May 9, 2014 Friday

Dancing with Rita today.  Nothing like a little salsa to get your heart started.


Genesis chapter 15 - This is about the promise God gave to Abram (Abraham) to make a nation of his offspring.  Actually we find later that there were two nations created and as history repeats itself we are at odds with the other nation.  God cares and provides for us.  The promise is true in His Son Jesus the Christ.


On this day;  1981
Earlier in the year I had a house fire.  Half of the house, with the garage burned down.  That wasn't half as traumatic as getting it rebuilt.  I decided I could get more done by doing the contracting myself.  I was 34 and figured I knew what I was doing. (lol)  On this day I had taken vacation time, had gone to the doctor, who gave me drugs to calm me down and help me sleep.  I decided to sit outside in the sun and look at the work being done on the house, which wasn't much.  I was all alone in the driveway, in shorts and a halter top in a folding lawn chair and woke up an hour later because I was snoring so loud.   None of my neighbors ever said they saw me, but people are polite.
The first frequent-flyer program was introduced, with American Airlines launching "AAdvantage." People flying on "AA" were rewarded with credits that could be amassed and used for free travel. Soon, other airlines followed suit.<sup>[1]


Parenting - Feeling so sad for my friend today.  Her mom passed away yesterday and now along with the grief she has to deal with final arrangements.  It is good to be busy and when it is finished we will be sad with her some more.


Book Club:  Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough .</sup>

Independence[edit]

Main article: Venezuelan War of Independence

The signing of Venezuela's independence, by Martín Tovar y Tovar.

The Battle of Carabobo, during the Venezuelan War of Independence.

After a series of unsuccessful uprisings, Venezuela—under the leadership of Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan-American marshal who had fought in the American Revolution and the French Revolution—declared independence on 5 July 1811. This began the Venezuelan War of Independence. However, a devastating earthquake that struck Caracas in 1812, together with the rebellion of the Venezuelan llaneros, helped bring down the first Venezuelan republic.^[27] A second Venezuelan republic, proclaimed on 7 August 1813, lasted several months before being crushed as well.
Sovereignty was only attained after Simón Bolívar, aided by José Antonio Páez and Antonio José de Sucre, won the Battle of Carabobo on 24 June 1821. José Prudencio Padilla and Rafael Urdaneta's victory in the Battle of Lake Maracaibo on 24 July 1823, helped seal Venezuelan independence. New Granada's congress gave Bolívar control of the Granadian army; leading it, he liberated several countries and founded Gran Colombia.
Sucre, who won many battles for Bolívar, went on to liberate Ecuador and later become the second president of Bolivia. Venezuela remained part of Gran Colombia until 1830, when a rebellion led by Páez allowed the proclamation of a newly independent Venezuela; Páez became the first president of the new republic. Between one-quarter and one-third of Venezuela's population was lost during these two decades of warfare (including perhaps one-half of the white population),^[28] which by 1830 was estimated at about 800,000.^[29]

José Gregorio Monagas abolished slavery in 1854.

The colors of the Venezuelan flag are yellow, blue and red, in that order: the yellow stands for land wealth, the blue for the sea that separates Venezuela from Spain, and the red for the blood shed by the heroes of independence.<sup>[30]


Enjoy the day!  Make it memorable!</sup>