Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day!

Well, not much to report on our Labor Day. We all were super lazy today except for Daddy having to do rounds this morning, but he was home by noon. Didn't have any pictures to post today, Sorry! We spent our Labor Day spending our hard working money at Target. We did although get some great end of summer clearance deals on some summer clothing for next year and a new pool for the kids. Connor and Mara basically wore their pool out this summer by all the jumping and swimming in it. The pool is one of the family size ones and we got it for only $7. Not much on the clearance racks for boys, but they must make a ton more clothes for girls. Samara got about 4 shirts and leggings for the fall. Each shirt was only $1.74 and the leggings were $2.80. Hopefully since she is small they will fit her in the spring or early summer next season, too. We were planning to have a BBQ with ribs, but when Don went to break them apart to put them in the oven they were still frozen, so we opted out for ribs and had Tilipia instead. So ribs are on the agenda for tomorrows dinner. Yummy!

Labor Day Weekend Agenga:
Friday: Philadelphia Zoo, beautiful and sunny
Saturday: Don worked, went to shoprite with kids, Ran 12 miles, exhausted day. Suppossed to go to beach, wish we would have(heard it was the greatest beach day) Too tired to move after the run!
Sunday: Went to the Beach....spent morning at Stone Harbor with the Clark's and Thorton's, windy and not very sunny. Spent afternoon in Avalon with my parents, The Slates' and the Wilson's. Had a great BBQ at the Wilson's house.

Forgot my Camera!= No Photos

So, here are the pictures from Mimi and Poppy's day outside with the kids last week while I was at work!

The Sad Story Behind Labor Day

by Claudine Zap

Sep 4, 2009

For most of us, Labor Day means backyard barbecues, weekend sales, and a last carefree day before school starts. But the laid-back holiday has some seriously sad history, including chaos, riots, and even death. Let us explain.

A tragic tale
Back in the days of the Industrial Revolution, workers were expected to put in 12-hour days, seven days a week (yes, including kids). Already sounds awful, right? It gets worse. In Pullman, Illinois, a company town that employed and housed workers to build posh railway cars, times had gotten tough. In response, George Pullman cut jobs and wages. It was 1893. Thousands of workers walked off their jobs in protest, demanding higher salaries and lower rents. Other unions joined, refusing to work the Pullman cars, turning the small-town fracas into a national fury.

With mail cars backing up, and riots worrying train execs, President Grover Cleveland stepped in. He declared the strike illegal and sent 12,000 troops to break the strike. Cue brutal protests and bloodshed. The strike was broken, but so was the spirit of the workers. To reach out to the labor movement, Congress rushed the national holiday into law. The bad will resulted in Cleveland losing re-election. But the day off for hot dogs endures.

When is it?
Labor Day falls on the first Monday of September. This year, that would be Monday, September 7. According to the Department of Labor, Congress passed an act in 1894 making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.

So, working stiffs everywhere, say it now, with feeling: Happy Labor Day.