, she decided to stop at a hotel for the night. She approached the receptionist and asked for a room for the night.
"Certainly madam," he replied courteously.
"Is the restaurant open still?" inquired Mary.
"Sorry, no," came the reply, "but room service is available all night.
Would you care to select something from this menu?"
Mary smiled and took the menu and perused it. "Hmm, I would like cauliflower cheese please," said Mary.
"Certainly, madam," he replied.
"And can I have breakfast in bed?" asked Mary politely.
The receptionist nodded and smiled.
"In that case, I would love a couple of poached eggs, please," Mary mused.
After confirming the order, Mary signed in and went up to her room for the night.
The night passed uneventfully and the next morning Mary came down early to check out. The same guy was still on the desk.
"Morning madam...sleep well?"
"Yes, thank you," Mary replied.
"Food to your liking?"
"Well, I have to say the cauliflower cheese was exceptional, I don't think I have had better. Shame about the eggs, though....they really weren't that nice at all," replied Mary truthfully.
"Oh...well, perhaps you could contribute these thoughts to our Guest Comments Book. We are always looking to improve our service and would value your opinion," said the receptionist.
"OK, I will...thanks!" replied Mary....who checked out, then scribbled a comment into the book. Waving, she left to continue her journey.
Curious, the receptionist picked up the book to see the comment Mary had written.
"Supercauliflowercheesebuteggswerequiteatrocious!"
This is one start of the week that I don’t mind at all! Have a magnificent Monday!
Yesterday was a nice family visit but almost started out badly. I called my Mom’s house and one of my nephews picked up the phone. He told me that the others were in a nearby town where my older brother lives. But then he said that they would be leaving to go back home the exact time I was going to arrive at Mom’s house! I had to get into gear and get out there ASAP, and it’s an hour’s drive away.
I arrived an hour earlier than I normally go out to Mom’s on Sunday. They had been visiting my Dad's grave. Everyone was still there and Mom was making lunch for them all, so I helped her. The four boys ate first, because Mom’s table is small, then we four adults ate. For dessert we had the beautiful cake that my Mom’s friend had made for her! It was both beautiful and tasty. Then SIL and I did all the dishes, and there was a lot of them!
Early this morning son and I were talking about a game “Sim Heaven” and it would be a challenging game to have to make everyone happy! One person's heaven could easily be another person's hell.
From my E-mail in honor of Labor Day:
Weird Labor Math
The year is made of 365 days having 24 hours,
12 of which are night time hours which add up to 182 days.
This leaves you with 183 days of work
minus 52 Sundays which leaves you 131 days to work
minus 52 Saturdays which leaves you 79 days to work
and there are four hours each day set aside for eating which adds to 60 days
which leaves you 19 days for working,
and are entitled to 15 days for your vacation
which leaves you 4 days left for work
minus 3 days usually taken off due to illness or other emergencies,
which leaves you one day to work
which happens to be a Labor Day,
which is a holiday. TODAY - YAY!
Mary Poppins as a Hotel Guest
Mary Poppins was traveling home, but due to worsening weather, she decided to stop at a hotel for the night. She approached the receptionist and asked for a room for the night.
"Certainly madam," he replied courteously.
"Is the restaurant open still?" inquired Mary.
"Sorry, no," came the reply, "but room service is available all night.
Would you care to select something from this menu?"
Mary smiled and took the menu and perused it. "Hmm, I would like cauliflower cheese please," said Mary.
"Certainly, madam," he replied.
"And can I have breakfast in bed?" asked Mary politely.
The receptionist nodded and smiled.
"In that case, I would love a couple of poached eggs, please," Mary mused.
After confirming the order, Mary signed in and went up to her room for the night.
The night passed uneventfully and the next morning Mary came down early to check out. The same guy was still on the desk.
"Morning madam...sleep well?"
"Yes, thank you," Mary replied.
"Food to your liking?"
"Well, I have to say the cauliflower cheese was exceptional, I don't think I have had better. Shame about the eggs, though....they really weren't that nice at all," replied Mary truthfully.
"Oh...well, perhaps you could contribute these thoughts to our Guest Comments Book. We are always looking to improve our service and would value your opinion," said the receptionist.
"OK, I will...thanks!" replied Mary....who checked out, then scribbled a comment into the book. Waving, she left to continue her journey.
Curious, the receptionist picked up the book to see the comment Mary had written.
"Supercauliflowercheesebuteggswerequiteatrocious!"
This is one start of the week that I don’t mind at all! Have a magnificent Monday!
14 Comments:
I'd like to celebrate work far more often as well, tee,hee.
Actually it's daytime television that keeps me going to work. The thought of watching it has me happily leaving the house..
your family gathering sounds nice, its a shame our family doesn't get together more often...
hope you are having a relaxing day off, isn't daytime tv trashy but fun...
:0)
have a happy lazy relaxing holiday. I love the Mary Poppins joke very good. Can you remember the game I put up with that word? very funny
hmmmmmm our labour day is every 1st may :).. i don mind having it again!
great joke
What a wicked day!! Our day off was last week & the sun was shining. That doesn't generally happen on a bank holiday so that was nice! Have a good week x
Having a great day already! Thanks and hope you are too.
I also lost my dad (Feb. cancer)and visit my mom at least once a week. she lives 1 1/2 hrs. from me) I think losing him really brought us together more, sad but true.
Thank you for visiting Home Fires last week. :) Happy slacking!
Lois Lane
It has been a relaxing day for me... once I got my ranting post out of the way! Did some pool time, watched some TV, had some yummy pizza, relaxed, and am now reading my favorite blogs. Cute joke... glad you have had a good day!
still laughing about the cauliflower.
Laying back and relaxing sounds good. There should be more days off at least giving a long weekend once a month.
Glad you had a sleep in, a nice luxury :)Enjoy your day!
Glad you were able to have a nice day with your Mom.
there is certainly a lot of irony in labour day
That Sims Heaven would certainly be an interesting concept!
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