Labor/Labour Day is Monday and I am so ready for a long week-end my cheeks hurt from smiling.
Lord willing, I hope to take some time for a walk about. The upstairs bedroom needs dusted and vaccuumed in preparations for another surgery coming up to where I won't be moving very fast. Lifting and pushing is a no-no for 10 days after. I'd like to edge the lawn and have laundry all caught up before the next week-end hits. Can I do it? Shall see.
Sweet hubby is working on the new porch when he can! Tonite, we will be purchasing the wood and porch columns. Pics later, but he is on a roll. Praise the Lord and thank you Honey. Hoping by Halloween that the porch will be ready to walk on.
Doin' my homework about Labor Day. Guess what I found out?
Traditionally Labor Day is celebrated by Americans as the symbolic end of Summer. Now this is a first for me...I didn't know that I was celebrating the end of Summer. I thought it was to honor workers. The worker bee...laborer...everyday employees!!!
Labor Day is a United States Federal Holiday and observed the first Monday of September.
September 5th, 1882 in New York City was the first U.S. Labor Day. It became a Federal Holiday in 1894...President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with Labor Movement as a TOP PRIORITY when following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. Military and U.S. Marshals which happened during the Pullman Strike.
Fearing further CONFLICT - Legislation making Labor Day National Holiday - rushed through Congress.
May you have a blessed week-end.
Am praying for our great Country and Political Leadership.
~Deanna~
8 comments:
wow. Now that guy could be of help on the porch!
That's the way they used to get things done. I remember your dad talking about his father working all day in the WPA making gravel for roads. They would dump limestone rocks along the road, and then the men on the crew would break it down into gravel with a sledge hammer. Talk about back breakin' work.
Of course mixing concrete in a wheel barrow was no easy chore either, but had to be done.
Like you I thought Labor Day was a celebration of the American workers. Shows what I know. :)
Rg
Deanna
have a grea weekend sweetie and a wonderful Labor day..Cilla
Hi! D, Thank you for the sweet comment you left to lift me and Sis up! I love the encouragement, and it will be returned to you with my Prayers. Don't work too hard!, but it does help us when we know that things are in order before any thing like surgery:(, coming up! Mam, you sound too energectic too be held down for long! Have a Happy:) Wk-end.
...and both need our prayers and Divine Intervention.
Great post, Deanna!
...and both need our prayers and Divine Intervention.
Great post, Deanna!
Dear Deanna,
Hope that you are having a lovely Labour day weekend and getting all the things done around the home.
Blessings and take care
Hugs
Carolyn
Hello Deanna, I saw you comment on Sandra's blog and just wanted to come by and say that you will be in my heart and prayers during your upcoming surgery. It's been a pleasure to visit and browse your blog this afternoon. May God bless.
Hmm, now I never looked into the history behind Labor Day---interesting! You must be so thankful to have a husband that is handy around the home and that seemingly enjoys it!
Surgery!! Oh wow--just said a prayer for you--hope all goes smoothly.
Ps. as far as moving things around (as your comments on one of my posts), I have done the same thing in moving stuff in Kitchen cupboards---I have learned to instruct the family! ha!
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